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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 695 548 818
Rank change year-on-year -147 +270 +103
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 24 97 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.23% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.25% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 5 51 26
10th Percentile - £77,500 £34,187
25th Percentile £46,250 £85,000 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £112,500 £47,236
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% +138.17% -23.83%
75th Percentile £81,250 £143,750 £86,875
90th Percentile £94,000 £152,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%

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 66,274 38,859 81,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.13% 92.82% 85.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40,927 22,757 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 24 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Top 9 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 24 April 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 -129 20 £77,500 -31.11% 7
London -67 15 £77,500 -31.11% 6
UK excluding London -75 8 - - 3
Work from Home -15 5 £62,500 - 3
Scotland -28 3 - -
North West -28 3 - -
North of England -60 3 - -
South East - 1 - - 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 (8.33%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (8.33%) Figma
2 2 (8.33%) Google Analytics
3 1 (4.17%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Tableau
2 3 (12.50%) Looker
2 3 (12.50%) Power BI
3 2 (8.33%) Data Mining
3 2 (8.33%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) GitLab
General
1 12 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (25.00%) Financial Institution
5 4 (16.67%) Banking
5 4 (16.67%) Marketing
6 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Retail Banking
7 2 (8.33%) Digital Economy
8 1 (4.17%) Law
8 1 (4.17%) Legal
8 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Risk Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Market Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Market Risk Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Qualitative Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Quantitative Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Report Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Insight Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Data Modeller
5 2 (8.33%) Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Insight Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Product Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Product Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Quantitative Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Development Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Derivative
1 4 (16.67%) Market Risk
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.17%) Blog
3 1 (4.17%) Fixed Income
3 1 (4.17%) Podcast
3 1 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Analytics
1 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 7 (29.17%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (29.17%) Data Analysis
4 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (20.83%) Business Development
5 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.67%) AI
6 4 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
6 4 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 4 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 4 (16.67%) Product Management
6 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (16.67%) Scorecard
6 4 (16.67%) Stochastic Modelling
6 4 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
7 3 (12.50%) Storytelling
7 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Python
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
3 5 (20.83%) R
4 1 (4.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Basel III
2 3 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Adobe
1 2 (8.33%) Amplitude
1 2 (8.33%) Google
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft