Quantitative Trading Jobs in London

Quantitative Trading
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Quantitative Trading skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Trading over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 464 575 905
Rank change year-on-year +111 +330 -296
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Trading 45 28 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.090% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.094% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 34 22 3
10th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 -
25th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £127,500 £128,750 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +28.75% -16.67%
75th Percentile £168,125 £141,875 £130,000
90th Percentile £171,750 £150,625 £142,000
England median annual salary £127,500 £128,750 £100,000
% change year-on-year -0.97% +28.75% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,142 29,692 72,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.35% 95.12% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16,050 21,866 34,403
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Quantitative Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Quantitative Trading as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Trading in London

Quantitative Trading
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Quantitative Trading in London

Quantitative Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Trading in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Trading in London

Quantitative Trading
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Trading within the London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Central London +43 4 £80,000 -5.88% 6
West London - 1 - -
Quantitative Trading
England

Quantitative Trading
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (6.67%) AWS
1 3 (6.67%) Azure
1 3 (6.67%) GCP
2 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.89%) DHCP
1 4 (8.89%) DNS
2 2 (4.44%) BGP
2 2 (4.44%) Firewall
2 2 (4.44%) OSPF
2 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) DTrace
1 5 (11.11%) GDB
General
1 20 (44.44%) Finance
2 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 11 (24.44%) Front Office
4 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Banking
5 2 (4.44%) Billing
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (62.22%) Developer
2 17 (37.78%) Quantitative Developer
3 13 (28.89%) C++ Developer
4 12 (26.67%) Python Developer
5 11 (24.44%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 5 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Senior
7 4 (8.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Senior Windows Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Java Developer
8 3 (6.67%) Python Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) SQL Developer
8 3 (6.67%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Technologist
9 2 (4.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) STL
2 1 (2.22%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (48.89%) Hedge funds
2 15 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 8 (17.78%) Algorithms
3 8 (17.78%) Data Structures
4 5 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (8.89%) Equities
5 4 (8.89%) Virtual Team
6 3 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
7 2 (4.44%) Data Centre
7 2 (4.44%) Fixed Income
7 2 (4.44%) FPGA
7 2 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (2.22%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Linux
2 5 (11.11%) Unix
3 4 (8.89%) Windows
3 4 (8.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (51.11%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (37.78%) Computer Science
3 14 (31.11%) Algorithmic Trading
4 11 (24.44%) Low Latency
5 10 (22.22%) Quantitative Research
6 8 (17.78%) Software Engineering
7 5 (11.11%) Configuration Management
7 5 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
7 5 (11.11%) Mathematics
7 5 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
7 5 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (8.89%) Analytics
8 4 (8.89%) Cryptocurrency
8 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (8.89%) Systematic Trading
9 3 (6.67%) Backtesting
9 3 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (6.67%) High-Frequency Trading
9 3 (6.67%) Quantitative Finance
9 3 (6.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.00%) Python
2 15 (33.33%) C++
3 5 (11.11%) C
3 5 (11.11%) OCaml
3 5 (11.11%) Shell Script
3 5 (11.11%) SystemTap
4 4 (8.89%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.67%) Java
5 3 (6.67%) SQL
6 1 (2.22%) Go
6 1 (2.22%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.44%) CCIE
3 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Cisco
2 2 (4.44%) Juniper