Derivative Contracts in South London

Derivatives
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 32 44
Rank change year-on-year -2 +12 +19
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Derivative 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 2.89% 1.60% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.41% 5.26% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - - £635
25th Percentile £613 £675 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% - -
75th Percentile £875 £775 £750
90th Percentile - £805 £765
London median daily rate £750 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -

All Generic Skills
South London

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 South London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 78 57 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 45.09% 30.48% 27.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 36 64
10th Percentile £163 £221 £338
25th Percentile £320 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -15.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £569 £638
90th Percentile £745 £725 £688
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 9
10th Percentile - - £11.20
25th Percentile - £17.25 £17.25
Median hourly rate £15.84 £19.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -44.29% -25.20%
75th Percentile £16.38 £34.28 £52.97
90th Percentile £17.98 £56.84 £66.58
London median hourly rate £27.25 £31.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.97% -10.54% +12.90%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Derivative in South London

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

Derivative
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Derivative in South London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Derivative in South London

Derivative
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the South London region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bromley -5 4 £738 +5.36%
Derivative
London

Derivative
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Gradle
1 1 (20.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
General
1 5 (100.00%) Front Office
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (80.00%) FpML
2 4 (80.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (80.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (80.00%) Fixed Income
1 4 (80.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (20.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 5 (100.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Kanban
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (80.00%) Physics
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
4 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (20.00%) OOD
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree