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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 515 749
Rank change year-on-year - +234 -53
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Finance 0 16 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.054% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.059% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £86,000 £43,250
25th Percentile - £89,375 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £100,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +110.53% -
75th Percentile - £112,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - £117,000 -
UK median annual salary £100,000 £112,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +136.84% -45.71%

All Process & 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 46,638 27,157 61,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.04% 91.43% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 31,682 13,616 43,170
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,890 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +1.78% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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