Hedge funds Contracts

Hedge fund
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 205 412
Rank change year-on-year -98 +207 -34
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 254 499 287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 1.15% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.31% 3.81% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 463 253
10th Percentile £525 £538 £450
25th Percentile £588 £650 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £800 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +33.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £838 £875 £763
90th Percentile £875 £888 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate - £400 £520
% change year-on-year - -23.08% -0.95%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,019 13,114 18,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.60% 30.28% 32.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,823 8,318 12,820
10th Percentile £300 £281 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £678
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 908 571
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £12.56
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.02 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.02% +41.26% -5.49%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £27.00
% change year-on-year -16.26% +32.69% +25.58%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Hedge funds in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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
England -82 251 £725 -9.38% 563
London -55 250 £725 -9.38% 536
Work from Home -46 158 £750 -6.25% 168
UK excluding London +46 1 - - 47
North of England +3 1 - - 17
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

Hedge funds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 51 (20.08%) Apache
1 51 (20.08%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.39%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 42 (16.54%) Aladdin
2 20 (7.87%) thinkFolio
3 2 (0.79%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.39%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 116 (45.67%) AWS
2 53 (20.87%) Snowflake
3 51 (20.08%) dbt
4 36 (14.17%) Azure
5 32 (12.60%) GCP
6 6 (2.36%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.97%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (1.97%) Dagster
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.79%) SaaS
8 2 (0.79%) SAP Fieldglass
8 2 (0.79%) Serverless
9 1 (0.39%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.39%) Collibra
9 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.36%) BGP
2 4 (1.57%) Firewall
2 4 (1.57%) HSRP
2 4 (1.57%) IGMP
2 4 (1.57%) Multicast
2 4 (1.57%) OSPF
2 4 (1.57%) VRRP
3 3 (1.18%) WAN
3 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.79%) HTTP
4 2 (0.79%) Network Security
4 2 (0.79%) SSL
5 1 (0.39%) Modbus
5 1 (0.39%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.39%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (24.80%) Data Lake
2 51 (20.08%) Amazon Athena
2 51 (20.08%) Apache Arrow
2 51 (20.08%) Apache Iceberg
2 51 (20.08%) Dremio
3 35 (13.78%) Apache Ignite
4 7 (2.76%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.97%) Power BI
6 3 (1.18%) Tableau
7 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.39%) Big Data
8 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.39%) KDB
8 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.39%) OLAP
8 1 (0.39%) OLTP
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 24 (9.45%) Git
2 5 (1.97%) GitLab
3 4 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.57%) JIRA
3 4 (1.57%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.39%) ERwin
4 1 (0.39%) Qt Creator
General
1 216 (85.04%) Finance
2 155 (61.02%) Front Office
3 86 (33.86%) Banking
4 72 (28.35%) Investment Banking
5 36 (14.17%) Social Skills
6 20 (7.87%) Financial Institution
7 18 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.57%) Back Office
9 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.79%) Legal
9 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.39%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 85 (33.46%) Developer
2 81 (31.89%) Software Engineer
3 59 (23.23%) AWS Engineer
4 56 (22.05%) Analyst
5 51 (20.08%) AWS Software Engineer
5 51 (20.08%) Python Engineer
6 47 (18.50%) Business Analyst
7 44 (17.32%) Senior
8 43 (16.93%) Business Manager
8 43 (16.93%) Java Engineer
8 43 (16.93%) Java Software Engineer
9 41 (16.14%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
10 40 (15.75%) Python Software Engineer
11 38 (14.96%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 34 (13.39%) Senior Software Engineer
13 33 (12.99%) Python Developer
13 33 (12.99%) Senior Java Engineer
13 33 (12.99%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 30 (11.81%) AWS Developer
15 26 (10.24%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (21.26%) NumPy
1 54 (21.26%) Pandas
2 51 (20.08%) SciPy
3 40 (15.75%) React
4 38 (14.96%) AngularJS
4 38 (14.96%) Vue
5 36 (14.17%) gRPC
6 35 (13.78%) Protocol Buffers
7 22 (8.66%) Redux
8 21 (8.27%) PySpark
9 17 (6.69%) Polars
10 16 (6.30%) FastAPI
10 16 (6.30%) Flask
11 8 (3.15%) .NET
12 4 (1.57%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.57%) Next.js
13 3 (1.18%) .NET Framework
13 3 (1.18%) ASP.NET
14 2 (0.79%) Blazor
14 2 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 150 (59.06%) Fixed Income
2 122 (48.03%) Derivative
3 113 (44.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 96 (37.80%) Equities
5 30 (11.81%) Pricing Data
6 25 (9.84%) Onboarding
7 14 (5.51%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (4.72%) Reference Data
9 11 (4.33%) Algorithms
10 10 (3.94%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.97%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.57%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
15 1 (0.39%) 3D Graphics
15 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
15 1 (0.39%) iPad
15 1 (0.39%) iPhone
15 1 (0.39%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.99%) Linux
2 5 (1.97%) Rocky
3 3 (1.18%) Windows
4 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.79%) VMS
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (62.60%) Agile
2 128 (50.39%) Investment Management
3 124 (48.82%) Asset Management
4 109 (42.91%) Software Engineering
5 50 (19.69%) Analytics
6 46 (18.11%) Business Intelligence
7 44 (17.32%) Business Analysis
8 43 (16.93%) Migration
8 43 (16.93%) Portfolio Management
9 42 (16.54%) Data Management
10 36 (14.17%) CI/CD
11 33 (12.99%) Roadmaps
12 29 (11.42%) Data Governance
12 29 (11.42%) Regulatory Compliance
13 27 (10.63%) Full-Stack Development
14 26 (10.24%) Fintech
15 25 (9.84%) Data Mapping
16 22 (8.66%) TDD
17 21 (8.27%) User Acceptance Testing
18 20 (7.87%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 183 (72.05%) Python
2 83 (32.68%) SQL
3 78 (30.71%) Java
4 73 (28.74%) JavaScript
5 57 (22.44%) TypeScript
6 28 (11.02%) C++
7 26 (10.24%) C#
8 14 (5.51%) Rust
9 7 (2.76%) C
10 3 (1.18%) Bash
11 2 (0.79%) Go
11 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.79%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (4.33%) Degree
2 10 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.15%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.79%) CCIE
5 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.39%) CAPM
6 1 (0.39%) CCNP
6 1 (0.39%) CISSP
6 1 (0.39%) ISEB
6 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.91%) MiFID
2 3 (1.18%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.18%) EMIR
3 2 (0.79%) Dodd-Frank
3 2 (0.79%) GDPR
3 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
3 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.39%) AIFMD
4 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.39%) NIST
4 1 (0.39%) QA
4 1 (0.39%) UCITS
System Software
1 23 (9.06%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (8.66%) Kubernetes
2 21 (8.27%) Ansible
3 12 (4.72%) Terraform
4 6 (2.36%) Puppet
5 3 (1.18%) Consul
5 3 (1.18%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.79%) Packer
7 1 (0.39%) Podman
7 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (15.35%) BISAM
2 22 (8.66%) Charles River
3 19 (7.48%) Calypso
3 19 (7.48%) SimCorp
4 14 (5.51%) Arista
5 7 (2.76%) Cisco
5 7 (2.76%) Microsoft
5 7 (2.76%) Oracle
6 4 (1.57%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.18%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.79%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.79%) DevExpress
8 2 (0.79%) FactSet
8 2 (0.79%) Google
8 2 (0.79%) Meraki
8 2 (0.79%) SAP
8 2 (0.79%) Sun
9 1 (0.39%) Concur
9 1 (0.39%) Okta
9 1 (0.39%) Ping Identity