Quantitative Developer Job Trends

Quant Developer
UK

The median Quant Developer salary in the UK is £140,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 597 701 625
Rank change year-on-year +104 -76 +492
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 73 85 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.11% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.12% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 40 48 108
10th Percentile £98,750 £82,125 £86,100
25th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £133,750 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -0.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £159,375 £169,688 £150,000
90th Percentile £172,750 £190,000 £200,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £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 44,026 73,874 58,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 95.25% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 25,758 44,964 44,983
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Quantitative Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Developer 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +109 73 £140,000 +7.69% 36
London +72 70 £150,000 +15.38% 33
Work from Home +83 12 £150,000 +8.11% 5
North East - 3 £100,000 -
UK excluding London - 3 £100,000 - 15
North of England - 3 £100,000 -

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Quantitative Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 55 (75.34%) Python
2 39 (53.42%) C++
3 37 (50.68%) Finance
4 36 (49.32%) Low Latency
5 34 (46.58%) Algorithms
5 34 (46.58%) Equities
6 33 (45.21%) Front Office
7 30 (41.10%) Hedge funds
8 24 (32.88%) Test Automation
9 23 (31.51%) Linux
9 23 (31.51%) OO
10 20 (27.40%) Degree
11 18 (24.66%) Data Analysis
11 18 (24.66%) Analytics
12 17 (23.29%) Market Making
12 17 (23.29%) Data Structures
13 16 (21.92%) Social Skills
13 16 (21.92%) Order Management
13 16 (21.92%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (21.92%) Algorithmic Trading
13 16 (21.92%) OOP
13 16 (21.92%) Management Information System
14 15 (20.55%) C#
15 14 (19.18%) Java
16 13 (17.81%) Mathematics
16 13 (17.81%) Master's Degree
17 12 (16.44%) Computer Science
17 12 (16.44%) High-Frequency Trading
18 11 (15.07%) Electronic Trading
18 11 (15.07%) Banking

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.37%) Jupyter
1 1 (1.37%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.11%) AWS
2 1 (1.37%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) KDB
2 1 (1.37%) Kdb+
2 1 (1.37%) Redis
2 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Artifactory
1 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.37%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (50.68%) Finance
2 33 (45.21%) Front Office
3 16 (21.92%) Social Skills
4 11 (15.07%) Banking
5 8 (10.96%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.11%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.92%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 7 (9.59%) .NET
3 4 (5.48%) PyXLL
4 2 (2.74%) Kafka
4 2 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (2.74%) REST
5 1 (1.37%) Java Concurrency
5 1 (1.37%) Middleware
5 1 (1.37%) NumPy
5 1 (1.37%) Pandas
5 1 (1.37%) React
5 1 (1.37%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 34 (46.58%) Algorithms
1 34 (46.58%) Equities
2 30 (41.10%) Hedge funds
3 17 (23.29%) Data Structures
4 16 (21.92%) Management Information System
5 10 (13.70%) Fixed Income
6 8 (10.96%) Derivative
6 8 (10.96%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (9.59%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (8.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (6.85%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (2.74%) Grid Computing
11 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (1.37%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 1 (1.37%) Pricing Data
11 1 (1.37%) Replication
11 1 (1.37%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 23 (31.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (49.32%) Low Latency
2 24 (32.88%) Test Automation
3 23 (31.51%) OO
4 18 (24.66%) Analytics
4 18 (24.66%) Data Analysis
5 17 (23.29%) Market Making
6 16 (21.92%) Algorithmic Trading
6 16 (21.92%) OOP
6 16 (21.92%) Order Management
7 13 (17.81%) Mathematics
8 12 (16.44%) Computer Science
8 12 (16.44%) High-Frequency Trading
9 11 (15.07%) Electronic Trading
9 11 (15.07%) Quantitative Research
10 9 (12.33%) CI/CD
10 9 (12.33%) Dependency Injection
10 9 (12.33%) Statistics
11 7 (9.59%) Business Strategy
11 7 (9.59%) Decision-Making
11 7 (9.59%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 55 (75.34%) Python
2 39 (53.42%) C++
3 15 (20.55%) C#
4 14 (19.18%) Java
5 8 (10.96%) SQL
6 2 (2.74%) VBA
7 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Degree
2 13 (17.81%) Master's Degree
3 11 (15.07%) PhD
4 1 (1.37%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.37%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (1.37%) Murex