Derivative Contract Job Trends in East London

Derivatives
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Derivative 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in East London 5.61% - 1.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.04% - 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - £770
25th Percentile - - £838
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - £900
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.46%
75th Percentile - - £925
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £750 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -

All Generic Skills
East London

Derivative 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 46 54 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 42.99% 37.50% 47.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 52 122
10th Percentile £174 £300 £341
25th Percentile £425 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £453 £562
Median % change year-on-year +28.04% -19.45% +14.62%
75th Percentile £894 £540 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £628 £770
London median daily rate £550 £575 £594
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.20% -1.00%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Derivative relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

Derivative job vacancy trend in East London

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Derivative.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Derivative

Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Derivative.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Derivative

Derivative
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the East London region over the 6 months to 21 November 2025. 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
Tower Hamlets - 6 £1,000 -
Derivative
London

Derivative
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Front Office
2 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Quantitative Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
2 5 (83.33%) Equities
2 5 (83.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 6 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 6 (100.00%) Physics
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) PnL Attribution
2 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Finance
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Sophis