Hedge funds Jobs in London

Hedge fund
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 82 172
Rank change year-on-year -13 +90 +60
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 446 836 737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.46% 3.54% 2.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.85% 8.75% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 369 770 661
10th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £112,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £147,500 £143,438 £150,000
90th Percentile £158,000 £165,000 £200,000
England median annual salary £115,000 £112,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +7.14% -6.67%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,685 9,558 15,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.05% 40.52% 46.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,173 6,774 10,643
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £44,192
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,554
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -0.73% +0.74%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £130,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Hedge funds in London

Hedge funds
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hedge funds in London.

Salary trend for Hedge funds in London

Hedge funds
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Hedge funds in London

Hedge funds
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +27 17 £115,000 +6.98% 46
East London - 2 - -
Hedge funds
England

Hedge funds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 96 (21.52%) Apache
1 96 (21.52%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 57 (12.78%) Aladdin
2 36 (8.07%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 123 (27.58%) AWS
2 96 (21.52%) dbt
2 96 (21.52%) Snowflake
3 41 (9.19%) GCP
4 29 (6.50%) Amazon EC2
5 27 (6.05%) Azure
6 26 (5.83%) Amazon ECS
6 26 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
6 26 (5.83%) Dagster
7 10 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.79%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.12%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.45%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.22%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.36%) Firewall
2 10 (2.24%) SAN
3 3 (0.67%) DNS
4 2 (0.45%) DHCP
4 2 (0.45%) LAN
4 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.45%) VPN
4 2 (0.45%) WAN
5 1 (0.22%) BGP
5 1 (0.22%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.22%) HSRP
5 1 (0.22%) IPsec
5 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.22%) Multicast
5 1 (0.22%) NAS
5 1 (0.22%) OSPF
5 1 (0.22%) SNMP
5 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.22%) VRRP
5 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (39.46%) Data Lake
2 96 (21.52%) Amazon Athena
2 96 (21.52%) Apache Arrow
2 96 (21.52%) Apache Iceberg
2 96 (21.52%) Dremio
3 64 (14.35%) Apache Ignite
4 11 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.90%) Redis
5 4 (0.90%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.22%) Big Data
6 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.22%) Git
3 1 (0.22%) GitLab
3 1 (0.22%) Maven
General
1 394 (88.34%) Finance
2 331 (74.22%) Front Office
3 110 (24.66%) Banking
4 107 (23.99%) Investment Banking
5 41 (9.19%) Social Skills
6 12 (2.69%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (0.90%) Legal
9 3 (0.67%) Back Office
10 1 (0.22%) Law
10 1 (0.22%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 121 (27.13%) Analyst
2 116 (26.01%) Developer
3 111 (24.89%) Software Engineer
4 99 (22.20%) AWS Engineer
5 96 (21.52%) AWS Software Engineer
6 89 (19.96%) Senior
7 74 (16.59%) Business Analyst
8 73 (16.37%) Java Engineer
8 73 (16.37%) Java Software Engineer
9 64 (14.35%) Business Manager
10 63 (14.13%) Python Engineer
11 61 (13.68%) Python Software Engineer
12 52 (11.66%) Senior Software Engineer
13 49 (10.99%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
14 48 (10.76%) Senior Java Engineer
14 48 (10.76%) Senior Java Software Engineer
15 44 (9.87%) C++ Developer
15 44 (9.87%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 42 (9.42%) Lead
17 39 (8.74%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (14.57%) NumPy
1 65 (14.57%) Pandas
2 64 (14.35%) gRPC
2 64 (14.35%) Protocol Buffers
2 64 (14.35%) SciPy
3 58 (13.00%) PySpark
4 26 (5.83%) React
5 24 (5.38%) AngularJS
6 14 (3.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 12 (2.69%) CSS
7 12 (2.69%) Redux
7 12 (2.69%) Vue
8 9 (2.02%) .NET
9 7 (1.57%) ARM Templates
9 7 (1.57%) Spring
10 6 (1.35%) Angular 2
10 6 (1.35%) HTML
10 6 (1.35%) jQuery
10 6 (1.35%) Next.js
10 6 (1.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 299 (67.04%) Fixed Income
2 289 (64.80%) Derivative
3 268 (60.09%) Equities
4 234 (52.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 49 (10.99%) Product Ownership
6 42 (9.42%) Onboarding
7 38 (8.52%) Pricing Data
8 19 (4.26%) Algorithms
9 17 (3.81%) Data Structures
10 14 (3.14%) Management Information System
11 9 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (2.02%) Podcast
12 4 (0.90%) Clustering
12 4 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.67%) Blockchain
13 3 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.45%) Cloud Native
14 2 (0.45%) Reference Data
14 2 (0.45%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 58 (13.00%) Linux
2 22 (4.93%) Windows
3 19 (4.26%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.79%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.12%) CentOS
7 4 (0.90%) Android
7 4 (0.90%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.67%) Unix
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (68.83%) Agile
2 245 (54.93%) Investment Management
3 189 (42.38%) Asset Management
4 143 (32.06%) Migration
5 127 (28.48%) Roadmaps
6 117 (26.23%) Data Management
7 114 (25.56%) Regulatory Compliance
8 113 (25.34%) Data Governance
8 113 (25.34%) Software Engineering
9 71 (15.92%) Portfolio Management
10 60 (13.45%) Analytics
11 57 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
12 50 (11.21%) Business Analysis
13 49 (10.99%) Low Latency
14 42 (9.42%) Data Mapping
15 31 (6.95%) Multithreading
16 30 (6.73%) Order Management
17 23 (5.16%) Full-Stack Development
18 22 (4.93%) Computer Science
19 21 (4.71%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 259 (58.07%) Python
2 113 (25.34%) SQL
3 105 (23.54%) Java
4 89 (19.96%) TypeScript
5 83 (18.61%) JavaScript
6 52 (11.66%) C++
7 35 (7.85%) PowerShell
8 16 (3.59%) C#
9 6 (1.35%) Bash
10 1 (0.22%) Scala
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (10.09%) Degree
2 22 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.26%) CEH
3 19 (4.26%) CISSP
3 19 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (4.26%) GCIA
3 19 (4.26%) GCIH
3 19 (4.26%) OSCP
4 9 (2.02%) SANS
5 3 (0.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.22%) CCNA
6 1 (0.22%) CCNP
6 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.22%) MCSE
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.22%) VCAP
6 1 (0.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (12.56%) MiFID
2 5 (1.12%) GDPR
3 3 (0.67%) HIPAA
3 3 (0.67%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.22%) QA
4 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.12%) Docker
3 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.90%) vSphere
4 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.69%) Ansible
2 11 (2.47%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.02%) Terraform
4 7 (1.57%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.35%) Grafana
5 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.35%) SCCM
6 4 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.45%) Puppet
9 1 (0.22%) Argo
9 1 (0.22%) Packer
9 1 (0.22%) vRealize
9 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 57 (12.78%) BISAM
2 42 (9.42%) Charles River
3 36 (8.07%) Calypso
3 36 (8.07%) SimCorp
4 12 (2.69%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (2.24%) Microsoft
6 7 (1.57%) VMware
7 4 (0.90%) NetApp
7 4 (0.90%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.45%) Okta
9 1 (0.22%) Arista
9 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.22%) Centrify
9 1 (0.22%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco
9 1 (0.22%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.22%) Google
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.22%) Reuters
9 1 (0.22%) Varonis