Hedge funds Contract Job Trends

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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 292 371
Rank change year-on-year -148 +79 -10
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 149 272 247
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.81% 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% 2.52% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 236 215
10th Percentile £414 £580 £410
25th Percentile £463 £638 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.14% +5.66%
75th Percentile £825 £888 £794
90th Percentile £871 £938 £938
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 12,830 10,808 13,758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.91% 32.00% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,023 6,454 9,152
10th Percentile £275 £268 £263
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £625 £661 £668
90th Percentile £738 £775 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 643 336 498
10th Percentile £13.96 £17.38 £16.50
25th Percentile £18.02 £22.66 £20.31
Median hourly rate £27.21 £32.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -22.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile £60.61 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £79.38 £76.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.36 £32.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -15.83% -28.11% +53.25%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Hedge funds job vacancy trend in the UK

Hedge funds
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hedge funds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hedge funds

Hedge funds
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hedge funds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hedge funds

Hedge funds
Top 3 Contract Job 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 22 December 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
London -94 145 £750 - 152
England -139 145 £750 - 170
Work from Home -86 56 £750 -6.25% 41

Hedge funds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (18.79%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (16.11%) Apache
3 7 (4.70%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.34%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Aladdin
2 4 (2.68%) Fidessa
3 3 (2.01%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (2.01%) thinkFolio
4 2 (1.34%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.67%) Eikon
5 1 (0.67%) Eze OMS
Cloud Services
1 70 (46.98%) AWS
2 26 (17.45%) Snowflake
3 24 (16.11%) dbt
4 23 (15.44%) Azure
5 9 (6.04%) GCP
6 6 (4.03%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.36%) GitHub
7 5 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (2.01%) Serverless
10 2 (1.34%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.67%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.03%) WebEx
2 3 (2.01%) DHCP
2 3 (2.01%) DNS
2 3 (2.01%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.01%) VPN
3 1 (0.67%) NAS
3 1 (0.67%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.67%) Network Security
3 1 (0.67%) SAN
3 1 (0.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (16.78%) Amazon Athena
2 24 (16.11%) Apache Arrow
2 24 (16.11%) Apache Iceberg
2 24 (16.11%) Apache Ignite
2 24 (16.11%) Data Lake
2 24 (16.11%) Dremio
3 15 (10.07%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.03%) Power BI
5 5 (3.36%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.36%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.34%) Big Data
7 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (14.09%) Git
2 5 (3.36%) GitLab
2 5 (3.36%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 121 (81.21%) Finance
2 68 (45.64%) Banking
3 56 (37.58%) Front Office
3 56 (37.58%) Investment Banking
4 41 (27.52%) Social Skills
5 23 (15.44%) Financial Institution
6 8 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.01%) Advertising
7 3 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Back Office
8 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Law
8 1 (0.67%) Legal
8 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (31.54%) Developer
2 46 (30.87%) Python Engineer
3 43 (28.86%) AWS Engineer
4 35 (23.49%) Senior
5 27 (18.12%) Python Developer
6 25 (16.78%) Python Software Engineer
6 25 (16.78%) Software Engineer
7 24 (16.11%) AWS Software Engineer
7 24 (16.11%) Java Engineer
7 24 (16.11%) Java Software Engineer
7 24 (16.11%) Senior Software Engineer
8 23 (15.44%) Senior Java Engineer
8 23 (15.44%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 14 (9.40%) Automation Engineer
9 14 (9.40%) AWS Developer
9 14 (9.40%) IP Network Engineer
9 14 (9.40%) JavaScript Developer
9 14 (9.40%) Network Engineer
9 14 (9.40%) Switch Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (33.56%) NumPy
2 49 (32.89%) Pandas
3 40 (26.85%) SciPy
4 24 (16.11%) gRPC
4 24 (16.11%) Protocol Buffers
5 18 (12.08%) React
6 17 (11.41%) .NET
6 17 (11.41%) AngularJS
7 16 (10.74%) REST
8 14 (9.40%) FastAPI
8 14 (9.40%) Flask
8 14 (9.40%) Polars
8 14 (9.40%) Vue
9 9 (6.04%) COM
10 8 (5.37%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (4.70%) .NET Core
12 6 (4.03%) .NET Framework
12 6 (4.03%) ASP.NET
12 6 (4.03%) Dask
12 6 (4.03%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 60 (40.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 42 (28.19%) Equities
3 35 (23.49%) Derivative
4 34 (22.82%) Fixed Income
5 24 (16.11%) Pricing Data
6 9 (6.04%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.03%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (3.36%) Data Fabric
8 5 (3.36%) Management Information System
8 5 (3.36%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (2.01%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.34%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.67%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.67%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.67%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 27 (18.12%) Linux
2 16 (10.74%) Windows
3 6 (4.03%) CentOS
3 6 (4.03%) Unix
3 6 (4.03%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.68%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.01%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (34.90%) Software Engineering
2 38 (25.50%) Agile
3 32 (21.48%) Asset Management
4 31 (20.81%) CI/CD
5 27 (18.12%) Mathematics
6 25 (16.78%) Investment Management
6 25 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (14.77%) Analytics
8 18 (12.08%) Clean Code
9 17 (11.41%) Risk Management
10 16 (10.74%) Data Engineering
11 15 (10.07%) Computer Science
11 15 (10.07%) Systematic Trading
12 14 (9.40%) Structured Programming
13 13 (8.72%) Data Analysis
13 13 (8.72%) DevOps
14 11 (7.38%) Physics
15 10 (6.71%) Data Pipeline
15 10 (6.71%) Design Patterns
16 9 (6.04%) Pricing Analytics
Programming Languages
1 95 (63.76%) Python
2 48 (32.21%) Java
3 41 (27.52%) JavaScript
4 36 (24.16%) C#
5 32 (21.48%) SQL
6 24 (16.11%) TypeScript
7 16 (10.74%) C++
8 14 (9.40%) Rust
9 12 (8.05%) PowerShell
10 10 (6.71%) VBA
11 5 (3.36%) Bash
12 4 (2.68%) Perl
12 4 (2.68%) Shell Script
13 3 (2.01%) C
14 1 (0.67%) Go
14 1 (0.67%) Groovy
14 1 (0.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (12.08%) Degree
2 12 (8.05%) Master's Degree
3 8 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.03%) PhD
5 3 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.34%) RHCE
6 2 (1.34%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.70%) MiFID
2 6 (4.03%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.01%) EMIR
3 3 (2.01%) GDPR
3 3 (2.01%) GRC
3 3 (2.01%) QA
4 2 (1.34%) Dodd-Frank
4 2 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.34%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.67%) AIFMD
5 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.67%) NIST
5 1 (0.67%) PMO
5 1 (0.67%) UCITS
System Software
1 24 (16.11%) Docker
2 8 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.01%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (1.34%) KVM
5 1 (0.67%) Firmware
5 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (12.75%) Kubernetes
2 18 (12.08%) Ansible
3 7 (4.70%) SCCM
4 5 (3.36%) Terraform
5 2 (1.34%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.34%) Puppet
5 2 (1.34%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 14 (9.40%) Arista
2 10 (6.71%) Oracle
2 10 (6.71%) VMware
3 9 (6.04%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.37%) Red Hat
5 6 (4.03%) Bloomberg
5 6 (4.03%) Citrix
6 5 (3.36%) Reuters
7 3 (2.01%) FactSet
7 3 (2.01%) GoldenSource
7 3 (2.01%) Portware
8 2 (1.34%) Dataiku
8 2 (1.34%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.67%) Altiris
9 1 (0.67%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.67%) Cisco
9 1 (0.67%) Google
9 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.67%) Trayport
9 1 (0.67%) Vertica