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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 156 368
Rank change year-on-year -142 +212 +27
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 79 398 108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 2.12% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 5.59% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 65 388 95
10th Percentile - £85,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £115,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £140,000
90th Percentile £210,000 £152,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +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 5,358 7,117 7,999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.03% 37.85% 38.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 4,088 6,293
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,713 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £53,877 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.21% -4.00% -0.33%

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 9 December 2025.

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 49 (62.03%) Apache
1 49 (62.03%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (8.86%) Ethereum
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 60 (75.95%) AWS
2 49 (62.03%) dbt
2 49 (62.03%) Snowflake
3 16 (20.25%) Azure
4 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (62.03%) Amazon Athena
1 49 (62.03%) Apache Arrow
1 49 (62.03%) Apache Iceberg
1 49 (62.03%) Apache Ignite
1 49 (62.03%) Data Lake
1 49 (62.03%) Dremio
2 4 (5.06%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Git
2 1 (1.27%) NUnit
2 1 (1.27%) Postman
2 1 (1.27%) Selenium
General
1 66 (83.54%) Finance
2 60 (75.95%) Banking
3 54 (68.35%) Front Office
4 49 (62.03%) Investment Banking
5 11 (13.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (7.59%) Back Office
7 5 (6.33%) Social Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 51 (64.56%) Python Engineer
1 51 (64.56%) Software Engineer
2 50 (63.29%) Senior
3 49 (62.03%) AWS Engineer
3 49 (62.03%) AWS Software Engineer
3 49 (62.03%) Java Engineer
3 49 (62.03%) Java Software Engineer
3 49 (62.03%) Python Software Engineer
4 47 (59.49%) Senior Java Engineer
4 47 (59.49%) Senior Java Software Engineer
4 47 (59.49%) Senior Software Engineer
5 14 (17.72%) Developer
6 8 (10.13%) Python Developer
7 7 (8.86%) Rust Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) Lead
8 4 (5.06%) Lead Developer
9 3 (3.80%) Quantitative Developer
10 2 (2.53%) Lead C# Developer
10 2 (2.53%) Senior Python Developer
10 2 (2.53%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (62.03%) gRPC
1 49 (62.03%) NumPy
1 49 (62.03%) Pandas
1 49 (62.03%) Protocol Buffers
1 49 (62.03%) SciPy
2 7 (8.86%) Smart Contracts
2 7 (8.86%) web3js
3 4 (5.06%) React
4 2 (2.53%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.53%) Kafka
4 2 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (2.53%) Redux
4 2 (2.53%) REST
4 2 (2.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (65.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 51 (64.56%) Equities
2 51 (64.56%) Fixed Income
3 49 (62.03%) Derivative
3 49 (62.03%) Pricing Data
4 7 (8.86%) Blockchain
4 7 (8.86%) Web3
5 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.27%) State Machine
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (81.01%) Software Engineering
2 55 (69.62%) Agile
2 55 (69.62%) Asset Management
3 51 (64.56%) Investment Management
4 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (10.13%) Data Pipeline
5 8 (10.13%) DeFi
5 8 (10.13%) Low Latency
5 8 (10.13%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 7 (8.86%) Computer Science
6 7 (8.86%) Design Patterns
6 7 (8.86%) DevOps
6 7 (8.86%) Workflow
7 5 (6.33%) CI/CD
7 5 (6.33%) Test Automation
8 4 (5.06%) Cloud Security
8 4 (5.06%) Containerisation
8 4 (5.06%) ETL
8 4 (5.06%) Security Architecture
9 3 (3.80%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 64 (81.01%) Python
2 60 (75.95%) TypeScript
3 51 (64.56%) JavaScript
4 49 (62.03%) Java
5 8 (10.13%) Rust
6 7 (8.86%) Go
7 5 (6.33%) C#
7 5 (6.33%) SQL
8 1 (1.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (15.19%) Degree
2 7 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.80%) Postfix
Vendors
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft