Quantitative Investment
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Quantitative Investing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Quantitative Investing over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 968 1208
Rank change year-on-year +86 +240 -342
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Investing 7 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.009% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.010% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 0
10th Percentile - £93,000 -
25th Percentile £151,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £170,000 £100,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -
75th Percentile £172,500 £156,250 -
90th Percentile - £215,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Quantitative Investing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,165 101,093 147,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.12% 95.64% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 59,702 59,212 83,288
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,496
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Quantitative Investing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Quantitative Investing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Investing in the UK

Quantitative Investing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Quantitative Investing in the UK

Quantitative Investing
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Investing within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
London +129 7 £170,000 +70.00% 9
England +111 7 £170,000 +70.00% 9

Quantitative Investing
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:

Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Quantitative Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Proprietary Trading
1 7 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
2 3 (42.86%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python