Hedge funds Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Hedge fund
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 195 - 185
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.053% - 0.029%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% - 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £42,500 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,536 1,428 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.48% 31.25% 35.55%
Number of salaries quoted 678 585 835
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,200 £33,450
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -2.70% +1.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,375 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -18.18% -2.70% +2.65%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hedge funds job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Hedge funds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Hedge funds

Hedge funds
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (50.00%) NUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Rehypothecation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) QA