There are lots of threads and data about US salaries but very few about London and UK in general. Here are the top paying companies I know of. My TC is 70K GBP with <1 YOE. Tier-1: Amazon Bloomberg Meta Google Microsoft? Apple? Improbable? G-Research? Tier-0: Jane Street Citadel DRW Two Sigma Palantir Jump Trading DE Shaw XTX HRT GSA Capital?
GS pays more than Microsoft in London, so you can probably remove Microsoft from tier-1 Apple can pay well if you get selected for correct level
G-Research can match Two Sigma so I’d put them in the same tier. Tier 1 should be split - Meta outpay all of the others, Microsoft underpay etc. Rothesay Life will pay more than Amazon, Bloomberg, MS, but less than Meta. Tier 0 also varies, my understanding is some such as Jane Street will significantly outlay others like Two Sigma (although there may be a WLB trade off).
Thanks! Do you know about GSA Capital?
Not personally. A friend with 5 YoE said they only offered 120 TC, but he may have been getting lowballed.
Does Palantir pay as much as Jane street or 2 sigma in London?
Depends on level a lot. At my level (e7, TC £700k), Meta is tier 0.
How much room is there for E7+ in London? I’m joining as E5 soon and hope to eventually get promoted to E7/E8 but concerned there won’t be scope in the U.K.
There's a fair amount for E7. You're also responsible for creating that scope. For E8 it starts getting quite hard, but that might just be my personal bias given I haven't cracked 8 :)
You can add optiver for tier 0. New grads get 200k/£ first year compensation.
Thanks!
5rings should be on a similar level
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How much is TC for <1 YOE?