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Change log

What changed, and when

KnowQuant research deskUpdated 1 September 2026Index last refreshed todayMethod 2026.1

How fresh is this data?

In the last eight weeks the index recorded 207 quant vacancies opening and 207 closing. The most recent full week saw 14 open and 21 close, a net move of -7. Vacancies are re-checked against employer career pages daily; the last successful refresh was 31 October 2026.

Weekly movement

Counted from the vacancy table, not written by hand. Opened means first seen on an employer career page in that week; closed means the advert was withdrawn.

WeekOpenedClosedNetWhereWhat
1421-7New York 4, London 2, Mumbai 1, Shanghai 1Quant Researcher 8, Quant Trader 3, Quant Developer 2, Machine Learning Engineer 1
635-29Chicago 2, Sydney 1, Singapore 1, Hong Kong 1Quant Researcher 2, Quant Trader 2, HFT / Low-Latency Engineer 1, Quant Developer 1
1829-11New York 5, Sydney 2, Hong Kong 2, Shanghai 2Quant Trader 6, Quant Researcher 5, Machine Learning Engineer 4, HFT / Low-Latency Engineer 1
1914+5New York 7, Amsterdam 3, Chicago 2, London 2Quant Researcher 9, Machine Learning Engineer 4, Quant Developer 2, Quant Trader 2
2333-10New York 4, Singapore 3, London 3, Hong Kong 2Quant Researcher 8, Quant Trader 8, HFT / Low-Latency Engineer 4, Machine Learning Engineer 2
1723-6Hong Kong 5, London 4, New York 3, Singapore 2Quant Researcher 10, Quant Trader 5, Systematic Portfolio Manager 1, Quant Developer 1
2721+6London 7, Amsterdam 4, New York 4, Hong Kong 4Quant Researcher 9, Quant Trader 9, Machine Learning Engineer 5, HFT / Low-Latency Engineer 2
8331+52New York 25, Singapore 10, London 8, Dublin 7Quant Researcher 48, Quant Trader 18, Machine Learning Engineer 6, Quant Developer 5

Method and coverage revisions

Appended, never rewritten. If a figure you quoted has changed, this is where it is recorded.

  1. Publication

    Answer library and head-to-head comparisons published

    A permanent library of direct answers went live at /answers, alongside city-versus-city and role-versus-role comparison pages. Every answer is generated from the same tables the benchmark pages render, so the prose cannot drift from the figures.

    See the page

  2. Publication

    Q3 2026 compensation benchmark frozen

    The quarterly edition was published at a permanent address and will not be edited in place. Cite the edition rather than the live page when a figure needs to stay stable.

    See the page

  3. Method

    Method 2026.1 adopted

    Role classification was rebuilt so engineering and data roles at quant employers are tracked separately and never counted as quant vacancies. Location resolution now falls back to the employer's stated office rather than inferring a city from the advert text.

    See the page

  4. Coverage

    Dubai added as a hub market

    Dubai entered the index as the tenth hub market, with pay bands indexed against the New York reference and a right-to-work note covering the free-zone route.

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  5. Correction

    Portfolio manager band widened

    The portfolio-manager band was widened at the upper end to reflect profit-share arrangements rather than salaried packages, and labelled explicitly so it is not read as an offer range.

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Machine-readable

The same change log is published as JSON at /data/changes.json, with the refresh timestamp and the method version attached. A full map of the index for answer engines sits at /llms.txt.

Methodology

Figures are expressed as annual total compensation (base salary plus expected performance bonus) in the reference market's local currency, converted from a US dollar base. They describe typical market ranges rather than any individual offer, and exclude sign-on payments, deferred equity and carried interest. Portfolio-manager figures reflect formulaic profit-share arrangements and are therefore far more dispersed than any other role.

KnowQuantIndex 2026.1 · Updated September 2026

Modelled bands describe the market, not an individual offer. Where an employer states pay, the stated figure is used and labelled as such.