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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 256 134
Rank change year-on-year -142 -122 +208
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 42 197 694
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 1.20% 2.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 2.81% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27 183 681
10th Percentile £55,000 £87,500 £81,250
25th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £138,750 £136,250 £148,750
90th Percentile £187,500 - £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%

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 8,117 7,018 10,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.77% 42.71% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,012 3,621 7,989
10th Percentile £34,535 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £58,497 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.73% +4.55% -14.10%

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 18 July 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 4 (9.52%) Ethereum
2 1 (2.38%) Apache
2 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 14 (33.33%) AWS
2 9 (21.43%) Azure
3 7 (16.67%) Anthropic Claude
4 6 (14.29%) Amazon Bedrock
4 6 (14.29%) Snowflake
5 2 (4.76%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Claude Code
General
1 27 (64.29%) Finance
2 13 (30.95%) Banking
3 12 (28.57%) Front Office
4 7 (16.67%) Investment Banking
5 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Developer
2 10 (23.81%) C# Developer
3 8 (19.05%) Front Office Developer
4 6 (14.29%) Architect
4 6 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
4 6 (14.29%) Finance Manager
5 5 (11.90%) Linux Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Senior
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Data Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Platform Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Software Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Junior
7 3 (7.14%) Junior Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Market Data Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Rust Developer
8 2 (4.76%) C# Software Developer
8 2 (4.76%) Python Developer
9 1 (2.38%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) LangChain
1 6 (14.29%) LangGraph
2 4 (9.52%) Smart Contracts
2 4 (9.52%) web3js
3 3 (7.14%) .NET
4 2 (4.76%) React
5 1 (2.38%) LlamaIndex
5 1 (2.38%) Pandas
5 1 (2.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) AI Agents
2 5 (11.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (9.52%) Blockchain
3 4 (9.52%) Web3
4 3 (7.14%) Client/Server
4 3 (7.14%) Derivative
4 3 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.14%) Reference Data
5 2 (4.76%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 2 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (4.76%) Equities
5 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.38%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.38%) Sports Betting
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Linux
2 3 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Software Engineering
2 9 (21.43%) Fintech
3 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (16.67%) AI
4 7 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 7 (16.67%) Investment Management
4 7 (16.67%) Low Latency
5 6 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 6 (14.29%) Data Science
5 6 (14.29%) Design Patterns
5 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 5 (11.90%) High Availability
6 5 (11.90%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (11.90%) Test Automation
7 4 (9.52%) Data Modelling
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.52%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 4 (9.52%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (35.71%) Python
2 13 (30.95%) C#
3 8 (19.05%) SQL
4 6 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 4 (9.52%) Go
5 4 (9.52%) Rust
6 3 (7.14%) C++
7 2 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Databricks
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft