Derivative Job Trends

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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 301 484
Rank change year-on-year -272 +183 -27
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 120 403 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.99% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 2.54% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 100 361 394
10th Percentile £73,375 £85,000 £65,375
25th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £140,000 £148,750 £142,500
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £153,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +36.59% +7.89% -20.83%

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 23,534 15,886 32,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.14% 38.92% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,004 8,884 22,189
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £44,905 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £79,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,200 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Derivative in the UK

Derivative
Top 10 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 28 March 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 -247 118 £102,500 -10.87% 45
London -171 113 £103,750 -9.78% 44
Work from Home -191 29 £115,000 - 11
UK excluding London -70 4 £70,000 +36.59% 5
North of England -60 2 £65,000 +30.00% 1
West Midlands -12 1 £70,000 -
North East -25 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
North West -27 1 - -
Midlands -32 1 £70,000 -
South West -39 1 £90,000 +71.43%

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 (3.33%) Apache
1 4 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.83%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (2.50%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 25 (20.83%) AWS
2 20 (16.67%) Azure
3 17 (14.17%) GCP
4 16 (13.33%) GitHub
5 7 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.00%) Snowflake
7 4 (3.33%) dbt
8 2 (1.67%) Azure Batch
8 2 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.67%) SaaS
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (22.50%) Multicast
2 2 (1.67%) VLAN
3 1 (0.83%) DHCP
3 1 (0.83%) DNS
3 1 (0.83%) Firewall
3 1 (0.83%) Modbus
3 1 (0.83%) RS-485
3 1 (0.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.17%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (9.17%) Relational Database
3 9 (7.50%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.83%) Power BI
5 4 (3.33%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (3.33%) Apache Arrow
5 4 (3.33%) Apache Iceberg
5 4 (3.33%) Apache Ignite
5 4 (3.33%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.33%) Dremio
6 2 (1.67%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.67%) Tableau
7 1 (0.83%) KDB
7 1 (0.83%) Metadata
7 1 (0.83%) MySQL
7 1 (0.83%) Redis
7 1 (0.83%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 19 (15.83%) JIRA
2 18 (15.00%) Git
3 4 (3.33%) Selenium
4 2 (1.67%) Cypress.io
General
1 98 (81.67%) Finance
2 63 (52.50%) Front Office
3 47 (39.17%) Banking
4 23 (19.17%) Social Skills
5 21 (17.50%) Investment Banking
6 18 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.83%) Marketing
8 6 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (4.17%) Back Office
10 4 (3.33%) Law
10 4 (3.33%) Retail
11 3 (2.50%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.67%) Legal
12 2 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.83%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.83%) Electronics
13 1 (0.83%) French Language
13 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (42.50%) Developer
2 35 (29.17%) Software Engineer
3 27 (22.50%) Python Engineer
4 26 (21.67%) Senior
5 25 (20.83%) Lead
6 23 (19.17%) Python Software Engineer
7 20 (16.67%) Analyst
8 19 (15.83%) Lead Developer
9 17 (14.17%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
11 14 (11.67%) C++ Developer
11 14 (11.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (10.83%) Lead Software Developer
13 12 (10.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 12 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
14 10 (8.33%) Business Analyst
15 9 (7.50%) Java Engineer
15 9 (7.50%) React Developer
16 8 (6.67%) Lead Python Developer
16 8 (6.67%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (34.17%) FIX Protocol
2 26 (21.67%) React
3 17 (14.17%) Node.js
4 16 (13.33%) Redux
5 15 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 15 (12.50%) pytest
6 9 (7.50%) .NET
7 6 (5.00%) Kafka
8 5 (4.17%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (4.17%) Pandas
9 4 (3.33%) CSS
9 4 (3.33%) gRPC
9 4 (3.33%) HTML
9 4 (3.33%) NumPy
9 4 (3.33%) Playwright
9 4 (3.33%) Protocol Buffers
9 4 (3.33%) SciPy
10 2 (1.67%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.67%) FpML
10 2 (1.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 58 (48.33%) Equities
1 58 (48.33%) Fixed Income
2 29 (24.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 21 (17.50%) Algorithms
4 12 (10.00%) OTC Derivatives
5 5 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.17%) Hedge funds
6 4 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.33%) Pricing Data
6 4 (3.33%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.33%) Wiki
7 3 (2.50%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.50%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.50%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (2.50%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 3 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.50%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.67%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.67%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 40 (33.33%) Linux
2 12 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (8.33%) Windows
4 1 (0.83%) Debian
4 1 (0.83%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (40.83%) Agile
2 47 (39.17%) Software Engineering
3 39 (32.50%) Low Latency
4 31 (25.83%) Mathematics
5 27 (22.50%) Computer Science
6 25 (20.83%) Fintech
7 24 (20.00%) Asset Management
8 23 (19.17%) Investment Management
9 21 (17.50%) Analytics
10 20 (16.67%) Mentoring
11 19 (15.83%) OOP
11 19 (15.83%) Process Improvement
12 17 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (14.17%) SDLC
12 17 (14.17%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (14.17%) Workflow
13 16 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (13.33%) Line Management
13 16 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
14 14 (11.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 59 (49.17%) Python
2 32 (26.67%) C++
3 30 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 28 (23.33%) Java
4 28 (23.33%) JavaScript
5 20 (16.67%) SQL
6 14 (11.67%) C#
7 3 (2.50%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.67%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.67%) VBA
9 1 (0.83%) R
9 1 (0.83%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (19.17%) Degree
2 8 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.33%) ISEB
3 4 (3.33%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.67%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.67%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.67%) PhD
5 1 (0.83%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (20.83%) QA
2 12 (10.00%) MiFID
3 4 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (3.33%) EMIR
3 4 (3.33%) PMO
4 3 (2.50%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.67%) COREP
5 2 (1.67%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.83%) Basel III
6 1 (0.83%) FINRA
System Software
1 3 (2.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Ansible
2 1 (0.83%) Grafana
2 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.83%) SCCM
2 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 11 (9.17%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.33%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.67%) Databricks
4 2 (1.67%) Google
5 1 (0.83%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.83%) Cisco
5 1 (0.83%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.83%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.83%) Murex
5 1 (0.83%) Salesforce