Key words in “Quantitative Analyst” job postings

By Dongliang “Larry” Yi

Objective: To find most required skills/abilities related to the job of “Quantitative Analyst”

Total Job postings: 13 (Citi, Morgan Stanley, US Bank, Fitch, S&P, Bloomberg, BoA)

Most mentioned skills/abilities:

Programing Skills: 12 times

            C++: specifically mentioned 7 times

            VBA: specifically mentioned 7 times

R: specifically mentioned 6 times

Matlab: specifically mentioned 5 times

SAS: specifically mentioned 4 times

C#: specifically mentioned 4 times

S-Plus: specifically mentioned 2 times

Python: specifically mentioned 2 times

Perl: specifically mentioned 1 times

Stata: specifically mentioned 1 times

SPSS: specifically mentioned 1 times

Java: specifically mentioned 1 times

               

Communication Skills: 11 times

Work Experience: 7 times

Quantitative Skills: 7 times

Knowledge of financial market: 6 times

Asset Pricing: 5 times

PHD: 4 times

Team work: 4 times

Database: 3 times

Limitation: the number of job postings is limited, so it may not capture all skills required by some other companies.