Hedge funds Job Trends in Central London

Hedge fund
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 163 144
Rank change year-on-year +48 -19 +64
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 29 18 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.14% 0.56% 1.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.29% 1.34% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 9 29
10th Percentile - - £63,000
25th Percentile £76,250 £55,000 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -56.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £170,000
90th Percentile £162,500 £158,500 £187,500
London median annual salary £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

All Generic Skills
Central London

Hedge funds falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 881 1,343 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 34.74% 42.15% 34.86%
Number of salaries quoted 672 743 932
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £96,938
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,000 £122,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £79,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.27% +1.94%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Hedge funds relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Hedge funds job vacancy trend in Central London

Hedge funds
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hedge funds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Hedge funds

Hedge funds
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds in Central London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Hedge funds in Central London

Hedge funds
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +23 14 £100,000 +60.00% 26
Hedge funds
London

Hedge funds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (31.03%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) DHCP
1 9 (31.03%) DNS
1 9 (31.03%) LAN
1 9 (31.03%) TCP/IP
1 9 (31.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Tableau
2 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
General
1 17 (58.62%) Finance
2 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
3 15 (51.72%) Legal
4 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Banking
5 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Advertising
6 1 (3.45%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Developer
2 9 (31.03%) Windows Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 7 (24.14%) Python Developer
5 6 (20.69%) CISSP Engineer
5 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (20.69%) PowerShell Engineer
5 6 (20.69%) Python Engineer
5 6 (20.69%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Rust Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
7 1 (3.45%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Credit Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Quantitative Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Quantitative Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
2 1 (3.45%) gRPC
2 1 (3.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.45%) FPGA
4 1 (3.45%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Windows Server
2 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 6 (20.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Batch Scripting
1 9 (31.03%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (31.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (31.03%) Patch Management
1 9 (31.03%) Systems Engineering
1 9 (31.03%) Task Automation
2 7 (24.14%) Risk Management
2 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
3 6 (20.69%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (20.69%) Incident Response
3 6 (20.69%) Information Security
3 6 (20.69%) Regulatory Change
4 5 (17.24%) Low Latency
5 4 (13.79%) Agile
5 4 (13.79%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) High-Frequency Trading
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) PowerShell
1 15 (51.72%) Python
2 9 (31.03%) SQL
3 4 (13.79%) C#
4 3 (10.34%) C++
5 2 (6.90%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) CISA
1 6 (20.69%) CISSP
1 6 (20.69%) CompTIA CySA+
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (20.69%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 9 (31.03%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Bloomberg
2 9 (31.03%) Reuters
3 6 (20.69%) Google