Market intelligence
The data layer under the quant talent market
What is the KnowQaunt dataset?
KnowQaunt reads the career boards of quantitative trading firms and systematic funds directly, then maps every vacancy to a role, seniority band, city, strategy and skill set. On top of that live vacancy layer sit 15 in-depth firm profiles, 6 role benchmarks and 10 market reports. Indicative market ranges, compiled from publicly reported compensation data, published market guides and role benchmarking across the ten hub markets.
Quant Salary Index
6 roles × 10 markets
Total compensation ranges by role, seniority and city, in local currency, with a single published conversion basis.
Quant Hiring Index
Direction of demand
Where hiring is expanding, which strategies are absorbing talent and which skills are moving.
Firm directory
15 firms profiled in depth
Positioning, strategies, locations, hiring focus, interview shape and comparable firms.
Skills index
12 skills mapped
The technical core of quant hiring, mapped to the roles, strategies and cities that require it.
Talent availability
Confidential mapping
Population, competition and compensation for a specific hiring brief, produced on request.
How we label evidence
- Fact
- Directly observed from a named source — a published posting, a company statement, a regulatory filing. Carries a link.
- Derived
- Computed from facts by a stated rule, such as converting a US dollar reference range into local currency at the published index factor.
- Inference
- An editorial judgement from market knowledge where no observation exists. Always labelled, never presented as measurement.
Everything currently published is derived or inference. No first-party compensation submissions have been verified yet, and we say so on every page rather than implying a dataset we do not have.
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.
KnowQaunt 2026.1 · Updated September 2026
These are indicative ranges pending first-party verification. They will be replaced by verified submissions as the Quant Salary Index dataset builds.