OTC Derivatives Contracts in England

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Derivatives
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term OTC Derivatives in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OTC Derivatives over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 532 637
Rank change year-on-year +53 +105 +98
Contract jobs citing OTC Derivatives 7 9 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.024% 0.072%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.084% 0.079% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 29
10th Percentile £285 £636 -
25th Percentile £339 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £691 £664 £700
90th Percentile £788 £712 £841
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -11.11%

All Generic Skills
England

OTC Derivatives 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 8,332 11,451 16,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.13% 30.82% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,444 7,498 11,765
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 827 587
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%
75th Percentile £64.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.20 £70.00 £75.20
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

OTC Derivatives
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OTC Derivatives as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OTC Derivatives in England

OTC Derivatives
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OTC Derivatives in England.

Daily rate trend for OTC Derivatives in England

OTC Derivatives
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OTC Derivatives in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OTC Derivatives in England

OTC Derivatives
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OTC Derivatives in England.

Hourly rate trend for OTC Derivatives in England

OTC Derivatives
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 OTC Derivatives within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London +40 7 £550 -15.38% 23
OTC Derivatives
UK

OTC Derivatives
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
1 2 (28.57%) Notepad++
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MagicDraw
1 2 (28.57%) XMLSpy
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Front Office
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Change Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modeller
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Management Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Modeller
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) FpML
1 2 (28.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Derivative
2 3 (42.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (14.29%) DTCC
3 1 (14.29%) Equities
3 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
3 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Data Lineage
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
3 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) TDD
3 2 (28.57%) Test Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
3 2 (28.57%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (14.29%) EMIR
2 1 (14.29%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Charles River
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle