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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 307 429
Rank change year-on-year -289 +122 +9
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 128 413 550
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.98% 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 2.43% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 101 392 506
10th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £93,250 £87,813
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 25,354 17,003 34,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.19% 40.20% 36.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,145 9,203 23,039
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 1 May 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 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 -270 125 £100,000 -13.04% 51
London -196 122 £102,500 -10.87% 49
Work from Home -219 28 £100,000 -13.04% 13
UK excluding London -72 5 £65,000 +26.83% 8
North of England -66 2 £65,000 +30.00%
North West -30 1 - -
North East -37 1 £65,000 +30.00%
South West -54 1 £90,000 +71.43%
Scotland - 1 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (10.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.56%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.84%) AWS
2 18 (14.06%) Azure
3 16 (12.50%) GCP
3 16 (12.50%) GitHub
4 5 (3.91%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.34%) SaaS
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Batch
7 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.78%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.75%) Multicast
2 5 (3.91%) VLAN
3 4 (3.13%) DHCP
3 4 (3.13%) 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 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 8 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.91%) Power BI
4 2 (1.56%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.78%) KDB
5 1 (0.78%) Metadata
5 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.78%) Redis
5 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (17.19%) JIRA
2 17 (13.28%) Git
3 2 (1.56%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.56%) Selenium
4 1 (0.78%) Postman
4 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
General
1 107 (83.59%) Finance
2 54 (42.19%) Front Office
3 47 (36.72%) Banking
4 24 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (17.19%) Social Skills
6 20 (15.63%) Investment Banking
7 10 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.69%) Financial Institution
8 6 (4.69%) Marketing
9 5 (3.91%) Law
9 5 (3.91%) Retail
10 4 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.34%) Back Office
12 2 (1.56%) Advertising
12 2 (1.56%) Legal
12 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.56%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.78%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.78%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (35.16%) Developer
2 36 (28.13%) Senior
3 33 (25.78%) Software Engineer
4 27 (21.09%) Lead
5 24 (18.75%) Python Engineer
6 20 (15.63%) Analyst
6 20 (15.63%) Python Software Engineer
7 18 (14.06%) Lead Developer
8 17 (13.28%) Senior Software Engineer
9 16 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
10 15 (11.72%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (9.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 12 (9.38%) Lead Software Developer
11 12 (9.38%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (7.81%) Business Analyst
13 9 (7.03%) C++ Developer
13 9 (7.03%) React Developer
13 9 (7.03%) Senior Developer
14 8 (6.25%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (6.25%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (27.34%) FIX Protocol
2 23 (17.97%) React
3 17 (13.28%) Node.js
4 16 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 16 (12.50%) pytest
4 16 (12.50%) Redux
5 6 (4.69%) .NET
6 5 (3.91%) Kafka
7 3 (2.34%) Java Concurrency
8 2 (1.56%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.56%) CSS
8 2 (1.56%) FpML
8 2 (1.56%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.56%) HTML
8 2 (1.56%) JSON
8 2 (1.56%) Playwright
8 2 (1.56%) REST
9 1 (0.78%) Plotly
9 1 (0.78%) RESTful
9 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (47.66%) Equities
2 60 (46.88%) Fixed Income
3 29 (22.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 19 (14.84%) Algorithms
5 13 (10.16%) OTC Derivatives
6 6 (4.69%) Equity Derivative
6 6 (4.69%) Virtual Team
6 6 (4.69%) Wiki
7 5 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.91%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.13%) Market Risk
9 3 (2.34%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.34%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (2.34%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.56%) Credit Derivative
10 2 (1.56%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.56%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 2 (1.56%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (25.00%) Linux
2 10 (7.81%) Windows
3 8 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Debian
4 1 (0.78%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.94%) Agile
2 43 (33.59%) Software Engineering
3 35 (27.34%) Low Latency
4 28 (21.88%) Mathematics
5 27 (21.09%) Computer Science
6 25 (19.53%) Fintech
6 25 (19.53%) Mentoring
7 23 (17.97%) Process Improvement
8 21 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (15.63%) OOP
9 20 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (14.84%) Asset Management
11 18 (14.06%) Investment Management
11 18 (14.06%) SDLC
11 18 (14.06%) Workflow
12 17 (13.28%) Analytics
12 17 (13.28%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (12.50%) Line Management
13 16 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
14 14 (10.94%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 57 (44.53%) Python
2 35 (27.34%) C++
3 23 (17.97%) TypeScript
4 21 (16.41%) JavaScript
5 20 (15.63%) Java
5 20 (15.63%) SQL
6 12 (9.38%) C#
7 5 (3.91%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.13%) R
9 2 (1.56%) VBA
10 1 (0.78%) Rust
10 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (15.63%) Degree
2 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.56%) ISEB
3 2 (1.56%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.78%) CFA
4 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.19%) QA
2 17 (13.28%) MiFID
3 7 (5.47%) EMIR
4 6 (4.69%) PMO
5 4 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (3.13%) Basel III
6 3 (2.34%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.56%) COREP
7 2 (1.56%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.78%) FINRA
8 1 (0.78%) GAAP
8 1 (0.78%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.78%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (3.13%) SCCM
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.78%) Grafana
2 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.25%) Red Hat
3 6 (4.69%) Atlassian
4 5 (3.91%) 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%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) Reuters
5 1 (0.78%) Salesforce