Quantitative Developer Job Trends

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 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 685 606
Rank change year-on-year +83 -79 +471
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 74 74 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.11% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.11% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 39 42 103
10th Percentile £100,000 £94,125 £87,500
25th Percentile £108,750 £101,250 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 £133,750 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -4.46% +12.00%
75th Percentile £161,250 £161,250 £162,500
90th Percentile £173,000 £179,250 £200,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £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 43,926 66,553 53,917
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.92% 95.33% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 25,797 38,156 41,676
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.50% -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 17 October 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 17 October 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 +95 74 £150,000 +15.38% 23
London +54 71 £150,000 +12.15% 16
Work from Home +68 14 £150,000 +8.11% 9
UK excluding London +73 3 £100,000 - 6
North East +14 3 £100,000 -
North of England +13 3 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, 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 56 (75.68%) Python
2 40 (54.05%) C++
3 37 (50.00%) Low Latency
4 26 (35.14%) Test Automation
5 25 (33.78%) OO
6 24 (32.43%) Degree
7 22 (29.73%) Linux
8 19 (25.68%) OOP
9 18 (24.32%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 18 (24.32%) Data Analysis
9 18 (24.32%) Market Making
9 18 (24.32%) Order Management
10 17 (22.97%) Java
11 16 (21.62%) Analytics
11 16 (21.62%) C#
11 16 (21.62%) Computer Science
11 16 (21.62%) Master's Degree
12 15 (20.27%) Algorithmic Trading
13 14 (18.92%) Electronic Trading
13 14 (18.92%) High-Frequency Trading
13 14 (18.92%) Mathematics
14 13 (17.57%) PhD
14 13 (17.57%) Quantitative Research
15 10 (13.51%) CI/CD
15 10 (13.51%) Dependency Injection
15 10 (13.51%) Statistics
16 8 (10.81%) Backtesting
16 8 (10.81%) Business Strategy
16 8 (10.81%) SQL
17 7 (9.46%) .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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.35%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.05%) AWS
2 1 (1.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) KDB
2 1 (1.35%) Kdb+
2 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.35%) Redis
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Artifactory
1 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.35%) TeamCity
1 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (54.05%) Finance
2 36 (48.65%) Front Office
3 17 (22.97%) Social Skills
4 15 (20.27%) Banking
5 9 (12.16%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (8.11%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (24.32%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 7 (9.46%) .NET
3 4 (5.41%) PyXLL
4 3 (4.05%) Kafka
5 2 (2.70%) Java Concurrency
5 2 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (2.70%) React
5 2 (2.70%) REST
6 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (1.35%) Middleware
6 1 (1.35%) NumPy
6 1 (1.35%) Pandas
6 1 (1.35%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 38 (51.35%) Algorithms
2 34 (45.95%) Equities
3 30 (40.54%) Hedge funds
4 20 (27.03%) Data Structures
5 18 (24.32%) Management Information System
6 10 (13.51%) Derivative
6 10 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (12.16%) Fixed Income
8 6 (8.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (5.41%) Equity Derivative
10 3 (4.05%) Grid Computing
11 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
11 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (1.35%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 1 (1.35%) Pricing Data
11 1 (1.35%) State Machine
11 1 (1.35%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 22 (29.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 26 (35.14%) Test Automation
3 25 (33.78%) OO
4 19 (25.68%) OOP
5 18 (24.32%) Data Analysis
5 18 (24.32%) Market Making
5 18 (24.32%) Order Management
6 16 (21.62%) Analytics
6 16 (21.62%) Computer Science
7 15 (20.27%) Algorithmic Trading
8 14 (18.92%) Electronic Trading
8 14 (18.92%) High-Frequency Trading
8 14 (18.92%) Mathematics
9 13 (17.57%) Quantitative Research
10 10 (13.51%) CI/CD
10 10 (13.51%) Dependency Injection
10 10 (13.51%) Statistics
11 8 (10.81%) Backtesting
11 8 (10.81%) Business Strategy
12 7 (9.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 56 (75.68%) Python
2 40 (54.05%) C++
3 17 (22.97%) Java
4 16 (21.62%) C#
5 8 (10.81%) SQL
6 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 24 (32.43%) Degree
2 16 (21.62%) Master's Degree
3 13 (17.57%) PhD
4 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (1.35%) Murex
1 1 (1.35%) UiPath