Quant hiring: how to read the market rather than the headlines
30 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
Why most hiring commentary is noise, what a defensible measurement looks like, and how our hiring index is calculated.
- What we measure: Our hiring index compares vacancies posted in a rolling window against the equivalent preceding window, using the posting date rather than the date we first saw the advert.
- What actually drives the cycle: Fund launches and team lift-outs, which create clustered demand.