Building Sales & Trading Teams and Careers

Discover the latest compensation benchmarks for Europe financial sciences & services professionals, featuring exclusive survey data on salaries, bonuses, flexible working, career motivations, and more.

Financial services hiring in 2026 is selective, learn where demand is growing, how roles are changing, and how to position your skills to stay competitive.

Access current salary, bonus, flexible working, counter offer, relocation, and career sentiment data from over 1,000 financial sciences & services professionals.

Hybrid talent in commodities and trading hiring now demands structured frameworks, risk transparency, and data fluency beyond headline PnL performance.

This guide provides data-led insights by asset class and seniority to support hiring, benchmarking, and market positioning.

Paul Byrne explains what’s driving sales and trading hiring in 2026, including electronic trading growth, VP hiring challenges, and rising counter offers across markets.

2026 Oil Trading Market and Compensation Outlook covering hiring trends, AI impact, trader skills, pay benchmarks, and strategic priorities for oil trading firms.

Hiring Growth in Commodities and Trading is accelerating as firms expand trading, risk, analytics, and operations teams to manage volatility, tighter margins, and multi-asset strategies.

We interviewed our specialist consultants across Europe to get their expert predictions, sector-specific advice, and strategic insights for the financial services sector in 2025.