Quantitative Developer Jobs

Quant Developer
UK

The median Quant Developer salary in the UK is £150,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 776 804
Rank change year-on-year +117 +28 +348
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 67 137 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33 89 96
10th Percentile - £97,500 £85,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 £137,500 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +14.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £172,500 £168,750 £150,000
90th Percentile £175,000 £176,250 £180,000
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 52,841 102,275 81,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 94.83% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 28,673 72,139 54,039
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,770 £38,750 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +4.95%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Developer.

Salary trend for Quantitative Developer in the UK

Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Developer over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 +99 67 £150,000 +9.09% 195
London +30 64 £155,000 +12.73% 181
Work from Home +66 3 £180,000 +30.91% 47
UK excluding London - 3 £100,000 - 8
North of England - 3 £100,000 - 1
North East - 3 £100,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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 48 (71.64%) Python
2 42 (62.69%) C++
3 40 (59.70%) Low Latency
4 36 (53.73%) Hedge funds
5 34 (50.75%) Equities
6 31 (46.27%) Finance
7 29 (43.28%) Linux
8 25 (37.31%) Algorithms
9 21 (31.34%) Front Office
10 18 (26.87%) Multithreading
11 17 (25.37%) Analytics
12 16 (23.88%) Data Structures
12 16 (23.88%) OO
13 15 (22.39%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 14 (20.90%) Test Automation
14 14 (20.90%) OOP
14 14 (20.90%) Management Information System
14 14 (20.90%) Physics
14 14 (20.90%) Order Management
15 13 (19.40%) Mathematics
16 12 (17.91%) Degree
17 11 (16.42%) Fixed Income
18 9 (13.43%) Algorithmic Trading
18 9 (13.43%) NumPy
18 9 (13.43%) Pandas
19 8 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
19 8 (11.94%) React
19 8 (11.94%) Visualisation
19 8 (11.94%) Computer Science
19 8 (11.94%) Data Management

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 (1.49%) Jupyter
1 1 (1.49%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.45%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) KDB
2 1 (1.49%) Kdb+
2 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.49%) Redis
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) TeamCity
General
1 31 (46.27%) Finance
2 21 (31.34%) Front Office
3 8 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.96%) Banking
4 6 (8.96%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.39%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 9 (13.43%) NumPy
2 9 (13.43%) Pandas
3 8 (11.94%) React
4 7 (10.45%) AngularJS
4 7 (10.45%) Flask
4 7 (10.45%) Plotly
5 5 (7.46%) .NET
6 1 (1.49%) Kafka
6 1 (1.49%) Middleware
6 1 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.49%) Reactive Extensions
6 1 (1.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (53.73%) Hedge funds
2 34 (50.75%) Equities
3 25 (37.31%) Algorithms
4 16 (23.88%) Data Structures
5 14 (20.90%) Management Information System
6 11 (16.42%) Fixed Income
7 7 (10.45%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (8.96%) Derivative
9 5 (7.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (5.97%) Equity Derivative
11 2 (2.99%) Replication
12 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (1.49%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 1 (1.49%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 29 (43.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (59.70%) Low Latency
2 18 (26.87%) Multithreading
3 17 (25.37%) Analytics
4 16 (23.88%) OO
5 14 (20.90%) OOP
5 14 (20.90%) Order Management
5 14 (20.90%) Physics
5 14 (20.90%) Test Automation
6 13 (19.40%) Mathematics
7 9 (13.43%) Algorithmic Trading
8 8 (11.94%) CI/CD
8 8 (11.94%) Computer Science
8 8 (11.94%) Data Management
8 8 (11.94%) Visualisation
9 7 (10.45%) Containerisation
9 7 (10.45%) Dashboard Development
9 7 (10.45%) Data Analysis
9 7 (10.45%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (10.45%) Data Visualisation
9 7 (10.45%) Market Making
Programming Languages
1 48 (71.64%) Python
2 42 (62.69%) C++
3 8 (11.94%) C#
4 7 (10.45%) SQL
5 5 (7.46%) Java
6 3 (4.48%) VBA
7 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (17.91%) Degree
2 8 (11.94%) Master's Degree
3 7 (10.45%) PhD
4 2 (2.99%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.49%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.49%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (1.49%) Murex