Derivative Job Trends in the City of London

Derivatives
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 147 135
Rank change year-on-year +41 -12 +79
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 27 22 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.56% 0.79% 1.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.76% 1.92% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 25 19 37
10th Percentile £78,500 £69,750 £54,500
25th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £102,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% +13.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £150,000 £140,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £171,500 £151,500 £136,000
Central London median annual salary £125,000 £102,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +21.95% +13.89% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 718 1,147 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.41% 41.18% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 573 694 918
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.23%
75th Percentile £105,000 £94,688 £97,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £118,750 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Derivative relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Derivative job vacancy trend in the City of London

Derivative
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Derivative.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Derivative

Derivative
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Derivative in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Derivative in the City of London

Derivative
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (3.70%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) KDB
2 1 (3.70%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 15 (55.56%) Front Office
2 10 (37.04%) Finance
3 9 (33.33%) Banking
4 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 4 (14.81%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Advertising
7 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.70%) French Language
7 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (18.52%) C++ Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Development Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Java Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Java Development Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) C# Quant Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Electronic Trading Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Java Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead Java Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Development Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (29.63%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (14.81%) Java Concurrency
2 4 (14.81%) Kafka
3 1 (3.70%) .NET
3 1 (3.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (3.70%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Algorithms
2 4 (14.81%) Cloud Native
2 4 (14.81%) Equities
2 4 (14.81%) Equity Derivative
3 3 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 3 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (7.41%) Grid Computing
5 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (3.70%) Fixed Income
5 1 (3.70%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Low Latency
2 7 (25.93%) Market Making
2 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
3 6 (22.22%) Agile
3 6 (22.22%) Algorithmic Trading
3 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) Analytics
4 5 (18.52%) Electronic Trading
4 5 (18.52%) Smart Order Routing
5 4 (14.81%) Memory Management
5 4 (14.81%) Microservices
5 4 (14.81%) Multithreading
5 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Benchmarking
6 3 (11.11%) OO
6 3 (11.11%) OOD
6 3 (11.11%) SOA
6 3 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) Java
2 11 (40.74%) C++
2 11 (40.74%) Python
3 6 (22.22%) C#
4 3 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) ITGC
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.70%) Solace