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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 349 291
Rank change year-on-year -285 -58 +65
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 144 382 810
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.77% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 1.88% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 107 272 754
10th Percentile £66,500 £85,250 £77,500
25th Percentile £83,750 £94,688 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £130,000 £135,313 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £148,750 £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 26,533 20,360 29,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.92% 41.26% 33.52%
Number of salaries quoted 16,809 10,209 17,729
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +3.64% -13.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -267 141 £100,000 -13.04% 91
London -161 136 £100,000 -13.04% 87
Work from Home -188 43 £100,000 -13.04% 22
UK excluding London -117 8 £57,500 -14.81% 11
North West -7 5 £57,500 - 3
North of England -47 5 £57,500 - 4
Scotland +6 2 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland -68 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 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.69%) Apache
2 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.08%) BambooHR
2 1 (0.69%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.69%) Eikon
2 1 (0.69%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.89%) AWS
2 19 (13.19%) Azure
3 17 (11.81%) GCP
4 9 (6.25%) GitHub
5 5 (3.47%) Snowflake
6 4 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.39%) SaaS
8 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.42%) Multicast
2 4 (2.78%) DHCP
2 4 (2.78%) DNS
2 4 (2.78%) VLAN
3 1 (0.69%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.47%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.39%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.69%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.69%) Power BI
5 1 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (14.58%) JIRA
2 11 (7.64%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.69%) Postman
3 1 (0.69%) Selenium
3 1 (0.69%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 119 (82.64%) Finance
2 52 (36.11%) Banking
3 41 (28.47%) Front Office
4 33 (22.92%) Social Skills
5 30 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (19.44%) Investment Banking
7 18 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (6.94%) Financial Institution
9 9 (6.25%) Law
10 7 (4.86%) Marketing
10 7 (4.86%) Retail
11 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (2.08%) Prime Brokerage
14 2 (1.39%) Advertising
14 2 (1.39%) Back Office
14 2 (1.39%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.69%) Legal
15 1 (0.69%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
15 1 (0.69%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (33.33%) Senior
2 39 (27.08%) Developer
3 31 (21.53%) Software Engineer
4 28 (19.44%) Analyst
4 28 (19.44%) Lead
5 23 (15.97%) Python Engineer
6 22 (15.28%) Business Analyst
7 19 (13.19%) Python Software Engineer
8 17 (11.81%) Lead Developer
8 17 (11.81%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (10.42%) C++ Software Engineer
10 14 (9.72%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 14 (9.72%) Senior Developer
11 12 (8.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 12 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
11 12 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
11 12 (8.33%) Python Developer
12 9 (6.25%) React Developer
13 8 (5.56%) Lead Python Developer
13 8 (5.56%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.58%) FIX Protocol
2 20 (13.89%) React
3 17 (11.81%) Node.js
4 16 (11.11%) Redux
5 15 (10.42%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 15 (10.42%) pytest
6 5 (3.47%) .NET
7 4 (2.78%) Kafka
8 3 (2.08%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.08%) NumPy
8 3 (2.08%) Pandas
8 3 (2.08%) RESTful
9 2 (1.39%) FpML
9 2 (1.39%) JSON
9 2 (1.39%) REST
10 1 (0.69%) CSS
10 1 (0.69%) HTML
10 1 (0.69%) Web Services
10 1 (0.69%) XML
10 1 (0.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 63 (43.75%) Fixed Income
2 56 (38.89%) Equities
3 24 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (11.11%) Algorithms
5 12 (8.33%) Market Risk
6 8 (5.56%) Equity Derivative
6 8 (5.56%) Onboarding
7 7 (4.86%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (4.86%) OTC Derivatives
8 6 (4.17%) Credit Risk
8 6 (4.17%) Hedge funds
9 5 (3.47%) Virtual Team
10 4 (2.78%) Wiki
11 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
12 2 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.39%) Reference Data
12 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.69%) Energy Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.50%) Linux
2 5 (3.47%) Windows
3 3 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.03%) Agile
2 39 (27.08%) Software Engineering
3 32 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 30 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (18.06%) Process Improvement
5 26 (18.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (17.36%) Technical Leadership
7 24 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 24 (16.67%) Fintech
8 23 (15.97%) Low Latency
8 23 (15.97%) Mathematics
8 23 (15.97%) SDLC
9 20 (13.89%) Workflow
10 19 (13.19%) Asset Management
11 18 (12.50%) Analytics
11 18 (12.50%) Business Analysis
11 18 (12.50%) Investment Management
12 17 (11.81%) Continuous Integration
12 17 (11.81%) Line Management
12 17 (11.81%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (43.06%) Python
2 32 (22.22%) SQL
3 29 (20.14%) C++
4 20 (13.89%) TypeScript
5 18 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 14 (9.72%) Java
7 13 (9.03%) R
8 9 (6.25%) C#
9 7 (4.86%) VBA
10 4 (2.78%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.39%) Bash
11 2 (1.39%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.69%) C
12 1 (0.69%) Perl
12 1 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (8.33%) Degree
2 6 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.50%) QA
2 11 (7.64%) MiFID
3 7 (4.86%) Basel III
4 6 (4.17%) EMIR
5 4 (2.78%) PMO
6 3 (2.08%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.39%) GAAP
7 2 (1.39%) IFRS
7 2 (1.39%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.69%) FINREP
System Software
1 4 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.78%) SCCM
2 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.39%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.69%) Ansible
3 1 (0.69%) Control-M
3 1 (0.69%) Grafana
3 1 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 14 (9.72%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.86%) Bloomberg
3 4 (2.78%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.08%) Oracle
5 2 (1.39%) Databricks
5 2 (1.39%) Reuters
6 1 (0.69%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.69%) FXall
6 1 (0.69%) Google
6 1 (0.69%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.69%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.69%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.69%) Moogsoft
6 1 (0.69%) Murex
6 1 (0.69%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.69%) SAP
6 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.69%) Splunk
6 1 (0.69%) Tradeweb