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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 341 314
Rank change year-on-year -293 -27 +45
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 138 384 807
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.78% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 1.90% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 104 274 749
10th Percentile £65,750 £83,250 £77,500
25th Percentile £90,000 £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 £130,000 £136,250 £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 25,799 20,211 31,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.79% 41.08% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 16,442 10,061 19,771
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,251 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -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 21 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 21 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 -235 136 £100,000 -13.04% 76
London -152 131 £102,500 -10.87% 73
Work from Home -181 42 £100,000 -13.04% 22
UK excluding London -109 7 £57,500 -14.81% 7
North West -9 5 £57,500 - 2
North of England -37 5 £57,500 - 3
Scotland +5 1 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland -67 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 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) Apache
2 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.72%) Confluence
2 1 (0.72%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) BambooHR
2 1 (0.72%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.72%) Eikon
2 1 (0.72%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.77%) AWS
2 18 (13.04%) Azure
3 16 (11.59%) GCP
4 10 (7.25%) GitHub
5 4 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.90%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.45%) SaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.59%) Multicast
2 4 (2.90%) DHCP
2 4 (2.90%) DNS
2 4 (2.90%) VLAN
3 1 (0.72%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.59%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.62%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.72%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.72%) Power BI
5 1 (0.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (15.94%) JIRA
2 12 (8.70%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.72%) Postman
3 1 (0.72%) Selenium
3 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (81.88%) Finance
2 52 (37.68%) Banking
3 40 (28.99%) Front Office
4 33 (23.91%) Social Skills
5 29 (21.01%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (21.01%) Investment Banking
6 16 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (7.25%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.07%) Law
8 7 (5.07%) Marketing
8 7 (5.07%) Retail
9 5 (3.62%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.45%) Advertising
11 2 (1.45%) Back Office
11 2 (1.45%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.45%) Legal
11 2 (1.45%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (34.78%) Senior
2 39 (28.26%) Developer
3 31 (22.46%) Software Engineer
4 28 (20.29%) Analyst
4 28 (20.29%) Lead
5 24 (17.39%) Python Engineer
6 20 (14.49%) Python Software Engineer
7 18 (13.04%) Business Analyst
8 17 (12.32%) Lead Developer
8 17 (12.32%) Senior Software Engineer
9 16 (11.59%) C++ Software Engineer
10 15 (10.87%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 14 (10.14%) Senior Developer
12 12 (8.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (8.70%) Lead Software Developer
12 12 (8.70%) Lead Software Engineer
12 12 (8.70%) Python Developer
13 9 (6.52%) React Developer
14 8 (5.80%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (5.80%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.22%) FIX Protocol
1 21 (15.22%) React
2 17 (12.32%) Node.js
3 16 (11.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 16 (11.59%) pytest
3 16 (11.59%) Redux
4 4 (2.90%) .NET
5 3 (2.17%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.17%) Kafka
5 3 (2.17%) NumPy
5 3 (2.17%) Pandas
6 2 (1.45%) FpML
6 2 (1.45%) JSON
6 2 (1.45%) REST
6 2 (1.45%) RESTful
7 1 (0.72%) Django
7 1 (0.72%) Flask
7 1 (0.72%) HTML
7 1 (0.72%) SciPy
7 1 (0.72%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 63 (45.65%) Fixed Income
2 55 (39.86%) Equities
3 24 (17.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (12.32%) Algorithms
5 12 (8.70%) Market Risk
6 8 (5.80%) Equity Derivative
6 8 (5.80%) Onboarding
6 8 (5.80%) OTC Derivatives
7 7 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.35%) Credit Risk
9 5 (3.62%) Hedge funds
9 5 (3.62%) Virtual Team
10 4 (2.90%) Wiki
11 3 (2.17%) Data Structures
12 2 (1.45%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.45%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.45%) Reference Data
13 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.72%) Energy Derivatives
13 1 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.77%) Linux
2 5 (3.62%) Windows
3 3 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.33%) Agile
2 40 (28.99%) Software Engineering
3 31 (22.46%) Mentoring
4 28 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (18.84%) Process Improvement
5 26 (18.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (18.84%) Technical Leadership
6 25 (18.12%) Computer Science
6 25 (18.12%) Fintech
6 25 (18.12%) Mathematics
7 24 (17.39%) Low Latency
8 23 (16.67%) SDLC
9 20 (14.49%) Workflow
10 19 (13.77%) Analytics
11 18 (13.04%) Asset Management
11 18 (13.04%) Investment Management
12 17 (12.32%) Continuous Integration
12 17 (12.32%) Line Management
12 17 (12.32%) OOP
13 16 (11.59%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (45.65%) Python
2 31 (22.46%) SQL
3 30 (21.74%) C++
4 21 (15.22%) TypeScript
5 18 (13.04%) JavaScript
6 13 (9.42%) Java
6 13 (9.42%) R
7 9 (6.52%) C#
8 7 (5.07%) VBA
9 4 (2.90%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.45%) Bash
10 2 (1.45%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.72%) C
11 1 (0.72%) Perl
11 1 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (10.14%) Degree
2 6 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.77%) QA
2 12 (8.70%) MiFID
3 7 (5.07%) Basel III
4 6 (4.35%) EMIR
5 4 (2.90%) PMO
6 3 (2.17%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.45%) GAAP
7 2 (1.45%) IFRS
7 2 (1.45%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.72%) FINREP
System Software
1 4 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.90%) SCCM
2 2 (1.45%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) Control-M
3 1 (0.72%) Grafana
3 1 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.07%) Bloomberg
3 4 (2.90%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.17%) Oracle
5 2 (1.45%) Reuters
6 1 (0.72%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.72%) Databricks
6 1 (0.72%) FXall
6 1 (0.72%) Google
6 1 (0.72%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.72%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.72%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.72%) Moogsoft
6 1 (0.72%) Murex
6 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.72%) SAP
6 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.72%) Splunk
6 1 (0.72%) Tradeweb