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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 145 136
Rank change year-on-year +47 -9 +68
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 29 22 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.49% 0.81% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.01% 1.94% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 27
10th Percentile £73,750 - £53,250
25th Percentile £97,750 £70,000 £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £102,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £149,375 £133,750 £120,000
90th Percentile £171,250 £142,000 £129,000
Central London median annual salary £125,000 £102,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year +21.95% -2.38% -

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 723 1,135 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 37.10% 41.74% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 570 708 868
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £117,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -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 15 December 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 (3.45%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) KDB
2 1 (3.45%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 17 (58.62%) Front Office
2 10 (34.48%) Banking
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Investment Banking
5 3 (10.34%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Advertising
7 1 (3.45%) French Language
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (17.24%) C++ Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Lead
4 4 (13.79%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) C# Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Java Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Java Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Development Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Java Development Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Lead Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Lead Java Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Development Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior UI Developer
6 2 (6.90%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (17.24%) Java Concurrency
2 5 (17.24%) Kafka
3 1 (3.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (3.45%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Algorithms
2 5 (17.24%) Cloud Native
2 5 (17.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (13.79%) Equities
3 4 (13.79%) Equity Derivative
4 3 (10.34%) Credit Risk
4 3 (10.34%) Data Structures
4 3 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (10.34%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (6.90%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (6.90%) Grid Computing
5 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.45%) ASIC
6 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.45%) Fixed Income
6 1 (3.45%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (3.45%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (3.45%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Low Latency
2 8 (27.59%) Market Making
2 8 (27.59%) Mathematics
3 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
4 6 (20.69%) Analytics
4 6 (20.69%) Electronic Trading
4 6 (20.69%) Smart Order Routing
5 5 (17.24%) Agile
5 5 (17.24%) Algorithmic Trading
5 5 (17.24%) Data Analysis
5 5 (17.24%) Memory Management
5 5 (17.24%) Multithreading
6 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
6 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
6 4 (13.79%) Unit Testing
7 3 (10.34%) DevOps
7 3 (10.34%) Microservices
7 3 (10.34%) Quantitative Research
7 3 (10.34%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) Java
2 11 (37.93%) C++
3 9 (31.03%) Python
4 5 (17.24%) C#
5 3 (10.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) EMIR
1 1 (3.45%) MiFID
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.45%) Solace