Derivative Job Trends in England

Derivatives
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 296 366
Rank change year-on-year -272 +70 +30
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 122 408 596
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 1.04% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 2.41% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 93 359 557
10th Percentile £74,000 £85,000 £66,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £130,000 £147,500 £146,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £101,250 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -11.96% - +9.52%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,975 16,939 29,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.74% 43.00% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,610 8,290 20,856
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Derivative job vacancy trend in England

Derivative
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Derivative.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Derivative

Derivative
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Derivative in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Derivative in England

Derivative
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -179 121 £102,500 -10.87% 47
North East -41 1 £65,000 +30.00%
North of England -50 1 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Derivative
UK

Derivative
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.82%) Apache
2 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.82%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.82%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.57%) AWS
2 18 (14.75%) Azure
3 16 (13.11%) GCP
4 13 (10.66%) GitHub
5 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.28%) SaaS
6 3 (2.46%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.82%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (17.21%) Multicast
2 4 (3.28%) DHCP
2 4 (3.28%) DNS
2 4 (3.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.11%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.74%) Relational Database
3 6 (4.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.46%) Power BI
5 2 (1.64%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.82%) KDB
6 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (16.39%) JIRA
2 15 (12.30%) Git
3 1 (0.82%) Postman
3 1 (0.82%) SoapUI
General
1 101 (82.79%) Finance
2 49 (40.16%) Front Office
3 46 (37.70%) Banking
4 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (17.21%) Investment Banking
5 21 (17.21%) Social Skills
6 15 (12.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (9.02%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.74%) Law
8 7 (5.74%) Retail
9 6 (4.92%) Marketing
10 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.64%) Advertising
11 2 (1.64%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.64%) Legal
11 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.64%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.82%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (34.43%) Developer
2 38 (31.15%) Senior
3 33 (27.05%) Software Engineer
4 26 (21.31%) Lead
5 24 (19.67%) Python Engineer
6 20 (16.39%) Python Software Engineer
7 19 (15.57%) Analyst
8 18 (14.75%) Lead Developer
9 17 (13.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (13.11%) C++ Software Engineer
11 15 (12.30%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (9.84%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (9.84%) Lead Software Developer
12 12 (9.84%) Lead Software Engineer
13 9 (7.38%) Business Analyst
13 9 (7.38%) Python Developer
13 9 (7.38%) React Developer
13 9 (7.38%) Senior Developer
14 8 (6.56%) Market Risk Analyst
14 8 (6.56%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (22.95%) FIX Protocol
2 21 (17.21%) React
3 17 (13.93%) Node.js
4 16 (13.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 16 (13.11%) pytest
4 16 (13.11%) Redux
5 4 (3.28%) Kafka
6 3 (2.46%) .NET
7 2 (1.64%) FpML
7 2 (1.64%) Java Concurrency
7 2 (1.64%) JSON
8 1 (0.82%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.82%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.82%) Loki
8 1 (0.82%) NumPy
8 1 (0.82%) Pandas
8 1 (0.82%) REST
8 1 (0.82%) RESTful
8 1 (0.82%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (47.54%) Fixed Income
2 55 (45.08%) Equities
3 26 (21.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (14.75%) Algorithms
5 11 (9.02%) OTC Derivatives
6 9 (7.38%) Market Risk
7 7 (5.74%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.92%) Equity Derivative
9 5 (4.10%) Onboarding
10 4 (3.28%) Virtual Team
10 4 (3.28%) Wiki
11 3 (2.46%) Cloud Native
12 2 (1.64%) ASIC
12 2 (1.64%) Credit Risk
12 2 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (1.64%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.64%) Reference Data
13 1 (0.82%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.82%) DTCC
13 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (19.67%) Linux
2 6 (4.92%) Windows
3 5 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (37.70%) Agile
2 44 (36.07%) Software Engineering
3 31 (25.41%) Low Latency
4 29 (23.77%) Mentoring
5 27 (22.13%) Computer Science
5 27 (22.13%) Mathematics
6 26 (21.31%) Process Improvement
7 25 (20.49%) Fintech
8 24 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (16.39%) OOP
9 20 (16.39%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (15.57%) Analytics
10 19 (15.57%) SDLC
11 18 (14.75%) Asset Management
11 18 (14.75%) Investment Management
11 18 (14.75%) Workflow
12 17 (13.93%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (13.11%) Decision-Making
13 16 (13.11%) Line Management
13 16 (13.11%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (46.72%) Python
2 34 (27.87%) C++
3 21 (17.21%) TypeScript
4 18 (14.75%) JavaScript
5 15 (12.30%) Java
6 14 (11.48%) SQL
7 12 (9.84%) C#
8 8 (6.56%) R
9 4 (3.28%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.64%) VBA
11 1 (0.82%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (14.75%) Degree
2 8 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.82%) CFA
3 1 (0.82%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.57%) QA
2 16 (13.11%) MiFID
3 8 (6.56%) Basel III
3 8 (6.56%) EMIR
4 4 (3.28%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (3.28%) PMO
5 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.64%) GAAP
6 2 (1.64%) IFRS
6 2 (1.64%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.82%) COREP
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.28%) SCCM
2 1 (0.82%) Grafana
2 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.10%) Bloomberg
2 5 (4.10%) Red Hat
3 4 (3.28%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.82%) Databricks
4 1 (0.82%) Google
4 1 (0.82%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle
4 1 (0.82%) Reuters
4 1 (0.82%) Salesforce