Quantitative Developer Job Trends

Quant Developer
UK

The median Quant Developer salary in the UK is £135,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 607 597
Rank change year-on-year +19 -10 +359
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 67 95 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.19% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33 56 106
10th Percentile £79,250 £76,250 £97,500
25th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £138,750 £138,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% - +13.27%
75th Percentile £150,000 £158,750 £155,000
90th Percentile £172,500 £168,125 £200,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £100,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 55,347 49,429 56,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 92.66% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 34,239 25,628 43,493
10th Percentile £28,675 £33,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.25%

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 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Developer in the UK

Quantitative Developer
Top 3 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 17 January 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 +40 67 £135,000 -2.70% 28
London +29 67 £135,000 -3.57% 17
Work from Home +64 10 £150,000 +50.00% 7

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

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, 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 54 (80.60%) Python
2 33 (49.25%) C++
3 30 (44.78%) Low Latency
4 26 (38.81%) Test Automation
5 25 (37.31%) OO
6 23 (34.33%) Degree
7 22 (32.84%) OOP
8 18 (26.87%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 18 (26.87%) Data Analysis
8 18 (26.87%) Linux
8 18 (26.87%) Order Management
9 17 (25.37%) Analytics
9 17 (25.37%) Java
10 16 (23.88%) Master's Degree
11 15 (22.39%) Algorithmic Trading
11 15 (22.39%) C#
12 14 (20.90%) PhD
13 13 (19.40%) Electronic Trading
14 12 (17.91%) Computer Science
15 11 (16.42%) CI/CD
15 11 (16.42%) High-Frequency Trading
15 11 (16.42%) Market Making
16 10 (14.93%) Backtesting
17 9 (13.43%) Mathematics
17 9 (13.43%) Quantitative Research
18 8 (11.94%) Dependency Injection
19 7 (10.45%) Machine Learning
19 7 (10.45%) Quantitative Trading
19 7 (10.45%) Software Engineering
20 6 (8.96%) Business Strategy

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 (1.49%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.49%) AWS
1 1 (1.49%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.48%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.99%) KDB
4 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (62.69%) Finance
2 35 (52.24%) Front Office
3 13 (19.40%) Social Skills
4 12 (17.91%) Banking
5 8 (11.94%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (26.87%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (5.97%) PyXLL
3 3 (4.48%) .NET
4 2 (2.99%) Java Concurrency
5 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.49%) Google JAX
5 1 (1.49%) JAX
5 1 (1.49%) Kafka
5 1 (1.49%) NumPy
5 1 (1.49%) Pandas
5 1 (1.49%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.49%) React
5 1 (1.49%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 33 (49.25%) Algorithms
2 32 (47.76%) Equities
3 24 (35.82%) Hedge funds
4 22 (32.84%) Data Structures
5 18 (26.87%) Management Information System
6 12 (17.91%) Derivative
7 8 (11.94%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (8.96%) Fixed Income
9 4 (5.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (4.48%) Equity Derivative
10 3 (4.48%) Grid Computing
11 2 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (1.49%) Blockchain
12 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
12 1 (1.49%) Pricing Data
12 1 (1.49%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.87%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.78%) Low Latency
2 26 (38.81%) Test Automation
3 25 (37.31%) OO
4 22 (32.84%) OOP
5 18 (26.87%) Data Analysis
5 18 (26.87%) Order Management
6 17 (25.37%) Analytics
7 15 (22.39%) Algorithmic Trading
8 13 (19.40%) Electronic Trading
9 12 (17.91%) Computer Science
10 11 (16.42%) CI/CD
10 11 (16.42%) High-Frequency Trading
10 11 (16.42%) Market Making
11 10 (14.93%) Backtesting
12 9 (13.43%) Mathematics
12 9 (13.43%) Quantitative Research
13 8 (11.94%) Dependency Injection
14 7 (10.45%) Machine Learning
14 7 (10.45%) Quantitative Trading
14 7 (10.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (80.60%) Python
2 33 (49.25%) C++
3 17 (25.37%) Java
4 15 (22.39%) C#
5 6 (8.96%) SQL
6 1 (1.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (34.33%) Degree
2 16 (23.88%) Master's Degree
3 14 (20.90%) PhD
4 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (1.49%) UiPath