Hedge fund
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Hedge funds in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 337 405 440
Rank change year-on-year +68 +35 -108
Permanent jobs citing Hedge funds 840 813 1,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 0.80% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.40% 1.88% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 766 712 1,021
10th Percentile £72,500 £47,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £105,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £150,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £165,000 £200,000 £171,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,065 43,146 75,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.71% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23,057 23,446 33,908
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,014 £34,513
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Hedge funds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Hedge funds.

Salary trend for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Hedge funds over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Hedge funds in the UK

Hedge funds
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hedge funds within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +89 828 £112,500 +7.14% 285
London +89 809 £112,500 +7.14% 268
Work from Home +140 492 £115,000 +15.00% 90
UK excluding London -45 31 £67,500 +8.00% 18
South West -23 17 £62,500 +19.05% 5
Scotland -56 11 £80,000 +14.29% 5
South East -12 1 £22,500 -64.00% 5
North West - 1 £82,500 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £120,000 -
North of England - 1 £82,500 - 2

Hedge funds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 341 (40.60%) Apache Airflow
2 289 (34.40%) Apache
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.24%) Confluence
5 2 (0.24%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.24%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.24%) S-PLUS
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.50%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.83%) thinkFolio
3 2 (0.24%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.24%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.12%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 565 (67.26%) AWS
2 318 (37.86%) GCP
3 249 (29.64%) dbt
4 244 (29.05%) Azure
5 226 (26.90%) Snowflake
6 11 (1.31%) Amazon S3
7 10 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (1.19%) Serverless
8 9 (1.07%) Amazon SQS
8 9 (1.07%) AWS Step Functions
8 9 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (0.60%) WhatsApp
11 4 (0.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (0.48%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.36%) GitHub
12 3 (0.36%) SaaS
13 2 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.12%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.12%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.31%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.07%) WAN
3 8 (0.95%) VPN
4 6 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
4 6 (0.71%) Network Security
4 6 (0.71%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.60%) Firewall
6 4 (0.48%) FTP
7 3 (0.36%) BGP
7 3 (0.36%) OSPF
8 2 (0.24%) DHCP
8 2 (0.24%) DNS
9 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.12%) LAN
9 1 (0.12%) SAN
9 1 (0.12%) SNMP
9 1 (0.12%) VRRP
9 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (34.40%) Apache Ignite
2 250 (29.76%) Dremio
3 249 (29.64%) Amazon Athena
3 249 (29.64%) Apache Arrow
4 226 (26.90%) Data Lake
5 104 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
6 46 (5.48%) Big Data
7 32 (3.81%) SQL Server
8 20 (2.38%) NoSQL
8 20 (2.38%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.48%) Tick Data
12 3 (0.36%) Event Store
13 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.24%) SQLPlus
14 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 55 (6.55%) Cypress.io
2 15 (1.79%) Git
3 7 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.48%) JIRA
5 4 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.48%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.24%) Postman
6 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 712 (84.76%) Finance
2 591 (70.36%) Front Office
3 399 (47.50%) Banking
4 240 (28.57%) Investment Banking
5 110 (13.10%) Back Office
6 88 (10.48%) Social Skills
7 31 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 15 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (1.79%) Law
9 12 (1.43%) Billing
10 9 (1.07%) Games
10 9 (1.07%) Legal
10 9 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (0.95%) Marketing
12 2 (0.24%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.12%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 377 (44.88%) Developer
2 296 (35.24%) Software Engineer
3 222 (26.43%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 182 (21.67%) Python Developer
5 167 (19.88%) Senior
6 165 (19.64%) Python Engineer
7 161 (19.17%) Python Software Engineer
8 121 (14.40%) Analyst
9 118 (14.05%) Lead
10 117 (13.93%) AWS Engineer
11 105 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
12 97 (11.55%) .NET Developer
12 97 (11.55%) Finance Manager
13 92 (10.95%) React Developer
14 84 (10.00%) .NET Software Engineer
15 83 (9.88%) .NET Software Developer
16 73 (8.69%) Financial Analyst
17 72 (8.57%) Java Engineer
17 72 (8.57%) Quantitative Developer
18 70 (8.33%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 338 (40.24%) gRPC
1 338 (40.24%) Protocol Buffers
2 210 (25.00%) Pandas
2 210 (25.00%) React
3 208 (24.76%) NumPy
4 197 (23.45%) SciPy
5 183 (21.79%) Redux
6 147 (17.50%) .NET
7 110 (13.10%) AngularJS
8 91 (10.83%) Material-UI
9 87 (10.36%) Vue
10 76 (9.05%) .NET Core
11 48 (5.71%) ASP.NET
12 47 (5.60%) ASP.NET Core
13 15 (1.79%) FIX Protocol
13 15 (1.79%) HTML
14 13 (1.55%) .NET Framework
14 13 (1.55%) Kafka
15 9 (1.07%) CSS
15 9 (1.07%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 524 (62.38%) Fixed Income
2 462 (55.00%) Derivative
3 445 (52.98%) Equities
4 367 (43.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 54 (6.43%) Product Ownership
6 42 (5.00%) Clustering
7 35 (4.17%) Client/Server
8 24 (2.86%) Pricing Data
9 14 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.55%) Management Information System
10 13 (1.55%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.31%) Credit Derivative
12 11 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.07%) Blog
13 9 (1.07%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.07%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.07%) Reference Data
14 8 (0.95%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.88%) Linux
2 21 (2.50%) Windows
3 8 (0.95%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.95%) Unix
4 7 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 622 (74.05%) Asset Management
2 577 (68.69%) Investment Management
3 521 (62.02%) Agile
4 462 (55.00%) Software Engineering
5 161 (19.17%) Full Stack Development
6 147 (17.50%) Machine Learning
7 146 (17.38%) Artificial Intelligence
8 117 (13.93%) DevOps
9 107 (12.74%) Automated Trading
10 87 (10.36%) Line Management
11 81 (9.64%) Fintech
12 80 (9.52%) Greeks
13 74 (8.81%) Mentoring
14 73 (8.69%) Analytics
15 69 (8.21%) TDD
16 64 (7.62%) Quantitative Research
17 55 (6.55%) Portfolio Management
18 50 (5.95%) Problem-Solving
18 50 (5.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 48 (5.71%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 623 (74.17%) Python
2 404 (48.10%) TypeScript
3 364 (43.33%) JavaScript
4 294 (35.00%) Java
5 258 (30.71%) SQL
6 210 (25.00%) C#
7 47 (5.60%) C++
8 46 (5.48%) Go
9 43 (5.12%) R
10 18 (2.14%) Scala
11 14 (1.67%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.67%) Ruby
11 14 (1.67%) Rust
12 6 (0.71%) Bash
13 4 (0.48%) Clojure
13 4 (0.48%) Groovy
14 3 (0.36%) F#
14 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (7.02%) Degree
2 23 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.02%) Master's Degree
4 11 (1.31%) PhD
5 7 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (0.71%) CCIE
7 2 (0.24%) ISEB
8 1 (0.12%) CCNP
8 1 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 55 (6.55%) QA
3 7 (0.83%) SOC 1
4 4 (0.48%) MiFID
5 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.24%) SLA
6 2 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (1.43%) Active Directory
1 12 (1.43%) Docker
1 12 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.48%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.24%) vSphere
4 1 (0.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 71 (8.45%) Kubernetes
2 56 (6.67%) Terraform
3 47 (5.60%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.19%) Ansible
5 6 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (0.71%) Stealthwatch
6 4 (0.48%) Grafana
6 4 (0.48%) Rancher
7 3 (0.36%) Control-M
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.24%) SafeCom
9 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.12%) Salt
9 1 (0.12%) SCCM
9 1 (0.12%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.12%) WSUS
9 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 91 (10.83%) Google
2 72 (8.57%) Bloomberg
3 19 (2.26%) VMware
4 17 (2.02%) Charles River
5 15 (1.79%) Oracle
6 14 (1.67%) BISAM
7 13 (1.55%) Microsoft
8 12 (1.43%) Cisco
9 6 (0.71%) Citrix
9 6 (0.71%) Reuters
9 6 (0.71%) Splunk
10 3 (0.36%) Juniper
10 3 (0.36%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.24%) Calypso
11 2 (0.24%) NetApp
11 2 (0.24%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.24%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.24%) Sun
11 2 (0.24%) Veritas
12 1 (0.12%) F5