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 29 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 373 260
Rank change year-on-year -277 -113 +79
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 144 346 852
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.69% 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 1.68% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 98 238 789
10th Percentile £66,750 £85,000 £77,500
25th Percentile £71,563 £93,750 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £116,875 £135,000 £148,750
90th Percentile £130,000 £149,125 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% - -6.90%

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 28,395 20,593 26,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.94% 41.12% 32.42%
Number of salaries quoted 17,857 10,448 14,829
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -6.86% -7.27%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -249 141 £100,000 -13.04% 337
London -166 135 £100,000 -13.04% 325
Work from Home -180 39 £100,000 -13.04% 90
UK excluding London -134 9 £57,500 -14.81% 50
North of England -62 6 £57,500 - 6
North West -16 5 £57,500 - 4
Scotland -10 2 £50,000 - 13
North East -63 1 - -
Northern Ireland -79 1 - - 7

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 3 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Apache
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.69%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.78%) 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 10 (6.94%) AWS
2 9 (6.25%) Azure
3 8 (5.56%) GCP
3 8 (5.56%) Snowflake
4 6 (4.17%) GitHub
5 4 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.08%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.39%) SaaS
8 1 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.72%) 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 6 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.08%) Power BI
4 3 (2.08%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.39%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.69%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (12.50%) JIRA
2 7 (4.86%) Git
3 3 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.69%) Postman
4 1 (0.69%) Selenium
4 1 (0.69%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (78.47%) Finance
2 58 (40.28%) Banking
3 40 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 37 (25.69%) Front Office
5 34 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (21.53%) Investment Banking
7 21 (14.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (8.33%) Law
9 11 (7.64%) Financial Institution
10 7 (4.86%) Retail
11 6 (4.17%) Marketing
12 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (2.08%) Back Office
14 3 (2.08%) Prime Brokerage
15 2 (1.39%) Advertising
15 2 (1.39%) General Ledger
15 2 (1.39%) Legal
16 1 (0.69%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
16 1 (0.69%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (33.33%) Senior
2 34 (23.61%) Analyst
3 30 (20.83%) Business Analyst
4 26 (18.06%) Developer
5 19 (13.19%) Software Engineer
6 16 (11.11%) Lead
6 16 (11.11%) Senior Developer
7 14 (9.72%) Python Engineer
7 14 (9.72%) Senior Software Engineer
8 13 (9.03%) Python Software Engineer
9 12 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
10 11 (7.64%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 10 (6.94%) Derivatives Business Analyst
12 9 (6.25%) Qualitative Analyst
12 9 (6.25%) Quantitative Analyst
13 8 (5.56%) Data Analyst
13 8 (5.56%) Risk Analyst
14 7 (4.86%) Market Risk Analyst
14 7 (4.86%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (4.86%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.97%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 12 (8.33%) pytest
3 8 (5.56%) .NET
4 7 (4.86%) React
5 6 (4.17%) Kafka
6 5 (3.47%) Node.js
6 5 (3.47%) RESTful
7 4 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.78%) Redux
8 3 (2.08%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.08%) NumPy
8 3 (2.08%) Pandas
8 3 (2.08%) XML
8 3 (2.08%) XSLT
9 2 (1.39%) FpML
9 2 (1.39%) JSON
9 2 (1.39%) REST
10 1 (0.69%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 57 (39.58%) Fixed Income
2 53 (36.81%) Equities
3 28 (19.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (9.03%) Algorithms
4 13 (9.03%) Equity Derivative
5 12 (8.33%) Market Risk
6 7 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (4.86%) Hedge funds
6 7 (4.86%) Onboarding
7 6 (4.17%) Credit Risk
7 6 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (4.17%) OTC Derivatives
8 4 (2.78%) Distributed Applications
8 4 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.78%) Virtual Team
9 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.08%) Wiki
10 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.39%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.39%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.42%) Linux
2 5 (3.47%) Windows
3 3 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (28.47%) Agile
2 36 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (18.06%) Software Engineering
5 24 (16.67%) Low Latency
5 24 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 23 (15.97%) Computer Science
7 22 (15.28%) Mathematics
7 22 (15.28%) Process Improvement
7 22 (15.28%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (14.58%) Business Analysis
8 21 (14.58%) SDLC
9 17 (11.81%) Analytics
9 17 (11.81%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (11.11%) AI
10 16 (11.11%) Workflow
11 15 (10.42%) Change Management
12 14 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (9.72%) Risk Management
13 13 (9.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 51 (35.42%) Python
2 38 (26.39%) SQL
3 31 (21.53%) C++
4 16 (11.11%) Java
5 13 (9.03%) R
6 10 (6.94%) C#
7 7 (4.86%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.86%) VBA
8 5 (3.47%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.78%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.39%) Bash
10 2 (1.39%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.69%) C
11 1 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (10.42%) Degree
2 8 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.39%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.72%) QA
2 9 (6.25%) MiFID
3 7 (4.86%) Basel III
3 7 (4.86%) EMIR
4 4 (2.78%) SLA
5 3 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.08%) PMO
6 2 (1.39%) GAAP
6 2 (1.39%) IFRS
6 2 (1.39%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.69%) FINREP
System Software
1 5 (3.47%) Docker
2 4 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.78%) SCCM
3 1 (0.69%) Ansible
3 1 (0.69%) Control-M
3 1 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (9.03%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.56%) Bloomberg
3 5 (3.47%) Oracle
4 3 (2.08%) Alteryx
4 3 (2.08%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.39%) Databricks
5 2 (1.39%) Reuters
6 1 (0.69%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.69%) Duck Creek
6 1 (0.69%) FXall
6 1 (0.69%) Guidewire
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%) SAP
6 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.69%) Splunk
6 1 (0.69%) Tradeweb