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 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 118 155
Rank change year-on-year -20 +37 -13
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 17 23 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.43% 1.11% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 2.71% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 20
10th Percentile £66,000 £70,000 £57,300
25th Percentile £73,750 £91,250 £62,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £125,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +51.52% -21.43%
75th Percentile £110,000 £156,250 £127,500
90th Percentile £119,100 £172,500 £142,750
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £125,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -24.00% +51.52% -21.43%

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 1,060 850 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 26.94% 41.00% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 763 634 885
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,728
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% -1.67% -5.96%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,188 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,250 £135,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.90% - -6.45%

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 4 May 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 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
1 3 (17.65%) SaaS
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) DHCP
1 2 (11.76%) DNS
1 2 (11.76%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) Data Mining
General
1 12 (70.59%) Front Office
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Banking
3 6 (35.29%) Marketing
4 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Financial Institution
6 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
7 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Java Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Java Software Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support
4 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Sales Executive
4 2 (11.76%) Senior UI Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Solutions Sales Executive
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) UI Developer
5 1 (5.88%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (17.65%) Java Concurrency
1 3 (17.65%) Kafka
2 2 (11.76%) React
3 1 (5.88%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (35.29%) Equities
3 4 (23.53%) Fixed Income
4 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
4 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
4 3 (17.65%) Distributed Architecture
4 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
5 2 (11.76%) ASIC
5 2 (11.76%) Credit Risk
5 2 (11.76%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (5.88%) DTCC
6 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (5.88%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Analytics
1 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) DevOps
2 5 (29.41%) Mathematics
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 4 (23.53%) Low Latency
4 3 (17.65%) AI
4 3 (17.65%) B2B
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) CRM
4 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
4 3 (17.65%) Electronic Trading
4 3 (17.65%) Fintech
4 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (17.65%) Market Making
4 3 (17.65%) Memory Management
4 3 (17.65%) Multithreading
4 3 (17.65%) Quantitative Research
4 3 (17.65%) Regtech
4 3 (17.65%) Smart Order Routing
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Java
2 4 (23.53%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 2 (11.76%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (5.88%) C++
4 1 (5.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) EMIR
1 2 (11.76%) MiFID
2 1 (5.88%) GAAP
2 1 (5.88%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Bloomberg
3 1 (5.88%) HubSpot
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce