To uncover how much grads are raking in, we turned to our trusty jobs database and identified all graduate roles at trading firms in the past twelve months (Sep 2022-2023). Here's what we found.
The main things that factor into trading firm salaries are.
Here's the breakdown:
Finally, while not reflected in our data, you can also expect fat bonuses and generous perks. How generous? As an example, Citadel Securities (a hedge fund and trading firm) recently sent their employees around the world on a trip to Disney World!
Now let's dive into the salary data, firm by firm.
Note: Average pay refers to the average of the pay ranges that employers provided. So if an employer told us they paid $50-60k for a role, it would show up here as "$55k."
Job title | Average pay |
Software Developer Graduate | $250K |
FPGA Developer Graduate | $250K |
Graduate Quantitative Trader | $250K |
Quantitative Researcher Graduate | $225K |
Graduate Market Risk Analyst | $175K |
Job | Average salary |
Graduate Trader Program | $250K |
Graduate PhD Quantitative Researcher / Analyst | $103K |
Machine Learning Data Scientist | $103K |
Graduate Research Analyst | $100K |
Graduate Buy Side Research Analyst | $100K |
Graduate Quantitative Strategist | $100K |
Job title | Average salary |
Graduate Performance Engineer | $200K |
Graduate Site Reliability Engineer | $200K |
Graduate Software Engineer | $200K |
Graduate Hardware Engineer | $200K |
Graduate Trader | $200K |
Graduate Quantitative Researcher | $200K |
Job title | Average salary |
Graduate Quantitative Trader - Science, Engineering, Mathematics | $170K |
Graduate Quantitative Trader - Computer Science | $170K |
Graduate Trader - Computer Science | $170K |
Graduate Software Engineer - Computer Science, Engineering | $170K |
Graduate Trader - Science, Engineering, Mathematics | $170K |
Job title | Average salary |
2022/23 Quantitative Researcher Graduate Program | $155K |
Quantitative Trader - Graduate Program | $140K |
Quantitative Developer - Graduate Program | $140K |
Trader - Graduate Program | $140K |
Software Developer - Graduate Program | $140K |
Quantitative Researcher - Graduate Program | $140K |
Job title | Average salary |
Quant Trader Developer Computer Science | $150K |
Quant Trader Developer Data Science and Analytics | $150K |
Quant Trader Developer Engineering | $150K |
Quant Trader Developer Mathematics | $150K |
Quant Trader Developer Software Engineering | $150K |
Trader – Junior | $102K |
Software Engineer - Junior | $102K |
Job title | Average salary |
Graduate DevOps Engineer | $130K |
Trainee Trader - Graduate Program | $130K |
Software Engineer - Graduate Program | $120K |
Python Developer Graduate Program | $115K |
Job title | Average salary |
Graduate Trader Program | $113K |
While there weren't many, some corporate support roles did show up.
Job title | Employer | Average salary |
2022 Campus Recruitment Coordinator | Susquehanna International Group | $75K |
2022 Graduate Accountant | Maven Securities | $65K |
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