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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 320 389
Rank change year-on-year -292 +69 +32
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 124 400 630
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.93% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 2.17% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 94 335 583
10th Percentile £71,125 £85,000 £66,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £93,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £130,000 £138,750 £146,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £58,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.13% +17.50% -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 24,724 18,398 34,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.62% 42.90% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14,089 8,632 23,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £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 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,645 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.19% +3.29% -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 24 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Derivative in the UK

Derivative
Top 8 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 24 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 -280 122 £102,500 -10.87% 82
London -187 121 £102,500 -10.87% 76
Work from Home -193 28 £100,000 -13.04% 45
UK excluding London -98 3 £57,500 -2.13% 27
Scotland -7 1 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland -38 1 - - 12
North East -43 1 £65,000 +30.00%
North of England -50 1 £65,000 +30.00% 8

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 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Apache
2 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.81%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.32%) AWS
2 18 (14.52%) Azure
3 16 (12.90%) GCP
4 13 (10.48%) GitHub
5 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.23%) SaaS
6 3 (2.42%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.94%) Multicast
2 4 (3.23%) DHCP
2 4 (3.23%) DNS
2 4 (3.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.84%) Relational Database
3 5 (4.03%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.42%) Power BI
5 2 (1.61%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.81%) KDB
6 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (16.94%) JIRA
2 15 (12.10%) Git
3 1 (0.81%) Postman
3 1 (0.81%) SoapUI
General
1 103 (83.06%) Finance
2 48 (38.71%) Banking
2 48 (38.71%) Front Office
3 27 (21.77%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (17.74%) Investment Banking
5 21 (16.94%) Social Skills
6 15 (12.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (8.87%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.65%) Law
8 7 (5.65%) Retail
9 6 (4.84%) Marketing
10 4 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.61%) Advertising
11 2 (1.61%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.61%) Legal
11 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.61%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.81%) Back Office
12 1 (0.81%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (33.87%) Developer
2 40 (32.26%) Senior
3 34 (27.42%) Software Engineer
4 26 (20.97%) Lead
5 25 (20.16%) Python Engineer
6 21 (16.94%) Python Software Engineer
7 20 (16.13%) Analyst
8 18 (14.52%) Lead Developer
8 18 (14.52%) Senior Software Engineer
9 17 (13.71%) C++ Software Engineer
10 16 (12.90%) 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%) Python Developer
12 10 (8.06%) Senior Developer
13 9 (7.26%) Business Analyst
13 9 (7.26%) React Developer
14 8 (6.45%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (6.45%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (22.58%) FIX Protocol
2 21 (16.94%) React
3 17 (13.71%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 17 (13.71%) Node.js
3 17 (13.71%) pytest
4 16 (12.90%) Redux
5 4 (3.23%) Kafka
6 3 (2.42%) .NET
7 2 (1.61%) FpML
7 2 (1.61%) Java Concurrency
7 2 (1.61%) JSON
7 2 (1.61%) NumPy
7 2 (1.61%) Pandas
7 2 (1.61%) REST
7 2 (1.61%) RESTful
8 1 (0.81%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.81%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.81%) Loki
8 1 (0.81%) PySpark
8 1 (0.81%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 60 (48.39%) Fixed Income
2 56 (45.16%) Equities
3 27 (21.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 19 (15.32%) Algorithms
5 11 (8.87%) OTC Derivatives
6 10 (8.06%) Market Risk
7 7 (5.65%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.84%) Equity Derivative
9 5 (4.03%) Onboarding
10 4 (3.23%) Virtual Team
10 4 (3.23%) Wiki
11 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.42%) Data Structures
11 3 (2.42%) Reference Data
12 2 (1.61%) ASIC
12 2 (1.61%) Credit Risk
12 2 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.81%) Energy Derivatives
13 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.16%) Linux
2 6 (4.84%) Windows
3 4 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.90%) Agile
2 45 (36.29%) Software Engineering
3 31 (25.00%) Low Latency
4 29 (23.39%) Mentoring
5 28 (22.58%) Computer Science
5 28 (22.58%) Mathematics
6 27 (21.77%) Process Improvement
7 25 (20.16%) Fintech
7 25 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (16.94%) OOP
8 21 (16.94%) Technical Leadership
9 20 (16.13%) SDLC
10 19 (15.32%) Analytics
10 19 (15.32%) Workflow
11 18 (14.52%) Asset Management
11 18 (14.52%) Continuous Integration
11 18 (14.52%) Investment Management
12 16 (12.90%) Decision-Making
12 16 (12.90%) Line Management
12 16 (12.90%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (47.58%) Python
2 34 (27.42%) C++
3 21 (16.94%) TypeScript
4 18 (14.52%) JavaScript
5 16 (12.90%) SQL
6 15 (12.10%) Java
7 12 (9.68%) C#
8 8 (6.45%) R
9 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.61%) VBA
11 1 (0.81%) Bash
11 1 (0.81%) Rust
11 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (14.52%) Degree
2 8 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.81%) CFA
3 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.81%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.13%) QA
2 16 (12.90%) MiFID
3 8 (6.45%) Basel III
3 8 (6.45%) EMIR
4 4 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (3.23%) PMO
5 3 (2.42%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.61%) GAAP
6 2 (1.61%) IFRS
6 2 (1.61%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) Grafana
2 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.03%) Bloomberg
3 4 (3.23%) Atlassian
3 4 (3.23%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.81%) Databricks
4 1 (0.81%) Google
4 1 (0.81%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle
4 1 (0.81%) Reuters
4 1 (0.81%) Salesforce