Quantitative Developer Job Trends

Quant Developer
UK

The median Quant Developer salary in the UK is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 613 620
Rank change year-on-year +29 +7 +326
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 65 99 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32 56 114
10th Percentile £79,000 £87,500 £97,500
25th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £140,000 £138,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +0.90% +13.27%
75th Percentile £150,000 £158,750 £155,000
90th Percentile £172,250 £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 57,468 48,384 64,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 92.28% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 24,872 50,479
10th Percentile £28,785 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,648 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 29 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 29 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 +25 65 £130,000 -7.14% 26
London +18 65 £130,000 -7.14% 18
Work from Home +59 10 £150,000 +50.00% 6

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 51 (78.46%) Python
2 32 (49.23%) C++
3 28 (43.08%) Low Latency
4 26 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 25 (38.46%) OO
6 22 (33.85%) OOP
7 20 (30.77%) Degree
8 18 (27.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 18 (27.69%) Linux
8 18 (27.69%) Order Management
9 17 (26.15%) Analytics
10 16 (24.62%) C#
11 14 (21.54%) Data Analysis
11 14 (21.54%) Java
12 13 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
12 13 (20.00%) Master's Degree
13 12 (18.46%) Electronic Trading
14 11 (16.92%) CI/CD
14 11 (16.92%) Computer Science
14 11 (16.92%) PhD
15 10 (15.38%) Backtesting
16 9 (13.85%) Mathematics
17 8 (12.31%) High-Frequency Trading
17 8 (12.31%) Quantitative Research
17 8 (12.31%) Quantitative Trading
17 8 (12.31%) Software Engineering
18 7 (10.77%) Dependency Injection
18 7 (10.77%) Market Making
18 7 (10.77%) SQL
19 6 (9.23%) Machine Learning

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 (1.54%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.54%) AWS
1 1 (1.54%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.62%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.54%) KDB
3 1 (1.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (63.08%) Finance
2 35 (53.85%) Front Office
3 12 (18.46%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.92%) Banking
5 7 (10.77%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (27.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (6.15%) .NET
2 4 (6.15%) PyXLL
3 2 (3.08%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (1.54%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (1.54%) Google JAX
4 1 (1.54%) JAX
4 1 (1.54%) Kafka
4 1 (1.54%) NumPy
4 1 (1.54%) Pandas
4 1 (1.54%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.54%) React
4 1 (1.54%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 31 (47.69%) Algorithms
2 29 (44.62%) Equities
3 25 (38.46%) Hedge funds
4 22 (33.85%) Data Structures
5 18 (27.69%) Management Information System
6 11 (16.92%) Derivative
7 7 (10.77%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (9.23%) Fixed Income
9 4 (6.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (4.62%) Grid Computing
11 2 (3.08%) Equity Derivative
12 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (1.54%) Blockchain
12 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
12 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (1.54%) Pricing Data
12 1 (1.54%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 18 (27.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.08%) Low Latency
2 26 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 25 (38.46%) OO
4 22 (33.85%) OOP
5 18 (27.69%) Order Management
6 17 (26.15%) Analytics
7 14 (21.54%) Data Analysis
8 13 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
9 12 (18.46%) Electronic Trading
10 11 (16.92%) CI/CD
10 11 (16.92%) Computer Science
11 10 (15.38%) Backtesting
12 9 (13.85%) Mathematics
13 8 (12.31%) High-Frequency Trading
13 8 (12.31%) Quantitative Research
13 8 (12.31%) Quantitative Trading
13 8 (12.31%) Software Engineering
14 7 (10.77%) Dependency Injection
14 7 (10.77%) Market Making
15 6 (9.23%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 51 (78.46%) Python
2 32 (49.23%) C++
3 16 (24.62%) C#
4 14 (21.54%) Java
5 7 (10.77%) SQL
6 1 (1.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) Degree
2 13 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 11 (16.92%) PhD
4 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (1.54%) UiPath