Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 25 July 2021

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 have cited Derivative over the 6 months to 25 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Derivatives
UK
6 months to
25 Jul 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 363 294 390
Rank change year-on-year -69 +96 +63
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 992 764 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.08% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.26% 3.04% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 767 677 980
10th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £53,750
25th Percentile £75,625 £75,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £102,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +28.13% -
75th Percentile £122,500 £132,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £142,500 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

Derivative is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 43,951 25,091 50,776
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 39.08% 35.46% 35.20%
Number of salaries quoted 26,616 19,967 38,838
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% +0.95%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Derivative as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Derivative in the UK

Derivative
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Derivative.

Salary trend for Derivative in the UK

Derivative
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Derivative over the 6 months to 25 July 2021.

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 25 July 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
England -64 986 £100,000 -2.44% 95
London -48 970 £100,000 -2.44% 93
Work from Home -159 100 £116,250 +8.14% 15
UK excluding London -123 18 £60,000 - 3
South East -63 13 £60,000 -40.00% 1
East of England - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £45,000 - 1
Midlands -67 1 £165,000 +175.00%
East Midlands - 1 £165,000 -

For the 6 months to 25 July 2021, IT jobs citing Derivative also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Derivative.

1 783 (78.93%) Finance
2 557 (56.15%) Front Office
3 535 (53.93%) Python
4 475 (47.88%) Equities
5 430 (43.35%) AWS
6 418 (42.14%) Agile Software Development
6 418 (42.14%) Java
7 397 (40.02%) Fixed Income
8 379 (38.21%) Software Engineering
9 346 (34.88%) Asset Management
10 344 (34.68%) Analytics
11 335 (33.77%) Hedge funds
12 330 (33.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 328 (33.06%) JavaScript
14 303 (30.54%) Investment Management
15 276 (27.82%) SQL
16 275 (27.72%) React
17 249 (25.10%) AngularJS
18 226 (22.78%) GCP
19 224 (22.58%) Azure
20 222 (22.38%) Web Services
21 216 (21.77%) Banking
22 202 (20.36%) C#
23 179 (18.04%) Social Skills
24 173 (17.44%) Vue.js
25 148 (14.92%) Scala
26 146 (14.72%) Kotlin
27 145 (14.62%) Equity Derivative
27 145 (14.62%) C++
28 142 (14.31%) Investment Banking

