Hedge funds Job Trends

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 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 303 321
Rank change year-on-year -168 +18 +67
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 181 512 478
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.96% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% 2.57% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 106 411 391
10th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £146,250
90th Percentile £162,500 £152,500 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £100,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +122.22% -40.00%

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 20,616 19,935 20,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.19% 37.19% 36.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,355 9,359 14,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Hedge funds job vacancy trend in the UK

Hedge funds
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hedge funds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Hedge funds

Hedge funds
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Top 7 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 15 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
England -156 173 £100,000 -13.04% 164
London -116 158 £110,000 -4.35% 80
Work from Home -97 70 £110,000 -4.35% 28
UK excluding London +19 15 £70,000 -30.00% 100
North East +3 9 £70,000 -30.00% 5
North of England +1 9 £70,000 -30.00% 13
South East +32 6 £70,000 - 60

Hedge funds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 30 (16.57%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (16.02%) Apache
3 15 (8.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (3.87%) Ethereum
5 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 62 (34.25%) AWS
2 30 (16.57%) dbt
2 30 (16.57%) Snowflake
3 22 (12.15%) Azure
3 22 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.08%) Amazon EKS
4 11 (6.08%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.97%) GCP
5 9 (4.97%) SaaS
6 7 (3.87%) IaaS
6 7 (3.87%) PaaS
6 7 (3.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.10%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.10%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.55%) GitHub
9 1 (0.55%) Matillion
9 1 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.97%) TCP/IP
2 8 (4.42%) DHCP
2 8 (4.42%) DNS
2 8 (4.42%) LAN
2 8 (4.42%) WAN
3 2 (1.10%) Firewall
3 2 (1.10%) IP Telephony
3 2 (1.10%) WebEx
4 1 (0.55%) BGP
4 1 (0.55%) HSRP
4 1 (0.55%) IGMP
4 1 (0.55%) Multicast
4 1 (0.55%) OSPF
4 1 (0.55%) VRRP
4 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (16.57%) Amazon Athena
1 30 (16.57%) Data Lake
2 29 (16.02%) Apache Arrow
2 29 (16.02%) Apache Iceberg
2 29 (16.02%) Apache Ignite
2 29 (16.02%) Dremio
3 11 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (6.08%) Relational Database
4 10 (5.52%) RDBMS
5 7 (3.87%) Tableau
6 5 (2.76%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.10%) Power BI
7 2 (1.10%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.55%) ClickHouse
8 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.55%) Power Query
8 1 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.55%) NUnit
1 1 (0.55%) Postman
1 1 (0.55%) Selenium
General
1 130 (71.82%) Finance
2 69 (38.12%) Front Office
3 48 (26.52%) Banking
4 45 (24.86%) Social Skills
5 30 (16.57%) Investment Banking
6 22 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (8.84%) Legal
8 5 (2.76%) Back Office
9 4 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Advertising
11 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (31.49%) Developer
1 57 (31.49%) Senior
2 47 (25.97%) Python Engineer
3 42 (23.20%) Software Engineer
4 39 (21.55%) AWS Engineer
5 31 (17.13%) AWS Software Engineer
6 30 (16.57%) Java Engineer
7 29 (16.02%) Java Software Engineer
7 29 (16.02%) Python Software Engineer
8 28 (15.47%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (14.92%) Senior Java Engineer
9 27 (14.92%) Senior Java Software Engineer
10 26 (14.36%) Python Developer
11 24 (13.26%) Quantitative Developer
12 22 (12.15%) C++ Developer
13 21 (11.60%) Senior Developer
14 19 (10.50%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 19 (10.50%) Senior Quantitative Developer
15 18 (9.94%) Linux Developer
15 18 (9.94%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (17.13%) NumPy
1 31 (17.13%) Pandas
2 30 (16.57%) gRPC
3 29 (16.02%) Protocol Buffers
3 29 (16.02%) SciPy
4 18 (9.94%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 14 (7.73%) .NET
6 11 (6.08%) Kafka
6 11 (6.08%) Spring
7 10 (5.52%) AngularJS
7 10 (5.52%) GraphQL
8 7 (3.87%) Smart Contracts
8 7 (3.87%) web3js
9 4 (2.21%) React
10 3 (1.66%) .NET Core
11 2 (1.10%) Node.js
12 1 (0.55%) PySpark
12 1 (0.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (28.73%) Equities
2 42 (23.20%) Management Information System
3 33 (18.23%) Derivative
3 33 (18.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 31 (17.13%) Fixed Income
5 29 (16.02%) Pricing Data
6 24 (13.26%) Algorithms
7 22 (12.15%) Data Structures
8 11 (6.08%) Reference Data
8 11 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (3.87%) Blockchain
10 7 (3.87%) Security Posture
10 7 (3.87%) Web3
11 6 (3.31%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.66%) Virtual Team
13 2 (1.10%) Blackberry
13 2 (1.10%) Sports Betting
13 2 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (21.55%) Linux
2 21 (11.60%) Windows
3 8 (4.42%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (3.87%) Mac OS
4 7 (3.87%) Unix
5 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (35.36%) Software Engineering
2 41 (22.65%) Agile
3 37 (20.44%) Asset Management
3 37 (20.44%) Low Latency
4 31 (17.13%) Investment Management
5 30 (16.57%) Test Automation
6 26 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (11.60%) OO
8 19 (10.50%) Computer Science
8 19 (10.50%) Order Management
9 18 (9.94%) OOP
10 14 (7.73%) Fintech
10 14 (7.73%) Information Security
11 13 (7.18%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (6.63%) DevOps
13 11 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 11 (6.08%) Risk Management
13 11 (6.08%) Storage Management
14 10 (5.52%) Customer Requirements
14 10 (5.52%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 88 (48.62%) Python
2 43 (23.76%) Java
3 40 (22.10%) TypeScript
4 34 (18.78%) SQL
5 29 (16.02%) JavaScript
6 26 (14.36%) C++
7 20 (11.05%) PowerShell
8 15 (8.29%) C#
9 9 (4.97%) Rust
10 7 (3.87%) Bash
10 7 (3.87%) Go
11 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.55%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.55%) PHP
11 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (12.71%) Degree
2 17 (9.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (8.84%) CISSP
4 9 (4.97%) CISA
5 7 (3.87%) CCSK
5 7 (3.87%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.55%) CCIE
6 1 (0.55%) CCNA
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.97%) NIST
2 7 (3.87%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.10%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 12 (6.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.66%) Docker
2 3 (1.66%) Postfix
3 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.10%) vSphere
3 2 (1.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (4.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 8 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
1 8 (4.42%) Terraform
2 3 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.73%) Google
3 12 (6.63%) Bloomberg
4 10 (5.52%) Reuters
5 3 (1.66%) Apple
5 3 (1.66%) Cisco
5 3 (1.66%) Citrix
5 3 (1.66%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.10%) VMware
7 1 (0.55%) Arista
7 1 (0.55%) Avaya
7 1 (0.55%) Databricks
7 1 (0.55%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.55%) Informatica
7 1 (0.55%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.55%) SimCorp