Quant Hiring Index
Where quant hiring is actually moving
Hiring velocity measured from the live vacancy book of every employer under coverage, not survey sentiment, not estimates.
KnowQuant research deskUpdated 1 September 20261,457 live vacancies at 21 firmsMethod 2026.1
Where is quant hiring growing fastest right now?
Across 1,457 live vacancies at 21 firms, 249 were posted in the last 30 days and 681 in the last 90. The deepest markets by open volume are New York (386), London (263), Chicago (173). The role families turning over fastest - the highest share of their open book posted in the last month - are Data Engineer (23.5%) and Quant Developer (20.7%).
Day by day in the tracked book
New adverts against adverts withdrawn, across the tracked employers.
317 opened/416 closed/-99 net
- 33 Oct3 Oct: 3 opened, 5 closed, 1511 open in total.
- 04 Oct4 Oct: 0 opened, 1 closed, 1508 open in total.
- 135 Oct5 Oct: 13 opened, 11 closed, 1523 open in total.
- 226 Oct6 Oct: 22 opened, 23 closed, 1532 open in total.
- 217 Oct7 Oct: 21 opened, 14 closed, 1537 open in total.
- 178 Oct8 Oct: 17 opened, 21 closed, 1539 open in total.
- 149 Oct9 Oct: 14 opened, 9 closed, 1534 open in total.
- 910 Oct10 Oct: 9 opened, 5 closed, 1531 open in total.
- 011 Oct11 Oct: 0 opened, 0 closed, 1530 open in total.
- 1312 Oct12 Oct: 13 opened, 15 closed, 1543 open in total.
- 1813 Oct13 Oct: 18 opened, 27 closed, 1544 open in total.
- 1914 Oct14 Oct: 19 opened, 20 closed, 1538 open in total.
- 815 Oct15 Oct: 8 opened, 18 closed, 1532 open in total.
- 1516 Oct16 Oct: 15 opened, 18 closed, 1530 open in total.
- 017 Oct17 Oct: 0 opened, 2 closed, 1517 open in total.
- 318 Oct18 Oct: 3 opened, 0 closed, 1519 open in total.
- 919 Oct19 Oct: 9 opened, 53 closed, 1529 open in total.
- 920 Oct20 Oct: 9 opened, 17 closed, 1486 open in total.
- 1921 Oct21 Oct: 19 opened, 20 closed, 1485 open in total.
- 1422 Oct22 Oct: 14 opened, 23 closed, 1487 open in total.
- 1423 Oct23 Oct: 14 opened, 19 closed, 1477 open in total.
- 024 Oct24 Oct: 0 opened, 6 closed, 1460 open in total.
- 425 Oct25 Oct: 4 opened, 0 closed, 1464 open in total.
- 1126 Oct26 Oct: 11 opened, 15 closed, 1474 open in total.
- 627 Oct27 Oct: 6 opened, 13 closed, 1462 open in total.
- 1928 Oct28 Oct: 19 opened, 27 closed, 1470 open in total.
- 2229 Oct29 Oct: 22 opened, 12 closed, 1471 open in total.
- 1330 Oct30 Oct: 13 opened, 19 closed, 1470 open in total.
- 231 Oct31 Oct: 2 opened, 3 closed, 1457 open in total.
Open vacancies
1,457
21 employers, 25 cities
Posted, last 30 days
249
vs 267 the 30 days before
Posted, last 90 days
681
Rolling quarter
30-day change
-6.7%
Month on prior month
Tracked hiring book: 1,457 live vacancies across 21 employers, last confirmed 31 October 2026. Each vacancy is verified first-party and classified by a published rule set you can inspect.
Deepest markets by open vacancies
The twelve groups with the largest live vacancy books in the current breakdown.
Open vacancies. Sample: 1,457 live vacancies across 21 employers. Every vacancy is verified first-party and classified by a published rule set you can inspect.
Fastest turnover, last 30 days
Share of each group's open book that was posted in the last 30 days. Groups with at least ten open vacancies only.
Velocity, % of open book posted in 30 days. Sample: 249 live vacancies across 21 employers. Every vacancy is verified first-party and classified by a published rule set you can inspect.
| New York | 386 |
|---|---|
| London | 263 |
| Chicago | 173 |
| Hong Kong | 135 |
| Singapore | 103 |
| Mumbai | 69 |
| Amsterdam | 53 |
| Greenwich / Stamford | 49 |
| Sydney | 27 |
| Toronto | 19 |
| Gurgaon | 15 |
| Sofia | 13 |
Velocity table
Velocity is the share of a group's currently open vacancies that were posted in the last 30 days. Change compares the last 30 days of postings against the 30 days before it, and is only published where the comparison period had at least five postings.
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| City | Open vacancies | Last 30d | Last 90d | Velocity | 30d change | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 386 | 62 | 160 | 16.1% | ▲ +10.7% | High confidencen=386 |
| London | 263 | 45 | 122 | 17.1% | ▼ -4.3% | High confidencen=263 |
| Chicago | 173 | 30 | 77 | 17.3% | ▼ -16.7% | High confidencen=173 |
| Hong Kong | 135 | 10 | 58 | 7.4% | ▼ -65.5% | High confidencen=135 |
| Singapore | 103 | 11 | 40 | 10.7% | ▼ -8.3% | Medium confidencen=103 |
| Mumbai | 69 | 15 | 38 | 21.7% | - 0% | Medium confidencen=69 |
| Amsterdam | 53 | 18 | 30 | 34% | ▲ +80% | Medium confidencen=53 |
| Greenwich / Stamford | 49 | 9 | 33 | 18.4% | ▼ -25% | Medium confidencen=49 |
| Sydney | 27 | 7 | 17 | 25.9% | insufficient | Early signaln=27 |
| Toronto | 19 | 3 | 8 | 15.8% | insufficient | Early signaln=19 |
| Gurgaon | 15 | 2 | 10 | 13.3% | insufficient | Early signaln=15 |
| Sofia | 13 | 7 | 11 | 53.8% | insufficient | Early signaln=13 |
| Shanghai | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8.3% | insufficient | Early signaln=12 |
| Warsaw | 12 | 3 | 6 | 25% | insufficient | Early signaln=12 |
| Dublin | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0% | insufficient | Early signaln=10 |
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Every figure here is a count, not an estimate. Read how the vacancies are collected, deduplicated and classified in the data and methodology documentation.