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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 122 157
Rank change year-on-year -20 +35 -23
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 13 19 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.30% 0.98% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.19% 2.34% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 22
10th Percentile £65,000 £84,500 £58,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £110,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £130,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +79.31% -30.29%
75th Percentile £108,750 £156,875 £131,875
90th Percentile £115,000 £172,500 £144,750
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £130,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -34.62% +79.31% -30.29%

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 1,097 812 1,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.61% 41.90% 35.83%
Number of salaries quoted 794 615 878
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £51,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £145,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -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 15 June 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 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) SaaS
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) VLAN
2 1 (7.69%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Front Office
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 3 (23.08%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
4 2 (15.38%) General Ledger
4 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support
2 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Java Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Java Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) CRM Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Head of Technology
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Pricing Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Sales Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Implementation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Sales Executive
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (15.38%) React
2 1 (7.69%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (7.69%) Kafka
2 1 (7.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (38.46%) Equities
2 5 (38.46%) Fixed Income
3 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (15.38%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
5 1 (7.69%) ASIC
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
5 1 (7.69%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) DTCC
5 1 (7.69%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (7.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Analytics
2 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
2 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
2 3 (23.08%) Fintech
2 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) AI
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) B2B
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Data Management
3 2 (15.38%) Economics
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
4 1 (7.69%) C#
4 1 (7.69%) C++
4 1 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) CFA
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GAAP
1 2 (15.38%) IFRS
2 1 (7.69%) EMIR
2 1 (7.69%) MiFID
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
3 1 (7.69%) HubSpot
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce