Hedge funds Jobs

Hedge fund
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 267 354
Rank change year-on-year -109 +87 +90
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 404 1,079 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 1.03% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 3.07% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 298 1,001 711
10th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £115,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -
75th Percentile £136,250 £143,750 £143,750
90th Percentile £156,500 £165,000 £187,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +20.00% +4.17%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,950 35,166 36,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.47% 33.68% 42.01%
Number of salaries quoted 10,530 22,286 22,012
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,918 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,665 £55,000 £64,179
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -14.30% +2.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the UK over the 6 months to 10 July 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
England -119 395 £115,000 - 221
London -65 360 £115,000 - 208
Work from Home -133 217 £115,000 - 84
UK excluding London +163 32 £100,000 +33.33% 34
North of England +49 18 £100,000 - 9
North East +51 11 £100,000 - 9
Midlands - 7 - -
Yorkshire - 5 - -
West Midlands - 4 - -
South East - 3 - - 20
East Midlands - 3 - -
South West +89 2 - - 3
Scotland +88 2 - - 1
North West +16 2 - -

Hedge funds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 107 (26.49%) Apache
1 107 (26.49%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.73%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 52 (12.87%) Aladdin
2 39 (9.65%) thinkFolio
3 3 (0.74%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 148 (36.63%) AWS
2 107 (26.49%) dbt
2 107 (26.49%) Snowflake
3 42 (10.40%) Azure
4 30 (7.43%) GCP
5 16 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (2.97%) Entra ID
8 11 (2.72%) Amazon ECS
8 11 (2.72%) Dagster
9 7 (1.73%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.99%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.50%) Nutanix
14 1 (0.25%) Azure Machine Learning
14 1 (0.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.72%) Firewall
2 6 (1.49%) DNS
2 6 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.24%) DHCP
3 5 (1.24%) LAN
3 5 (1.24%) SAN
3 5 (1.24%) WAN
4 3 (0.74%) FTP
4 3 (0.74%) Multicast
4 3 (0.74%) VPN
5 2 (0.50%) BGP
6 1 (0.25%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.25%) HSRP
6 1 (0.25%) IPsec
6 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.25%) NAS
6 1 (0.25%) OSPF
6 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.25%) VRRP
6 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (26.49%) Amazon Athena
1 107 (26.49%) Apache Arrow
1 107 (26.49%) Apache Iceberg
1 107 (26.49%) Dremio
2 106 (26.24%) Data Lake
3 75 (18.56%) Apache Ignite
4 18 (4.46%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.98%) Tick Data
6 3 (0.74%) Power BI
6 3 (0.74%) Redis
7 2 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.25%) Big Data
8 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Git
2 4 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.50%) JIRA
4 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.25%) GitLab
General
1 343 (84.90%) Finance
2 254 (62.87%) Front Office
3 124 (30.69%) Banking
4 118 (29.21%) Investment Banking
5 77 (19.06%) Social Skills
6 33 (8.17%) Legal
7 32 (7.92%) Financial Institution
8 25 (6.19%) Law
8 25 (6.19%) Prime Brokerage
9 12 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.98%) Back Office
11 6 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (0.50%) Marketing
12 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.50%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 131 (32.43%) Developer
2 126 (31.19%) Software Engineer
3 110 (27.23%) AWS Engineer
4 108 (26.73%) Senior
5 107 (26.49%) AWS Software Engineer
6 92 (22.77%) Java Engineer
7 91 (22.52%) Java Software Engineer
8 82 (20.30%) Analyst
9 81 (20.05%) Python Engineer
10 80 (19.80%) Python Software Engineer
11 70 (17.33%) Senior Java Engineer
11 70 (17.33%) Senior Java Software Engineer
11 70 (17.33%) Senior Software Engineer
12 59 (14.60%) Business Analyst
12 59 (14.60%) Business Manager
13 52 (12.87%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
14 49 (12.13%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 40 (9.90%) Python Developer
16 38 (9.41%) C++ Developer
