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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 304 466
Rank change year-on-year -266 +162 -7
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 129 405 447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.99% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 2.54% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 105 376 413
10th Percentile £67,000 £85,000 £65,250
25th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £140,000 £148,750 £142,500
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% -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 24,271 15,969 33,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.28% 39.06% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 12,458 9,051 22,686
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £43,750 £38,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 9 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 9 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 -270 126 £102,500 -10.87% 45
London -176 122 £102,500 -10.87% 44
Work from Home -199 30 £112,000 -2.61% 11
UK excluding London -77 4 £65,000 +26.83% 5
North of England -79 2 £65,000 +30.00% 1
North East -33 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
South West -33 1 £90,000 +71.43%
North West -36 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 5 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.10%) Apache
2 4 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.55%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.78%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.60%) AWS
2 19 (14.73%) Azure
3 16 (12.40%) GCP
3 16 (12.40%) GitHub
4 6 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.65%) Snowflake
5 4 (3.10%) dbt
6 3 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.33%) SaaS
7 2 (1.55%) Azure Batch
7 2 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.16%) Multicast
2 4 (3.10%) VLAN
3 3 (2.33%) DHCP
3 3 (2.33%) DNS
4 1 (0.78%) Firewall
4 1 (0.78%) Modbus
4 1 (0.78%) RS-485
4 1 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.40%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (7.75%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.20%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.65%) Power BI
5 4 (3.10%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (3.10%) Apache Arrow
5 4 (3.10%) Apache Iceberg
5 4 (3.10%) Apache Ignite
5 4 (3.10%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.10%) Dremio
6 2 (1.55%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.55%) Tableau
7 1 (0.78%) KDB
7 1 (0.78%) Metadata
7 1 (0.78%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (15.50%) JIRA
2 18 (13.95%) Git
3 4 (3.10%) Selenium
4 2 (1.55%) Cypress.io
General
1 106 (82.17%) Finance
2 64 (49.61%) Front Office
3 50 (38.76%) Banking
4 25 (19.38%) Social Skills
5 22 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (17.05%) Investment Banking
6 8 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.65%) Back Office
7 6 (4.65%) Marketing
8 5 (3.88%) Law
8 5 (3.88%) Retail
9 4 (3.10%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.55%) Legal
10 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.78%) Electronics
11 1 (0.78%) French Language
11 1 (0.78%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (39.53%) Developer
2 36 (27.91%) Software Engineer
3 31 (24.03%) Senior
4 27 (20.93%) Python Engineer
5 26 (20.16%) Lead
6 23 (17.83%) Python Software Engineer
7 22 (17.05%) Analyst
8 18 (13.95%) Lead Developer
8 18 (13.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (11.63%) C++ Software Engineer
10 14 (10.85%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 13 (10.08%) C++ Developer
12 12 (9.30%) Business Analyst
12 12 (9.30%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (9.30%) Lead Software Developer
12 12 (9.30%) Lead Software Engineer
13 9 (6.98%) Java Engineer
13 9 (6.98%) React Developer
13 9 (6.98%) Senior Developer
14 8 (6.20%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (31.01%) FIX Protocol
2 25 (19.38%) React
3 17 (13.18%) Node.js
4 16 (12.40%) Redux
5 15 (11.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 15 (11.63%) pytest
6 8 (6.20%) .NET
7 6 (4.65%) Kafka
8 5 (3.88%) Pandas
9 4 (3.10%) CSS
9 4 (3.10%) gRPC
9 4 (3.10%) HTML
9 4 (3.10%) Java Concurrency
9 4 (3.10%) NumPy
9 4 (3.10%) Playwright
9 4 (3.10%) Protocol Buffers
9 4 (3.10%) SciPy
10 2 (1.55%) FpML
10 2 (1.55%) GraphQL
10 2 (1.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 64 (49.61%) Equities
1 64 (49.61%) Fixed Income
2 35 (27.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (14.73%) Algorithms
4 13 (10.08%) OTC Derivatives
5 5 (3.88%) Hedge funds
5 5 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.88%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.88%) Wiki
6 4 (3.10%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.10%) Equity Derivative
6 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.10%) Pricing Data
7 3 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.33%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 3 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.55%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (1.55%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.55%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.55%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 37 (28.68%) Linux
2 11 (8.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 11 (8.53%) Windows
3 1 (0.78%) Debian
3 1 (0.78%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.21%) Agile
1 48 (37.21%) Software Engineering
2 39 (30.23%) Low Latency
3 31 (24.03%) Mathematics
4 28 (21.71%) Computer Science
5 25 (19.38%) Asset Management
5 25 (19.38%) Fintech
6 23 (17.83%) Investment Management
6 23 (17.83%) Mentoring
7 21 (16.28%) Analytics
7 21 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (16.28%) Process Improvement
8 19 (14.73%) OOP
8 19 (14.73%) Technical Leadership
9 17 (13.18%) SDLC
9 17 (13.18%) Workflow
10 16 (12.40%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (12.40%) Line Management
10 16 (12.40%) Portfolio Management
11 14 (10.85%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 57 (44.19%) Python
2 33 (25.58%) C++
3 29 (22.48%) TypeScript
4 28 (21.71%) Java
4 28 (21.71%) JavaScript
5 23 (17.83%) SQL
6 13 (10.08%) C#
7 5 (3.88%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.55%) R
8 2 (1.55%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.55%) VBA
9 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (17.83%) Degree
2 9 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.10%) ISEB
3 4 (3.10%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.55%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.55%) PhD
5 1 (0.78%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (19.38%) QA
2 15 (11.63%) MiFID
3 6 (4.65%) EMIR
4 5 (3.88%) PMO
5 4 (3.10%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.33%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.55%) Basel III
7 2 (1.55%) COREP
7 2 (1.55%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.78%) FINRA
8 1 (0.78%) GAAP
8 1 (0.78%) IFRS
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.55%) Docker
3 1 (0.78%) iptables
Systems Management
1 3 (2.33%) SCCM
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.78%) Grafana
2 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.53%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.88%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.33%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco
5 1 (0.78%) Databricks
5 1 (0.78%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.78%) Google
5 1 (0.78%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.78%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.78%) Murex
5 1 (0.78%) Salesforce