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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 339 471
Rank change year-on-year -220 +132 -14
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 112 388 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.83% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 2.17% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 93 341 339
10th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £140,000 £148,750 £138,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £153,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +10.53% -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 22,289 17,862 28,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.80% 38.21% 36.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,275 8,653 20,534
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,700 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +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 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Derivative in the UK

Derivative
Top 10 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 March 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 -192 110 £105,000 -8.70% 47
London -151 105 £109,000 -5.22% 43
Work from Home -164 25 £135,000 +17.39% 16
UK excluding London -13 4 £70,000 +33.33% 16
North of England -19 2 £65,000 +30.00% 1
West Midlands +12 1 £70,000 -
North West +1 1 - -
North East -9 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Midlands -11 1 £70,000 -
South West -15 1 £90,000 +73.91%

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 7 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (5.36%) Apache
3 3 (2.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.89%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.89%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.79%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.43%) AWS
2 16 (14.29%) Azure
3 14 (12.50%) GitHub
4 13 (11.61%) GCP
5 10 (8.93%) Snowflake
6 8 (7.14%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.36%) dbt
8 2 (1.79%) Azure Batch
8 2 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.79%) SaaS
9 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (22.32%) Multicast
2 1 (0.89%) Firewall
2 1 (0.89%) Modbus
2 1 (0.89%) RS-485
2 1 (0.89%) VLAN
2 1 (0.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (9.82%) Relational Database
3 9 (8.04%) SQL Server
4 8 (7.14%) Power BI
5 6 (5.36%) Amazon Athena
5 6 (5.36%) Apache Arrow
5 6 (5.36%) Apache Iceberg
5 6 (5.36%) Apache Ignite
5 6 (5.36%) Data Lake
5 6 (5.36%) Dremio
6 3 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.68%) Tableau
7 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.79%) KDB
8 1 (0.89%) Metadata
8 1 (0.89%) MySQL
8 1 (0.89%) Parquet
8 1 (0.89%) Redis
8 1 (0.89%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.89%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 17 (15.18%) Git
2 16 (14.29%) JIRA
3 4 (3.57%) Selenium
4 2 (1.79%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.89%) GitLab
5 1 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.89%) Postman
5 1 (0.89%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (78.57%) Finance
2 61 (54.46%) Front Office
3 43 (38.39%) Banking
4 20 (17.86%) Social Skills
5 19 (16.96%) Investment Banking
6 15 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.36%) Marketing
8 5 (4.46%) Back Office
9 3 (2.68%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.89%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.89%) Electronics
11 1 (0.89%) French Language
11 1 (0.89%) Law
11 1 (0.89%) Legal
11 1 (0.89%) Retail
11 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (41.96%) Developer
2 32 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 25 (22.32%) Python Engineer
3 25 (22.32%) Senior
4 22 (19.64%) Python Software Engineer
5 20 (17.86%) Analyst
6 18 (16.07%) Senior Software Engineer
7 17 (15.18%) Lead
8 16 (14.29%) C++ Developer
9 15 (13.39%) Lead Developer
10 13 (11.61%) C++ Software Engineer
10 13 (11.61%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 10 (8.93%) Java Engineer
11 10 (8.93%) Lead Software Developer
12 9 (8.04%) Business Analyst
12 9 (8.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 9 (8.04%) Lead Software Engineer
13 8 (7.14%) C# Developer
13 8 (7.14%) Java Software Engineer
13 8 (7.14%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (33.93%) FIX Protocol
2 20 (17.86%) React
3 14 (12.50%) pytest
4 13 (11.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 12 (10.71%) Node.js
5 12 (10.71%) Redux
6 8 (7.14%) .NET
6 8 (7.14%) Pandas
7 7 (6.25%) Kafka
8 6 (5.36%) gRPC
8 6 (5.36%) Java Concurrency
8 6 (5.36%) NumPy
8 6 (5.36%) Protocol Buffers
8 6 (5.36%) SciPy
9 4 (3.57%) CSS
9 4 (3.57%) HTML
9 4 (3.57%) Playwright
10 3 (2.68%) REST
11 2 (1.79%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.79%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 50 (44.64%) Equities
1 50 (44.64%) Fixed Income
2 24 (21.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (17.86%) Algorithms
4 11 (9.82%) OTC Derivatives
5 8 (7.14%) Hedge funds
6 6 (5.36%) Cloud Native
6 6 (5.36%) Pricing Data
7 4 (3.57%) Credit Risk
7 4 (3.57%) Data Structures
7 4 (3.57%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (2.68%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.68%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.68%) Virtual Team
8 3 (2.68%) Wiki
9 2 (1.79%) Credit Derivative
9 2 (1.79%) Market Risk
9 2 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (35.71%) Linux
2 12 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (8.04%) Windows
4 1 (0.89%) Debian
4 1 (0.89%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (39.29%) Agile
2 41 (36.61%) Software Engineering
3 36 (32.14%) Low Latency
4 27 (24.11%) Mathematics
5 24 (21.43%) Computer Science
6 23 (20.54%) Analytics
7 22 (19.64%) Asset Management
7 22 (19.64%) Fintech
8 20 (17.86%) Investment Management
9 17 (15.18%) OOP
10 16 (14.29%) Workflow
11 15 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (13.39%) SDLC
11 15 (13.39%) Unit Testing
12 14 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
12 14 (12.50%) Data Analysis
12 14 (12.50%) Mentoring
12 14 (12.50%) Process Improvement
13 13 (11.61%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (10.71%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (55.36%) Python
2 32 (28.57%) C++
3 29 (25.89%) Java
4 26 (23.21%) JavaScript
4 26 (23.21%) TypeScript
5 21 (18.75%) SQL
6 15 (13.39%) C#
7 2 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.79%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.79%) VBA
8 1 (0.89%) Bash
8 1 (0.89%) R
8 1 (0.89%) Rust
Qualifications
1 22 (19.64%) Degree
2 7 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.57%) ISEB
3 4 (3.57%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.79%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (1.79%) PhD
6 1 (0.89%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (21.43%) QA
2 9 (8.04%) MiFID
3 4 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.68%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.68%) PMO
5 2 (1.79%) COREP
5 2 (1.79%) EMIR
6 1 (0.89%) Basel III
6 1 (0.89%) FINRA
System Software
1 3 (2.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.89%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.89%) Grafana
2 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.89%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (10.71%) Red Hat
2 9 (8.04%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.68%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.79%) Databricks
4 2 (1.79%) Google
4 2 (1.79%) Murex
5 1 (0.89%) Charles River
5 1 (0.89%) Cisco
5 1 (0.89%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.89%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.89%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.89%) Salesforce