Derivatives
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 350 330
Rank change year-on-year -272 -20 +40
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 137 388 810
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.79% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 1.93% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 104 279 752
10th Percentile £65,750 £82,000 £77,500
25th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £130,000 £136,250 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £149,000 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +35.00% -31.03%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,710 20,142 33,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.88% 41.08% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 16,406 10,000 20,929
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +4.55% -14.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -9.09%

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Derivative job vacancy trend in the UK

Derivative
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Derivative.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Derivative

Derivative
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Derivative over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Derivative in the UK

Derivative
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the UK over the 6 months to 18 July 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
England -270 135 £100,000 -13.04% 59
London -158 130 £102,500 -10.87% 56
Work from Home -167 41 £100,000 -13.04% 15
UK excluding London -112 7 £57,500 -14.81% 7
North West -3 5 £57,500 - 2
North of England -60 5 £57,500 - 3
Scotland +4 1 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland -62 1 - -

Derivative
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.73%) Apache
2 1 (0.73%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.73%) Confluence
2 1 (0.73%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) BambooHR
2 1 (0.73%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.73%) Eikon
2 1 (0.73%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.87%) AWS
2 18 (13.14%) Azure
3 16 (11.68%) GCP
4 10 (7.30%) GitHub
5 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.92%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.46%) SaaS
7 1 (0.73%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.73%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.68%) Multicast
2 4 (2.92%) DHCP
2 4 (2.92%) DNS
2 4 (2.92%) VLAN
3 1 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.68%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.92%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.92%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.46%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.73%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.73%) Power BI
5 1 (0.73%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (15.33%) JIRA
2 12 (8.76%) Git
3 1 (0.73%) Postman
3 1 (0.73%) Selenium
3 1 (0.73%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (81.75%) Finance
2 52 (37.96%) Banking
3 40 (29.20%) Front Office
4 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
5 29 (21.17%) Investment Banking
6 28 (20.44%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (11.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (7.30%) Financial Institution
9 7 (5.11%) Law
9 7 (5.11%) Marketing
9 7 (5.11%) Retail
10 5 (3.65%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.46%) Advertising
12 2 (1.46%) Back Office
12 2 (1.46%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.46%) Legal
12 2 (1.46%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.73%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (34.31%) Senior
2 39 (28.47%) Developer
3 30 (21.90%) Software Engineer
4 28 (20.44%) Analyst
4 28 (20.44%) Lead
5 24 (17.52%) Python Engineer
6 20 (14.60%) Python Software Engineer
7 19 (13.87%) Business Analyst
8 17 (12.41%) Lead Developer
9 16 (11.68%) C++ Software Engineer
9 16 (11.68%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (10.95%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 14 (10.22%) Senior Developer
12 12 (8.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (8.76%) Lead Software Developer
12 12 (8.76%) Lead Software Engineer
12 12 (8.76%) Python Developer
13 9 (6.57%) React Developer
14 8 (5.84%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (5.84%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.33%) FIX Protocol
2 20 (14.60%) React
3 17 (12.41%) Node.js
4 16 (11.68%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 16 (11.68%) pytest
4 16 (11.68%) Redux
5 4 (2.92%) .NET
6 3 (2.19%) Kafka
6 3 (2.19%) NumPy
6 3 (2.19%) Pandas
7 2 (1.46%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.46%) FpML
7 2 (1.46%) JSON
7 2 (1.46%) REST
7 2 (1.46%) RESTful
8 1 (0.73%) CSS
8 1 (0.73%) Django
8 1 (0.73%) Web Services
8 1 (0.73%) XML
8 1 (0.73%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 64 (46.72%) Fixed Income
2 55 (40.15%) Equities
3 24 (17.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (12.41%) Algorithms
5 11 (8.03%) Market Risk
6 9 (6.57%) OTC Derivatives
7 8 (5.84%) Equity Derivative
7 8 (5.84%) Onboarding
8 7 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (4.38%) Credit Risk
10 5 (3.65%) Hedge funds
11 4 (2.92%) Virtual Team
11 4 (2.92%) Wiki
12 3 (2.19%) Data Structures
13 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
13 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
13 2 (1.46%) Reference Data
14 1 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.73%) Energy Derivatives
14 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.87%) Linux
2 5 (3.65%) Windows
3 3 (2.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.58%) Agile
2 39 (28.47%) Software Engineering
3 31 (22.63%) Mentoring
4 27 (19.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (18.98%) Fintech
5 26 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (18.98%) Process Improvement
5 26 (18.98%) Technical Leadership
6 24 (17.52%) Computer Science
6 24 (17.52%) Low Latency
6 24 (17.52%) Mathematics
7 22 (16.06%) SDLC
8 20 (14.60%) Analytics
8 20 (14.60%) Workflow
9 18 (13.14%) Asset Management
9 18 (13.14%) Investment Management
10 17 (12.41%) Continuous Integration
10 17 (12.41%) Line Management
10 17 (12.41%) OOP
11 16 (11.68%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 62 (45.26%) Python
2 29 (21.17%) C++
2 29 (21.17%) SQL
3 20 (14.60%) TypeScript
4 17 (12.41%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.76%) R
6 11 (8.03%) Java
7 9 (6.57%) C#
8 7 (5.11%) VBA
9 4 (2.92%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.46%) Bash
10 2 (1.46%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.73%) Perl
11 1 (0.73%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (10.22%) Degree
2 6 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.87%) QA
2 13 (9.49%) MiFID
3 7 (5.11%) Basel III
4 6 (4.38%) EMIR
5 4 (2.92%) PMO
6 3 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.46%) GAAP
7 2 (1.46%) IFRS
7 2 (1.46%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.73%) FINREP
System Software
1 4 (2.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.92%) SCCM
2 2 (1.46%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.73%) Ansible
3 1 (0.73%) Control-M
3 1 (0.73%) Grafana
3 1 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.11%) Bloomberg
3 4 (2.92%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.19%) Oracle
5 2 (1.46%) Reuters
6 1 (0.73%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.73%) Databricks
6 1 (0.73%) FXall
6 1 (0.73%) Google
6 1 (0.73%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.73%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.73%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.73%) Moogsoft
6 1 (0.73%) Murex
6 1 (0.73%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.73%) SAP
6 1 (0.73%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.73%) Splunk
6 1 (0.73%) Tradeweb