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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 306 439
Rank change year-on-year -286 +133 +2
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 126 417 511
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.99% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 2.52% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 99 393 473
10th Percentile £69,000 £85,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £132,500 £147,500 £143,750
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 25,162 16,518 34,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.57% 39.39% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 12,953 9,236 22,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 23 April 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 23 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 -273 123 £100,000 -13.04% 37
London -174 120 £102,500 -10.87% 36
Work from Home -205 28 £100,000 -13.04% 14
UK excluding London -70 5 £65,000 +26.83% 11
North of England -67 2 £65,000 +30.00%
North West -30 1 - -
North East -45 1 £65,000 +30.00%
South West -48 1 £90,000 +71.43%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4
Scotland - 1 £50,000 - 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 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.59%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.87%) AWS
2 19 (15.08%) Azure
3 16 (12.70%) GCP
3 16 (12.70%) GitHub
4 6 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.38%) SaaS
7 2 (1.59%) Azure Batch
7 2 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.59%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (19.05%) Multicast
2 5 (3.97%) VLAN
3 4 (3.17%) DHCP
3 4 (3.17%) DNS
4 1 (0.79%) Firewall
4 1 (0.79%) Modbus
4 1 (0.79%) RS-485
4 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.70%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.35%) Relational Database
2 8 (6.35%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.76%) Power BI
4 2 (1.59%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.59%) Tableau
5 1 (0.79%) KDB
5 1 (0.79%) Metadata
5 1 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (16.67%) JIRA
2 17 (13.49%) Git
3 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.59%) Selenium
General
1 106 (84.13%) Finance
2 55 (43.65%) Front Office
3 45 (35.71%) Banking
4 23 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (18.25%) Social Skills
5 19 (15.08%) Investment Banking
6 9 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.76%) Marketing
8 5 (3.97%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.97%) Law
8 5 (3.97%) Retail
9 4 (3.17%) Back Office
9 4 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Legal
10 2 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Advertising
11 1 (0.79%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.79%) Electronics
11 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (36.51%) Developer
2 33 (26.19%) Senior
3 32 (25.40%) Software Engineer
4 26 (20.63%) Lead
5 23 (18.25%) Python Engineer
6 19 (15.08%) Analyst
6 19 (15.08%) Python Software Engineer
7 17 (13.49%) Lead Developer
8 16 (12.70%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (11.90%) C++ Software Engineer
10 14 (11.11%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (9.52%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 12 (9.52%) Lead Software Developer
11 12 (9.52%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (7.94%) Business Analyst
12 10 (7.94%) C++ Developer
13 9 (7.14%) React Developer
13 9 (7.14%) Senior Developer
14 8 (6.35%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (6.35%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (27.78%) FIX Protocol
2 23 (18.25%) React
3 17 (13.49%) Node.js
4 16 (12.70%) Redux
5 15 (11.90%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 15 (11.90%) pytest
6 6 (4.76%) .NET
7 5 (3.97%) Kafka
8 3 (2.38%) Java Concurrency
9 2 (1.59%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.59%) CSS
9 2 (1.59%) FpML
9 2 (1.59%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.59%) HTML
9 2 (1.59%) Playwright
9 2 (1.59%) REST
10 1 (0.79%) Great Expectations
10 1 (0.79%) JSON
10 1 (0.79%) Plotly
10 1 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 60 (47.62%) Equities
1 60 (47.62%) Fixed Income
2 29 (23.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (14.29%) Algorithms
4 13 (10.32%) OTC Derivatives
5 6 (4.76%) Virtual Team
5 6 (4.76%) Wiki
6 5 (3.97%) Equity Derivative
6 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.38%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (2.38%) Market Risk
8 3 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.38%) Reference Data
9 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.59%) Credit Derivative
9 2 (1.59%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.59%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (26.19%) Linux
2 10 (7.94%) Windows
3 9 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Debian
4 1 (0.79%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.92%) Agile
2 43 (34.13%) Software Engineering
3 35 (27.78%) Low Latency
4 28 (22.22%) Mathematics
5 26 (20.63%) Computer Science
6 25 (19.84%) Fintech
7 24 (19.05%) Mentoring
8 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (16.67%) Process Improvement
9 19 (15.08%) Analytics
9 19 (15.08%) Asset Management
9 19 (15.08%) OOP
9 19 (15.08%) Technical Leadership
10 18 (14.29%) Investment Management
11 17 (13.49%) SDLC
11 17 (13.49%) Workflow
12 16 (12.70%) Continuous Integration
12 16 (12.70%) Line Management
12 16 (12.70%) Portfolio Management
13 15 (11.90%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 54 (42.86%) Python
2 33 (26.19%) C++
3 23 (18.25%) SQL
3 23 (18.25%) TypeScript
4 22 (17.46%) JavaScript
5 20 (15.87%) Java
6 12 (9.52%) C#
7 6 (4.76%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.38%) R
9 2 (1.59%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.59%) VBA
10 1 (0.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (16.67%) Degree
2 8 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.59%) ISEB
3 2 (1.59%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.79%) CFA
4 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.25%) QA
2 17 (13.49%) MiFID
3 7 (5.56%) EMIR
4 6 (4.76%) PMO
5 4 (3.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.38%) Basel III
6 3 (2.38%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.59%) COREP
7 2 (1.59%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.79%) FINRA
8 1 (0.79%) GAAP
8 1 (0.79%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.59%) Docker
3 1 (0.79%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) SCCM
2 1 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.79%) Grafana
2 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.14%) Red Hat
3 6 (4.76%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.17%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.79%) Cisco
5 1 (0.79%) Databricks
5 1 (0.79%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.79%) Google
5 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.79%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.79%) Salesforce