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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 655 596 786
Rank change year-on-year -59 +190 +175
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 20 90 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.20% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.21% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 6 55 27
10th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £34,187
25th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £112,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +84.43% -2.40%
75th Percentile £87,500 £141,875 £95,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £152,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +15.79% +2.70% -22.92%

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 56,068 42,498 69,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.66% 93.26% 87.85%
Number of salaries quoted 33,637 21,727 52,919
10th Percentile £29,087 £32,750 £29,290
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,125 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -90 15 £85,000 -24.44% 20
London -29 12 £85,000 -25.27% 11
UK excluding London -9 6 £55,000 +15.79% 10
Scotland -7 3 - -
South East -17 2 £55,000 -9.84% 6
Work from Home +20 1 - - 4
North West -4 1 - - 2
North of England -31 1 - - 2

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 1 (5.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) GitHub
3 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Tableau
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
3 2 (10.00%) Data Mining
4 1 (5.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) GitLab
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (55.00%) Finance
3 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 4 (20.00%) Marketing
5 3 (15.00%) Digital Economy
5 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Banking
6 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (10.00%) Law
6 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Data Scientist
3 3 (15.00%) Qualitative Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Quantitative Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Report Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Analytics Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Insight Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Data Modeller
4 2 (10.00%) Insight Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Finance Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Risk Management Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Analytics Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Strategy Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Validation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Blog
3 1 (5.00%) Derivative
3 1 (5.00%) Fixed Income
3 1 (5.00%) Market Risk
3 1 (5.00%) Podcast
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Analytics
1 8 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 7 (35.00%) Mathematics
3 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (30.00%) Data Science
4 5 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (20.00%) Backtesting
5 4 (20.00%) Clean Code
5 4 (20.00%) Data Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Physics
5 4 (20.00%) Predictive Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) Scorecard
6 3 (15.00%) Business Case
6 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) R
4 1 (5.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 7 (35.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (20.00%) PhD
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) Basel III
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) Marketo
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud