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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 291 462
Rank change year-on-year -294 +171 -9
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 125 415 447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 1.01% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 2.61% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 102 379 413
10th Percentile £70,375 £85,000 £65,250
25th Percentile £90,625 £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 24,034 15,897 33,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.42% 38.78% 36.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,338 9,007 22,482
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,884 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.90% +9.77% -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 6 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 6 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 -268 122 £102,500 -10.87% 45
London -171 118 £102,500 -10.87% 44
Work from Home -195 29 £115,000 - 11
UK excluding London -64 4 £65,000 +26.83% 5
North of England -66 2 £65,000 +30.00% 1
North East -28 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
North West -30 1 - -
South West -45 1 £90,000 +71.43%
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 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.20%) Apache
2 4 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.80%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.60%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.80%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.20%) AWS
2 19 (15.20%) Azure
3 16 (12.80%) GCP
3 16 (12.80%) GitHub
4 6 (4.80%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.80%) Snowflake
5 4 (3.20%) dbt
6 2 (1.60%) Azure Batch
6 2 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.60%) SaaS
7 1 (0.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.60%) Multicast
2 3 (2.40%) VLAN
3 2 (1.60%) DHCP
3 2 (1.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.80%) Firewall
4 1 (0.80%) Modbus
4 1 (0.80%) RS-485
4 1 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.80%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.00%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.40%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.80%) Power BI
5 4 (3.20%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (3.20%) Apache Arrow
5 4 (3.20%) Apache Iceberg
5 4 (3.20%) Apache Ignite
5 4 (3.20%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.20%) Dremio
6 2 (1.60%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.60%) Tableau
7 1 (0.80%) KDB
7 1 (0.80%) Metadata
7 1 (0.80%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (16.00%) JIRA
2 18 (14.40%) Git
3 4 (3.20%) Selenium
4 2 (1.60%) Cypress.io
General
1 103 (82.40%) Finance
2 64 (51.20%) Front Office
3 49 (39.20%) Banking
4 23 (18.40%) Social Skills
5 22 (17.60%) Investment Banking
6 20 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.80%) Back Office
8 6 (4.80%) Marketing
9 5 (4.00%) Law
9 5 (4.00%) Retail
10 3 (2.40%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.60%) Legal
11 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.80%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.80%) Electronics
12 1 (0.80%) French Language
12 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (41.60%) Developer
2 36 (28.80%) Software Engineer
3 29 (23.20%) Senior
4 27 (21.60%) Python Engineer
5 25 (20.00%) Lead
6 23 (18.40%) Python Software Engineer
7 21 (16.80%) Analyst
8 18 (14.40%) Lead Developer
8 18 (14.40%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (12.00%) C++ Software Engineer
10 14 (11.20%) C++ Developer
10 14 (11.20%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (9.60%) Business Analyst
11 12 (9.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 12 (9.60%) Lead Software Developer
11 12 (9.60%) Lead Software Engineer
12 9 (7.20%) Java Engineer
12 9 (7.20%) React Developer
12 9 (7.20%) Senior Developer
13 8 (6.40%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (32.80%) FIX Protocol
2 25 (20.00%) React
3 17 (13.60%) Node.js
4 16 (12.80%) Redux
5 15 (12.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 15 (12.00%) pytest
6 8 (6.40%) .NET
7 6 (4.80%) Kafka
8 5 (4.00%) Pandas
9 4 (3.20%) CSS
9 4 (3.20%) gRPC
9 4 (3.20%) HTML
9 4 (3.20%) Java Concurrency
9 4 (3.20%) NumPy
9 4 (3.20%) Playwright
9 4 (3.20%) Protocol Buffers
9 4 (3.20%) SciPy
10 2 (1.60%) FpML
10 2 (1.60%) GraphQL
10 2 (1.60%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 61 (48.80%) Equities
1 61 (48.80%) Fixed Income
2 34 (27.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (15.20%) Algorithms
4 13 (10.40%) OTC Derivatives
5 5 (4.00%) Hedge funds
5 5 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.00%) Wiki
6 4 (3.20%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.20%) Equity Derivative
6 4 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.20%) Pricing Data
7 3 (2.40%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.40%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 3 (2.40%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.60%) ASIC
8 2 (1.60%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.60%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 38 (30.40%) Linux
2 12 (9.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (8.00%) Windows
4 1 (0.80%) Debian
4 1 (0.80%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (38.40%) Agile
1 48 (38.40%) Software Engineering
2 40 (32.00%) Low Latency
3 31 (24.80%) Mathematics
4 28 (22.40%) Computer Science
5 25 (20.00%) Fintech
6 24 (19.20%) Asset Management
7 23 (18.40%) Investment Management
8 22 (17.60%) Mentoring
9 20 (16.00%) Analytics
9 20 (16.00%) Process Improvement
10 19 (15.20%) OOP
10 19 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (15.20%) Technical Leadership
11 17 (13.60%) SDLC
11 17 (13.60%) Workflow
12 16 (12.80%) Continuous Integration
12 16 (12.80%) Line Management
12 16 (12.80%) Portfolio Management
13 13 (10.40%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 56 (44.80%) Python
2 33 (26.40%) C++
3 29 (23.20%) TypeScript
4 28 (22.40%) Java
4 28 (22.40%) JavaScript
5 21 (16.80%) SQL
6 13 (10.40%) C#
7 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.60%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.60%) VBA
9 1 (0.80%) R
9 1 (0.80%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (18.40%) Degree
2 9 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.20%) ISEB
3 4 (3.20%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.60%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.60%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.60%) PhD
5 1 (0.80%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (20.00%) QA
2 14 (11.20%) MiFID
3 5 (4.00%) EMIR
3 5 (4.00%) PMO
4 4 (3.20%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.40%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.60%) COREP
6 2 (1.60%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.80%) Basel III
7 1 (0.80%) FINRA
System Software
1 2 (1.60%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.80%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.80%) Ansible
2 1 (0.80%) Grafana
2 1 (0.80%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (10.40%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.60%) Red Hat
3 5 (4.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.60%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.80%) Cisco
5 1 (0.80%) Databricks
5 1 (0.80%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.80%) Google
5 1 (0.80%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.80%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.80%) Murex
5 1 (0.80%) Salesforce