Hedge funds Contract Job Trends in Central London

Hedge fund
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 115 105
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +65
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 10 8 34
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.48% 0.39% 1.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 1.24% 4.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 30
10th Percentile £463 £496 £468
25th Percentile £478 £506 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £513 £750
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -31.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £628 £588 £888
90th Percentile £837 £730 £1,088
London median daily rate £700 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Hedge funds falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 761 645 800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.22% 31.08% 30.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 410 550
10th Percentile £350 £374 £275
25th Percentile £440 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £692 £718
90th Percentile £788 £781 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 14
10th Percentile £20.10 - £14.03
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.00%
75th Percentile £41.75 - £34.25
90th Percentile £45.50 - £49.20
London median hourly rate £28.55 £39.04 £28.13
% change year-on-year -26.87% +38.81% -15.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hedge funds relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Hedge funds job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hedge funds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hedge funds

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds in Central London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Hedge funds in Central London

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hedge funds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hedge funds

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of Westminster +7 7 £510 -7.27%
City of London -12 3 £805 +57.07% 13
Hedge funds
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) WebEx
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Front Office
3 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Python Data Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Python Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) NumPy
1 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (10.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (20.00%) Data Science
1 2 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (10.00%) Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (10.00%) SDLC
2 1 (10.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) MiFID
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (10.00%) EMIR
2 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft