The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Hedge funds over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hedge fund
Rank 155 88 87
Rank change year-on-year
-67 -1
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 797 1574 1637
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.777% 3.013% 2.721%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.422% 7.578% 6.476%
Number of salaries quoted 664 1245 1192
Average salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,500 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -24.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
18025 20771 25278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 40.19% 39.76% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 14869 17843 21033
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Hedge funds
England

Hedge funds
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Hedge funds across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London Hedge funds Jobs Demand Trend

Hedge funds
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Hedge funds across the London region.

London Hedge funds Salary Trend

Hedge funds
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hedge funds across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London Hedge funds Salary Histogram

Hedge funds
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
City of London -64 201 £60,000 +4.34% 53
Bromley - 4 £23,000 -
Canary Wharf +10 1 - -
Wimbledon - 1 £37,500 -
Hedge funds
England

Hedge funds
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Hedge funds also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Hedge funds.

1 1111 (63.56%) Finance
2 767 (43.88%) C#
3 611 (34.95%) SQL
4 450 (25.74%) C++
5 447 (25.57%) Banking
6 440 (25.17%) Front Office
6 440 (25.17%) Java
7 434 (24.83%) Degree
8 423 (24.20%) SQL Server
9 402 (23.00%) Windows
10 396 (22.65%) Computer Science
11 392 (22.43%) .NET
12 362 (20.71%) OO
13 326 (18.65%) Microsoft
14 252 (14.42%) Linux
15 247 (14.13%) WPF
16 236 (13.50%) Perl
17 222 (12.70%) Multithreading
18 206 (11.78%) Python
19 203 (11.61%) Agile Software Development
20 201 (11.50%) UNIX
21 194 (11.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 192 (10.98%) Algorithmic Trading
23 184 (10.53%) Fixed Income
24 183 (10.47%) MS Excel
25 182 (10.41%) Windows Server 2008
26 181 (10.35%) Investment Banking
27 180 (10.30%) Mathematics
28 164 (9.382%) Derivative
29 158 (9.039%) Active Directory

Hedge funds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Hedge funds also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Hedge funds. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 392 (22.43%) .NET
2 247 (14.13%) WPF
3 146 (8.352%) WCF
4 80 (4.577%) WinForms
5 61 (3.490%) ASP.NET
6 59 (3.375%) Spring
7 58 (3.318%) XML
8 52 (2.975%) STL
8 52 (2.975%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 45 (2.574%) .NET Framework
10 40 (2.288%) Hibernate
11 39 (2.231%) Silverlight
12 36 (2.059%) JMS
13 35 (2.002%) HTML
14 29 (1.659%) Guice
15 27 (1.545%) J2SE
15 27 (1.545%) CSS
16 26 (1.487%) MDX
16 26 (1.487%) LINQ
17 21 (1.201%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 116 (6.636%) MS Exchange
2 80 (4.577%) Exchange Server 2010
3 53 (3.032%) Exchange Server 2007
3 53 (3.032%) SharePoint
4 45 (2.574%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 28 (1.602%) SharePoint Server
6 17 (0.973%) Apache
7 12 (0.686%) SharePoint 2010
8 10 (0.572%) Exchange Server 2003
9 8 (0.458%) Oracle Coherence
10 7 (0.400%) Apache Solr
10 7 (0.400%) IIS
11 6 (0.343%) GemFire
12 4 (0.229%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.229%) Mathematica
12 4 (0.229%) MQSeries
12 4 (0.229%) SAS
12 4 (0.229%) Jetty
12 4 (0.229%) TIBCO EMS
13 3 (0.172%) Tomcat
Applications
1 183 (10.47%) MS Excel
2 93 (5.320%) MS Office
3 35 (2.002%) MS PowerPoint
4 18 (1.030%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.400%) PowerPivot
6 5 (0.286%) Office 365
6 5 (0.286%) MS Project
7 4 (0.229%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.114%) S-PLUS
9 1 (0.057%) Mingle
9 1 (0.057%) Maple
Business Applications
1 38 (2.174%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.629%) Front Arena
3 8 (0.458%) LatentZero
3 8 (0.458%) Advent Geneva
4 5 (0.286%) MultiFonds
5 4 (0.229%) SunGard APT
6 3 (0.172%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.114%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.114%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.114%) FINCAD Analytics
7 2 (0.114%) FastVal
8 1 (0.057%) Kiodex
8 1 (0.057%) Beauchamp
8 1 (0.057%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.057%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.057%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.057%) Summit
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 108 (6.178%) SAN
2 94 (5.378%) TCP/IP
3 78 (4.462%) DNS
4 77 (4.405%) DHCP
5 66 (3.776%) HTTP
6 63 (3.604%) Firewall
7 44 (2.517%) NAS
8 43 (2.460%) Network Security
9 41 (2.346%) iSCSI
10 29 (1.659%) VoIP
11 20 (1.144%) WAN
12 14 (0.801%) LAN
13 13 (0.744%) SSH
13 13 (0.744%) Internet
14 10 (0.572%) Cisco IOS
15 8 (0.458%) ISDN
15 8 (0.458%) PBX
15 8 (0.458%) VPN
15 8 (0.458%) Intranet
16 4 (0.229%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 423 (24.20%) SQL Server
2 131 (7.494%) SQL Server 2008
3 58 (3.318%) SQL Server 2005
4 47 (2.689%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 45 (2.574%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 39 (2.231%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (2.059%) MySQL
7 36 (2.059%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 35 (2.002%) SQL Server 2012
9 33 (1.888%) RDBMS
10 30 (1.716%) Big Data
11 29 (1.659%) OLAP
12 18 (1.030%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 17 (0.973%) KDB
14 16 (0.915%) DB2
15 14 (0.801%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.458%) QlikView
16 8 (0.458%) PerformancePoint
16 8 (0.458%) NoSQL
17 7 (0.400%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 37 (2.117%) Subversion
2 36 (2.059%) Maven
3 32 (1.831%) Team Foundation Server
4 31 (1.773%) Visual Studio
5 29 (1.659%) Selenium
6 28 (1.602%) CruiseControl
7 27 (1.545%) MSBuild
8 24 (1.373%) Hudson
9 20 (1.144%) JUnit
10 17 (0.973%) Jenkins
11 16 (0.915%) NUnit
12 15 (0.858%) Cucumber
13 13 (0.744%) GDB
13 13 (0.744%) GCC
14 10 (0.572%) Rhino Mocks
14 10 (0.572%) GitHub
15 9 (0.515%) LoadRunner
16 7 (0.400%) K2 blackpoint
16 7 (0.400%) Moq
16 7 (0.400%) TeamCity
General
1 1111 (63.56%) Finance
2 447 (25.57%) Banking
3 440 (25.17%) Front Office
4 181 (10.35%) Investment Banking
5 125 (7.151%) Financial Institution
6 91 (5.206%) Back Office
7 66 (3.776%) Telecoms
8 40 (2.288%) Games
9 27 (1.545%) Legal
10 15 (0.858%) Corporate Banking
11 14 (0.801%) Retail
12 10 (0.572%) Marketing
13 9 (0.515%) Law
14 8 (0.458%) Automotive
15 7 (0.400%) International Banking
16 6 (0.343%) Advertising
17 5 (0.286%) French Language
17 5 (0.286%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.229%) Spanish Language
18 4 (0.229%) German Language
Job Titles
1 830 (47.48%) Developer
2 325 (18.59%) C# Developer
3 247 (14.13%) Analyst
4 158 (9.039%) Java Developer
5 148 (8.467%) C++ Developer
6 129 (7.380%) Junior
7 94 (5.378%) Senior Developer
8 93 (5.320%) Administrator
9 84 (4.805%) Systems Administrator
10 71 (4.062%) Business Analyst
11 69 (3.947%) Graduate
12 68 (3.890%) C# .NET Developer
13 66 (3.776%) Quantitative Developer
14 62 (3.547%) Support Analyst
15 61 (3.490%) Applications Support
16 56 (3.204%) .NET Developer
17 52 (2.975%) DBA
18 50 (2.860%) C++ Quantitative Developer
19 49 (2.803%) Programmer
20 47 (2.689%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 396 (22.65%) Computer Science
2 194 (11.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 184 (10.53%) Fixed Income
4 180 (10.30%) Mathematics
5 164 (9.382%) Derivative
6 123 (7.037%) Equities
7 69 (3.947%) Physics
8 68 (3.890%) Blackberry
9 55 (3.146%) Open Source
10 52 (2.975%) Replication
11 45 (2.574%) Clustering
12 43 (2.460%) Client/Server
13 41 (2.346%) Statistics
14 28 (1.602%) EqualLogic
15 25 (1.430%) Interest Rate Derivative
15 25 (1.430%) Grid Computing
16 21 (1.201%) Management Information System
17 20 (1.144%) Market Risk
17 20 (1.144%) Equity Derivative
18 15 (0.858%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 402 (23.00%) Windows
2 252 (14.42%) Linux
3 201 (11.50%) UNIX
4 182 (10.41%) Windows Server 2008
5 102 (5.835%) Windows Server 2003
6 94 (5.378%) Windows 7
7 49 (2.803%) Windows XP
8 29 (1.659%) Solaris
9 20 (1.144%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.801%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.229%) CentOS
12 1 (0.057%) Windows Phone
12 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.057%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.057%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.057%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.057%) Android
12 1 (0.057%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (20.71%) OO
2 222 (12.70%) Multithreading
3 203 (11.61%) Agile Software Development
4 192 (10.98%) Algorithmic Trading
5 152 (8.696%) Asset Management
6 128 (7.323%) Risk Management
7 123 (7.037%) TDD
8 105 (6.007%) Investment Management
9 98 (5.606%) Scrum
10 80 (4.577%) Project Management
11 64 (3.661%) BDD
12 62 (3.547%) Analytics
13 57 (3.261%) Electronic Trading
14 48 (2.746%) CRM
14 48 (2.746%) Business Analysis
15 45 (2.574%) Data Modelling
16 41 (2.346%) Business Intelligence
17 36 (2.059%) Disaster Recovery
17 36 (2.059%) MVC
18 32 (1.831%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 767 (43.88%) C#
2 611 (34.95%) SQL
3 450 (25.74%) C++
4 440 (25.17%) Java
5 236 (13.50%) Perl
6 206 (11.78%) Python
7 144 (8.238%) PowerShell
8 117 (6.693%) F#
9 114 (6.522%) T-SQL
10 83 (4.748%) VBA
11 53 (3.032%) Bash shell
12 48 (2.746%) C
12 48 (2.746%) Ruby
13 43 (2.460%) Shell Script
14 38 (2.174%) Scala
14 38 (2.174%) JavaScript
15 35 (2.002%) MATLAB
16 24 (1.373%) PL/SQL
17 23 (1.316%) VBScript
18 20 (1.144%) PHP
Qualifications
1 434 (24.83%) Degree
2 50 (2.860%) PhD
3 24 (1.373%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (1.144%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (0.973%) CCNA
6 14 (0.801%) MCP
7 11 (0.629%) CISSP
8 7 (0.400%) MCTS
8 7 (0.400%) MCITP
8 7 (0.400%) CCNP
8 7 (0.400%) MCSE
8 7 (0.400%) MCAD
8 7 (0.400%) MCSD
9 6 (0.343%) MCSA
10 5 (0.286%) ISEB
11 4 (0.229%) CISA
11 4 (0.229%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.229%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.229%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.172%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (2.460%) QA
2 17 (0.973%) SLA
3 11 (0.629%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.400%) Basel III
5 5 (0.286%) COBIT
6 4 (0.229%) Basel II
7 2 (0.114%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.057%) GAAP
System Software
1 158 (9.039%) Active Directory
2 75 (4.291%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (3.318%) VMware ESX
4 29 (1.659%) NFS
5 28 (1.602%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 24 (1.373%) vSphere
7 22 (1.259%) ISA Server
7 22 (1.259%) UAG
8 7 (0.400%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.286%) XenApp
10 4 (0.229%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.172%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.057%) Xen
12 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.057%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.057%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.057%) Samba
Systems Management
1 30 (1.716%) SCCM
1 30 (1.716%) Cacti
2 29 (1.659%) NetBackup
3 28 (1.602%) OpenNMS
4 26 (1.487%) SCOM
5 25 (1.430%) Norton AntiVirus
6 23 (1.316%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 22 (1.259%) HP SIM
8 15 (0.858%) Puppet
9 9 (0.515%) Nagios
10 7 (0.400%) ServiceCenter
11 3 (0.172%) Backup Exec
12 1 (0.057%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.057%) WMI
12 1 (0.057%) CA SiteMinder
12 1 (0.057%) DameWare
Vendors
1 326 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 137 (7.838%) VMware
3 135 (7.723%) Oracle
4 89 (5.092%) Bloomberg
5 81 (4.634%) Sybase
6 68 (3.890%) NetApp
7 66 (3.776%) Cisco
8 63 (3.604%) HP
9 61 (3.490%) Reuters
10 46 (2.632%) TIBCO
11 35 (2.002%) Red Hat
12 30 (1.716%) CA
13 29 (1.659%) Symantec
14 25 (1.430%) Syncfusion
15 23 (1.316%) Sophos
16 22 (1.259%) Google
17 20 (1.144%) SunGard
17 20 (1.144%) Juniper
18 19 (1.087%) Facebook
18 19 (1.087%) Calypso
City of London
West London Hedge Fund looking for a senior C# developer to join their development team. The successful candidate will be required to steer the team's architectural decisions...
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Job Role: Junior C# Developer - Break into FinanceLocation: LondonSalary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits C# Developer / Junior .Net Software Engineer (ASP.Net SQL Server). Opportunity for a skilled...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Those with particular knowledge and/or interest in Fixed Income should be alerted to this C# role... 2+ Years .NET development experience. UI Skills (Preferably WPF) Exposure to...
Real Staffing
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 30 May 2013
West London
The successful candidate will develop and enhance the WPF and Winforms Trade Capture and Lifecycle GUI framework, along with the corresponding WCF server-side stack... Skills Required: C#...
Huxley Associates
Salary: Competitive Base + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
West London Hedge Fund looking for a senior C# developer to join their development team. The successful candidate will be required to steer the team's architectural decisions...
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Salary: £30000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 11 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + excellent bonus potential and pension
Posted: 16 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 2 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £60,000 to £60,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £80,000 to £130,000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £120,000 to £120,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £40000 - £82000 per annum + pension + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Salary: Competitve Base + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £80,000 to £80,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £90,000 to £90,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £70,000 to £70,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £75k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £75,000 to £75,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Central London / West End
Araya Partners Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £65,000 per annum Attractive Salary plus bonus and ben
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £50000 - £250000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013