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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 307 201
Rank change year-on-year +197 -106 +29
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 394 188 585
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.23% 0.70% 1.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.71% 1.96% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 158 449
10th Percentile £525 £450 £438
25th Percentile £600 £500 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £850 £784 £738
90th Percentile £888 £850 £850
England median daily rate £725 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +26.09% -8.00% +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 5,870 9,613 14,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.18% 35.88% 36.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 6,898 10,372
10th Percentile £312 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £709
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 156 114 199
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.10 £18.40
25th Percentile £18.90 £21.25 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -19.98% +25.40%
75th Percentile £47.81 £64.88 £53.06
90th Percentile £67.88 £84.63 £71.43
England median hourly rate £31.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -15.09% +1.50%

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

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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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +56 32 £700 -12.50% 2
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
1 139 (35.28%) Apache Airflow
2 123 (31.22%) Apache
3 8 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (4.82%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.27%) SimCorp Dimension
3 2 (0.51%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.51%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.25%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 230 (58.38%) AWS
2 136 (34.52%) GCP
3 107 (27.16%) Azure
4 89 (22.59%) dbt
5 83 (21.07%) Snowflake
6 8 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.78%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.02%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.51%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.25%) Figma
10 1 (0.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.28%) VPN
2 7 (1.78%) Wireless
3 2 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) Internet
3 2 (0.51%) Network Security
3 2 (0.51%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.51%) WAN
4 1 (0.25%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.25%) FTP
4 1 (0.25%) Skype
4 1 (0.25%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (31.22%) Apache Ignite
2 89 (22.59%) Amazon Athena
2 89 (22.59%) Apache Arrow
2 89 (22.59%) Dremio
3 83 (21.07%) Data Lake
4 55 (13.96%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (5.84%) SQL Server
6 22 (5.58%) Big Data
7 7 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.78%) Power BI
8 6 (1.52%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (1.27%) Tableau
10 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.51%) MySQL
11 2 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (8.38%) Cypress.io
2 7 (1.78%) JIRA
3 4 (1.02%) Git
3 4 (1.02%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.51%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 319 (80.96%) Finance
2 259 (65.74%) Front Office
3 199 (50.51%) Banking
4 95 (24.11%) Investment Banking
5 41 (10.41%) Back Office
6 28 (7.11%) Social Skills
7 24 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (3.81%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.51%) Law
9 2 (0.51%) Marketing
9 2 (0.51%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (0.51%) Retail
9 2 (0.51%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.25%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 184 (46.70%) Developer
2 117 (29.70%) Software Engineer
3 96 (24.37%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 80 (20.30%) Python Developer
5 75 (19.04%) Python Engineer
6 73 (18.53%) Python Software Engineer
7 71 (18.02%) Analyst
8 58 (14.72%) Finance Manager
9 57 (14.47%) Senior
10 55 (13.96%) React Developer
11 47 (11.93%) Financial Analyst
12 38 (9.64%) Lead
13 36 (9.14%) .NET Developer
14 35 (8.88%) Business Analyst
15 34 (8.63%) Full Stack Developer
16 33 (8.38%) AWS Engineer
17 26 (6.60%) Java Engineer
17 26 (6.60%) Quantitative Developer
18 25 (6.35%) .NET Software Engineer
18 25 (6.35%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (34.77%) gRPC
1 137 (34.77%) Protocol Buffers
2 94 (23.86%) React
3 78 (19.80%) Redux
4 76 (19.29%) Pandas
5 75 (19.04%) NumPy
6 74 (18.78%) SciPy
7 49 (12.44%) Material-UI
8 45 (11.42%) .NET
9 26 (6.60%) AngularJS
10 21 (5.33%) .NET Core
11 13 (3.30%) ASP.NET
11 13 (3.30%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (3.05%) HTML
13 11 (2.79%) CSS
13 11 (2.79%) Kafka
14 10 (2.54%) Vue
15 6 (1.52%) REST
15 6 (1.52%) SailPoint
15 6 (1.52%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 206 (52.28%) Fixed Income
2 203 (51.52%) Derivative
3 182 (46.19%) Equities
4 133 (33.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 29 (7.36%) Product Ownership
6 21 (5.33%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (3.81%) Algorithms
8 12 (3.05%) Clustering
9 10 (2.54%) Equity Derivative
10 7 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.52%) Credit Derivative
11 6 (1.52%) Pricing Data
12 4 (1.02%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.02%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.51%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.51%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.51%) PKI
13 2 (0.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 1 (0.25%) Animation
14 1 (0.25%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.05%) Windows
2 9 (2.28%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.78%) Linux
3 7 (1.78%) Windows 7
4 5 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.51%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (65.23%) Asset Management
2 240 (60.91%) Investment Management
3 224 (56.85%) Agile
4 173 (43.91%) Software Engineering
5 89 (22.59%) Full Stack Development
6 83 (21.07%) Artificial Intelligence
7 78 (19.80%) Machine Learning
8 52 (13.20%) Automated Trading
9 49 (12.44%) DevOps
10 43 (10.91%) Mentoring
11 40 (10.15%) Fintech
12 36 (9.14%) Line Management
13 33 (8.38%) TDD
14 32 (8.12%) Analytics
15 25 (6.35%) Greeks
16 23 (5.84%) Roadmaps
17 22 (5.58%) Business Intelligence
18 21 (5.33%) Scrum
19 18 (4.57%) Product Management
20 16 (4.06%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 248 (62.94%) Python
2 154 (39.09%) TypeScript
3 125 (31.73%) JavaScript
4 113 (28.68%) Java
5 111 (28.17%) SQL
6 103 (26.14%) C#
7 25 (6.35%) C++
8 24 (6.09%) Scala
9 20 (5.08%) R
10 14 (3.55%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.30%) Go
12 6 (1.52%) Ruby
13 4 (1.02%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.51%) VBA
15 1 (0.25%) Bash
15 1 (0.25%) F#
15 1 (0.25%) Perl
15 1 (0.25%) PHP
15 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (3.30%) Degree
2 7 (1.78%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.76%) CISSP
5 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.88%) QA
2 25 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.03%) MiFID
4 7 (1.78%) SLA
5 1 (0.25%) EMIR
5 1 (0.25%) FATCA
5 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (3.30%) Kubernetes
1 13 (3.30%) Terraform
2 12 (3.05%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.51%) Ansible
3 2 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (0.51%) PingFederate
3 2 (0.51%) Puppet
3 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.51%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 49 (12.44%) Google
2 33 (8.38%) Bloomberg
3 19 (4.82%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.05%) BISAM
4 12 (3.05%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.27%) Oracle
5 5 (1.27%) SimCorp
6 4 (1.02%) Cisco
6 4 (1.02%) Reuters
7 2 (0.51%) Avaloq
7 2 (0.51%) Charles River
7 2 (0.51%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.51%) F5
7 2 (0.51%) ForgeRock
7 2 (0.51%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.51%) Juniper
7 2 (0.51%) Murex
7 2 (0.51%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.51%) Splunk
7 2 (0.51%) Sybase