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 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 146 141
Rank change year-on-year +45 -5 +52
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 29 21 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.30% 0.79% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.82% 1.85% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 25 18 23
10th Percentile £74,250 - £52,750
25th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £100,000 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £147,500 £125,625 £125,000
90th Percentile £170,000 £140,000 £135,000
Central London median annual salary £125,000 £100,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -6.98% +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 759 1,135 952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 34.13% 42.43% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 592 687 837
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £100,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £122,500
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 8 January 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
1 2 (6.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) KDB
2 2 (6.90%) Data Mining
2 2 (6.90%) Power BI
3 1 (3.45%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
General
1 18 (62.07%) Front Office
2 11 (37.93%) Banking
3 9 (31.03%) Finance
4 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
5 4 (13.79%) Investment Banking
5 4 (13.79%) Marketing
6 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
7 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Advertising
8 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (3.45%) French Language
8 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) C++ Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Quantitative Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Java Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Lead
4 3 (10.34%) C# Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Development Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Java Development Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Lead Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Lead Java Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Sales Executive
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Development Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Senior UI Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (34.48%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (20.69%) Java Concurrency
2 6 (20.69%) Kafka
3 1 (3.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Algorithms
2 6 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 6 (20.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (13.79%) Equities
4 3 (10.34%) Credit Risk
4 3 (10.34%) Data Structures
4 3 (10.34%) Distributed Architecture
4 3 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (10.34%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (6.90%) ASIC
5 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (6.90%) Grid Computing
5 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (6.90%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.45%) DTCC
6 1 (3.45%) Fixed Income
6 1 (3.45%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (3.45%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Low Latency
2 8 (27.59%) Market Making
2 8 (27.59%) Mathematics
3 7 (24.14%) Analytics
3 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
3 7 (24.14%) Electronic Trading
4 6 (20.69%) Memory Management
4 6 (20.69%) Multithreading
4 6 (20.69%) Smart Order Routing
5 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
6 4 (13.79%) AI
6 4 (13.79%) Data Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
6 4 (13.79%) DevOps
6 4 (13.79%) Quantitative Research
6 4 (13.79%) Unit Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Agile
7 3 (10.34%) Concurrent Programming
7 3 (10.34%) Microservices
7 3 (10.34%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) Java
2 10 (34.48%) C++
3 9 (31.03%) Python
4 5 (17.24%) C#
5 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.45%) CFA
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) EMIR
1 2 (6.90%) MiFID
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow