OTC Derivatives Contract Job Trends 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 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 349 384
Rank change year-on-year -39 +35 +102
Contract jobs citing OTC Derivatives 3 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.020% 0.030% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.053% 0.086% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £571 £284 £686
25th Percentile £603 £285 £736
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £393 £800
Median % change year-on-year +75.16% -50.94% +19.63%
75th Percentile £753 £591 £824
90th Percentile £774 £754 £825
England median daily rate £688 £393 £800
% change year-on-year +75.16% -50.94% +19.63%

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 5,669 4,655 6,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.18% 34.56% 32.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,688 2,951 4,294
10th Percentile £350 £319 £300
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £800 £844 £813
England median daily rate £510 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -6.42% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 60 179
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.16 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.48 £19.73
Median hourly rate £28.94 £39.02 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% +34.55% -15.72%
75th Percentile £53.59 £61.50 £48.29
90th Percentile £72.50 £81.00 £66.80
England median hourly rate £32.75 £37.00 £32.12
% change year-on-year -11.49% +15.21% +42.83%

OTC Derivatives
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

OTC Derivatives job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OTC Derivatives.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OTC Derivatives

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OTC Derivatives in London over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OTC Derivatives in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OTC Derivatives.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OTC Derivatives

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Back Office
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Calypso Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Derivatives Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Murex Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Murex Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Trading
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Calypso
1 1 (33.33%) ION Trading
1 1 (33.33%) Murex