Derivative Job Trends in the South West

Derivatives
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 218 -
Rank change year-on-year +49 - -
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.076% 0.049% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.17% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £49,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £51,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £52,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £115,000 £115,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -

All Generic Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,323 1,741 1,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.66% 28.56% 39.16%
Number of salaries quoted 799 941 1,339
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +8.60%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% -4.00% -0.79%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Derivative job vacancy trend in the South West

Derivative
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Derivative.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Derivative

Derivative
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
Bristol +40 1 - -
Devon - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 £90,000 - 5
Derivative
England

Derivative
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (33.33%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
1 1 (33.33%) RS-485
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
1 2 (66.67%) Law
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Prime Brokerage
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Technology
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Blockchain
1 2 (66.67%) Hedge funds
2 1 (33.33%) CCTV
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Debian
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) OpenWrt
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Rehypothecation
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) QMS
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) MikroTik