OTC Derivatives Contracts in the UK excluding London

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Derivatives
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term OTC Derivatives in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OTC Derivatives over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 - 432
Rank change year-on-year - - +82
Contract jobs citing OTC Derivatives 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% - 0.009%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.039% - 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £500
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -11.54% -3.70% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £47.73
UK median hourly rate - - £47.73

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,148 5,378 6,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.87% 29.12% 31.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,030 3,212 4,616
10th Percentile £226 £220 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £608 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 511 308
10th Percentile £14.78 £12.15 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £16.68 £20.50
Median hourly rate £29.67 £45.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.08% +1.12% +106.98%
75th Percentile £62.24 £69.84 £65.81
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £29.42 £44.74 £36.88
% change year-on-year -34.25% +21.33% +39.15%

OTC Derivatives
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for OTC Derivatives in the UK excluding London

OTC Derivatives
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for OTC Derivatives in the UK excluding London

OTC Derivatives
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OTC Derivatives within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland - 2 £425 - 1
OTC Derivatives
UK

OTC Derivatives
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Product Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Product Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (100.00%) Derivative
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Migration