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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 322 381
Rank change year-on-year -297 +59 +29
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 118 407 693
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.92% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 2.16% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 90 317 647
10th Percentile £67,250 £85,000 £67,500
25th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £101,250 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £130,000 £136,250 £146,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +35.00% -44.44%

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 23,987 18,886 35,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.88% 42.68% 34.35%
Number of salaries quoted 14,522 8,903 23,329
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,664 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -279 116 £102,500 -10.87% 102
London -183 114 £102,500 -10.87% 94
Work from Home -198 27 £100,000 -13.04% 37
UK excluding London -86 4 £57,500 -14.81% 25
North of England -47 2 £61,250 - 10
Scotland -2 1 £50,000 - 1
North West -24 1 £57,500 - 8
Northern Ireland -35 1 - - 10
North East -43 1 £65,000 -

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 4 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.85%) Apache
2 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.85%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.10%) AWS
2 18 (15.25%) Azure
3 16 (13.56%) GCP
4 13 (11.02%) GitHub
5 4 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.54%) SaaS
7 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.85%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.25%) Multicast
2 4 (3.39%) DHCP
2 4 (3.39%) DNS
2 4 (3.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.56%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.24%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.69%) Power BI
5 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.85%) KDB
5 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (17.80%) JIRA
2 15 (12.71%) Git
3 1 (0.85%) Postman
3 1 (0.85%) SoapUI
General
1 98 (83.05%) Finance
2 46 (38.98%) Banking
3 41 (34.75%) Front Office
4 27 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (17.80%) Social Skills
6 20 (16.95%) Investment Banking
7 15 (12.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (8.47%) Financial Institution
9 7 (5.93%) Law
9 7 (5.93%) Retail
10 6 (5.08%) Marketing
11 4 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.69%) Advertising
12 2 (1.69%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.69%) Legal
12 2 (1.69%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.85%) Back Office
13 1 (0.85%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (33.90%) Senior
2 38 (32.20%) Developer
3 34 (28.81%) Software Engineer
4 26 (22.03%) Lead
5 25 (21.19%) Python Engineer
6 21 (17.80%) Python Software Engineer
7 19 (16.10%) Analyst
8 18 (15.25%) Senior Software Engineer
9 17 (14.41%) C++ Software Engineer
9 17 (14.41%) Lead Developer
10 16 (13.56%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (10.17%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 12 (10.17%) Lead Software Developer
11 12 (10.17%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (8.47%) Python Developer
12 10 (8.47%) Senior Developer
13 9 (7.63%) Business Analyst
13 9 (7.63%) React Developer
14 8 (6.78%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (6.78%) Market Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.49%) FIX Protocol
2 21 (17.80%) React
3 17 (14.41%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 17 (14.41%) Node.js
3 17 (14.41%) pytest
4 16 (13.56%) Redux
5 3 (2.54%) .NET
5 3 (2.54%) Kafka
6 2 (1.69%) FpML
6 2 (1.69%) JSON
6 2 (1.69%) NumPy
6 2 (1.69%) Pandas
6 2 (1.69%) REST
6 2 (1.69%) RESTful
7 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.85%) Django
7 1 (0.85%) Flask
7 1 (0.85%) Java Concurrency
7 1 (0.85%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (50.85%) Fixed Income
2 55 (46.61%) Equities
3 25 (21.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (15.25%) Algorithms
5 10 (8.47%) Market Risk
5 10 (8.47%) OTC Derivatives
6 7 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (5.08%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.39%) Virtual Team
8 4 (3.39%) Wiki
9 3 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.54%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.64%) Linux
2 5 (4.24%) Windows
3 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.68%) Agile
2 44 (37.29%) Software Engineering
3 30 (25.42%) Mentoring
4 28 (23.73%) Computer Science
5 27 (22.88%) Low Latency
5 27 (22.88%) Mathematics
5 27 (22.88%) Process Improvement
6 26 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (21.19%) Fintech
8 23 (19.49%) Technical Leadership
9 20 (16.95%) OOP
9 20 (16.95%) SDLC
10 19 (16.10%) Continuous Integration
10 19 (16.10%) Workflow
11 18 (15.25%) Analytics
11 18 (15.25%) Asset Management
11 18 (15.25%) Investment Management
12 17 (14.41%) Line Management
13 16 (13.56%) Portfolio Management
14 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (49.15%) Python
2 32 (27.12%) C++
3 21 (17.80%) TypeScript
4 18 (15.25%) JavaScript
5 16 (13.56%) SQL
6 12 (10.17%) Java
7 11 (9.32%) C#
8 8 (6.78%) R
9 4 (3.39%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.69%) VBA
11 1 (0.85%) Bash
11 1 (0.85%) Rust
11 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (15.25%) Degree
2 8 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.85%) CFA
3 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.95%) QA
2 15 (12.71%) MiFID
3 8 (6.78%) Basel III
4 7 (5.93%) EMIR
5 4 (3.39%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (3.39%) PMO
6 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.69%) GAAP
7 2 (1.69%) IFRS
7 2 (1.69%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (3.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.39%) SCCM
2 1 (0.85%) Grafana
2 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (10.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.24%) Bloomberg
3 4 (3.39%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.85%) Databricks
4 1 (0.85%) Google
4 1 (0.85%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle
4 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.85%) Reuters
4 1 (0.85%) Salesforce