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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 111 148
Rank change year-on-year -8 +37 -21
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 10 23 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.37% 1.39% 0.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 3.21% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 19
10th Percentile £70,500 £74,125 £58,250
25th Percentile £71,250 £100,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £135,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% +80.00% -27.88%
75th Percentile £107,500 £166,875 £140,000
90th Percentile £118,500 £172,500 £160,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £135,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -40.74% +80.00% -27.88%

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 761 717 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 27.98% 43.27% 39.99%
Number of salaries quoted 531 587 675
10th Percentile £46,000 £40,000 £45,977
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £132,500 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 6 October 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DHCP
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (10.00%) VLAN
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Front Office
3 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Back Office
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Investment Management Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Technology
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Modeller
3 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Implementation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Reporting Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Equities
1 6 (60.00%) Fixed Income
2 3 (30.00%) Hedge funds
3 2 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (10.00%) Credit Derivative
4 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
4 1 (10.00%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (10.00%) Market Risk
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (10.00%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Investment Management
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Governance
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (10.00%) Time Management
5 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GAAP
1 2 (20.00%) IFRS
2 1 (10.00%) FINREP
2 1 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Bloomberg