Hedge funds Job Trends in the South East

Hedge fund
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 - 274
Rank change year-on-year - - +189
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 4 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.045% - 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% - 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 - £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £75,000
90th Percentile - - £75,500
England median annual salary £110,000 £115,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% +4.65%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,577 3,958 2,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.09% 32.47% 35.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 1,772 2,043
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -2.70% +2.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Hedge funds job vacancy trend in the South East

Hedge funds
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hedge funds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hedge funds

Hedge funds
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Hampshire - 2 - -
Thames Valley - 2 £42,500 - 2
Berkshire - 1 - - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £42,500 -
Hedge funds
England

Hedge funds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) NUnit
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Law
2 3 (75.00%) Legal
2 3 (75.00%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (25.00%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Blockchain
1 3 (75.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Privacy
1 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Rehypothecation
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (25.00%) API Testing
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) QA