Derivative Jobs 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 160 139
Rank change year-on-year +41 -21 +48
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 23 19 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.19% 0.57% 1.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.81% 1.64% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 23 19 84
10th Percentile £71,750 £56,350 £56,625
25th Percentile £107,500 £61,000 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £70,000 £104,000
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -32.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £156,875 £116,250 £113,125
90th Percentile £172,500 £156,000 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £130,000 £70,000 £104,000
% change year-on-year +85.71% -32.69% +4.00%

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 819 1,156 1,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 42.22% 34.87% 40.33%
Number of salaries quoted 619 862 1,466
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,162
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -
75th Percentile £102,625 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £117,500 £121,875
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% +3.33%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Derivative as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Derivative in the City of London

Derivative
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Derivative in the City of London.

Salary trend for Derivative in the City of London

Derivative
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Derivative in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Derivative in the City of London

Derivative
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Eikon
1 1 (4.35%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Multicast
2 1 (4.35%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) KDB
2 2 (8.70%) Redis
2 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) Git
3 1 (4.35%) JetBrains Rider
3 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Banking
3 8 (34.78%) Front Office
3 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
4 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Advertising
6 1 (4.35%) Back Office
6 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Quantitative Developer
3 4 (17.39%) C++ Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Python Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) C++ Software Developer
4 3 (13.04%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior C++ Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Software Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Software Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
6 1 (4.35%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (17.39%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (13.04%) pytest
3 2 (8.70%) .NET
4 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
4 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
4 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
4 1 (4.35%) Kafka
4 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.35%) REST
4 1 (4.35%) Ultra Messaging
4 1 (4.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Algorithms
2 7 (30.43%) Fixed Income
3 6 (26.09%) Equities
4 5 (21.74%) Equity Derivative
4 5 (21.74%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (13.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
6 2 (8.70%) Hedge funds
7 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
7 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (4.35%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (4.35%) Reference Data
7 1 (4.35%) Social Media
7 1 (4.35%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) CentOS
2 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Rocky
2 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.35%) Unix
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Low Latency
2 7 (30.43%) Agile
2 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
3 6 (26.09%) Algorithmic Trading
3 6 (26.09%) Data Analysis
4 5 (21.74%) Market Making
4 5 (21.74%) Mathematics
4 5 (21.74%) Microservices
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
5 4 (17.39%) Statistical Modelling
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (13.04%) Fintech
6 3 (13.04%) OOP
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (13.04%) Workflow
7 2 (8.70%) Prototyping
7 2 (8.70%) Quantitative Finance
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) Python
2 10 (43.48%) C++
3 7 (30.43%) Java
4 5 (21.74%) SQL
5 4 (17.39%) C#
6 1 (4.35%) Bash
6 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) ITGC
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Murex
2 1 (4.35%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.35%) Bloomberg
2 1 (4.35%) ION Trading
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
2 1 (4.35%) Reuters
2 1 (4.35%) Solace