Hedge funds Contracts in England

Hedge fund
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hedge funds over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 375 314
Rank change year-on-year +183 -61 +95
Contract jobs citing Hedge funds 465 282 617
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.24% 0.60% 0.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.10% 1.79% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 247 470
10th Percentile £538 £450 £438
25th Percentile £625 £500 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £850 £750 £750
90th Percentile £888 £825 £839
UK median daily rate £750 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
England

Hedge funds falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Hedge funds in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Hedge funds in England

Hedge funds
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hedge funds in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Hedge funds in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
London +194 461 £750 +25.00% 310
West Midlands -12 2 £300 -40.00% 3
Midlands -14 2 £300 -40.00% 3
North West +12 1 £500 +270.37% 14
North of England +2 1 £500 +4.17% 15
Hedge funds
UK

Hedge funds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 220 (47.31%) Apache Airflow
2 207 (44.52%) Apache
3 9 (1.94%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (4.52%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.51%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.65%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.43%) Bloomberg AIM
4 2 (0.43%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 321 (69.03%) AWS
2 173 (37.20%) GCP
3 163 (35.05%) dbt
4 145 (31.18%) Snowflake
5 117 (25.16%) Azure
6 15 (3.23%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (1.29%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.65%) Amazon EMR
11 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.22%) Sentry
12 1 (0.22%) Serverless
12 1 (0.22%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (1.29%) Firewall
1 6 (1.29%) Internet
1 6 (1.29%) VPN
1 6 (1.29%) Wireless
2 1 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.22%) FTP
2 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.22%) Skype
2 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.22%) SSL
2 1 (0.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (42.80%) Apache Ignite
2 163 (35.05%) Apache Arrow
2 163 (35.05%) Dremio
3 155 (33.33%) Amazon Athena
4 154 (33.12%) Data Lake
5 71 (15.27%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (7.74%) Big Data
7 22 (4.73%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.23%) Power BI
8 15 (3.23%) Tableau
9 10 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.51%) Crystal Reports
10 7 (1.51%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.65%) MySQL
14 2 (0.43%) Hadoop
15 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (10.11%) Cypress.io
2 11 (2.37%) JIRA
3 7 (1.51%) Git
4 6 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.65%) GitLab
5 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.43%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.43%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
General
1 406 (87.31%) Finance
2 327 (70.32%) Front Office
3 275 (59.14%) Banking
4 163 (35.05%) Investment Banking
5 34 (7.31%) Social Skills
6 27 (5.81%) Back Office
7 25 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (4.52%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.29%) Retail
10 3 (0.65%) Prime Brokerage
10 3 (0.65%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.43%) Law
11 2 (0.43%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.22%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 201 (43.23%) Developer
2 164 (35.27%) Software Engineer
3 122 (26.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 115 (24.73%) Python Engineer
5 113 (24.30%) Python Software Engineer
6 101 (21.72%) Python Developer
7 72 (15.48%) Senior
8 70 (15.05%) React Developer
9 68 (14.62%) Analyst
10 66 (14.19%) AWS Engineer
11 58 (12.47%) Lead
12 54 (11.61%) Java Engineer
13 51 (10.97%) Finance Manager
14 48 (10.32%) Java Software Engineer
15 46 (9.89%) AWS Software Engineer
15 46 (9.89%) Financial Analyst
16 44 (9.46%) Senior Software Engineer
17 43 (9.25%) Full Stack Developer
18 38 (8.17%) Business Analyst
18 38 (8.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (47.10%) gRPC
1 219 (47.10%) Protocol Buffers
2 137 (29.46%) Pandas
3 136 (29.25%) NumPy
4 135 (29.03%) SciPy
5 106 (22.80%) React
6 87 (18.71%) Redux
7 65 (13.98%) Material-UI
8 37 (7.96%) .NET
9 22 (4.73%) AngularJS
10 19 (4.09%) .NET Core
11 15 (3.23%) Kafka
12 11 (2.37%) CSS
12 11 (2.37%) HTML
13 7 (1.51%) ASP.NET
13 7 (1.51%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (1.51%) PySpark
13 7 (1.51%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (1.51%) SailPoint
13 7 (1.51%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 286 (61.51%) Fixed Income
2 250 (53.76%) Equities
3 242 (52.04%) Derivative
4 193 (41.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 43 (9.25%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.87%) Clustering
7 16 (3.44%) Pricing Data
8 13 (2.80%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.29%) Equity Derivative
9 6 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.86%) Credit Derivative
10 4 (0.86%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.65%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 1 (0.22%) Animation
13 1 (0.22%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.22%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.22%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.44%) Linux
2 15 (3.23%) Windows
3 7 (1.51%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.29%) Unix
5 5 (1.08%) Windows 7
5 5 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.43%) CentOS
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (70.32%) Asset Management
2 301 (64.73%) Agile
3 276 (59.35%) Investment Management
4 240 (51.61%) Software Engineering
5 103 (22.15%) Full Stack Development
6 102 (21.94%) Artificial Intelligence
7 94 (20.22%) Machine Learning
8 68 (14.62%) Line Management
9 67 (14.41%) Automated Trading
10 55 (11.83%) DevOps
11 45 (9.68%) Analytics
12 43 (9.25%) Greeks
13 33 (7.10%) Mentoring
14 32 (6.88%) Fintech
15 27 (5.81%) Roadmaps
15 27 (5.81%) TDD
16 22 (4.73%) Business Intelligence
16 22 (4.73%) Portfolio Management
17 21 (4.52%) Product Management
17 21 (4.52%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 336 (72.26%) Python
2 222 (47.74%) TypeScript
3 185 (39.78%) JavaScript
4 180 (38.71%) Java
5 119 (25.59%) SQL
6 77 (16.56%) C#
7 26 (5.59%) C++
8 24 (5.16%) Scala
9 19 (4.09%) Go
10 14 (3.01%) R
11 13 (2.80%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.29%) Ruby
13 3 (0.65%) Bash
14 2 (0.43%) PHP
14 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.22%) Groovy
15 1 (0.22%) Perl
15 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (3.44%) Degree
2 7 (1.51%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (1.29%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.86%) CISSP
6 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.43%) PMP
7 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (10.54%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.24%) QA
3 8 (1.72%) MiFID
4 6 (1.29%) SLA
5 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.22%) EMIR
5 1 (0.22%) FATCA
5 1 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.09%) Prometheus
2 19 (4.09%) Terraform
3 7 (1.51%) Ansible
4 6 (1.29%) Puppet
5 5 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.65%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
7 1 (0.22%) Nagios
Vendors
1 67 (14.41%) Google
2 41 (8.82%) Bloomberg
3 19 (4.09%) Microsoft
4 16 (3.44%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.58%) BISAM
6 10 (2.15%) Reuters
7 7 (1.51%) SimCorp
8 6 (1.29%) Cisco
8 6 (1.29%) F5
8 6 (1.29%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.29%) Juniper
8 6 (1.29%) Oracle
8 6 (1.29%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.65%) Altiris
9 3 (0.65%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.65%) ForgeRock
9 3 (0.65%) Okta
10 2 (0.43%) Avaloq
10 2 (0.43%) Charles River
10 2 (0.43%) Red Hat