OTC Derivatives Contracts in London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term OTC Derivatives in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OTC Derivatives over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 382 458
Rank change year-on-year +36 +76 +91
Contract jobs citing OTC Derivatives 7 9 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.050% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.15% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 28
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 £842
England median daily rate £550 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -11.11%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

OTC Derivatives
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OTC Derivatives in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for OTC Derivatives in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OTC Derivatives in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OTC Derivatives in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for OTC Derivatives in London

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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:

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%) Test Strategy
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