Hedge funds Contracts in London

Hedge fund
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hedge funds over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 304 201
Rank change year-on-year +190 -103 +28
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 369 195 577
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.08% 0.72% 1.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.31% 2.01% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 163 441
10th Percentile £515 £450 £438
25th Percentile £600 £500 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% - -
75th Percentile £850 £788 £725
90th Percentile £888 £850 £850
England median daily rate £725 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +26.09% -4.17% -

All Generic Skills
London

Hedge funds is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,852 9,722 14,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.04% 35.90% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,137 6,983 10,364
10th Percentile £300 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £700
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 113 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.15
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.72% +35.85%
75th Percentile £46.86 £64.50 £53.16
90th Percentile £67.00 £83.60 £71.55
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Hedge funds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Hedge funds in London

Hedge funds
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hedge funds in London.

Daily rate trend for Hedge funds in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hedge funds in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hedge funds in London.

Hourly rate trend for Hedge funds in London

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Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Central London +57 32 £725 -9.38% 3
Hedge funds
England

Hedge funds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 120 (32.52%) Apache Airflow
2 106 (28.73%) Apache
3 5 (1.36%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (4.88%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.36%) SimCorp Dimension
3 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.27%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 206 (55.83%) AWS
2 125 (33.88%) GCP
3 99 (26.83%) Azure
4 78 (21.14%) dbt
5 72 (19.51%) Snowflake
6 9 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (0.27%) Figma
10 1 (0.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.98%) VPN
2 9 (2.44%) Wireless
3 2 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.54%) Network Security
3 2 (0.54%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.54%) WAN
4 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.27%) Firewall
4 1 (0.27%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.27%) FTP
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Skype
4 1 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (28.73%) Apache Ignite
2 78 (21.14%) Amazon Athena
2 78 (21.14%) Apache Arrow
2 78 (21.14%) Dremio
3 71 (19.24%) Data Lake
4 47 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (5.96%) SQL Server
6 19 (5.15%) Big Data
7 7 (1.90%) Power BI
7 7 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.63%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.36%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (1.36%) Tableau
10 4 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.54%) MySQL
11 2 (0.54%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 27 (7.32%) Cypress.io
2 6 (1.63%) JIRA
3 4 (1.08%) SpecFlow
4 3 (0.81%) Git
5 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.54%) GitLab
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 299 (81.03%) Finance
2 241 (65.31%) Front Office
3 179 (48.51%) Banking
4 84 (22.76%) Investment Banking
5 41 (11.11%) Back Office
6 26 (7.05%) Social Skills
7 25 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.07%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.54%) Law
9 2 (0.54%) Marketing
9 2 (0.54%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (0.54%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.27%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.27%) Publishing
10 1 (0.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 173 (46.88%) Developer
2 104 (28.18%) Software Engineer
3 87 (23.58%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 71 (19.24%) Analyst
5 70 (18.97%) Python Developer
6 63 (17.07%) Python Engineer
7 61 (16.53%) Python Software Engineer
8 58 (15.72%) Finance Manager
9 52 (14.09%) Senior
10 47 (12.74%) React Developer
11 45 (12.20%) Financial Analyst
12 37 (10.03%) .NET Developer
13 35 (9.49%) Lead
14 33 (8.94%) Business Analyst
15 30 (8.13%) Full Stack Developer
16 27 (7.32%) AWS Engineer
17 26 (7.05%) .NET Software Developer
17 26 (7.05%) .NET Software Engineer
17 26 (7.05%) Software Asset Manager
17 26 (7.05%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (31.98%) gRPC
1 118 (31.98%) Protocol Buffers
2 86 (23.31%) React
3 71 (19.24%) Redux
4 67 (18.16%) Pandas
5 66 (17.89%) NumPy
6 65 (17.62%) SciPy
7 47 (12.74%) .NET
8 41 (11.11%) Material-UI
9 26 (7.05%) AngularJS
10 21 (5.69%) .NET Core
11 14 (3.79%) ASP.NET
11 14 (3.79%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (3.25%) HTML
13 11 (2.98%) CSS
13 11 (2.98%) Vue
14 8 (2.17%) Kafka
15 5 (1.36%) HTML5
15 5 (1.36%) RabbitMQ
15 5 (1.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 193 (52.30%) Derivative
2 187 (50.68%) Fixed Income
3 166 (44.99%) Equities
4 123 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 27 (7.32%) Product Ownership
6 20 (5.42%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.79%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.71%) Clustering
8 10 (2.71%) Equity Derivative
9 9 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.63%) Credit Derivative
11 4 (1.08%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.08%) Pricing Data
12 2 (0.54%) Animation
12 2 (0.54%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.54%) PKI
12 2 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 1 (0.27%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.27%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.79%) Windows
2 11 (2.98%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.44%) Windows 7
4 5 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.36%) Linux
5 3 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.27%) CentOS
6 1 (0.27%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (63.96%) Asset Management
2 223 (60.43%) Investment Management
3 205 (55.56%) Agile
4 156 (42.28%) Software Engineering
5 81 (21.95%) Full Stack Development
6 73 (19.78%) Artificial Intelligence
7 68 (18.43%) Machine Learning
8 47 (12.74%) DevOps
9 44 (11.92%) Automated Trading
10 43 (11.65%) Mentoring
11 41 (11.11%) Fintech
12 34 (9.21%) TDD
13 32 (8.67%) Line Management
14 31 (8.40%) Analytics
15 22 (5.96%) Greeks
15 22 (5.96%) Roadmaps
16 21 (5.69%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (5.69%) Scrum
17 18 (4.88%) ITIL
18 17 (4.61%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 223 (60.43%) Python
2 138 (37.40%) TypeScript
3 115 (31.17%) JavaScript
4 107 (29.00%) SQL
5 104 (28.18%) C#
6 97 (26.29%) Java
7 23 (6.23%) C++
8 21 (5.69%) Scala
9 20 (5.42%) R
10 14 (3.79%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.98%) Go
12 6 (1.63%) Ruby
13 4 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.54%) VBA
16 1 (0.27%) Bash
16 1 (0.27%) F#
16 1 (0.27%) Perl
16 1 (0.27%) PHP
16 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (2.98%) Degree
2 7 (1.90%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.54%) CISSP
4 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.54%) PMP
5 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.49%) QA
2 22 (5.96%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.44%) SLA
4 8 (2.17%) MiFID
5 1 (0.27%) EMIR
5 1 (0.27%) FATCA
5 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.98%) Kubernetes
1 11 (2.98%) Terraform
2 10 (2.71%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (0.54%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) PingFederate
4 1 (0.27%) Puppet
4 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (11.11%) Google
2 32 (8.67%) Bloomberg
3 21 (5.69%) Microsoft
4 14 (3.79%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.98%) BISAM
6 5 (1.36%) Oracle
6 5 (1.36%) SimCorp
7 4 (1.08%) Reuters
8 3 (0.81%) Cisco
9 2 (0.54%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.54%) Charles River
9 2 (0.54%) Murex
9 2 (0.54%) Splunk
9 2 (0.54%) Sybase
10 1 (0.27%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.27%) F5
10 1 (0.27%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.27%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.27%) Okta
10 1 (0.27%) Palo Alto