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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 113 105
Rank change year-on-year -24 -8 +50
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 1 13 27
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.040% 0.68% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 2.03% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 25
10th Percentile - £363 £370
25th Percentile £575 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% -21.15% -8.77%
75th Percentile £625 £580 £798
90th Percentile - £645 £900
London median daily rate £700 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +25.00%

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 792 640 762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 31.97% 33.53% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 413 527
10th Percentile £350 £340 £263
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year - +0.88% -8.21%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £689
90th Percentile £788 £825 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 9
10th Percentile £19.26 £23.52 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.45 £25.39 £16.00
Median hourly rate £26.11 £27.76 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +20.70% -34.29%
75th Percentile £45.67 £30.52 £27.00
90th Percentile £59.64 £65.50 £32.05
London median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +1.45% +32.69% -25.71%

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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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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 22 May 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 -8 1 £600 +9.09%
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Polars
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python