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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 752 615 758
Rank change year-on-year -137 +143 +65
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 25 64 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.13% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 33
10th Percentile £32,328 £61,750 £38,447
25th Percentile £42,831 £100,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £112,500 £91,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.78% +23.63% +65.45%
75th Percentile £81,250 £143,750 £130,000
90th Percentile £104,125 £161,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £32,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year - -47.54% +22.00%

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 74,612 44,363 71,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 89.74% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 51,478 25,172 48,522
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Top 7 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 27 July 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 -92 22 £47,500 -57.78% 23
London -32 19 £47,500 -57.78% 20
Work from Home -21 10 £47,500 +15.85% 11
UK excluding London -82 3 - - 8
North West -7 2 - - 2
North of England -31 2 - - 2
East of England - 1 - -

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 (8.00%) Apache
1 2 (8.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) AWS
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
1 4 (16.00%) GCP
1 4 (16.00%) Google Analytics
2 2 (8.00%) Figma
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Looker
1 4 (16.00%) Tableau
2 2 (8.00%) Data Mining
2 2 (8.00%) Mixpanel
2 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (64.00%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (44.00%) Finance
3 10 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (32.00%) Financial Institution
5 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (16.00%) Marketing
7 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (8.00%) Banking
8 2 (8.00%) Games
8 2 (8.00%) Retail Banking
9 1 (4.00%) Law
9 1 (4.00%) Legal
9 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Market Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Market Risk Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Qualitative Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Quantitative Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Risk Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Product Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Data Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Data Scientist
4 2 (8.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Product Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Quantitative Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Quantitative Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Development Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Flash
2 1 (4.00%) NumPy
2 1 (4.00%) Pandas
2 1 (4.00%) SciPy
2 1 (4.00%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Derivative
2 7 (28.00%) Market Risk
3 4 (16.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.00%) Educational Technology
5 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (4.00%) Equities
5 1 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Decision-Making
2 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (44.00%) Analytics
4 10 (40.00%) AI
4 10 (40.00%) Machine Learning
5 9 (36.00%) Mentoring
5 9 (36.00%) User Experience
6 8 (32.00%) Business Development
7 7 (28.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
7 7 (28.00%) Stochastic Modelling
7 7 (28.00%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (24.00%) Quantitative Research
9 5 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
9 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (16.00%) Agile
10 4 (16.00%) Dashboard Development
10 4 (16.00%) Mathematics
10 4 (16.00%) Product Strategy
11 3 (12.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) Python
2 7 (28.00%) R
3 6 (24.00%) SQL
4 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) Basel III
2 2 (8.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Google
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Amplitude