Derivative
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 78 (7.86%) Apache
2 33 (3.33%) Apache Spark
3 27 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.71%) Confluence
6 4 (0.40%) Drupal
6 4 (0.40%) Facebook Platform
7 3 (0.30%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.20%) Apache Pig
8 2 (0.20%) MTS
8 2 (0.20%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 44 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.20%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.30%) PolarLake
3 2 (0.20%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 2 (0.20%) thinkFolio
4 1 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.10%) FINCAD Analytics
4 1 (0.10%) Kondor
4 1 (0.10%) Salerio
Cloud Services
1 430 (43.35%) AWS
2 226 (22.78%) GCP
3 224 (22.58%) Azure
4 129 (13.00%) Serverless
5 89 (8.97%) Amazon S3
6 86 (8.67%) Amazon EC2
7 85 (8.57%) AWS Lambda
8 36 (3.63%) Stackdriver
9 33 (3.33%) Firebase
10 28 (2.82%) OpenShift
11 21 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (2.12%) Snowflake
12 19 (1.92%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.50%) SaaS
16 4 (0.40%) DigitalOcean
16 4 (0.40%) PaaS
17 3 (0.30%) Amazon EMR
18 2 (0.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.81%) HTTP
2 7 (0.71%) Internet
2 7 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.60%) FIX Connectivity
4 5 (0.50%) GSM
5 4 (0.40%) Firewall
5 4 (0.40%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (0.40%) SSL
6 2 (0.20%) LAN
7 1 (0.10%) Multicast
7 1 (0.10%) Unicast
7 1 (0.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.46%) Apache Ignite
1 74 (7.46%) Relational Database
2 73 (7.36%) Amazon DynamoDB
3 42 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (3.83%) DB2
4 38 (3.83%) RDBMS
5 32 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
6 31 (3.13%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.42%) KDB
8 21 (2.12%) MongoDB
9 20 (2.02%) Amazon Aurora
9 20 (2.02%) Apache Cassandra
10 17 (1.71%) Data Mart
10 17 (1.71%) Power BI
11 15 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (1.21%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.01%) Big Data
14 9 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.81%) Blockchain
15 8 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 79 (7.96%) Git (software)
2 51 (5.14%) Eclipse
2 51 (5.14%) IntelliJ
3 50 (5.04%) Gradle
4 38 (3.83%) Jenkins
5 35 (3.53%) Bitbucket Server
6 34 (3.43%) JIRA
7 29 (2.92%) Maven
8 27 (2.72%) Artifactory
8 27 (2.72%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.91%) Subversion
10 6 (0.60%) GitLab
11 2 (0.20%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.20%) ERwin
11 2 (0.20%) JUnit
11 2 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.10%) GDB
12 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 783 (78.93%) Finance
2 557 (56.15%) Front Office
3 216 (21.77%) Banking
4 179 (18.04%) Social Skills
5 142 (14.31%) Investment Banking
6 65 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (4.23%) Retail
8 33 (3.33%) Back Office
9 20 (2.02%) Advertising
9 20 (2.02%) Automotive
10 19 (1.92%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.51%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.71%) Legal
16 5 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.40%) Law
18 1 (0.10%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 561 (56.55%) Developer
2 224 (22.58%) Software Engineer
3 209 (21.07%) Python Developer
4 191 (19.25%) Analyst
5 167 (16.83%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 145 (14.62%) Java Developer
7 130 (13.10%) Front Office Developer
8 106 (10.69%) Python Engineer
9 105 (10.58%) Senior Developer
10 99 (9.98%) JavaScript Developer
11 96 (9.68%) Python Software Engineer
12 79 (7.96%) Business Analyst
13 73 (7.36%) Lead Developer
14 71 (7.16%) AWS Developer
15 64 (6.45%) Applications Support
16 60 (6.05%) .NET Developer
16 60 (6.05%) AWS Engineer
17 58 (5.85%) Senior Python Developer
18 56 (5.65%) AWS Software Engineer
19 55 (5.54%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (27.72%) React
2 249 (25.10%) AngularJS
3 222 (22.38%) Web Services
4 173 (17.44%) Vue.js
5 117 (11.79%) .NET
6 93 (9.38%) Spring
7 88 (8.87%) Node.js
8 79 (7.96%) .NET Core
9 54 (5.44%) ASP.NET
9 54 (5.44%) GraphQL
10 51 (5.14%) FIX Protocol
11 49 (4.94%) ASP.NET Core
12 48 (4.84%) ASP.NET Web API
13 39 (3.93%) Spring Boot
14 38 (3.83%) Kafka
14 38 (3.83%) SQLAlchemy
15 32 (3.23%) Shiny
16 28 (2.82%) REST
17 26 (2.62%) HTML
18 23 (2.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 475 (47.88%) Equities
2 397 (40.02%) Fixed Income
3 335 (33.77%) Hedge funds
4 330 (33.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 145 (14.62%) Equity Derivative
6 81 (8.17%) Market Risk
7 80 (8.06%) Greenfield Project
8 56 (5.65%) Credit Risk
9 53 (5.34%) OTC Derivatives
10 50 (5.04%) Data Structures
11 47 (4.74%) Algorithms
12 37 (3.73%) User Experience
13 32 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
14 30 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
15 27 (2.72%) Video\Live Streaming
16 26 (2.62%) Credit Derivative
17 16 (1.61%) Exotic Derivative
18 14 (1.41%) Management Information System
18 14 (1.41%) Reference Data
19 9 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 139 (14.01%) Unix
2 120 (12.10%) Linux
3 61 (6.15%) Windows
4 5 (0.50%) CentOS
4 5 (0.50%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.40%) Debian
6 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
7 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (42.14%) Agile Software Development
2 379 (38.21%) Software Engineering
3 346 (34.88%) Asset Management
4 344 (34.68%) Analytics
5 303 (30.54%) Investment Management
6 141 (14.21%) Fintech
7 137 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (12.00%) Risk Management
9 102 (10.28%) Migration
10 96 (9.68%) Data Analytics
11 95 (9.58%) DevOps
12 90 (9.07%) Scrum
13 80 (8.06%) SDLC
14 78 (7.86%) TDD
15 73 (7.36%) Microservices
16 62 (6.25%) Risk Analytics
17 60 (6.05%) Data Management
18 56 (5.65%) Test Automation
18 56 (5.65%) Workflow
19 54 (5.44%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 535 (53.93%) Python
2 418 (42.14%) Java
3 328 (33.06%) JavaScript
4 276 (27.82%) SQL
5 202 (20.36%) C#
6 148 (14.92%) Scala
7 146 (14.72%) Kotlin
8 145 (14.62%) C++
9 132 (13.31%) TypeScript
10 79 (7.96%) Clojure
11 49 (4.94%) R
12 33 (3.33%) VBA
13 30 (3.02%) Bash Shell
14 24 (2.42%) Perl
15 17 (1.71%) MATLAB
16 11 (1.11%) ES6
16 11 (1.11%) Go
16 11 (1.11%) Groovy
17 10 (1.01%) Java 8
17 10 (1.01%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (6.05%) Degree
2 18 (1.81%) Numerate Degree
3 7 (0.71%) Postgraduate
4 6 (0.60%) PhD
5 5 (0.50%) Chartered Engineer
5 5 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.30%) CFA
7 3 (0.30%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.10%) ACCA
9 1 (0.10%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (13.41%) QA
2 60 (6.05%) MiFID
3 33 (3.33%) EMIR
4 9 (0.91%) Basel II
4 9 (0.91%) CRD IV
5 5 (0.50%) HAZOP
5 5 (0.50%) IEC 61508
5 5 (0.50%) ISO 26262
5 5 (0.50%) PMO
6 4 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
7 3 (0.30%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.20%) Basel III
9 1 (0.10%) FATCA
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.10%) Solvency II
System Software
1 87 (8.77%) Docker
2 27 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.20%) Apache Flume
3 2 (0.20%) Platform Symphony
Systems Management
1 61 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.13%) Terraform
3 6 (0.60%) Puppet
4 4 (0.40%) Ansible
4 4 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (0.40%) Opscode Chef
4 4 (0.40%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.20%) Control-M
6 1 (0.10%) Kibana
6 1 (0.10%) Nagios
Vendors
1 53 (5.34%) Sybase
2 38 (3.83%) Oracle
3 29 (2.92%) Microsoft
4 28 (2.82%) Murex
5 22 (2.22%) Bloomberg
6 19 (1.92%) Greenplum
7 12 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.81%) Google
9 6 (0.60%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.60%) Reuters
10 5 (0.50%) Calypso
11 4 (0.40%) Charles River
11 4 (0.40%) Facebook
11 4 (0.40%) Instagram
11 4 (0.40%) Salesforce.com
11 4 (0.40%) Sophis
12 3 (0.30%) FactSet
12 3 (0.30%) Palantir
12 3 (0.30%) Refinitiv
12 3 (0.30%) SmartCo
96 Derivative job vacancies Nationwide