- Based on 16 Jobtrees users who were a Quantitative Analyst in their career, on average, they have 3.11 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.4 years on average in this job building experience and earn $148K per year before moving on.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Quantitative Analyst are Statistician, Business Analyst and Architect. While Statistician isn't from the Data - Science job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Quantitative Analyst shown by Architect also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Quantitative Analyst are Data Scientist, Strategy Analyst and Assistant based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Data Scientist, the most common step before Quantitative Analyst, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Data Scientist is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Quantitative Analyst that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Quantitative Analyst career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Quantitative Analyst so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Data Scientist is from the same job family, Data - Science as Quantitative Analyst, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Strategy Analyst also leading to Quantitative Analyst.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Quantitative Analyst are Doctor Of Philosophy (ph.d.) In Mathematics, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Mathematics, and Doctor Of Philosophy (ph.d.) In Statistics. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Data Scientist being on the path to and from Quantitative Analyst. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Quantitative Analyst is part of the Data - Science job family which has a limited number of unique role types (45) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Quantitative Analyst.