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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 365 274
Rank change year-on-year -286 -91 +58
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 144 367 837
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.74% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 1.78% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 101 255 778
10th Percentile £67,500 £86,000 £77,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £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 £127,500 £135,000 £148,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £148,750 £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 27,777 20,627 27,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.12% 41.32% 33.03%
Number of salaries quoted 17,400 10,358 16,193
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,785 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,443 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -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 14 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Derivative in the UK

Derivative
Top 9 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 14 August 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 -245 141 £100,000 -13.04% 141
London -171 135 £100,000 -13.04% 135
Work from Home -174 40 £100,000 -13.04% 43
UK excluding London -132 9 £57,500 -14.81% 18
North of England -53 6 £57,500 - 4
North West -10 5 £57,500 - 3
Scotland -3 2 £50,000 - 2
North East -61 1 - -
Northern Ireland -68 1 - - 10

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 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Apache
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.69%) Jupyter
Applications
1 9 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.08%) BambooHR
2 1 (0.69%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.69%) Eikon
2 1 (0.69%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.03%) AWS
2 12 (8.33%) Azure
3 10 (6.94%) GCP
4 7 (4.86%) GitHub
4 7 (4.86%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.39%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.39%) SaaS
7 1 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.42%) Multicast
2 4 (2.78%) DHCP
2 4 (2.78%) DNS
2 4 (2.78%) VLAN
3 1 (0.69%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.47%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.39%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.39%) Power BI
5 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.69%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.69%) Redis
5 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (13.89%) JIRA
2 9 (6.25%) Git
3 3 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.69%) Postman
4 1 (0.69%) Selenium
4 1 (0.69%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (79.17%) Finance
2 55 (38.19%) Banking
3 37 (25.69%) Front Office
4 36 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 32 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (20.14%) Investment Banking
7 20 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (7.64%) Law
9 10 (6.94%) Financial Institution
10 6 (4.17%) Marketing
10 6 (4.17%) Retail
11 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (2.08%) Prime Brokerage
14 2 (1.39%) Advertising
14 2 (1.39%) Back Office
14 2 (1.39%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.69%) Legal
15 1 (0.69%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
15 1 (0.69%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (33.33%) Senior
2 31 (21.53%) Developer
3 30 (20.83%) Analyst
4 26 (18.06%) Business Analyst
5 23 (15.97%) Software Engineer
6 20 (13.89%) Lead
7 17 (11.81%) Python Engineer
8 15 (10.42%) Python Software Engineer
8 15 (10.42%) Senior Developer
8 15 (10.42%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (9.03%) C++ Software Engineer
10 12 (8.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 9 (6.25%) Lead Developer
11 9 (6.25%) Qualitative Analyst
11 9 (6.25%) Quantitative Analyst
12 8 (5.56%) Derivatives Business Analyst
12 8 (5.56%) Python Developer
12 8 (5.56%) Risk Analyst
13 7 (4.86%) Market Analyst
13 7 (4.86%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (15.28%) FIX Protocol
2 13 (9.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 13 (9.03%) pytest
3 12 (8.33%) React
4 9 (6.25%) Node.js
5 8 (5.56%) Redux
6 6 (4.17%) .NET
7 5 (3.47%) Kafka
8 4 (2.78%) RESTful
9 3 (2.08%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.08%) NumPy
9 3 (2.08%) Pandas
10 2 (1.39%) FpML
10 2 (1.39%) JSON
10 2 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.39%) REST
11 1 (0.69%) CSS
11 1 (0.69%) HTML
11 1 (0.69%) Web Services
11 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (39.58%) Fixed Income
2 54 (37.50%) Equities
3 24 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (9.72%) Algorithms
5 12 (8.33%) Market Risk
6 11 (7.64%) Equity Derivative
7 8 (5.56%) Hedge funds
8 7 (4.86%) Onboarding
9 6 (4.17%) Credit Risk
9 6 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (4.17%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (3.47%) Virtual Team
11 4 (2.78%) Wiki
12 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
13 2 (1.39%) Distributed Applications
13 2 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (1.39%) Reference Data
13 2 (1.39%) Reinsurance
13 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.11%) Linux
2 5 (3.47%) Windows
3 3 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (29.86%) Agile
2 32 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (21.53%) Software Engineering
4 28 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (18.75%) Mentoring
6 24 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 24 (16.67%) Low Latency
6 24 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 23 (15.97%) Process Improvement
7 23 (15.97%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (15.28%) SDLC
9 20 (13.89%) Business Analysis
10 18 (12.50%) Analytics
11 17 (11.81%) Workflow
12 16 (11.11%) Change Management
12 16 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (10.42%) AI
13 15 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (10.42%) Risk Management
14 14 (9.72%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (40.28%) Python
2 36 (25.00%) SQL
3 32 (22.22%) C++
4 14 (9.72%) Java
5 13 (9.03%) R
6 12 (8.33%) TypeScript
7 10 (6.94%) C#
7 10 (6.94%) JavaScript
8 7 (4.86%) VBA
9 4 (2.78%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.39%) Bash
10 2 (1.39%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.69%) C
11 1 (0.69%) Perl
11 1 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (9.72%) Degree
2 8 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.39%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.11%) QA
2 10 (6.94%) MiFID
3 7 (4.86%) Basel III
4 6 (4.17%) EMIR
5 4 (2.78%) PMO
6 3 (2.08%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.39%) GAAP
7 2 (1.39%) IFRS
7 2 (1.39%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.69%) FINREP
System Software
1 4 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.78%) SCCM
2 3 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.39%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.69%) Ansible
4 1 (0.69%) Control-M
4 1 (0.69%) Grafana
4 1 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 14 (9.72%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.86%) Bloomberg
3 4 (2.78%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.08%) Oracle
5 2 (1.39%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.39%) Databricks
5 2 (1.39%) Reuters
6 1 (0.69%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.69%) Duck Creek
6 1 (0.69%) FXall
6 1 (0.69%) Google
6 1 (0.69%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.69%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.69%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.69%) Moogsoft
6 1 (0.69%) Murex
6 1 (0.69%) SAP
6 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.69%) Splunk
6 1 (0.69%) Tradeweb