Derivative Jobs in Central London

Derivatives
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Derivative 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 136 168 165
Rank change year-on-year +32 -3 +27
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 24 20 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.95% 0.53% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 1.56% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 24 19 76
10th Percentile £70,000 £57,350 £66,875
25th Percentile £89,688 £61,000 £91,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £122,500 £97,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.64% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £150,625 £130,000 £120,625
90th Percentile £172,500 £143,000 £130,000
London median annual salary £115,000 £115,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -6.67%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Derivative falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,030 1,283 2,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 40.68% 33.96% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 693 983 1,793
10th Percentile £40,117 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,500 £51,000 £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £117,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Derivative in Central London

Derivative
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Derivative in Central London.

Salary trend for Derivative in Central London

Derivative
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Derivative in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Derivative in Central London

Derivative
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +35 24 £122,500 +25.64% 13
Derivative
London

Derivative
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Eikon
1 1 (4.17%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) PaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Multicast
2 1 (4.17%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) KDB
2 2 (8.33%) Redis
2 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (8.33%) Git
3 1 (4.17%) JetBrains Rider
3 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Banking
3 5 (20.83%) Front Office
3 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Advertising
4 4 (16.67%) Investment Banking
5 3 (12.50%) Prime Brokerage
6 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Back Office
6 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 10 (41.67%) Senior
3 6 (25.00%) Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) C++ Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Quantitative Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (16.67%) Senior C++ Developer
6 3 (12.50%) C++ Software Developer
6 3 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Implementation Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Python Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Software Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Business Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 6 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (12.50%) JSON
2 3 (12.50%) pytest
3 2 (8.33%) .NET
4 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
4 1 (4.17%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
4 1 (4.17%) Entity Framework
4 1 (4.17%) Jest
4 1 (4.17%) Kafka
4 1 (4.17%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.17%) React
4 1 (4.17%) Redux
4 1 (4.17%) REST
4 1 (4.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Algorithms
1 7 (29.17%) Equities
2 6 (25.00%) Fixed Income
3 5 (20.83%) Equity Derivative
4 4 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (16.67%) Reference Data
5 3 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (8.33%) FPGA
6 2 (8.33%) Hedge funds
6 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
7 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
7 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) CentOS
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Rocky
2 1 (4.17%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.17%) Unix
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Low Latency
2 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (16.67%) Agile
3 4 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
3 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 4 (16.67%) Microservices
3 4 (16.67%) Project Management
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 3 (12.50%) Algorithmic Trading
4 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (12.50%) Market Making
4 3 (12.50%) OOP
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.50%) Statistical Modelling
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (12.50%) Workflow
5 2 (8.33%) Analytics
5 2 (8.33%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) Python
2 11 (45.83%) C++
3 5 (20.83%) Java
3 5 (20.83%) SQL
4 3 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (4.17%) Bash
5 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.17%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
1 1 (4.17%) Bloomberg
1 1 (4.17%) ION Trading
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.17%) Murex
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle
1 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
1 1 (4.17%) Reuters