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 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 114 156
Rank change year-on-year -32 +42 -25
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 10 22 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.23% 1.15% 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.91% 2.73% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 19
10th Percentile £61,000 £69,625 £56,350
25th Percentile £67,500 £103,750 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £130,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +85.71% -32.69%
75th Percentile £110,000 £157,188 £116,250
90th Percentile £115,500 £172,500 £156,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £130,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +85.71% -32.69%

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 1,104 805 1,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.66% 42.24% 35.61%
Number of salaries quoted 794 613 866
10th Percentile £45,375 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,000 £145,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +5.63% -5.33%

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 29 June 2026.

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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (10.00%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Front Office
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
5 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Senior
1 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) CRM Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Head of Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Pricing Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Sales Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Implementation Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (10.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Fixed Income
1 5 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (40.00%) Equities
3 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (10.00%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (10.00%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (10.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (20.00%) Fintech
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Programme Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) Workflow
3 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) C++
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GAAP
1 2 (20.00%) IFRS
2 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Bloomberg
3 1 (10.00%) HubSpot
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce