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 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 604 638
Rank change year-on-year +10 +34 +319
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 63 100 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.21% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 30 57 123
10th Percentile £78,375 £87,500 £97,500
25th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £140,000 £137,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +1.82% +12.24%
75th Percentile £150,000 £157,500 £155,000
90th Percentile £173,000 £168,000 £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 58,000 47,786 67,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 92.14% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 36,092 24,542 52,929
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £28,750
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% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +21 63 £130,000 -7.14% 20
London +17 63 £130,000 -7.14% 20
Work from Home +53 9 £150,000 +50.00% 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 February 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 48 (76.19%) Python
2 30 (47.62%) C++
3 26 (41.27%) Low Latency
4 24 (38.10%) OO
4 24 (38.10%) Test Automation
5 21 (33.33%) OOP
6 19 (30.16%) Degree
7 17 (26.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 17 (26.98%) Linux
7 17 (26.98%) Order Management
8 16 (25.40%) Analytics
9 15 (23.81%) C#
10 13 (20.63%) Data Analysis
10 13 (20.63%) Java
11 12 (19.05%) Algorithmic Trading
11 12 (19.05%) Master's Degree
12 11 (17.46%) Electronic Trading
13 10 (15.87%) Backtesting
13 10 (15.87%) CI/CD
13 10 (15.87%) Computer Science
13 10 (15.87%) PhD
14 9 (14.29%) Mathematics
15 8 (12.70%) Software Engineering
16 7 (11.11%) High-Frequency Trading
16 7 (11.11%) Quantitative Research
16 7 (11.11%) Quantitative Trading
16 7 (11.11%) SQL
17 6 (9.52%) Dependency Injection
17 6 (9.52%) Market Making
18 5 (7.94%) 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 (1.59%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.59%) AWS
1 1 (1.59%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.59%) KDB
3 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (63.49%) Finance
2 33 (52.38%) Front Office
3 11 (17.46%) Social Skills
4 10 (15.87%) Banking
5 6 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.35%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (6.35%) .NET
3 3 (4.76%) PyXLL
4 2 (3.17%) Java Concurrency
5 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.59%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.59%) Google JAX
5 1 (1.59%) JAX
5 1 (1.59%) Kafka
5 1 (1.59%) NumPy
5 1 (1.59%) Pandas
5 1 (1.59%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.59%) React
5 1 (1.59%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 29 (46.03%) Algorithms
2 27 (42.86%) Equities
3 24 (38.10%) Hedge funds
4 21 (33.33%) Data Structures
5 17 (26.98%) Management Information System
6 11 (17.46%) Derivative
7 6 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (9.52%) Fixed Income
8 4 (6.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (4.76%) Grid Computing
10 2 (3.17%) Equity Derivative
11 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (1.59%) Blockchain
11 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
11 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.59%) Pricing Data
11 1 (1.59%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 17 (26.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.27%) Low Latency
2 24 (38.10%) OO
2 24 (38.10%) Test Automation
3 21 (33.33%) OOP
4 17 (26.98%) Order Management
5 16 (25.40%) Analytics
6 13 (20.63%) Data Analysis
7 12 (19.05%) Algorithmic Trading
8 11 (17.46%) Electronic Trading
9 10 (15.87%) Backtesting
9 10 (15.87%) CI/CD
9 10 (15.87%) Computer Science
10 9 (14.29%) Mathematics
11 8 (12.70%) Software Engineering
12 7 (11.11%) High-Frequency Trading
12 7 (11.11%) Quantitative Research
12 7 (11.11%) Quantitative Trading
13 6 (9.52%) Dependency Injection
13 6 (9.52%) Market Making
14 5 (7.94%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 48 (76.19%) Python
2 30 (47.62%) C++
3 15 (23.81%) C#
4 13 (20.63%) Java
5 7 (11.11%) SQL
6 1 (1.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Degree
2 12 (19.05%) Master's Degree
3 10 (15.87%) PhD
4 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (1.59%) UiPath