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Quant firm jobs in London

Europe's quant capital and the main hub for systematic macro and long-horizon systematic funds.

What is open in London right now?

263 adverts are open at quant firms in London, across research, trading, engineering, data and operations. The 48 most recently verified are listed below.

Global Delta1 - Software Developer

New today

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-FCA594

Software engineering

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Senior Data Platform Engineer

New today

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-A2B39A

Software engineeringSenior

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

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Analyst, Fund Regulatory Reporting

New today

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-C1EDC1

Compliance and risk controlOptions and volatility

£70k – £110k

Indicative base band

High early interest expected

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Director, Finance Operations

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-2191DF

Finance and accountingLead / HeadOptions and volatilityMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 days ago

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Director, Commercial Finance

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-C53C09

Finance and accountingLead / HeadOptions and volatility

Pay not published

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First seen 2 days ago

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AML Onboarding Analyst

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-D1ABBF

Legal

£70k – £110k

Indicative base band

High early interest expected

First seen 2 days ago

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Executive Assistant - 12m FTC

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-F77884

Workplace and operations

£70k – £110k

Indicative base band

High early interest expected

First seen 2 days ago

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IT Sec Operations Lead

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-B998DA

Other / businessLead / Head

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 days ago

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Technical Support Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-574AB0

Other / businessOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 days ago

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Quant Researcher - Multi Strat

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-3262E2

Quant researchMachine-learning alpha

£115k – £170k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 4 days ago

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Senior Storage Platform Automation Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-A4005B

Other / businessSeniorOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 8 days ago

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Quant - Macro Trend

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-8272EC

Other / businessSystematic macroPhD

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 8 days ago

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Operations Trade Support

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-3BDD93

Trading operations

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 8 days ago

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Python Data Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-D4C42E

DataOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 9 days ago

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Compliance Analyst

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-75E220

LegalBachelors

£70k – £110k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 9 days ago

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Talent Acquisition Associate - 24m FTC

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-E93000

Talent and peopleOptions and volatility

£70k – £110k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 11 days ago

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Technical Operations Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-A0D150

Other / business

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 14 days ago

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Senior Front Office Support Engineer

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-ED0CB6

Other / businessSeniorOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 14 days ago

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Credit Analyst – European Financials

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-C5D5C7

Other / businessOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 14 days ago

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Quantitative Software Engineer (DV Commodities)

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-68A033

Software engineeringOptions and volatilityBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 15 days ago

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Summer 2027 - Risk Internship

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-F42FAF

Other / businessInternshipOptions and volatilityMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 16 days ago

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Summer 2027 - Tech Enterprise Internship

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-3F024D

Other / businessInternshipOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 16 days ago

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Analyst, Solutions Middle Office

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-8CC2CA

Trading operationsOptions and volatilityMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 16 days ago

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IT Engineer

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-AFB8DF

IT support

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 months ago

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Procurement & Logistics Analyst

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-C71CBC

Workplace and operationsBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 17 days ago

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Electronic Sales Trader & Client Support

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-3E9022

TradingOptions and volatility

£100k – £150k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 17 days ago

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Graduate Software Engineer (DV Commodities)

London, United KingdomA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-C9065F

Software engineeringGraduateMarket making

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 18 days ago

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Senior Virtualization Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-A72372

Other / businessSenior

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 21 days ago

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Technical IAM Analyst

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-31DD48

Other / businessOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 21 days ago

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SailPoint Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-D8871C

Other / businessOptions and volatilityBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 21 days ago

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Security Engineer - Lead Architect

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-76989C

Security engineeringLead / HeadOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 21 days ago

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Security Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-1A1827

Security engineeringOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 21 days ago

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Data Engineer

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-FBC99B

DataBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 22 days ago

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General Trading & Technology Insight Programme - 2027

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-02AD60

Other / business

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 22 days ago

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Team Assistant - Sales

London, United KingdomAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-6AE3F4

CommercialOptions and volatility

£70k – £110k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 23 days ago

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Office Assistant

London, United KingdomAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-1947DC

Other / business

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 15 days ago

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Unified Platform - Business Experience - Software Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-8F6741

Software engineeringBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 23 days ago

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Fundamental Researcher - Compute Markets

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-B70E54

Other / business

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 23 days ago

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Desktop Support

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-76B0B0

IT supportOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 24 days ago

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Senior Offensive Security Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-79EB9A

Security engineeringSenior

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 24 days ago

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Equity Trader

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-EE28EC

TradingMarket making

£100k – £150k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 24 days ago

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Talent Acquisition, Associate

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-5F4F69

Talent and people

£70k – £110k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 25 days ago

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IT Security Specialist

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-DAC5AD

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 25 days ago

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Risk Developer

London, United KingdomA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-6D3354

Other / businessMarket making

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 29 days ago

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Trading Operations Engineer - Cumberland Options

New today

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-F3CDE7

Trading operationsOptions and volatilityBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

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Summer 2027 - Quant Internship

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-34679C

Other / businessInternshipOptions and volatilityPhD

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 1 month ago

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C++ Software Engineer | Trading Team

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-CF2327

Software engineeringMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 1 month ago

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Quant Strategist / Researcher - FX Volatility

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-EA975B

Quant researchOptions and volatilityPhD

£115k – £170k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 1 month ago

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Why work at a quant firm in London?

