OTC Derivatives Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Derivatives
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term OTC Derivatives in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 301 - 466
Rank change year-on-year - - +150
Contract jobs citing OTC Derivatives 3 0 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% - 0.043%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.092% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £335 - £687
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.75%
75th Percentile £718 - £864
90th Percentile £805 - £900
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -11.11%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

OTC Derivatives
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OTC Derivatives as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OTC Derivatives trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OTC Derivatives
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OTC Derivatives.

OTC Derivatives daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OTC Derivatives
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing OTC Derivatives over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

OTC Derivatives daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

OTC Derivatives
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (33.33%) Notepad++
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MagicDraw
1 1 (33.33%) XMLSpy
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modeller
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Migration Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) FpML
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lineage
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Charles River
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle