Derivative Job Trends in Scotland

Derivatives
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - 263
Rank change year-on-year - - -47
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 1 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.032% - 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £102,500 £115,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year -10.87% +2.22% +7.14%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 801 598 3,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.44% 30.87% 50.34%
Number of salaries quoted 407 324 842
10th Percentile £26,500 £36,075 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £69,375 £74,813 £72,325
90th Percentile £75,900 £93,778 £82,548
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Derivative job vacancy trend in Scotland

Derivative
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Derivative.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Derivative

Derivative
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 April 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
Glasgow - 1 £50,000 -
Derivative
UK

Derivative
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL