Hedge fund
England > West Midlands
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 114 | 95 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -19 | +78 |
| Contract jobs citing Hedge funds | 0 | 2 | 38 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.10% | 1.64% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.32% | 4.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £220 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £250 | £458 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £300 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -40.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £350 | £694 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £380 | - |
| England median daily rate | £725 | £725 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.09% | -8.00% |
All Generic Skills
West Midlands
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 in the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 425 | 621 | 780 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 31.11% | 32.46% | 33.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 272 | 392 | 504 |
| 10th Percentile | £184 | £278 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £363 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £516 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.69% | +3.25% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £633 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £750 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £545 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.91% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 47 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.80 | £10.42 | £17.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.40 | £14.71 | £18.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.00 | £22.50 | £27.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.56% | -17.43% | +73.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.84 | £40.25 | £52.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.91 | £58.75 | £57.13 |
| England median hourly rate | £34.50 | £32.31 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.79% | +43.68% | -16.69% |
Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Hedge funds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Hedge funds
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hedge funds in the West Midlands.