Ursula Castiblanco
Lead Consultant
US Gas Supply and Trading: Talent and market insights 2026
Ursula Castiblanco
Lead ConsultantIntroduction: Gas Supply and Trading recruitment across the US
Established in 2010, Pangea is a global recruitment company with offices across Europe, North America, and Asia.
Our Energy Trading & Supply team specializes in recruitment across commodities, energy, and financial trading, supporting trading houses, supermajors, utilities, hedge funds, and infrastructure platforms across the full transactional lifecycle.
Our team works across permanent and contract recruitment, supporting hiring across:
- LNG Trading and Optimisation
- Natural Gas Trading
- Power Trading
- Oil and Products Trading
- Risk Management
- Energy Analytics and Quantitative Strategies
- Trading Technology (ETRM/CTRM, Software Engineering)
With extensive experience in the volatile commodities market, our consultants work closely with clients to deliver talent solutions in an increasingly competitive hiring environment.
Our consultants have gathered detailed insight from live recruitment activity, market mapping and ongoing client engagement. The report covers:
- Market overview: recruitment trends across US gas trading desks
- Salary and compensation data: benchmarks across gas roles
- Bonus structures and profit-sharing models: how firms reward trading performance
- Talent shortages and premium skillsets: where demand outstrips supply
- Retention challenges and platform stability: what drives commercial talent to move
- Expert commentary: on permanent and contract hiring across US gas trading hubs
Who is the report for?
The report is for trading houses, supermajors, utilities, hedge funds and infrastructure platforms hiring across trading, optimisation, risk, analytics, technology and commercial operations. Candidates and hiring managers use it to understand where the market is moving.
"This report goes well beyond compensation data. It’s a practical guide to why top trading professionals are changing roles or staying put this year. We built it to give clients practical, usable insight into this ever-changing market.”"
Ursula Castiblanco, Lead Consultant, Pangea
Speak to the team
To view our EMEA Supply and Trading talent and market insights 2026 report, or discuss your hiring plans in more detail, please contact the team:
LNG Trading:
Gas Trading:
- Ursula Castiblanco 📧 ursula.castiblanco@pangea-ts.com
- Raveen Thind 📧 raveen.thind@pangea-ts.com
- Cortney Berlyne 📧 cortney.berlyne@pangea-ts.com
Power Trading:
- (Short-term) Nitesh Pankhania 📧 nitesh.pankhania@pangea-ts.com
- (Forward/Futures) Harrison Clarke 📧 harrison.clarke@pangea-ts.com
- (Origination) Kameron Taylor 📧 kameron.taylor@pangea-ts.com
Oil Trading:
Risk management:
Energy Analytics and Quantitative Strategies:
Trading Technology (ETRM/CTRM, Software Engineering)
FAQs
What is the US Gas Supply & Trading: Talent and Market Insights Report 2026?
It is Pangea’s 2026 report on the US gas trading recruitment market. It brings together recruitment market intelligence, hiring trends, salary benchmarks and sector commentary.
Which locations does the report cover?
It covers the US gas recruitment market.
What does the report include?
It includes a recruitment market overview across US gas trading desks, salary trends and compensation data, bonus structure overviews, talent shortages, retention challenges and hiring hotspots.
Who is the report for?
Trading houses, supermajors, utilities, hedge funds and infrastructure investors hiring across gas trading.
How do I access the report or discuss hiring plans?
Contact Ursula Castiblanco using the details above to view the report and discuss your hiring needs.
What our gas trading clients say
The case studies below show how we work with trading houses, supermajors, utilities, hedge funds and infrastructure platforms.
"Raveen's presentation of candidates relevant to the criteria outlined and expansion of search to include Asian linked markets was impressive. There was good organisation working with our HR to arrange interview times."
Vijay Sandhu, Energy Trader at Gunvor
Pangea - energy trading recruitment specialists
To find out more about how Pangea could help you with your hiring needs visit our Supply and Trading page to see:
- how we support clients with their recruitment needs across, Gas, LNG, Oil, Analytics, Risk and Trading Technology
- our latest customer testimonials
- the latest live energy specialist vacancies were working on.