Quantitative Developer Job Trends

Quant Developer
UK

The median Quant Developer salary in the UK is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 622 573
Rank change year-on-year +49 -49 +401
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 74 92 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.16% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 39 56 95
10th Percentile £78,750 £84,375 £94,500
25th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £133,750 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -4.46% +14.29%
75th Percentile £150,000 £157,500 £160,000
90th Percentile £172,500 £168,125 £200,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,955 52,420 47,748
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 93.44% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 33,322 27,935 36,851
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% -2.86%

Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Quantitative Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Quantitative Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Quantitative Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Quantitative Developer job vacancies in the UK

Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Developer over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Developer in the UK

Quantitative Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 December 2025. 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 +69 74 £125,000 -3.85% 70
London +48 73 £130,000 -5.45% 33
Work from Home +85 12 £150,000 +42.86% 45
UK excluding London +58 1 £100,000 - 42
North of England +21 1 £100,000 - 8
North East +12 1 £100,000 - 1

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Quantitative Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 56 (75.68%) Python
2 35 (47.30%) C++
3 33 (44.59%) Low Latency
4 26 (35.14%) OO
4 26 (35.14%) Test Automation
5 24 (32.43%) Degree
6 22 (29.73%) OOP
7 21 (28.38%) Data Analysis
8 20 (27.03%) Java
9 19 (25.68%) Linux
10 18 (24.32%) Algorithmic Trading
10 18 (24.32%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 18 (24.32%) Order Management
11 17 (22.97%) C#
11 17 (22.97%) Master's Degree
12 15 (20.27%) Analytics
12 15 (20.27%) Electronic Trading
12 15 (20.27%) Market Making
12 15 (20.27%) PhD
13 14 (18.92%) High-Frequency Trading
14 13 (17.57%) Computer Science
15 11 (14.86%) Quantitative Research
16 10 (13.51%) CI/CD
16 10 (13.51%) Dependency Injection
16 10 (13.51%) Mathematics
17 9 (12.16%) Backtesting
17 9 (12.16%) SQL
18 8 (10.81%) Business Strategy
18 8 (10.81%) Machine Learning
18 8 (10.81%) Statistics

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
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 (1.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (1.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.05%) KDB
2 3 (4.05%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (59.46%) Finance
2 37 (50.00%) Front Office
3 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
4 14 (18.92%) Banking
5 9 (12.16%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.76%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (24.32%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 6 (8.11%) .NET
3 4 (5.41%) PyXLL
4 3 (4.05%) Java Concurrency
5 2 (2.70%) Kafka
6 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (1.35%) Google JAX
6 1 (1.35%) JAX
6 1 (1.35%) NumPy
6 1 (1.35%) Pandas
6 1 (1.35%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.35%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.35%) React
6 1 (1.35%) REST
6 1 (1.35%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 36 (48.65%) Algorithms
2 35 (47.30%) Equities
3 26 (35.14%) Hedge funds
4 21 (28.38%) Data Structures
5 18 (24.32%) Management Information System
6 12 (16.22%) Derivative
7 10 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (8.11%) Fixed Income
9 5 (6.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (5.41%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (5.41%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (4.05%) Grid Computing
12 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (1.35%) Blockchain
12 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
12 1 (1.35%) Pricing Data
12 1 (1.35%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.59%) Low Latency
2 26 (35.14%) OO
2 26 (35.14%) Test Automation
3 22 (29.73%) OOP
4 21 (28.38%) Data Analysis
5 18 (24.32%) Algorithmic Trading
5 18 (24.32%) Order Management
6 15 (20.27%) Analytics
6 15 (20.27%) Electronic Trading
6 15 (20.27%) Market Making
7 14 (18.92%) High-Frequency Trading
8 13 (17.57%) Computer Science
9 11 (14.86%) Quantitative Research
10 10 (13.51%) CI/CD
10 10 (13.51%) Dependency Injection
10 10 (13.51%) Mathematics
11 9 (12.16%) Backtesting
12 8 (10.81%) Business Strategy
12 8 (10.81%) Machine Learning
12 8 (10.81%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 56 (75.68%) Python
2 35 (47.30%) C++
3 20 (27.03%) Java
4 17 (22.97%) C#
5 9 (12.16%) SQL
6 1 (1.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 24 (32.43%) Degree
2 17 (22.97%) Master's Degree
3 15 (20.27%) PhD
4 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (1.35%) UiPath