Equity Derivative Contract Job Trends in London

Equity Derivatives
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equity Derivative in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Equity Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 357 407
Rank change year-on-year +22 +50 +157
Contract jobs citing Equity Derivative 27 27 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 0.49% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 23
10th Percentile £504 £560 £468
25th Percentile £631 - £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £925 £600 £775
Median % change year-on-year +54.17% -22.58% +19.23%
75th Percentile £1,013 £750 £800
90th Percentile £1,050 £940 £810
England median daily rate £925 £600 £775
% change year-on-year +54.17% -22.58% +19.23%

All Generic Skills
London

Equity 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 5,139 5,495 7,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.22% 33.73% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,330 3,640 5,539
10th Percentile £335 £325 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £700 £738 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 67 84
10th Percentile £16.30 £17.25 £17.27
25th Percentile £23.71 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.62 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.03% +6.29% -2.46%
75th Percentile £46.55 £54.38 £53.38
90th Percentile £70.88 £71.50 £74.60
England median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%

Equity Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Equity Derivative as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Equity Derivative in London

Equity Derivative
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Equity Derivative
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Equity Derivative in London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Equity Derivative in London

Equity Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Equity Derivative
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 Equity Derivative within the London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
East London - 5 £1,000 -
Central London - 1 £503 - 2
Equity Derivative
England

Equity Derivative
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (7.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
1 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (88.89%) Finance
2 12 (44.44%) Banking
2 12 (44.44%) Front Office
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Financial Institution
4 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Prime Brokerage
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Java Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Qualitative Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Quantitative Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Operational Support Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Operations Support Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Python Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Quantitative Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Management Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Management Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Support Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Senior
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Kafka
1 1 (3.70%) NumPy
1 1 (3.70%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) Derivative
2 14 (51.85%) Equities
3 7 (25.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (22.22%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (7.41%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (7.41%) Fixed Income
5 2 (7.41%) Market Risk
6 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
6 1 (3.70%) Exotic Derivative
6 1 (3.70%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Linux
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Mathematics
2 12 (44.44%) Physics
3 11 (40.74%) Data Pipeline
4 10 (37.04%) CI/CD
5 8 (29.63%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.81%) Data Analysis
6 4 (14.81%) TDD
6 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
6 4 (14.81%) Validation
7 3 (11.11%) Agile
7 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 3 (11.11%) Model Validation
8 2 (7.41%) Analytics
8 2 (7.41%) Design Patterns
8 2 (7.41%) PnL Attribution
8 2 (7.41%) Quantitative Finance
9 1 (3.70%) Coaching
9 1 (3.70%) Decision-Making
9 1 (3.70%) Mathematical Modelling
9 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) Python
2 17 (62.96%) C++
3 3 (11.11%) Java
4 2 (7.41%) SQL
5 1 (3.70%) Rust
5 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (59.26%) Degree
2 8 (29.63%) Numerate Degree
3 7 (25.93%) Master's Degree
3 7 (25.93%) PhD
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Sophis
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Alteryx
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce