Credit Derivative Contract Job Trends in London

Credit Derivatives
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Credit Derivative in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Credit Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 353 386
Rank change year-on-year -16 +33 +92
Contract jobs citing Credit Derivative 4 6 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.043% 0.083%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.074% 0.12% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 12
10th Percentile £600 £777 £688
25th Percentile £656 £780 £716
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £800 £825
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +13.79%
75th Percentile - £850 £875
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £750 £800 £825
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +13.79%

All Generic Skills
London

Credit 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,407 4,814 6,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.11% 34.16% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,505 3,050 4,286
10th Percentile £350 £325 £314
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £713
90th Percentile £800 £838 £813
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 61 116
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.62 £24.50 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £29.86
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +17.21% -2.10%
75th Percentile £47.00 £60.75 £47.90
90th Percentile £66.85 £80.75 £64.77
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.67% -6.25% +60.00%

Credit Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Credit Derivative job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Credit Derivative in London over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Credit Derivative in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Credit Derivative within the London region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Central London -5 1 £575 -32.35%
Credit Derivative
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Qualitative Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Quantitative Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Derivative
2 2 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (50.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Collateral Management
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Monte Carlo Method
2 1 (25.00%) Multithreaded Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VBA
2 1 (25.00%) VC++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) EMIR
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft