Hybrid/Remote Hedge funds Job Trends

Hedge fund
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 289 122
Rank change year-on-year -90 -167 +237
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 88 129 587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 0.77% 2.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 1.88% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 71 115 578
10th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
25th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £95,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £127,500 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +10.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £187,500 £135,000 £148,750
90th Percentile £230,000 £136,250 £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +2.22%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,562 6,863 7,407
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.48% 41.15% 34.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,451 3,458 4,285
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,175 £35,225
25th Percentile £43,000 £39,750 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,900
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.59% -3.23%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Hedge funds and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Hedge funds job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Hedge funds
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Hedge funds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Hedge funds

Hedge funds
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Hedge funds over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Hedge funds salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Hedge funds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (2.27%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.14%) Apache
2 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 3 (3.41%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 56 (63.64%) AWS
2 51 (57.95%) Amazon Bedrock
3 43 (48.86%) Anthropic Claude
4 36 (40.91%) Snowflake
5 21 (23.86%) Azure
6 18 (20.45%) GCP
7 7 (7.95%) ChatGPT
7 7 (7.95%) GitHub
7 7 (7.95%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.41%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.41%) Power BI
2 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 43 (48.86%) Claude Code
General
1 77 (87.50%) Finance
2 61 (69.32%) Banking
3 32 (36.36%) Front Office
4 22 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 15 (17.05%) Marketing
6 6 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.41%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.14%) Law
8 1 (1.14%) Legal
8 1 (1.14%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 36 (40.91%) Architect
1 36 (40.91%) Enterprise Architect
1 36 (40.91%) Finance Manager
2 35 (39.77%) Developer
3 25 (28.41%) Software Engineer
4 24 (27.27%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 19 (21.59%) Python Developer
6 18 (20.45%) Python Engineer
6 18 (20.45%) Python Software Engineer
7 17 (19.32%) Software Developer
8 15 (17.05%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 15 (17.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 10 (11.36%) Lead
9 10 (11.36%) Lead Developer
9 10 (11.36%) Lead Python Developer
9 10 (11.36%) Lead Software Developer
9 10 (11.36%) Lead Software Engineer
10 7 (7.95%) Java Developer
10 7 (7.95%) Java Software Developer
10 7 (7.95%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (44.32%) LangChain
1 39 (44.32%) LangGraph
2 15 (17.05%) CrewAI
2 15 (17.05%) pydantic
3 2 (2.27%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (2.27%) web3js
4 1 (1.14%) .NET
4 1 (1.14%) Pandas
4 1 (1.14%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (57.95%) AI Agents
2 14 (15.91%) Derivative
3 11 (12.50%) Equities
3 11 (12.50%) Fixed Income
4 8 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (7.95%) Equity Derivative
6 4 (4.55%) Reference Data
7 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.27%) Blockchain
8 2 (2.27%) Client/Server
8 2 (2.27%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (2.27%) Web3
9 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.14%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.14%) Legacy Code
9 1 (1.14%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.14%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.14%) Linux
1 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (75.00%) Investment Management
2 58 (65.91%) AI
3 51 (57.95%) Asset Management
4 36 (40.91%) Data Science
4 36 (40.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (40.91%) Machine Learning
4 36 (40.91%) Roadmaps
5 32 (36.36%) Software Engineering
6 15 (17.05%) Pair Programming
7 13 (14.77%) Analytics
8 12 (13.64%) LLM
9 9 (10.23%) Quantitative Research
10 7 (7.95%) Pricing Analytics
10 7 (7.95%) Quantitative Analysis
11 6 (6.82%) Fintech
11 6 (6.82%) Low Latency
11 6 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (5.68%) Data Analysis
12 5 (5.68%) Proprietary Trading
12 5 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (42.05%) Python
2 17 (19.32%) R
3 9 (10.23%) C#
3 9 (10.23%) SQL
4 8 (9.09%) Java
5 5 (5.68%) C++
6 2 (2.27%) Go
6 2 (2.27%) Rust
6 2 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (5.68%) Degree
2 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 37 (42.05%) Databricks
2 15 (17.05%) Google
3 2 (2.27%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft