Derivative Job Trends

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 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 306 483
Rank change year-on-year -265 +177 -15
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 124 399 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.98% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 2.52% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 102 363 398
10th Percentile £70,375 £85,000 £65,875
25th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £87,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £140,000 £148,750 £142,500
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £161,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.83% +7.89% -20.83%

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 23,714 15,848 32,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.88% 38.78% 36.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,125 8,891 22,338
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 1 April 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 1 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
England -254 121 £102,500 -10.87% 45
London -179 117 £102,500 -10.87% 44
Work from Home -202 29 £115,000 - 11
UK excluding London -77 4 £65,000 +26.83% 5
North of England -57 2 £65,000 +30.00% 1
North West -25 1 - -
North East -26 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
South West -37 1 £90,000 +71.43%
Scotland - 1 £50,000 -

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 5 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.23%) Apache
2 4 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.35%) AWS
2 19 (15.32%) Azure
3 16 (12.90%) GCP
3 16 (12.90%) GitHub
4 6 (4.84%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.84%) Snowflake
5 4 (3.23%) dbt
6 2 (1.61%) Azure Batch
6 2 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.61%) SaaS
7 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.77%) Multicast
2 3 (2.42%) VLAN
3 2 (1.61%) DHCP
3 2 (1.61%) DNS
4 1 (0.81%) Firewall
4 1 (0.81%) Modbus
4 1 (0.81%) RS-485
4 1 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.06%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.84%) Power BI
5 4 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (3.23%) Apache Arrow
5 4 (3.23%) Apache Iceberg
5 4 (3.23%) Apache Ignite
5 4 (3.23%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.23%) Dremio
6 2 (1.61%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.61%) Tableau
7 1 (0.81%) KDB
7 1 (0.81%) Metadata
7 1 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (16.13%) JIRA
2 18 (14.52%) Git
3 4 (3.23%) Selenium
4 2 (1.61%) Cypress.io
General
1 103 (83.06%) Finance
2 64 (51.61%) Front Office
3 50 (40.32%) Banking
4 23 (18.55%) Investment Banking
4 23 (18.55%) Social Skills
5 20 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.84%) Back Office
7 6 (4.84%) Marketing
8 5 (4.03%) Law
8 5 (4.03%) Retail
9 3 (2.42%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.61%) Legal
10 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Electronics
11 1 (0.81%) French Language
11 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (41.13%) Developer
2 35 (28.23%) Software Engineer
3 27 (21.77%) Python Engineer
4 26 (20.97%) Senior
5 25 (20.16%) Lead
6 23 (18.55%) Python Software Engineer
7 22 (17.74%) Analyst
8 18 (14.52%) Lead Developer
9 17 (13.71%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (12.10%) C++ Software Engineer
11 14 (11.29%) C++ Developer
11 14 (11.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (9.68%) Business Analyst
12 12 (9.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (9.68%) Lead Software Developer
12 12 (9.68%) Lead Software Engineer
13 9 (7.26%) React Developer
14 8 (6.45%) Java Engineer
14 8 (6.45%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (6.45%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (33.06%) FIX Protocol
2 25 (20.16%) React
3 17 (13.71%) Node.js
4 16 (12.90%) Redux
5 15 (12.10%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 15 (12.10%) pytest
6 8 (6.45%) .NET
7 5 (4.03%) Kafka
7 5 (4.03%) Pandas
8 4 (3.23%) CSS
8 4 (3.23%) gRPC
8 4 (3.23%) HTML
8 4 (3.23%) Java Concurrency
8 4 (3.23%) NumPy
8 4 (3.23%) Playwright
8 4 (3.23%) Protocol Buffers
8 4 (3.23%) SciPy
9 2 (1.61%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.61%) FpML
9 2 (1.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 62 (50.00%) Equities
1 62 (50.00%) Fixed Income
2 33 (26.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (16.13%) Algorithms
4 13 (10.48%) OTC Derivatives
5 5 (4.03%) Hedge funds
5 5 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.03%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.03%) Wiki
6 4 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.23%) Equity Derivative
6 4 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.23%) Pricing Data
7 3 (2.42%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.42%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.61%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.61%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (31.45%) Linux
2 12 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (8.87%) Windows
4 1 (0.81%) Debian
4 1 (0.81%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (39.52%) Agile
2 47 (37.90%) Software Engineering
3 39 (31.45%) Low Latency
4 31 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 27 (21.77%) Computer Science
6 25 (20.16%) Fintech
7 24 (19.35%) Asset Management
8 23 (18.55%) Investment Management
9 21 (16.94%) Mentoring
10 20 (16.13%) Analytics
10 20 (16.13%) Process Improvement
11 19 (15.32%) OOP
12 18 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (13.71%) SDLC
13 17 (13.71%) Workflow
14 16 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
14 16 (12.90%) Line Management
14 16 (12.90%) Portfolio Management
15 13 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 57 (45.97%) Python
2 32 (25.81%) C++
3 29 (23.39%) TypeScript
4 28 (22.58%) JavaScript
5 27 (21.77%) Java
6 22 (17.74%) SQL
7 13 (10.48%) C#
8 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.61%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.61%) VBA
10 1 (0.81%) R
10 1 (0.81%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) Degree
2 8 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.23%) ISEB
3 4 (3.23%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.61%) PhD
5 1 (0.81%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (20.16%) QA
2 14 (11.29%) MiFID
3 5 (4.03%) EMIR
3 5 (4.03%) PMO
4 4 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.42%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.61%) COREP
6 2 (1.61%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.81%) Basel III
7 1 (0.81%) FINRA
System Software
1 2 (1.61%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) Grafana
2 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.68%) Red Hat
3 5 (4.03%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.61%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco
5 1 (0.81%) Databricks
5 1 (0.81%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.81%) Google
5 1 (0.81%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.81%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.81%) Murex
5 1 (0.81%) Salesforce