Quantitative Finance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Quantitative Finance (Mathematical Finance)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Quantitative Finance 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 521 591 -
Rank change year-on-year +70 - -
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Finance 6 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.021% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.026% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - £45,500 -
25th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 -
90th Percentile - £98,000 -
UK median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £106,250
% change year-on-year +6.45% -27.06% -3.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Quantitative Finance 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,698 38,182 28,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.99% 79.94% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,290 18,695 21,444
10th Percentile £26,875 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £54,285 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.53% - -

Quantitative Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quantitative Finance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Quantitative Finance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Quantitative Finance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Quantitative Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Quantitative Finance

Quantitative Finance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Finance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Scotland - 5 - -
South West +30 1 £82,500 +6.45%
Quantitative Finance
UK

Quantitative Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) LaTeX
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Legal
3 4 (66.67%) Front Office
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Credit Risk
1 1 (16.67%) CUDA
1 1 (16.67%) Market Risk
1 1 (16.67%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
1 5 (83.33%) Model Validation
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Quantitative Analysis
1 5 (83.33%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Statistics
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Catastrophe Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Science
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Physics
4 1 (16.67%) Qualitative Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 4 (66.67%) PhD
3 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Databricks