Hybrid/Remote Backtesting Job Trends

Backtesting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Backtesting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 465 491
Rank change year-on-year +59 +26 +298
Permanent jobs citing Backtesting 2 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.012% 0.035% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.040% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £66,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £140,000 £71,250 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £160,000 £75,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% +17.65% -42.05%
75th Percentile £180,000 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile - £84,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £115,000 £98,250 £140,000
% change year-on-year +17.05% -29.82% +27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Backtesting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,924 17,477 20,966
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.89% 88.22% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,558 10,398 16,986
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £99,800 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,285 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.53% - -

Backtesting
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backtesting and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Backtesting job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Backtesting
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Backtesting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Backtesting

Backtesting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Rust Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) NumPy
1 1 (50.00%) Pandas
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) State Machine
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DeFi
2 1 (50.00%) Econometrics
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Systematic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree