Hedge funds Contracts in London

Hedge fund
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hedge funds over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 312 200
Rank change year-on-year +207 -112 +23
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 411 182 576
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.33% 0.69% 1.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.01% 1.93% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 154 449
10th Percentile £538 £450 £438
25th Percentile £600 £500 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £850 £784 £738
90th Percentile £888 £850 £850
England median daily rate £725 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +26.09% -8.00% +4.17%

All Generic Skills
London

Hedge funds is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,862 9,425 14,059
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.22% 35.93% 36.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,153 6,772 10,253
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 113 196
10th Percentile £15.49 £19.04 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.64 £21.67 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.15
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.72% +33.79%
75th Percentile £49.88 £65.00 £55.34
90th Percentile £69.00 £84.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £33.00 £22.49 £26.98
% change year-on-year +46.76% -16.66% +3.34%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Hedge funds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Hedge funds in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hedge funds in London.

Daily rate trend for Hedge funds in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hedge funds in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hedge funds in London.

Hourly rate trend for Hedge funds in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +55 30 £700 -9.68% 4
Hedge funds
England

Hedge funds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 158 (38.44%) Apache Airflow
2 140 (34.06%) Apache
3 8 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 20 (4.87%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.46%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.73%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.49%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.24%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 252 (61.31%) AWS
2 147 (35.77%) GCP
3 115 (27.98%) Azure
4 100 (24.33%) dbt
5 93 (22.63%) Snowflake
6 8 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.95%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.97%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.73%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.24%) Sentry
10 1 (0.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.95%) VPN
2 7 (1.70%) Wireless
3 2 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.49%) Firewall
3 2 (0.49%) Internet
4 1 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.24%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.24%) FTP
4 1 (0.24%) Network Security
4 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.24%) Skype
4 1 (0.24%) WAN
4 1 (0.24%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (34.06%) Apache Ignite
2 100 (24.33%) Amazon Athena
2 100 (24.33%) Apache Arrow
2 100 (24.33%) Dremio
3 93 (22.63%) Data Lake
4 63 (15.33%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (5.60%) Big Data
6 22 (5.35%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.95%) Power BI
8 7 (1.70%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.46%) Crystal Reports
9 6 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.46%) Tableau
10 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.49%) MySQL
12 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (9.49%) Cypress.io
2 8 (1.95%) JIRA
3 4 (0.97%) Git
3 4 (0.97%) SpecFlow
4 3 (0.73%) GitLab
4 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.49%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 343 (83.45%) Finance
2 280 (68.13%) Front Office
3 218 (53.04%) Banking
4 105 (25.55%) Investment Banking
5 41 (9.98%) Back Office
6 27 (6.57%) Social Skills
7 25 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (3.65%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.49%) Law
9 2 (0.49%) Marketing
9 2 (0.49%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (0.49%) Retail
9 2 (0.49%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.24%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 190 (46.23%) Developer
2 130 (31.63%) Software Engineer
3 105 (25.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 89 (21.65%) Python Developer
5 87 (21.17%) Python Engineer
6 85 (20.68%) Python Software Engineer
7 72 (17.52%) Analyst
8 62 (15.09%) React Developer
9 59 (14.36%) Senior
10 58 (14.11%) Finance Manager
11 48 (11.68%) Financial Analyst
12 41 (9.98%) Lead
13 40 (9.73%) AWS Engineer
14 38 (9.25%) Full Stack Developer
15 36 (8.76%) Business Analyst
16 34 (8.27%) .NET Developer
17 31 (7.54%) Java Engineer
18 29 (7.06%) Full Stack Engineer
18 29 (7.06%) Full Stack Python Developer
18 29 (7.06%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (37.96%) gRPC
1 156 (37.96%) Protocol Buffers
2 100 (24.33%) React
3 85 (20.68%) Pandas
3 85 (20.68%) Redux
4 84 (20.44%) NumPy
5 83 (20.19%) SciPy
6 57 (13.87%) Material-UI
7 43 (10.46%) .NET
8 25 (6.08%) AngularJS
9 20 (4.87%) .NET Core
10 13 (3.16%) Kafka
11 12 (2.92%) ASP.NET
11 12 (2.92%) ASP.NET Core
12 11 (2.68%) HTML
13 10 (2.43%) CSS
14 9 (2.19%) Vue
15 7 (1.70%) Spark Streaming
16 6 (1.46%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (1.46%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 225 (54.74%) Fixed Income
2 210 (51.09%) Derivative
3 196 (47.69%) Equities
4 140 (34.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 31 (7.54%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.87%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (3.65%) Algorithms
8 14 (3.41%) Clustering
9 8 (1.95%) Equity Derivative
9 8 (1.95%) Pricing Data
10 7 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.46%) Credit Derivative
12 4 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.97%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.49%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.49%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 1 (0.24%) Animation
14 1 (0.24%) Data Protection Act
14 1 (0.24%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.92%) Windows
2 9 (2.19%) Windows 10
3 8 (1.95%) Linux
4 7 (1.70%) Windows 7
5 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) CentOS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (67.64%) Asset Management
2 256 (62.29%) Investment Management
3 241 (58.64%) Agile
4 189 (45.99%) Software Engineering
5 97 (23.60%) Full Stack Development
6 93 (22.63%) Artificial Intelligence
7 87 (21.17%) Machine Learning
8 59 (14.36%) Automated Trading
9 51 (12.41%) DevOps
10 43 (10.46%) Mentoring
11 40 (9.73%) Line Management
12 37 (9.00%) Fintech
13 32 (7.79%) Analytics
13 32 (7.79%) TDD
14 28 (6.81%) Greeks
15 24 (5.84%) Roadmaps
16 23 (5.60%) Business Intelligence
17 22 (5.35%) Scrum
18 19 (4.62%) Product Management
19 17 (4.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 271 (65.94%) Python
2 168 (40.88%) TypeScript
3 134 (32.60%) JavaScript
4 124 (30.17%) Java
5 114 (27.74%) SQL
6 101 (24.57%) C#
7 24 (5.84%) C++
7 24 (5.84%) Scala
8 20 (4.87%) R
9 15 (3.65%) Go
10 14 (3.41%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.46%) Ruby
12 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.49%) VBA
14 1 (0.24%) Bash
14 1 (0.24%) Groovy
14 1 (0.24%) Perl
14 1 (0.24%) PHP
14 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (3.41%) Degree
2 7 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.73%) CISSP
5 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.27%) QA
2 29 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.95%) MiFID
4 7 (1.70%) SLA
5 1 (0.24%) EMIR
5 1 (0.24%) FATCA
5 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.65%) Prometheus
2 15 (3.65%) Terraform
3 2 (0.49%) Ansible
3 2 (0.49%) PingFederate
3 2 (0.49%) Puppet
3 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.24%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) Nagios
4 1 (0.24%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 57 (13.87%) Google
2 34 (8.27%) Bloomberg
3 18 (4.38%) Microsoft
4 13 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.92%) BISAM
6 6 (1.46%) SimCorp
7 5 (1.22%) Oracle
8 4 (0.97%) Reuters
9 3 (0.73%) Cisco
10 2 (0.49%) Avaloq
10 2 (0.49%) Charles River
10 2 (0.49%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.49%) F5
10 2 (0.49%) ForgeRock
10 2 (0.49%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.49%) Juniper
10 2 (0.49%) Okta
10 2 (0.49%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.49%) Splunk
11 1 (0.24%) Murex