# KnowQuant > The quant hiring index. Live quantitative finance vacancies, compensation benchmarks by role, city and seniority, firm profiles and interview intelligence. Method version 2026.1, last reviewed September 2026. ## How the figures are produced Indicative market ranges, compiled from publicly reported compensation data, published market guides and role benchmarking across the hub markets we cover. 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. Modelled bands describe the market, not an individual offer. Where an employer states pay, the stated figure is used and labelled as such. ## Attribution Cite as: KnowQuant, September 2026, https://www.know-quant.com. Figures are annual total compensation in the market's local currency unless stated otherwise. ## Core pages - [Quant Salary Index](https://www.know-quant.com/salary): pay benchmarks by role, city and seniority - [Live quant vacancies](https://www.know-quant.com/jobs): open, classified roles with salary and location - [Market intelligence](https://www.know-quant.com/intelligence): weekly market call and coverage statement - [Firm profiles](https://www.know-quant.com/firms): who hires, where, and for what - [Answer library](https://www.know-quant.com/answers): 168 direct, dated answers on pay, roles, markets and hiring - [Change log](https://www.know-quant.com/changes): what moved in the index each week, and every method revision - [Methodology](https://www.know-quant.com/methodology): classification rules and validation checklist - [How we validate](https://www.know-quant.com/how-we-validate): source traceability, step by step - [For candidates](https://www.know-quant.com/candidates): private market read, weekly alerts and a synced watchlist - [For employers](https://www.know-quant.com/employers): market mapping, compensation benchmarking and confidential search ## Dated, citable editions Each quarter the compensation index is frozen and published at a permanent address. Cite the edition rather than the live page when the figure needs to stay stable. - [Quant compensation benchmark, Q3 2026](https://www.know-quant.com/benchmarks/2026-q3): published 2026-09-01, method 2026.1 ## Licence Figures are free to quote and republish with attribution and a link to the source page, under https://www.know-quant.com/legal/terms. ## Direct answers Each answer has a permanent address, opens with the figure, and states the market, the currency and what the number excludes. - [What is a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-is-a-quant): A quant is a specialist who uses mathematics, statistics and code to price instruments, find trading signals or run systematic strategies inside a trading firm, hedge fund or bank. - [Which quant role pays the most?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/highest-paid-quant-role): Portfolio management pays the most at the top end, with a New York band reaching $15m, though the outcomes are the widest and least certain in the industry. - [Is London or New York better for a quant career?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/london-or-new-york-for-quants): New York pays more in gross terms, with a quant researcher median of $475k against £319k in London, but London gives broader access to European markets and easier visa routes for many candidates. - [Do you need a PhD to be a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/do-you-need-a-phd-to-be-a-quant): No. A PhD is close to a requirement for research seats at the most selective funds, but trading, development and analytics roles hire strong masters and bachelors candidates routinely. - [How do quant bonuses work?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/quant-bonus-structure): Most quant compensation is delivered as an annual performance bonus rather than base salary, and at senior levels the bonus is usually the larger half of the package. - [Where do KnowQuant's figures come from?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/where-do-knowquant-figures-come-from): Vacancy counts are rebuilt from employers' own career pages, classified and de-duplicated by our research desk; pay bands are modelled market ranges compiled from publicly reported compensation data and role benchmarking. Method 2026.1, last reviewed September 2026. - [Can I cite or republish KnowQuant data?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/can-i-cite-knowquant-data): Yes. Figures are free to quote and republish with attribution and a link to the source page, under our terms of use. - [How often is the quant hiring index updated?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-often-is-the-quant-index-updated): Vacancy data is refreshed daily from employer career pages, market rankings are rebuilt weekly, and compensation benchmarks are frozen and republished each quarter as a dated edition. - [What does a quant researcher do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-quant-researcher-do): A quant researcher designs and tests the statistical models that generate trading signals. In New York, total compensation typically runs from about $250,000 at entry level to $900,000 or more for senior researchers with an attributable track record, with the majority of the package delivered as performance bonus. - [What does a quant trader do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-quant-trader-do): A quant trader runs risk on systematic strategies - sizing positions, managing execution and adjusting to live market conditions. New York total compensation typically ranges from around $200,000 at entry level to well over $1,000,000 for experienced traders, with the bonus tied directly to desk profit and loss. - [What does a quant developer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-quant-developer-do): A quant developer builds the systems that research and trading depend on: backtesting infrastructure, data pipelines, execution platforms and production strategy code. New York total compensation typically runs from about $180,000 at entry level to $600,000 or more for senior developers at leading firms. - [What does a quant analyst do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-quant-analyst-do): A quant analyst prices instruments, builds risk models and validates the models a firm trades on - most often on the sell side or in a risk function. New York total compensation typically runs from about $130,000 at entry level to $450,000 or more at senior level, with a lower bonus share than buy-side quant roles. - [What does a hft / low-latency engineer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-hft-engineer-do): A low-latency engineer optimises the path from market data to order at nanosecond resolution, working across C++, kernel bypass, network hardware and FPGA. Chicago and Amsterdam total compensation typically runs from about $200,000 at entry level to $800,000 or more for specialists with proven latency results. - [What does a systematic portfolio manager do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-portfolio-manager-do): A systematic portfolio manager runs their own book under a defined risk mandate and is typically paid a percentage of the profit they generate rather than a conventional bonus. Packages are largely performance-driven, and guarantee levels are negotiated case by case rather than set at a market figure we can evidence. - [What does a software engineer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-software-engineer-do): A software engineer at a quant firm builds the internal platforms the desks depend on: order and position systems, research tooling, reference data services and internal applications. New York total compensation typically runs from about $175,000 at entry level to $550,000 or more at staff level. How much of that sits in bonus varies by firm and desk; we do not hold a measured comparison against general technology pay, so treat the split as offer-specific. - [What does a machine learning engineer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-ml-researcher-do): A machine learning engineer at a quant firm turns research models into production systems: feature pipelines, training infrastructure, evaluation harnesses and the serving path into live strategies. New York total compensation typically runs from about $200,000 at entry level to $800,000 or more for senior people whose models carry live risk. - [What does a data engineer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-data-engineer-do): A data engineer at a quant firm acquires, cleans, stores and serves the market and alternative data research runs on, including point-in-time correctness and vendor onboarding. New York total compensation typically runs from about $165,000 at entry level to $500,000 or more for senior engineers owning the firm's data platform. - [What does a data scientist do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-data-scientist-do): A data scientist at a quant firm answers business questions with data: execution quality, vendor value, capacity analysis, hiring funnels and operational performance. New York total compensation typically runs from about $150,000 at entry level to $400,000 or more at senior level, below signal-research pay because the work is not directly attributable to trading profit. - [What does a site reliability engineer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-site-reliability-engineer-do): A site reliability engineer keeps trading and research systems running: deployment, observability, capacity, incident response and the automation that prevents repeat failures. New York total compensation typically runs from about $165,000 at entry level to $500,000 or more for senior engineers carrying production ownership of the trading path. - [What does a network and infrastructure engineer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-network-engineer-do): A network and infrastructure engineer at a trading firm builds and runs exchange connectivity, colocation footprint, switching, time synchronisation and the physical path market data travels. New York total compensation typically runs from about $150,000 at entry level to $450,000 or more for senior engineers owning multi-venue connectivity. - [What does a security engineer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-security-engineer-do): A security engineer at a quant firm protects intellectual property as much as infrastructure: strategy code, research data, credentials and trading access. New York total compensation typically runs from about $160,000 at entry level to $500,000 or more for senior engineers leading detection, identity or offensive security. - [What does a trading operations analyst do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-trading-operations-do): A trading operations analyst owns the daily lifecycle behind the desks: trade capture, reconciliation, break resolution, margin, corporate actions and broker relationships. New York total compensation typically runs from about $95,000 at entry level to $300,000 or more for senior people running a global operations function. - [What does a risk manager do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-risk-manager-do): A risk manager at a quant firm monitors exposure, enforces limits, runs stress and scenario analysis and challenges the desks independently of them. New York total compensation typically runs from about $130,000 at entry level to $450,000 or more for a head of risk at a multi-strategy platform. - [What does a compliance officer do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-compliance-officer-do): A compliance officer at a quant firm owns regulatory permissions, trade surveillance, personal account dealing, market-abuse controls and regulator relationships across every venue the firm touches. New York total compensation typically runs from about $110,000 at entry level to $400,000 or more for a head of compliance at a multi-venue firm. - [What does a fund finance and accounting do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-finance-accounting-do): Finance and accounting teams at quant firms handle fund and management-company accounting, treasury and financing, tax, expense allocation and the numbers partners and investors see. New York total compensation typically runs from about $100,000 at entry level to $400,000 or more for a controller or head of finance. - [What does a technical recruiter do?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/what-does-a-technical-recruiter-do): A technical recruiter at a quant firm runs sourcing, assessment logistics and offer negotiation for research, trading and engineering hires, usually including campus programmes. New York total compensation typically runs from about $95,000 at entry level to $350,000 or more for a head of talent at a firm competing for the same small candidate pool as its rivals. - [How do you become a quant researcher?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-quant-researcher): Firms hiring quant researchers recruit from physics or mathematics phd, statistics / econometrics phd, computer science with ml research, and screen against Statistics, Python, Time-series analysis. - [How do you become a quant trader?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-quant-trader): Firms hiring quant traders recruit from mathematics or engineering undergraduate, trading competition and poker backgrounds, physics graduates, and screen against Probability, Risk management, Python. - [How do you become a quant developer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-quant-developer): Firms hiring quant developers recruit from computer science graduates, software engineers moving from big technology, systems and infrastructure specialists, and screen against C++, Python, Distributed systems. - [How do you become a quant analyst?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-quant-analyst): Firms hiring quant analysts recruit from financial mathematics masters, master el karoui and equivalent programmes, mathematics or physics phd, and screen against Stochastic calculus, Derivatives pricing, Python. - [How do you become a hft / low-latency engineer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-hft-engineer): Firms hiring low-latency engineers recruit from embedded and systems engineering, computer engineering / hardware, games and real-time systems, and screen against C++, FPGA / Verilog, Kernel bypass. - [How do you become a systematic portfolio manager?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-portfolio-manager): Firms hiring portfolio managers recruit from senior researchers with attributable track record, traders promoted to book ownership, pms relocating a team from another platform, and screen against Portfolio construction, Risk allocation, Strategy design. - [How do you become a software engineer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-software-engineer): Firms hiring software engineers recruit from computer science graduates, engineers from large technology companies, backend and platform specialists from fintech, and screen against Python, C++, Java or Rust. - [How do you become a machine learning engineer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-ml-researcher): Firms hiring machine learning engineers recruit from machine learning masters or phd, applied scientists from large technology firms, engineers who moved into modelling, and screen against Python, PyTorch or JAX, Feature engineering. - [How do you become a data engineer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-data-engineer): Firms hiring data engineers recruit from data engineers from technology or fintech, backend engineers moving into data, analysts who became platform owners, and screen against Python, SQL, kdb+/q or Arrow. - [How do you become a data scientist?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-data-scientist): Firms hiring data scientists recruit from data science and analytics backgrounds, statistics or economics graduates, consultants moving into industry analytics, and screen against Python, SQL, Statistics. - [How do you become a site reliability engineer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-site-reliability-engineer): Firms hiring site reliability engineers recruit from systems administrators who moved into engineering, sres from large technology firms, network and infrastructure engineers, and screen against Linux, Kubernetes or bare-metal orchestration, Observability. - [How do you become a network and infrastructure engineer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-network-engineer): Firms hiring network engineers recruit from network engineers from telecoms or exchanges, data centre and infrastructure specialists, systems engineers with hardware experience, and screen against Networking and multicast, Exchange connectivity, PTP time sync. - [How do you become a security engineer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-security-engineer): Firms hiring security engineers recruit from security engineers from technology or finance, penetration testers moving in-house, infrastructure engineers who specialised in security, and screen against Detection engineering, Identity and access, Cloud security. - [How do you become a trading operations analyst?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-trading-operations): Firms hiring trading operations analysts recruit from operations analysts from banks and brokers, graduates in finance, economics or business, middle office at asset managers, and screen against Trade lifecycle, Reconciliation, SQL. - [How do you become a risk manager?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-risk-manager): Firms hiring risk managers recruit from risk professionals from banks and hedge funds, quant analysts moving into risk, financial mathematics graduates, and screen against Market risk, Stress testing, Python. - [How do you become a compliance officer?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-compliance-officer): Firms hiring compliance officers recruit from compliance professionals from banks and brokers, regulators moving into industry, legal and paralegal backgrounds, and screen against Regulatory frameworks, Trade surveillance, Market abuse controls. - [How do you become a fund finance and accounting?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-finance-accounting): Firms hiring finance professionals recruit from qualified accountants from audit or industry, fund administrators moving in-house, product control from investment banks, and screen against Fund accounting, Treasury and financing, Tax structure. - [How do you become a technical recruiter?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-to-become-a-technical-recruiter): Firms hiring technical recruiters recruit from agency recruiters moving in-house, technology talent acquisition specialists, campus and early-careers programme managers, and screen against Technical sourcing, Market mapping, Assessment design. - [How much does a quant researcher earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-researcher-earn-in-new-york): A quant researcher in New York earns a median of $475k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $230k to $2.5m. - [How much does a quant researcher earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-researcher-earn-in-london): A quant researcher in London earns a median of £319k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £154k to £1.7m. - [How much does a quant researcher earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-researcher-earn-in-chicago): A quant researcher in Chicago earns a median of $461k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $223k to $2.4m. - [How much does a quant researcher earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-researcher-earn-in-singapore): A quant researcher in Singapore earns a median of S$522k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$253k to S$2.7m. - [How much does a quant researcher earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-researcher-earn-in-hong-kong): A quant researcher in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$3.1m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.5m to HK$17m. - [How much does a quant trader earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-trader-earn-in-new-york): A quant trader in New York earns a median of $450k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $200k to $3.0m. - [How much does a quant trader earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-trader-earn-in-london): A quant trader in London earns a median of £302k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £134k to £2.0m. - [How much does a quant trader earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-trader-earn-in-chicago): A quant trader in Chicago earns a median of $473k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $210k to $3.1m. - [How much does a quant trader earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-trader-earn-in-singapore): A quant trader in Singapore earns a median of S$494k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$220k to S$3.3m. - [How much does a quant trader earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-trader-earn-in-hong-kong): A quant trader in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$3.0m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.3m to HK$20m. - [How much does a quant developer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-developer-earn-in-new-york): A quant developer in New York earns a median of $340k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $180k to $1.2m. - [How much does a quant developer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-developer-earn-in-london): A quant developer in London earns a median of £228k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £121k to £805k. - [How much does a quant developer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-developer-earn-in-chicago): A quant developer in Chicago earns a median of $330k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $175k to $1.2m. - [How much does a quant developer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-developer-earn-in-singapore): A quant developer in Singapore earns a median of S$374k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$198k to S$1.3m. - [How much does a quant developer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-developer-earn-in-hong-kong): A quant developer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$2.3m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.2m to HK$8.0m. - [How much does a quant analyst earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-analyst-earn-in-new-york): A quant analyst in New York earns a median of $230k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $125k to $700k. - [How much does a quant analyst earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-analyst-earn-in-london): A quant analyst in London earns a median of £161k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £88k to £491k. - [How much does a quant analyst earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-analyst-earn-in-chicago): A quant analyst in Chicago earns a median of $223k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $121k to $679k. - [How much does a quant analyst earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-analyst-earn-in-singapore): A quant analyst in Singapore earns a median of S$253k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$137k to S$769k. - [How much does a quant analyst earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-quant-analyst-earn-in-hong-kong): A quant analyst in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.5m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$829k to HK$4.6m. - [How much does a hft / low-latency engineer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-hft-engineer-earn-in-new-york): A hft / low-latency engineer in New York earns a median of $385k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $200k to $1.4m. - [How much does a hft / low-latency engineer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-hft-engineer-earn-in-london): A hft / low-latency engineer in London earns a median of £264k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £137k to £961k. - [How much does a hft / low-latency engineer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-hft-engineer-earn-in-chicago): A hft / low-latency engineer in Chicago earns a median of $416k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $216k to $1.5m. - [How much does a hft / low-latency engineer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-hft-engineer-earn-in-singapore): A hft / low-latency engineer in Singapore earns a median of S$423k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$220k to S$1.5m. - [How much does a hft / low-latency engineer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-hft-engineer-earn-in-hong-kong): A hft / low-latency engineer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$2.6m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.3m to HK$9.3m. - [How much does a systematic portfolio manager earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-portfolio-manager-earn-in-new-york): A systematic portfolio manager in New York earns a median of $1.3m in annual total compensation, within a full band of $500k to $15m. - [How much does a systematic portfolio manager earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-portfolio-manager-earn-in-london): A systematic portfolio manager in London earns a median of £926k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £371k to £11m. - [How much does a systematic portfolio manager earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-portfolio-manager-earn-in-chicago): A systematic portfolio manager in Chicago earns a median of $1.2m in annual total compensation, within a full band of $485k to $15m. - [How much does a systematic portfolio manager earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-portfolio-manager-earn-in-singapore): A systematic portfolio manager in Singapore earns a median of S$1.4m in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$549k to S$16m. - [How much does a systematic portfolio manager earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-portfolio-manager-earn-in-hong-kong): A systematic portfolio manager in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$8.3m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$3.3m to HK$99m. - [How much does a software engineer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-software-engineer-earn-in-new-york): A software engineer in New York earns a median of $305k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $175k to $950k. - [How much does a software engineer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-software-engineer-earn-in-london): A software engineer in London earns a median of £205k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £117k to £637k. - [How much does a software engineer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-software-engineer-earn-in-chicago): A software engineer in Chicago earns a median of $296k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $170k to $922k. - [How much does a software engineer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-software-engineer-earn-in-singapore): A software engineer in Singapore earns a median of S$335k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$192k to S$1.0m. - [How much does a software engineer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-software-engineer-earn-in-hong-kong): A software engineer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$2.0m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.2m to HK$6.3m. - [How much does a machine learning engineer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-ml-researcher-earn-in-new-york): A machine learning engineer in New York earns a median of $390k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $200k to $1.5m. - [How much does a machine learning engineer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-ml-researcher-earn-in-london): A machine learning engineer in London earns a median of £259k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £133k to £995k. - [How much does a machine learning engineer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-ml-researcher-earn-in-chicago): A machine learning engineer in Chicago earns a median of $378k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $194k to $1.5m. - [How much does a machine learning engineer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-ml-researcher-earn-in-singapore): A machine learning engineer in Singapore earns a median of S$429k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$220k to S$1.6m. - [How much does a machine learning engineer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-ml-researcher-earn-in-hong-kong): A machine learning engineer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$2.6m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.3m to HK$9.9m. - [How much does a data engineer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-engineer-earn-in-new-york): A data engineer in New York earns a median of $285k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $165k to $850k. - [How much does a data engineer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-engineer-earn-in-london): A data engineer in London earns a median of £191k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £111k to £570k. - [How much does a data engineer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-engineer-earn-in-chicago): A data engineer in Chicago earns a median of $276k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $160k to $825k. - [How much does a data engineer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-engineer-earn-in-singapore): A data engineer in Singapore earns a median of S$313k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$181k to S$934k. - [How much does a data engineer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-engineer-earn-in-hong-kong): A data engineer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.9m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.1m to HK$5.6m. - [How much does a data scientist earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-scientist-earn-in-new-york): A data scientist in New York earns a median of $245k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $150k to $620k. - [How much does a data scientist earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-scientist-earn-in-london): A data scientist in London earns a median of £164k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £101k to £416k. - [How much does a data scientist earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-scientist-earn-in-chicago): A data scientist in Chicago earns a median of $238k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $146k to $601k. - [How much does a data scientist earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-scientist-earn-in-singapore): A data scientist in Singapore earns a median of S$269k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$165k to S$681k. - [How much does a data scientist earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-data-scientist-earn-in-hong-kong): A data scientist in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.6m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$995k to HK$4.1m. - [How much does a site reliability engineer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-site-reliability-engineer-earn-in-new-york): A site reliability engineer in New York earns a median of $280k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $165k to $800k. - [How much does a site reliability engineer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-site-reliability-engineer-earn-in-london): A site reliability engineer in London earns a median of £188k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £111k to £537k. - [How much does a site reliability engineer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-site-reliability-engineer-earn-in-chicago): A site reliability engineer in Chicago earns a median of $272k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $160k to $776k. - [How much does a site reliability engineer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-site-reliability-engineer-earn-in-singapore): A site reliability engineer in Singapore earns a median of S$308k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$181k to S$879k. - [How much does a site reliability engineer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-site-reliability-engineer-earn-in-hong-kong): A site reliability engineer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.9m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.1m to HK$5.3m. - [How much does a network and infrastructure engineer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-network-engineer-earn-in-new-york): A network and infrastructure engineer in New York earns a median of $250k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $150k to $700k. - [How much does a network and infrastructure engineer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-network-engineer-earn-in-london): A network and infrastructure engineer in London earns a median of £168k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £101k to £470k. - [How much does a network and infrastructure engineer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-network-engineer-earn-in-chicago): A network and infrastructure engineer in Chicago earns a median of $263k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $158k to $735k. - [How much does a network and infrastructure engineer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-network-engineer-earn-in-singapore): A network and infrastructure engineer in Singapore earns a median of S$275k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$165k to S$769k. - [How much does a network and infrastructure engineer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-network-engineer-earn-in-hong-kong): A network and infrastructure engineer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.7m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$995k to HK$4.6m. - [How much does a security engineer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-security-engineer-earn-in-new-york): A security engineer in New York earns a median of $275k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $160k to $800k. - [How much does a security engineer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-security-engineer-earn-in-london): A security engineer in London earns a median of £184k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £107k to £537k. - [How much does a security engineer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-security-engineer-earn-in-chicago): A security engineer in Chicago earns a median of $267k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $155k to $776k. - [How much does a security engineer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-security-engineer-earn-in-singapore): A security engineer in Singapore earns a median of S$302k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$176k to S$879k. - [How much does a security engineer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-security-engineer-earn-in-hong-kong): A security engineer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.8m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$1.1m to HK$5.3m. - [How much does a trading operations analyst earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-trading-operations-earn-in-new-york): A trading operations analyst in New York earns a median of $175k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $95k to $500k. - [How much does a trading operations analyst earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-trading-operations-earn-in-london): A trading operations analyst in London earns a median of £117k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £64k to £335k. - [How much does a trading operations analyst earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-trading-operations-earn-in-chicago): A trading operations analyst in Chicago earns a median of $170k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $92k to $485k. - [How much does a trading operations analyst earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-trading-operations-earn-in-singapore): A trading operations analyst in Singapore earns a median of S$192k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$104k to S$549k. - [How much does a trading operations analyst earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-trading-operations-earn-in-hong-kong): A trading operations analyst in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.2m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$630k to HK$3.3m. - [How much does a risk manager earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-risk-manager-earn-in-new-york): A risk manager in New York earns a median of $240k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $130k to $750k. - [How much does a risk manager earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-risk-manager-earn-in-london): A risk manager in London earns a median of £161k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £87k to £503k. - [How much does a risk manager earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-risk-manager-earn-in-chicago): A risk manager in Chicago earns a median of $233k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $126k to $728k. - [How much does a risk manager earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-risk-manager-earn-in-singapore): A risk manager in Singapore earns a median of S$264k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$143k to S$824k. - [How much does a risk manager earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-risk-manager-earn-in-hong-kong): A risk manager in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.6m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$862k to HK$5.0m. - [How much does a compliance officer earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-compliance-officer-earn-in-new-york): A compliance officer in New York earns a median of $205k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $110k to $650k. - [How much does a compliance officer earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-compliance-officer-earn-in-london): A compliance officer in London earns a median of £138k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £74k to £436k. - [How much does a compliance officer earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-compliance-officer-earn-in-chicago): A compliance officer in Chicago earns a median of $199k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $107k to $631k. - [How much does a compliance officer earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-compliance-officer-earn-in-singapore): A compliance officer in Singapore earns a median of S$225k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$121k to S$714k. - [How much does a compliance officer earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-compliance-officer-earn-in-hong-kong): A compliance officer in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.4m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$729k to HK$4.3m. - [How much does a fund finance and accounting earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-finance-accounting-earn-in-new-york): A fund finance and accounting in New York earns a median of $200k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $100k to $750k. - [How much does a fund finance and accounting earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-finance-accounting-earn-in-london): A fund finance and accounting in London earns a median of £134k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £67k to £503k. - [How much does a fund finance and accounting earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-finance-accounting-earn-in-chicago): A fund finance and accounting in Chicago earns a median of $194k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $97k to $728k. - [How much does a fund finance and accounting earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-finance-accounting-earn-in-singapore): A fund finance and accounting in Singapore earns a median of S$220k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$110k to S$824k. - [How much does a fund finance and accounting earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-finance-accounting-earn-in-hong-kong): A fund finance and accounting in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.3m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$663k to HK$5.0m. - [How much does a technical recruiter earn in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-technical-recruiter-earn-in-new-york): A technical recruiter in New York earns a median of $185k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $95k to $600k. - [How much does a technical recruiter earn in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-technical-recruiter-earn-in-london): A technical recruiter in London earns a median of £124k in annual total compensation, within a full band of £64k to £402k. - [How much does a technical recruiter earn in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-technical-recruiter-earn-in-chicago): A technical recruiter in Chicago earns a median of $179k in annual total compensation, within a full band of $92k to $582k. - [How much does a technical recruiter earn in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-technical-recruiter-earn-in-singapore): A technical recruiter in Singapore earns a median of S$203k in annual total compensation, within a full band of S$104k to S$659k. - [How much does a technical recruiter earn in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/how-much-does-a-technical-recruiter-earn-in-hong-kong): A technical recruiter in Hong Kong earns a median of HK$1.2m in annual total compensation, within a full band of HK$630k to HK$4.0m. - [Is New York a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-new-york-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): New York ranks #1 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated exceptional for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of $475k. - [Is London a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-london-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): London ranks #2 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated exceptional for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of £319k. - [Is Chicago a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-chicago-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Chicago ranks #3 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated exceptional for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of $461k. - [Is Singapore a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-singapore-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Singapore ranks #4 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated very strong for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of S$522k. - [Is Hong Kong a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-hong-kong-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Hong Kong ranks #5 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated very strong for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of HK$3.1m. - [Is Amsterdam a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-amsterdam-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Amsterdam ranks #6 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated very strong for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of €323k. - [Is San Francisco a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-san-francisco-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): San Francisco ranks #7 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated strong for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of $451k. - [Is Paris a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-paris-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Paris ranks #8 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated strong for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of €297k. - [Is Zurich / Geneva a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-zurich-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Zurich / Geneva ranks #9 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated strong / niche for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of CHF 376k. - [Is Dubai / Abu Dhabi a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-dubai-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Dubai / Abu Dhabi ranks #10 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated fast-growing for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of AED 1.5m. - [Is Boston a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-boston-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Boston ranks #11 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated strong / niche for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of $409k. - [Is Austin a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-austin-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Austin ranks #12 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated fast-growing for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of $418k. - [Is Greenwich / Stamford a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-greenwich-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Greenwich / Stamford ranks #13 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated strong / niche for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of $461k. - [Is Sydney a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-sydney-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Sydney ranks #14 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated strong / niche for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of A$520k. - [Is Toronto a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-toronto-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Toronto ranks #15 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated fast-growing for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of C$456k. - [Is Mumbai a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-mumbai-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Mumbai ranks #16 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated fast-growing for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of ₹8.7m. - [Is Shanghai a good place to work as a quant?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/is-shanghai-a-good-place-to-work-as-a-quant): Shanghai ranks #17 of 17 in our quant hiring index, rated strong / niche for opportunity, with a quant researcher median of ¥1.9m. - [Which firms hire quants in New York?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-new-york): In New York our desk tracks hiring at jane-street, citadel, two-sigma, de-shaw, millennium, point72, hrt, across statistical arbitrage, systematic macro, ml-driven alpha, multi-strategy. - [Which firms hire quants in London?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-london): In London our desk tracks hiring at man-group, marshall-wace, winton, citadel, jane-street, optiver, drw, across systematic macro, statistical arbitrage, market making, multi-asset. - [Which firms hire quants in Chicago?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-chicago): In Chicago our desk tracks hiring at citadel, jump, drw, optiver, imc, hrt, across high-frequency trading, market making, options, latency arbitrage. - [Which firms hire quants in Singapore?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-singapore): In Singapore our desk tracks hiring at optiver, imc, jump, millennium, de-shaw, across systematic trading, commodities, macro, market making. - [Which firms hire quants in Hong Kong?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-hong-kong): In Hong Kong our desk tracks hiring at optiver, imc, millennium, point72, jump, across equities, derivatives, china a-shares, systematic trading. - [Which firms hire quants in Amsterdam?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-amsterdam): In Amsterdam our desk tracks hiring at optiver, imc, drw, jump, across market making, high-frequency trading, options. - [Which firms hire quants in San Francisco?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-san-francisco): In San Francisco our desk tracks hiring at citadel, jane-street, two-sigma, hrt, across ml-driven alpha, crypto / digital assets, statistical arbitrage. - [Which firms hire quants in Paris?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-paris): In Paris our desk tracks hiring at citadel, optiver, man-group, across derivatives, systematic strategies, structured products. - [Which firms hire quants in Zurich / Geneva?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-zurich): In Zurich / Geneva our desk tracks hiring at man-group, millennium, across systematic funds, commodities, risk / allocation. - [Which firms hire quants in Dubai / Abu Dhabi?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-dubai): In Dubai / Abu Dhabi our desk tracks hiring at millennium, point72, citadel, marshall-wace, across multi-strategy, systematic teams, commodities, macro. - [Which firms hire quants in Boston?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-boston): In Boston our desk tracks hiring at man-group, two-sigma, millennium, across factor research, systematic long-only, portfolio construction. - [Which firms hire quants in Austin?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-austin): In Austin our desk tracks hiring at jane-street, citadel, jump, across electronic trading, market making, quant development. - [Which firms hire quants in Greenwich / Stamford?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-greenwich): In Greenwich / Stamford our desk tracks hiring at point72, drw, millennium, across systematic research, multi-strategy, factor research, portfolio construction. - [Which firms hire quants in Sydney?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-sydney): In Sydney our desk tracks hiring at imc, jump, across market making, options, quant development, asia-pacific derivatives. - [Which firms hire quants in Toronto?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-toronto): In Toronto our desk tracks hiring at drw, across electronic trading, quant development, systematic research. - [Which firms hire quants in Mumbai?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-mumbai): In Mumbai our desk tracks hiring at point72, imc, across quant development, data engineering, risk, research support. - [Which firms hire quants in Shanghai?](https://www.know-quant.com/answers/which-firms-hire-quants-in-shanghai): In Shanghai our desk tracks hiring at jump, man-group, across china a-shares, market making, systematic trading, futures. ## Head to head comparisons - [London vs New York](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/london-vs-new-york) - [New York vs Chicago](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/new-york-vs-chicago) - [London vs Amsterdam](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/london-vs-amsterdam) - [Singapore vs Hong Kong](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/singapore-vs-hong-kong) - [New York vs San Francisco](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/new-york-vs-san-francisco) - [London vs Zurich / Geneva](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/london-vs-zurich) - [London vs Singapore](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/london-vs-singapore) - [Amsterdam vs Zurich / Geneva](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/amsterdam-vs-zurich) - [New York vs Singapore](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/new-york-vs-singapore) - [London vs Paris](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/london-vs-paris) - [London vs Dubai / Abu Dhabi](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/london-vs-dubai) - [Chicago vs Amsterdam](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/compare/chicago-vs-amsterdam) - [Quant Researcher vs Quant Trader](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compare/quant-researcher-vs-quant-trader) - [Quant Researcher vs Quant Developer](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compare/quant-researcher-vs-quant-developer) - [Quant Developer vs Quant Analyst](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compare/quant-developer-vs-quant-analyst) - [Quant Trader vs Systematic Portfolio Manager](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compare/quant-trader-vs-portfolio-manager) - [Quant Researcher vs Systematic Portfolio Manager](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compare/quant-researcher-vs-portfolio-manager) - [Quant Analyst vs Quant Researcher](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compare/quant-analyst-vs-quant-researcher) - [Quant Developer vs HFT / Low-Latency Engineer](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compare/quant-developer-vs-hft-engineer) ## Role