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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 306 417
Rank change year-on-year -280 +111 +23
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 124 415 550
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.98% 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 2.43% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 98 394 506
10th Percentile £68,500 £85,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £92,750 £85,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £130,000 £147,500 £145,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.83% +7.89% -34.48%

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 25,337 17,054 34,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.14% 40.35% 36.08%
Number of salaries quoted 13,151 9,242 23,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -275 122 £100,000 -13.04% 72
London -185 120 £100,000 -13.04% 69
Work from Home -219 28 £100,000 -13.04% 24
UK excluding London -79 4 £65,000 +26.83% 9
North East -39 1 £65,000 +30.00%
South West -51 1 £90,000 +71.43% 1
North of England -65 1 £65,000 +30.00%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
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 6 (4.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (10.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.61%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.52%) AWS
2 17 (13.71%) Azure
3 16 (12.90%) GCP
4 13 (10.48%) GitHub
5 5 (4.03%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.42%) SaaS
8 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.94%) Multicast
2 5 (4.03%) VLAN
3 4 (3.23%) DHCP
3 4 (3.23%) 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 8 (6.45%) Relational Database
3 7 (5.65%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.03%) Power BI
5 2 (1.61%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.81%) KDB
6 1 (0.81%) Metadata
6 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.81%) Redis
6 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (16.13%) JIRA
2 14 (11.29%) Git
3 2 (1.61%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.61%) Selenium
4 1 (0.81%) Postman
4 1 (0.81%) SoapUI
General
1 103 (83.06%) Finance
2 52 (41.94%) Front Office
3 44 (35.48%) Banking
4 24 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (16.13%) Social Skills
6 19 (15.32%) Investment Banking
7 11 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.65%) Financial Institution
9 6 (4.84%) Marketing
10 5 (4.03%) Law
10 5 (4.03%) Retail
11 4 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.42%) Back Office
13 2 (1.61%) Advertising
13 2 (1.61%) Legal
13 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.61%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.81%) Electronics
14 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (34.68%) Developer
2 34 (27.42%) Senior
3 31 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 27 (21.77%) Lead
5 22 (17.74%) Python Engineer
6 21 (16.94%) Analyst
7 18 (14.52%) Lead Developer
7 18 (14.52%) Python Software Engineer
8 15 (12.10%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (11.29%) C++ Software Engineer
10 13 (10.48%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (9.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 12 (9.68%) Lead Software Developer
11 12 (9.68%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (8.06%) Business Analyst
13 9 (7.26%) React Developer
13 9 (7.26%) Senior Developer
14 8 (6.45%) C++ Developer
14 8 (6.45%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (6.45%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (25.81%) FIX Protocol
2 23 (18.55%) React
3 17 (13.71%) Node.js
4 16 (12.90%) Redux
5 14 (11.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 14 (11.29%) pytest
6 5 (4.03%) .NET
6 5 (4.03%) Kafka
7 3 (2.42%) Java Concurrency
8 2 (1.61%) CSS
8 2 (1.61%) FpML
8 2 (1.61%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.61%) HTML
8 2 (1.61%) JSON
8 2 (1.61%) Playwright
8 2 (1.61%) REST
9 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.81%) Pandas
9 1 (0.81%) RESTful
9 1 (0.81%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 58 (46.77%) Equities
1 58 (46.77%) Fixed Income
2 28 (22.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (13.71%) Algorithms
4 13 (10.48%) OTC Derivatives
5 6 (4.84%) Equity Derivative
5 6 (4.84%) Virtual Team
5 6 (4.84%) Wiki
6 5 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.03%) Market Risk
6 5 (4.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.42%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.42%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.61%) ASIC
8 2 (1.61%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (1.61%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.61%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.58%) Linux
2 10 (8.06%) Windows
3 7 (5.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Debian
4 1 (0.81%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.48%) Agile
2 40 (32.26%) Software Engineering
3 32 (25.81%) Low Latency
4 26 (20.97%) Mathematics
4 26 (20.97%) Mentoring
5 25 (20.16%) Computer Science
5 25 (20.16%) Fintech
6 22 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (16.94%) Process Improvement
8 19 (15.32%) Asset Management
9 18 (14.52%) Investment Management
9 18 (14.52%) OOP
9 18 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
10 17 (13.71%) Analytics
11 16 (12.90%) Line Management
11 16 (12.90%) Portfolio Management
11 16 (12.90%) SDLC
11 16 (12.90%) Workflow
12 15 (12.10%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (11.29%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (45.16%) Python
2 32 (25.81%) C++
3 23 (18.55%) TypeScript
4 20 (16.13%) Java
4 20 (16.13%) JavaScript
5 19 (15.32%) SQL
6 11 (8.87%) C#
7 5 (4.03%) R
8 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.61%) VBA
10 1 (0.81%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (15.32%) Degree
2 8 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.61%) ISEB
3 2 (1.61%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.81%) CFA
4 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.81%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.52%) QA
2 17 (13.71%) MiFID
3 7 (5.65%) EMIR
4 6 (4.84%) PMO
5 5 (4.03%) Basel III
6 4 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (2.42%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.61%) COREP
8 2 (1.61%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.81%) GAAP
9 1 (0.81%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) Grafana
2 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.65%) Red Hat
3 6 (4.84%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.03%) 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%) Oracle
5 1 (0.81%) Reuters
5 1 (0.81%) Salesforce