London combines established systematic managers, the European desks of US proprietary firms, and a large bank-side quant population that feeds the buy side. The market is unusually strong in systematic macro and multi-asset systematic strategies.

The London market reportEmployers, strategies and pay

What do quant roles pay in London?

Pay varies more by function and seniority than by city. The salary pages model each function for London with the basis they use; adverts that publish pay show it on the listing.

How do interviews work at London quant firms?

Each firm runs its own loop. The guides below cover Jane Street, Citadel / Citadel Securities and Hudson River Trading in London, stage by stage.

Quant pay in London

Modelled total compensation for the functions hiring here, in GBP. KnowQuant applies a London index of 0.86 to its New York reference bands, rounded to the nearest 5k. These are estimates, not offers.

Function	Entry level (modelled)	Most senior band (modelled)
Quant Researcher	£155k to £270k	£535k to £1.7m
Quant Trader	£135k to £270k	£605k to £2m
Software Engineer	£115k to £195k	£300k to £635k
Data Engineer	£110k to £180k	£280k to £570k

None of the 48 adverts listed above publish a salary.

Quant employers in London and how they interview

Firms KnowQuant profiles with a London office. Adverts are often anonymised, so this is office coverage, not a claim about who posted each listing.

Jane Street
Proprietary trading · HQ New York
Strategies: ETF market making, Options, Statistical arbitrage. Hires for quant-trader, quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 25% above market (modelled).
4-stage interview guide Firm profile
Citadel / Citadel Securities
Multi-strategy platform · HQ Miami
Strategies: Multi-strategy, Market making, Equities. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, quant-trader. Pay about 30% above market (modelled).
4-stage interview guide Firm profile
Hudson River Trading
Proprietary trading · HQ New York
Strategies: Automated market making, Statistical arbitrage, High-frequency trading. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, hft-engineer. Pay about 22% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Jump Trading
Proprietary trading · HQ Chicago
Strategies: High-frequency trading, Latency arbitrage, Crypto. Hires for hft-engineer, quant-researcher, quant-trader. Pay about 20% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Optiver
Market maker · HQ Amsterdam
Strategies: Options market making, Volatility, Delta one. Hires for quant-trader, quant-developer, hft-engineer. Pay about 10% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
IMC Trading
Market maker · HQ Amsterdam
Strategies: Options market making, Equities, Systematic trading. Hires for quant-trader, quant-developer, hft-engineer. Pay about 5% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
DRW
Proprietary trading · HQ Chicago
Strategies: Options, Fixed income, Crypto. Hires for quant-trader, quant-researcher, hft-engineer. Pay about 12% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Two Sigma
Systematic manager · HQ New York
Strategies: ML-driven alpha, Statistical arbitrage, Alternative data. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 15% above market (modelled).
4-stage interview guide Firm profile
D. E. Shaw
Systematic manager · HQ New York
Strategies: Systematic strategies, Discretionary macro, Statistical arbitrage. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, portfolio-manager. Pay about 20% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Millennium Management
Multi-strategy platform · HQ New York
Strategies: Multi-strategy, Pod-based, Systematic teams. Hires for portfolio-manager, quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 18% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Point72
Multi-strategy platform · HQ Stamford
Strategies: Multi-strategy, Long/short equity, Systematic. Hires for quant-researcher, portfolio-manager, quant-developer. Pay about 12% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Susquehanna (SIG)
Market maker · HQ Philadelphia
Strategies: Options market making, Volatility, Equities. Hires for quant-trader, quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 8% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Man Group
Systematic manager · HQ London
Strategies: Systematic macro, Trend following, Machine learning. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, portfolio-manager. Pay about 5% below market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Marshall Wace
Hedge fund · HQ London
Strategies: Systematic equity, Alpha capture, Long/short equity. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, portfolio-manager. Pay about 5% above market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile
Winton
Systematic manager · HQ London
Strategies: Trend following, Systematic macro, Statistical research. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 10% below market (modelled).
3-stage interview guide Firm profile

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Quant jobs in London: common questions

How many quant jobs are open in London?

263 adverts are open at quant firms KnowQuant tracks in London. The count describes open adverts on employers' boards, not hiring plans.

Which quant roles are hiring in London?

Open adverts currently include quant researchers, quant traders, software engineers and data engineers, alongside other technology and business roles at the same firms.

Which quant firms have offices in London?

Firms KnowQuant covers here include Jane Street, Citadel / Citadel Securities, Hudson River Trading, Jump Trading, Optiver and IMC Trading.

What strategies do London quant firms run?

Common strategies include systematic macro, statistical arbitrage, market making and multi-asset.

Do London quant firms sponsor visas?

The Global Talent and Skilled Worker routes are both commonly discussed for these roles. Sponsorship is not universal and eligibility depends on the route and the employer: read the current official UK guidance and confirm with each employer whether the specific role is sponsored.

Counts describe adverts open on the employers' own boards at the last verification, not hiring plans or headcount. Adverts that disappear from a board drop out of this page.

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