17 37 (9.16%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (19.31%) NumPy
1 78 (19.31%) Pandas
2 75 (18.56%) gRPC
2 75 (18.56%) Protocol Buffers
2 75 (18.56%) SciPy
3 43 (10.64%) PySpark
4 34 (8.42%) React
5 29 (7.18%) AngularJS
6 18 (4.46%) .NET
7 17 (4.21%) Redux
7 17 (4.21%) Vue
8 15 (3.71%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 12 (2.97%) CSS
10 8 (1.98%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.73%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (1.49%) HTML
12 6 (1.49%) Kafka
12 6 (1.49%) Next.js
12 6 (1.49%) React Native
12 6 (1.49%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 226 (55.94%) Derivative
2 211 (52.23%) Fixed Income
3 191 (47.28%) Equities
4 156 (38.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 64 (15.84%) Pricing Data
6 48 (11.88%) Onboarding
7 32 (7.92%) Blockchain
8 22 (5.45%) Algorithms
9 20 (4.95%) Data Structures
10 16 (3.96%) Management Information System
11 11 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.24%) Clustering
14 4 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.99%) Reference Data
15 3 (0.74%) Client/Server
15 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
15 3 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
15 3 (0.74%) Podcast
16 2 (0.50%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 59 (14.60%) Linux
2 19 (4.70%) Windows
3 13 (3.22%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.24%) Android
6 5 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.24%) CentOS
7 3 (0.74%) Unix
8 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (55.20%) Agile
2 190 (47.03%) Asset Management
3 173 (42.82%) Investment Management
4 139 (34.41%) Software Engineering
5 68 (16.83%) Data Management
6 61 (15.10%) Portfolio Management
7 54 (13.37%) Business Analysis
8 52 (12.87%) Business Intelligence
8 52 (12.87%) Low Latency
9 50 (12.38%) Migration
10 45 (11.14%) Data Mapping
11 44 (10.89%) Analytics
12 35 (8.66%) Risk Management
13 32 (7.92%) Computer Science
13 32 (7.92%) Regulatory Compliance
14 31 (7.67%) Data Governance
14 31 (7.67%) Roadmaps
15 29 (7.18%) Full-Stack Development
16 28 (6.93%) Fintech
17 25 (6.19%) Rehypothecation
Programming Languages
1 269 (66.58%) Python
2 125 (30.94%) SQL
3 120 (29.70%) Java
4 105 (25.99%) TypeScript
5 99 (24.50%) JavaScript
6 47 (11.63%) C++
7 32 (7.92%) PowerShell
8 25 (6.19%) C#
9 7 (1.73%) Bash
10 1 (0.25%) Clojure
10 1 (0.25%) Groovy
10 1 (0.25%) Scala
10 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (8.42%) Degree
2 19 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.48%) CEH
3 10 (2.48%) CISSP
3 10 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (2.48%) GCIA
3 10 (2.48%) GCIH
3 10 (2.48%) OSCP
4 6 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.74%) SANS
6 1 (0.25%) CCNA
6 1 (0.25%) CCNP
6 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.25%) MCSE
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.25%) VCAP
6 1 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.18%) GDPR
2 25 (6.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 14 (3.47%) MiFID
4 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.74%) HIPAA
4 3 (0.74%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.50%) SLA
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 15 (3.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.49%) Docker
3 5 (1.24%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.99%) vSphere
5 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.71%) Ansible
2 12 (2.97%) Terraform
3 11 (2.72%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.73%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.73%) SCCM
6 6 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.49%) Grafana
6 6 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.50%) Puppet
9 1 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.25%) Packer
9 1 (0.25%) vRealize
9 1 (0.25%) WMI
9 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (12.13%) BISAM
2 45 (11.14%) Charles River
3 39 (9.65%) Calypso
3 39 (9.65%) SimCorp
4 20 (4.95%) Microsoft
5 9 (2.23%) Bloomberg
5 9 (2.23%) VMware
6 6 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (1.24%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.24%) Reuters
8 4 (0.99%) NetApp
9 3 (0.74%) FactSet
10 2 (0.50%) Arista
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco
10 2 (0.50%) Okta
10 2 (0.50%) SAP
11 1 (0.25%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.25%) Citrix
11 1 (0.25%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.25%) Red Hat