Equity Derivative Job Trends in the City of London

Equity Derivatives
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equity Derivative in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Equity Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 168 163
Rank change year-on-year +38 -5 +92
Permanent jobs citing Equity Derivative 3 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.037% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.087% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £157,500 £88,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £165,000 £92,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +78.38% +2.78% -34.55%
75th Percentile £172,500 £96,250 -
90th Percentile - - £117,000
Central London median annual salary £165,000 £92,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +78.38% +2.78% -34.55%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Equity 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 738 1,151 946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 35.24% 42.38% 33.51%
Number of salaries quoted 571 714 839
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
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%

Equity Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Equity Derivative relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Equity Derivative job vacancy trend in the City of London

Equity Derivative
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Equity Derivative.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Equity Derivative

Equity 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) KDB
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
1 2 (66.67%) Market Making
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Investing
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL