Quantitative Analysis Job Trends

Quantitative Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 767 635 725
Rank change year-on-year -132 +90 +3
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 44 45 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.091% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.10% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 28
10th Percentile £32,575 £47,500 £50,625
25th Percentile £36,269 £76,875 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £85,000 £95,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% -10.99% +59.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £111,250 £130,000
90th Percentile £143,750 £161,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £32,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year - -41.01% -31.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Quantitative Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,804 43,854 61,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.92% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59,130 24,461 33,915
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quantitative Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Quantitative Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Analysis over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -120 38 £47,500 -44.12% 131
London -41 34 £47,500 -44.12% 108
Work from Home -14 20 £47,500 +15.85% 50
UK excluding London -144 6 - - 32
North of England - 3 - - 6
North West - 3 - - 4
Scotland -2 2 - - 4
East of England - 1 - - 4

Quantitative Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) Apache
1 2 (4.55%) Apache Spark
1 2 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 6 (13.64%) AWS
2 6 (13.64%) Azure
2 6 (13.64%) GCP
2 6 (13.64%) Google Analytics
3 3 (6.82%) Anthropic Claude
3 3 (6.82%) ChatGPT
3 3 (6.82%) GitHub
3 3 (6.82%) GitHub Copilot
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (4.55%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.18%) Power BI
1 8 (18.18%) Tableau
2 7 (15.91%) Looker
3 2 (4.55%) Data Mining
3 2 (4.55%) Mixpanel
3 2 (4.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Claude Code
2 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 26 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (47.73%) Finance
3 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
4 10 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (18.18%) Financial Institution
6 6 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (11.36%) Banking
7 5 (11.36%) Marketing
8 3 (6.82%) Front Office
8 3 (6.82%) Local Government
8 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
9 2 (4.55%) Games
9 2 (4.55%) Retail Banking
10 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.27%) Retail
10 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) Analyst
2 9 (20.45%) Senior
3 8 (18.18%) Qualitative Analyst
3 8 (18.18%) Quantitative Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) Market Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) Market Risk Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) Risk Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Java Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Java Quantitative Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Product Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Quantitative Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Data Scientist
6 3 (6.82%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Security Researcher
6 3 (6.82%) Senior User Researcher
6 3 (6.82%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Flash
2 1 (2.27%) NumPy
2 1 (2.27%) Pandas
2 1 (2.27%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Derivative
2 7 (15.91%) Market Risk
3 4 (9.09%) Educational Technology
3 4 (9.09%) Equities
3 4 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (6.82%) Algorithms
4 3 (6.82%) Equity Derivative
4 3 (6.82%) Fixed Income
4 3 (6.82%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.27%) PMI
5 1 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) Decision-Making
2 19 (43.18%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (38.64%) Analytics
4 16 (36.36%) Quantitative Research
5 15 (34.09%) AI
6 12 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (27.27%) Business Development
6 12 (27.27%) User Experience
7 11 (25.00%) Agile
7 11 (25.00%) Machine Learning
8 9 (20.45%) Mentoring
8 9 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (20.45%) User Research
9 8 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
9 8 (18.18%) Statistics
9 8 (18.18%) Visualisation
10 7 (15.91%) Data Visualisation
10 7 (15.91%) Product Strategy
10 7 (15.91%) Stochastic Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (50.00%) Python
2 12 (27.27%) SQL
3 11 (25.00%) R
4 4 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (45.45%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
2 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) Basel III
2 5 (11.36%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (11.36%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Google
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Amplitude
3 1 (2.27%) Revolut