Quantitative Investing Job Trends

Quantitative Investment
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Quantitative Investing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 649 756
Rank change year-on-year - +107 -26
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Investing 0 14 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - 0.028% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.032% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 1
10th Percentile - £57,500 -
25th Percentile - £58,750 £206,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £160,000 £212,500
Median % change year-on-year - -24.71% +63.46%
75th Percentile - £200,000 £218,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Quantitative Investing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing process or methodology skills.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills 89,915 43,867 56,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.56% 87.81% 82.56%
Number of salaries quoted 60,503 25,533 29,803
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,623 £54,441 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -9.27% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +18.28% -13.89% +2.86%

Quantitative Investing Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quantitative Investing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Quantitative Investing job vacancy trend in the UK

Quantitative Investing Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Investing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Investing