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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 158 272
Rank change year-on-year -179 +114 +119
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 53 286 356
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 2.19% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 5.22% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 36 277 332
10th Percentile £68,125 £85,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £91,250 £87,500 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +15.00%
75th Percentile - £147,500 £143,750
90th Percentile £200,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

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 6,083 5,479 11,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.96% 41.95% 36.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,805 3,704 9,170
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,652
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,300
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.40% -8.77%
75th Percentile £81,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%

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 12 April 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 6 (11.32%) Ethereum
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.53%) Azure
2 11 (20.75%) AWS
3 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.77%) GCP
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.89%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.89%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
General
1 28 (52.83%) Finance
2 16 (30.19%) Banking
3 6 (11.32%) Front Office
3 6 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.55%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.77%) Back Office
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (37.74%) Developer
2 12 (22.64%) Linux Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Senior
2 12 (22.64%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 9 (16.98%) Python Developer
4 6 (11.32%) DevOps Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 6 (11.32%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Senior DevOps
4 6 (11.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Rust Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Applications Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Applications Support
6 4 (7.55%) Applications Support Manager
6 4 (7.55%) C# Developer
6 4 (7.55%) React Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Support Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) React
1 6 (11.32%) Smart Contracts
1 6 (11.32%) web3js
2 3 (5.66%) .NET
3 1 (1.89%) LlamaIndex
3 1 (1.89%) NumPy
3 1 (1.89%) Pandas
3 1 (1.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Blockchain
1 6 (11.32%) Web3
2 4 (7.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.55%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.77%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.77%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.77%) Equities
3 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.89%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Linux
2 2 (3.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Software Engineering
2 12 (22.64%) High Availability
2 12 (22.64%) Platform Engineering
3 10 (18.87%) Agile
3 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
4 9 (16.98%) DevOps
5 8 (15.09%) Design Patterns
6 7 (13.21%) Low Latency
7 6 (11.32%) Data Pipeline
7 6 (11.32%) DeFi
7 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (11.32%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 6 (11.32%) Workflow
8 5 (9.43%) Asset Management
9 4 (7.55%) Fintech
9 4 (7.55%) Fund Management
9 4 (7.55%) Test Automation
10 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack Development
10 2 (3.77%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.96%) Python
2 12 (22.64%) TypeScript
3 6 (11.32%) C#
3 6 (11.32%) Go
3 6 (11.32%) Rust
3 6 (11.32%) SQL
4 2 (3.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Degree
2 7 (13.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (5.66%) Postfix
2 2 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) Databricks