Quantitative Developer Job Trends

Quant Developer
UK

The median Quant Developer salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 719 605 695
Rank change year-on-year -114 +90 -78
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 94 76 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 32 40 47
10th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £82,000
25th Percentile £98,750 £106,250 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £145,000 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile - £166,875 £166,875
90th Percentile £134,250 £175,250 £190,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £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 109,088 44,314 73,256
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 89.71% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74,631 25,938 43,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,641 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Developer in the UK

Quantitative Developer
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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 September 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 -116 90 £100,000 -31.03% 140
London -37 86 £100,000 -33.33% 135
UK excluding London -127 8 £100,000 - 7
North of England -66 4 £100,000 -
North East -69 4 £100,000 -
Wales - 4 - -
Work from Home -53 3 £132,500 -11.67% 25

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 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 26 (27.66%) Fintech
2 25 (26.60%) Python
3 16 (17.02%) Quantitative Research
4 14 (14.89%) C++
4 14 (14.89%) Order Management
5 12 (12.77%) Low Latency
6 11 (11.70%) Computer Science
6 11 (11.70%) Software Engineering
7 10 (10.64%) Quantitative Trading
8 9 (9.57%) Analytics
8 9 (9.57%) Degree
8 9 (9.57%) Linux
8 9 (9.57%) OO
9 8 (8.51%) AI
9 8 (8.51%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 8 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (8.51%) Mathematics
9 8 (8.51%) OOP
9 8 (8.51%) Test Automation
9 8 (8.51%) Trade Surveillance
10 7 (7.45%) Algorithmic Trading
10 7 (7.45%) Java
11 6 (6.38%) Electronic Trading
11 6 (6.38%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (6.38%) Roadmaps
12 5 (5.32%) C#
12 5 (5.32%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (5.32%) Quantitative Finance
12 5 (5.32%) Scala
13 4 (4.26%) .NET

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (3.19%) Anthropic Claude
1 3 (3.19%) ChatGPT
1 3 (3.19%) GitHub
1 3 (3.19%) GitHub Copilot
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.26%) KDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Claude Code
1 3 (3.19%) Gradle
General
1 60 (63.83%) Finance
2 18 (19.15%) Front Office
3 12 (12.77%) Financial Institution
4 7 (7.45%) Banking
5 4 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.26%) Investment Banking
6 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.19%) Law
7 2 (2.13%) Social Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 6 (6.38%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (4.26%) .NET
4 3 (3.19%) Kafka
4 3 (3.19%) React
4 3 (3.19%) Spring
4 3 (3.19%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.06%) NumPy
5 1 (1.06%) Pandas
5 1 (1.06%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.21%) Hedge funds
2 16 (17.02%) Equities
3 13 (13.83%) Algorithms
4 8 (8.51%) Data Structures
4 8 (8.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (8.51%) Management Information System
5 7 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (4.26%) Derivative
7 3 (3.19%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (3.19%) Fixed Income
8 2 (2.13%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.66%) Fintech
2 16 (17.02%) Quantitative Research
3 14 (14.89%) Order Management
4 12 (12.77%) Low Latency
5 11 (11.70%) Computer Science
5 11 (11.70%) Software Engineering
6 10 (10.64%) Quantitative Trading
7 9 (9.57%) Analytics
7 9 (9.57%) OO
8 8 (8.51%) AI
8 8 (8.51%) Mathematics
8 8 (8.51%) OOP
8 8 (8.51%) Test Automation
8 8 (8.51%) Trade Surveillance
9 7 (7.45%) Algorithmic Trading
10 6 (6.38%) Electronic Trading
10 6 (6.38%) Roadmaps
11 5 (5.32%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (5.32%) Quantitative Finance
12 4 (4.26%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.60%) Python
2 14 (14.89%) C++
3 7 (7.45%) Java
4 5 (5.32%) C#
4 5 (5.32%) Scala
5 1 (1.06%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (9.57%) Degree
2 8 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.06%) PhD
Vendors
1 3 (3.19%) Solace