benchmarks - [Quant Researcher salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/quant-researcher): Signal discovery and alpha research - [Quant Trader salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/quant-trader): Running risk on systematic strategies - [Quant Developer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/quant-developer): The engineering layer beneath the strategy - [Quant Analyst salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/quant-analyst): Pricing, risk and model validation - [HFT / Low-Latency Engineer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/hft-engineer): Nanoseconds as a competitive edge - [Systematic Portfolio Manager salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/portfolio-manager): Owning a book and a payout formula - [Software Engineer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/software-engineer): The platform the whole firm runs on - [Machine Learning Engineer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/ml-researcher): Applied learning on production signals - [Data Engineer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/data-engineer): The pipelines research cannot trade without - [Data Scientist salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/data-scientist): Evidence for decisions off the trading path - [Site Reliability Engineer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/site-reliability-engineer): Trading days that do not go wrong - [Network and Infrastructure Engineer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/network-engineer): Exchange connectivity, colocation and the physical path - [Security Engineer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/security-engineer): Protecting research, code and capital - [Trading Operations Analyst salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/trading-operations): Reconciliation, breaks and the daily close - [Risk Manager salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/risk-manager): Independent limits, stress and exposure - [Compliance Officer salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/compliance-officer): Licence to trade, maintained daily - [Fund Finance and Accounting salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/finance-accounting): Books, treasury and the cost of carry - [Technical Recruiter salary](https://www.know-quant.com/salary/technical-recruiter): Hiring is the constraint, so hiring is paid for ## Hub markets - [New York quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/new-york): The deepest quant talent market in the world, and the reference point for global compensation. - [London quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/london): Europe's quant capital and the main hub for systematic macro and long-horizon systematic funds. - [Chicago quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/chicago): The global centre of gravity for high-frequency trading, options market making and low-latency engineering. - [Singapore quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/singapore): A long-established regional quant hub, and the base for many systematic and commodities desks. - [Hong Kong quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/hong-kong): The primary access point for China-focused systematic and derivatives strategies. - [Amsterdam quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/amsterdam): Europe's market-making capital, and an engineering-led market. - [San Francisco quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/san-francisco): Where quant finance overlaps with frontier machine learning and digital assets. - [Paris quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/paris): Deep derivatives-quant talent pool, fed by an exceptional mathematics pipeline. - [Zurich / Geneva quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/zurich): Small, high-quality market concentrated in systematic funds and commodities. - [Dubai / Abu Dhabi quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/dubai): A market that has expanded quickly on portfolio-manager relocation and the absence of personal income tax. - [Boston quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/boston): A research-led market built on long-horizon asset management rather than latency trading. - [Austin quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/austin): A US location that has grown quickly as firms relocated trading and engineering teams to Texas. - [Greenwich / Stamford quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/greenwich): Connecticut's hedge fund corridor, where large systematic and multi-strategy managers hire outside Manhattan. - [Sydney quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/sydney): A compact market-making hub that hires early-career trading and engineering talent in volume. - [Toronto quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/toronto): Canada's quant centre, growing on trading and engineering offices opened out of Chicago and New York. - [Mumbai quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/mumbai): A substantial build-out of quant engineering and research support capacity outside the established hubs. - [Shanghai quant market](https://www.know-quant.com/markets/shanghai): The onshore route into Chinese markets, staffed locally by firms that already trade the region from Hong Kong. ## Firms - [Jane Street](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/jane-street) - [Citadel / Citadel Securities](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/citadel) - [Hudson River Trading](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/hrt) - [Jump Trading](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/jump) - [Optiver](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/optiver) - [IMC Trading](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/imc) - [DRW](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/drw) - [Two Sigma](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/two-sigma) - [D. E. Shaw](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/de-shaw) - [Millennium Management](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/millennium) - [Point72](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/point72) - [Susquehanna (SIG)](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/sig) - [Man Group](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/man-group) - [Marshall Wace](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/marshall-wace) - [Winton](https://www.know-quant.com/firms/winton) ## Machine-readable snapshots - [Index summary](https://www.know-quant.com/data/index.json) - [Role benchmarks](https://www.know-quant.com/data/salary.json) - [Market rankings](https://www.know-quant.com/data/markets.json) - [Answer library](https://www.know-quant.com/data/questions.json) - [Head to head comparisons](https://www.know-quant.com/data/comparisons.json) - [Change log](https://www.know-quant.com/data/changes.json) ## Open question endpoint Ask one question and get a sourced answer as JSON: https://www.know-quant.com/api/public/answer?q=how+much+does+a+quant+researcher+earn+in+london Optional limit parameter, 1 to 5. Cross-origin requests are allowed. Every response carries the method version, the review date and the licence. ## Freshness Vacancies are re-checked against employer career pages daily, market rankings are rebuilt weekly, and compensation benchmarks are frozen quarterly as dated editions. Week by week movement and every method revision are published at https://www.know-quant.com/changes and https://www.know-quant.com/data/changes.json.