Derivative Contract Job Trends in England

Derivatives
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 173 193
Rank change year-on-year -202 +20 +27
Contract jobs citing Derivative 221 370 440
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 1.52% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.72% 4.45% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 316 392
10th Percentile £470 £550 £550
25th Percentile £619 £638 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £895 £888 £850
90th Percentile £1,000 £938 £888
UK median daily rate £740 £725 £725
% change year-on-year +2.07% - -3.33%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,816 8,313 11,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.70% 34.08% 31.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,125 5,451 7,510
10th Percentile £300 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £674 £675
90th Percentile £749 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 658 314 815
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.67 £12.27
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.78 £15.14
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.95 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% +30.71% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £58.59
90th Percentile £85.40 £85.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.46% +18.18% +22.30%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Derivative job vacancy trend in England

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Derivative.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Derivative

Derivative
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Derivative in England over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Derivative in England

Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Derivative.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Derivative

Derivative
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 Derivative within the England region over the 6 months to 15 April 2026. 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 -114 214 £750 - 58
East of England - 3 £681 -
North of England -73 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Derivative
UK

Derivative
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (3.17%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Aladdin
1 7 (3.17%) Summit
2 5 (2.26%) Loan IQ
2 5 (2.26%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.90%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.90%) Front Arena
3 2 (0.90%) Global One
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.45%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.45%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.45%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.27%) AWS
2 34 (15.38%) Azure
3 22 (9.95%) GCP
4 8 (3.62%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.81%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.81%) Serverless
7 3 (1.36%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.36%) npm
7 3 (1.36%) SaaS
7 3 (1.36%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.36%) Yarn
8 2 (0.90%) Collibra
8 2 (0.90%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) OCI
9 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.69%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (1.36%) HTTP
3 1 (0.45%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.12%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.52%) Redis
3 9 (4.07%) Tableau
4 8 (3.62%) Power BI
4 8 (3.62%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.62%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.17%) Metadata
6 6 (2.71%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.81%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.36%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.90%) Big Data
9 2 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.90%) Power Query
9 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.45%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.45%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (7.24%) Git
2 10 (4.52%) JIRA
3 7 (3.17%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (2.71%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.26%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.81%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.36%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.36%) webpack
8 2 (0.90%) Gradle
8 2 (0.90%) Maven
9 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.45%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.45%) NUnit
9 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
General
1 149 (67.42%) Finance
2 108 (48.87%) Banking
3 93 (42.08%) Front Office
4 78 (35.29%) Investment Banking
5 56 (25.34%) Social Skills
6 37 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (8.60%) Financial Institution
8 11 (4.98%) Back Office
9 6 (2.71%) Legal
10 4 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Spanish Language
11 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.45%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 109 (49.32%) Developer
2 50 (22.62%) Analyst
3 42 (19.00%) Java Developer
4 41 (18.55%) Business Analyst
5 38 (17.19%) Senior
6 24 (10.86%) Lead
6 24 (10.86%) Python Developer
6 24 (10.86%) Senior Developer
7 21 (9.50%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 20 (9.05%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
9 18 (8.14%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
9 18 (8.14%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
10 17 (7.69%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 16 (7.24%) Lead Developer
11 16 (7.24%) Senior Java Developer
12 15 (6.79%) Software Engineer
13 12 (5.43%) Analytics Developer
13 12 (5.43%) AWS Developer
13 12 (5.43%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 12 (5.43%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (14.93%) React
2 26 (11.76%) FIX Protocol
3 20 (9.05%) Redux
4 19 (8.60%) Kafka
5 16 (7.24%) Node.js
6 11 (4.98%) RESTful
6 11 (4.98%) WebSockets
7 10 (4.52%) .NET
8 8 (3.62%) HTML
9 7 (3.17%) Dask
9 7 (3.17%) XML
10 6 (2.71%) HTML5
10 6 (2.71%) NumPy
10 6 (2.71%) Pandas
10 6 (2.71%) REST
10 6 (2.71%) Spring
11 5 (2.26%) CSS
12 4 (1.81%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.81%) SciPy
13 3 (1.36%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 86 (38.91%) Equities
2 54 (24.43%) Fixed Income
3 36 (16.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 32 (14.48%) Equity Derivative
5 26 (11.76%) Market Risk
6 19 (8.60%) TWAP
6 19 (8.60%) VWAP
7 18 (8.14%) Algorithms
8 16 (7.24%) Credit Risk
9 15 (6.79%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (5.88%) Management Information System
12 11 (4.98%) Hedge funds
13 9 (4.07%) Data Structures
14 8 (3.62%) Cloud Native
14 8 (3.62%) OTC Derivatives
15 7 (3.17%) Product Ownership
16 5 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (2.26%) Distributed Computing
16 5 (2.26%) Exotic Derivative
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.33%) Unix
2 7 (3.17%) Linux
3 3 (1.36%) Debian
3 3 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.36%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.36%) VMS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (28.05%) Agile
2 55 (24.89%) Risk Management
3 40 (18.10%) Low Latency
4 38 (17.19%) Electronic Trading
5 37 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (14.93%) TDD
7 31 (14.03%) Multithreading
8 29 (13.12%) Analytics
8 29 (13.12%) Mathematics
9 28 (12.67%) Asset Management
9 28 (12.67%) Design Patterns
9 28 (12.67%) Software Engineering
10 25 (11.31%) CI/CD
11 24 (10.86%) Mentoring
12 23 (10.41%) DevOps
12 23 (10.41%) User Acceptance Testing
13 22 (9.95%) Algorithmic Trading
14 21 (9.50%) OO
14 21 (9.50%) Portfolio Management
14 21 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (43.44%) Python
2 73 (33.03%) SQL
3 56 (25.34%) Java
4 30 (13.57%) TypeScript
5 28 (12.67%) C++
6 27 (12.22%) C#
7 24 (10.86%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.71%) Rust
9 4 (1.81%) Perl
9 4 (1.81%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.81%) Scala
9 4 (1.81%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.36%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.90%) VBA
12 1 (0.45%) F#
12 1 (0.45%) R
12 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (16.74%) Degree
2 13 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.43%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.43%) Numerate Degree
4 8 (3.62%) PhD
5 3 (1.36%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.90%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.90%) PMP
7 1 (0.45%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.79%) QA
2 10 (4.52%) EMIR
3 7 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.17%) IFRS
4 5 (2.26%) MiFID
5 4 (1.81%) IFRS 9
6 3 (1.36%) Basel III
6 3 (1.36%) IAS 32
6 3 (1.36%) IAS 39
6 3 (1.36%) SLA
7 2 (0.90%) GAAP
8 1 (0.45%) FINRA
8 1 (0.45%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.07%) Docker
2 3 (1.36%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 7 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.26%) Ansible
3 4 (1.81%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.36%) Control-M
4 3 (1.36%) Grafana
4 3 (1.36%) Podman
4 3 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (9.05%) Murex
2 17 (7.69%) Bloomberg
2 17 (7.69%) Oracle
3 6 (2.71%) ION Trading
4 5 (2.26%) Charles River
4 5 (2.26%) jBASE
4 5 (2.26%) Temenos
4 5 (2.26%) Tradeweb
5 4 (1.81%) Calypso
6 3 (1.36%) Apple
6 3 (1.36%) Google
6 3 (1.36%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.90%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.90%) IBM
7 2 (0.90%) MarketAxess
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.90%) Reuters
7 2 (0.90%) SmartStream
7 2 (0.90%) Splunk
8 1 (0.45%) Ab Initio