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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 123 141
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 -16
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 12 21 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.35% 1.16% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 2.75% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11 21 18
10th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £58,250
25th Percentile £70,625 £100,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £130,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +57.58% -21.05%
75th Percentile £108,750 £157,500 £140,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £172,500 £165,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £130,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -34.62% +57.58% -21.05%

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 924 763 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 26.65% 42.15% 37.23%
Number of salaries quoted 657 600 739
10th Percentile £45,600 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £94,125
90th Percentile £119,250 £135,000 £115,000
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 24 August 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DHCP
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (8.33%) FIX Connectivity
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Front Office
4 3 (25.00%) Banking
5 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (16.67%) General Ledger
5 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (8.33%) Back Office
6 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (8.33%) Marketing
6 1 (8.33%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Investment Management Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Technology
3 1 (8.33%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Java Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Quantitative Modeller
3 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Implementation Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (8.33%) Node.js
1 1 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Equities
1 7 (58.33%) Fixed Income
2 3 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (25.00%) Hedge funds
3 1 (8.33%) Credit Derivative
3 1 (8.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (8.33%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (8.33%) Market Risk
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 4 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 2 (16.67%) Investment Management
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Governance
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (8.33%) C++
3 1 (8.33%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GAAP
1 2 (16.67%) IFRS
2 1 (8.33%) FINREP
2 1 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Bloomberg