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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 323 383
Rank change year-on-year -296 +60 +11
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 121 414 715
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.93% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 2.17% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 92 313 669
10th Percentile £67,750 £85,000 £72,500
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 £148,750
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% -31.03%

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 23,508 19,117 36,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.30% 42.98% 33.86%
Number of salaries quoted 14,937 9,027 23,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,530
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 £51,356 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% - -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 14 June 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 14 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 -270 119 £102,500 -10.87% 52
London -182 117 £102,500 -10.87% 44
Work from Home -192 27 £100,000 -13.04% 31
UK excluding London -119 4 £57,500 -14.81% 15
North West -17 2 £57,500 - 6
North of England -55 2 £57,500 - 10
Scotland +11 1 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland -31 1 - - 3

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 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.83%) Apache
2 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.83%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) BambooHR
1 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.70%) AWS
2 18 (14.88%) Azure
3 16 (13.22%) GCP
4 14 (11.57%) GitHub
5 4 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.48%) SaaS
7 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.65%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.83%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.88%) Multicast
2 4 (3.31%) DHCP
2 4 (3.31%) DNS
2 4 (3.31%) VLAN
3 1 (0.83%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.22%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.31%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.65%) Power BI
5 1 (0.83%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.83%) KDB
5 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.83%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (18.18%) JIRA
2 16 (13.22%) Git
3 1 (0.83%) Postman
3 1 (0.83%) SoapUI
General
1 99 (81.82%) Finance
2 45 (37.19%) Banking
3 37 (30.58%) Front Office
4 28 (23.14%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (18.18%) Social Skills
6 20 (16.53%) Investment Banking
7 17 (14.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (8.26%) Financial Institution
9 7 (5.79%) Law
9 7 (5.79%) Retail
10 5 (4.13%) Marketing
11 4 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.65%) Advertising
12 2 (1.65%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.65%) Legal
12 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.65%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.83%) Back Office
13 1 (0.83%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (33.06%) Senior
2 36 (29.75%) Developer
3 33 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 26 (21.49%) Lead
4 26 (21.49%) Python Engineer
5 22 (18.18%) Python Software Engineer
6 20 (16.53%) Analyst
7 18 (14.88%) C++ Software Engineer
7 18 (14.88%) Senior Software Engineer
8 17 (14.05%) Lead Developer
8 17 (14.05%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 12 (9.92%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 12 (9.92%) Lead Software Developer
9 12 (9.92%) Lead Software Engineer
10 10 (8.26%) Business Analyst
10 10 (8.26%) Python Developer
10 10 (8.26%) Senior Developer
11 9 (7.44%) React Developer
12 8 (6.61%) Lead Python Developer
12 8 (6.61%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.83%) FIX Protocol
2 20 (16.53%) React
3 18 (14.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 18 (14.88%) pytest
4 17 (14.05%) Node.js
5 16 (13.22%) Redux
6 3 (2.48%) Kafka
7 2 (1.65%) .NET
7 2 (1.65%) FpML
7 2 (1.65%) JSON
7 2 (1.65%) NumPy
7 2 (1.65%) Pandas
7 2 (1.65%) REST
7 2 (1.65%) RESTful
8 1 (0.83%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.83%) Django
8 1 (0.83%) Flask
8 1 (0.83%) Java Concurrency
8 1 (0.83%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (51.24%) Fixed Income
2 56 (46.28%) Equities
3 25 (20.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 19 (15.70%) Algorithms
5 11 (9.09%) OTC Derivatives
6 10 (8.26%) Market Risk
7 7 (5.79%) Equity Derivative
7 7 (5.79%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.96%) Onboarding
9 4 (3.31%) Virtual Team
9 4 (3.31%) Wiki
10 3 (2.48%) Data Structures
10 3 (2.48%) Reference Data
11 2 (1.65%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.65%) Hedge funds
11 2 (1.65%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.83%) Credit Risk
12 1 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
12 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.18%) Linux
2 5 (4.13%) Windows
3 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (39.67%) Agile
2 42 (34.71%) Software Engineering
3 30 (24.79%) Mentoring
4 29 (23.97%) Computer Science
5 28 (23.14%) Mathematics
5 28 (23.14%) Process Improvement
6 27 (22.31%) Low Latency
7 26 (21.49%) Fintech
7 26 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (21.49%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (18.18%) SDLC
9 21 (17.36%) Workflow
10 20 (16.53%) Continuous Integration
10 20 (16.53%) OOP
11 19 (15.70%) Analytics
12 18 (14.88%) Asset Management
12 18 (14.88%) Investment Management
12 18 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (14.05%) Line Management
14 16 (13.22%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 59 (48.76%) Python
2 32 (26.45%) C++
3 20 (16.53%) TypeScript
4 18 (14.88%) SQL
5 17 (14.05%) JavaScript
6 10 (8.26%) Java
7 9 (7.44%) C#
7 9 (7.44%) R
8 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.48%) VBA
10 1 (0.83%) Bash
10 1 (0.83%) Rust
10 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (14.88%) Degree
2 8 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.83%) CFA
3 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.36%) QA
2 15 (12.40%) MiFID
3 8 (6.61%) Basel III
4 7 (5.79%) EMIR
5 4 (3.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (3.31%) PMO
6 3 (2.48%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.65%) GAAP
7 2 (1.65%) IFRS
7 2 (1.65%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (3.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) SCCM
2 1 (0.83%) Grafana
2 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.13%) Bloomberg
3 4 (3.31%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.83%) Databricks
4 1 (0.83%) Google
4 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle
4 1 (0.83%) Reuters
4 1 (0.83%) Salesforce