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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 211 414
Rank change year-on-year -98 +203 -38
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 252 495 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 1.15% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.23% 3.80% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 458 254
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 11,322 13,027 18,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.61% 30.36% 32.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,008 8,259 12,790
10th Percentile £300 £284 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £649 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 531 878 538
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.50 £16.68
Median hourly rate £30.50 £36.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.44% +32.73% +1.51%
75th Percentile £58.17 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 £36.05 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +2.99% +62.79%

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 12 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 12 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 -86 248 £725 -9.38% 256
London -63 247 £725 -9.38% 243
Work from Home -49 153 £750 -6.25% 94
UK excluding London +20 1 - - 35
North of England +4 1 - - 9
Yorkshire - 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 54 (21.43%) Apache
1 54 (21.43%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 43 (17.06%) Aladdin
2 21 (8.33%) thinkFolio
3 3 (1.19%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (1.19%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.40%) Eikon
4 1 (0.40%) Eze OMS
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 121 (48.02%) AWS
2 56 (22.22%) Snowflake
3 54 (21.43%) dbt
4 39 (15.48%) Azure
5 32 (12.70%) GCP
6 7 (2.78%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (1.98%) Dagster
8 3 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.19%) Serverless
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.79%) SaaS
9 2 (0.79%) SAP Fieldglass
10 1 (0.40%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.40%) Collibra
10 1 (0.40%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.38%) BGP
2 4 (1.59%) Firewall
2 4 (1.59%) HSRP
2 4 (1.59%) IGMP
2 4 (1.59%) Multicast
2 4 (1.59%) OSPF
2 4 (1.59%) VRRP
3 3 (1.19%) WAN
3 3 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.79%) HTTP
4 2 (0.79%) Network Security
4 2 (0.79%) SSL
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Modbus
5 1 (0.40%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (22.22%) Data Lake
2 54 (21.43%) Amazon Athena
2 54 (21.43%) Apache Arrow
2 54 (21.43%) Apache Iceberg
2 54 (21.43%) Dremio
3 38 (15.08%) Apache Ignite
4 10 (3.97%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.38%) Power BI
6 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.19%) Tableau
8 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.40%) Big Data
9 1 (0.40%) KDB
9 1 (0.40%) Kdb+
9 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.40%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 25 (9.92%) Git
2 5 (1.98%) GitLab
3 4 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.59%) JIRA
3 4 (1.59%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.40%) ERwin
4 1 (0.40%) Qt Creator
General
1 213 (84.52%) Finance
2 150 (59.52%) Front Office
3 91 (36.11%) Banking
4 77 (30.56%) Investment Banking
5 40 (15.87%) Social Skills
6 20 (7.94%) Financial Institution
7 18 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.59%) Back Office
9 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.79%) Legal
9 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Advertising
10 1 (0.40%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 88 (34.92%) Developer
2 84 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 63 (25.00%) AWS Engineer
4 55 (21.83%) Analyst
4 55 (21.83%) Python Engineer
5 54 (21.43%) AWS Software Engineer
6 47 (18.65%) Business Analyst
6 47 (18.65%) Senior
7 46 (18.25%) Java Engineer
7 46 (18.25%) Java Software Engineer
8 43 (17.06%) Business Manager
8 43 (17.06%) Python Software Engineer
9 41 (16.27%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
10 38 (15.08%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 37 (14.68%) Senior Software Engineer
12 36 (14.29%) Senior Java Engineer
12 36 (14.29%) Senior Java Software Engineer
13 34 (13.49%) Python Developer
14 31 (12.30%) AWS Developer
15 26 (10.32%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (23.02%) NumPy
1 58 (23.02%) Pandas
2 55 (21.83%) SciPy
3 41 (16.27%) React
4 39 (15.48%) AngularJS
4 39 (15.48%) gRPC
4 39 (15.48%) Vue
5 38 (15.08%) Protocol Buffers
6 22 (8.73%) Redux
7 21 (8.33%) PySpark
8 18 (7.14%) Polars
9 17 (6.75%) FastAPI
9 17 (6.75%) Flask
10 11 (4.37%) .NET
11 6 (2.38%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.98%) .NET Framework
12 5 (1.98%) ASP.NET
13 4 (1.59%) Next.js
14 3 (1.19%) REST
15 2 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 143 (56.75%) Fixed Income
2 115 (45.63%) Derivative
3 109 (43.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 89 (35.32%) Equities
5 33 (13.10%) Pricing Data
6 26 (10.32%) Onboarding
7 15 (5.95%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (4.76%) Reference Data
9 11 (4.37%) Algorithms
10 10 (3.97%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.98%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.59%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.79%) Cloud Native
14 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
15 1 (0.40%) 3D Graphics
15 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
15 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
15 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.49%) Linux
2 5 (1.98%) Rocky
3 4 (1.59%) Windows
4 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.79%) VMS
4 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (60.71%) Agile
2 127 (50.40%) Asset Management
3 120 (47.62%) Investment Management
4 114 (45.24%) Software Engineering
5 50 (19.84%) Analytics
6 46 (18.25%) Business Intelligence
7 44 (17.46%) Business Analysis
7 44 (17.46%) Portfolio Management
8 38 (15.08%) CI/CD
9 33 (13.10%) Data Management
9 33 (13.10%) Migration
10 27 (10.71%) Full-Stack Development
11 26 (10.32%) Fintech
12 25 (9.92%) Data Mapping
13 23 (9.13%) Roadmaps
14 22 (8.73%) TDD
15 21 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
16 20 (7.94%) Quantitative Research
17 19 (7.54%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 187 (74.21%) Python
2 83 (32.94%) SQL
3 82 (32.54%) Java
4 77 (30.56%) JavaScript
5 60 (23.81%) TypeScript
6 30 (11.90%) C#
7 29 (11.51%) C++
8 15 (5.95%) Rust
9 7 (2.78%) C
10 3 (1.19%) Bash
10 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.79%) Go
11 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (4.76%) Degree
2 11 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.17%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.79%) CCIE
5 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.40%) CAPM
6 1 (0.40%) CCNP
6 1 (0.40%) CISSP
6 1 (0.40%) ISEB
6 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.76%) MiFID
2 4 (1.59%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.19%) EMIR
4 2 (0.79%) Dodd-Frank
4 2 (0.79%) GDPR
4 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.40%) AIFMD
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) QA
5 1 (0.40%) UCITS
System Software
1 24 (9.52%) Docker
2 2 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (9.13%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.73%) Ansible
3 12 (4.76%) Terraform
4 6 (2.38%) Puppet
5 3 (1.19%) Consul
5 3 (1.19%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.79%) Packer
6 2 (0.79%) SCCM
7 1 (0.40%) Podman
Vendors
1 38 (15.08%) BISAM
2 22 (8.73%) Charles River
3 19 (7.54%) Calypso
3 19 (7.54%) SimCorp
4 15 (5.95%) Arista
5 10 (3.97%) Microsoft
6 7 (2.78%) Cisco
6 7 (2.78%) Oracle
7 5 (1.98%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.59%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.19%) FactSet
10 2 (0.79%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.79%) DevExpress
10 2 (0.79%) Google
10 2 (0.79%) Meraki
10 2 (0.79%) Portware
10 2 (0.79%) SAP
10 2 (0.79%) Sun
11 1 (0.40%) Citrix
11 1 (0.40%) Informatica