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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 295 455
Rank change year-on-year -283 +160 +5
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 124 408 469
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.99% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 2.54% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 100 384 435
10th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £140,000 £147,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.83% +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 24,506 16,039 33,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.05% 39.02% 36.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,576 9,075 22,749
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,358 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -287 121 £102,500 -10.87% 50
London -174 118 £102,500 -10.87% 48
Work from Home -204 26 £112,000 -2.61% 21
UK excluding London -85 4 £65,000 +26.83% 11
North of England -69 2 £65,000 +30.00% 1
North East -32 1 £65,000 +30.00%
North West -37 1 - - 1
South West -42 1 £90,000 +71.43%
Scotland - 1 £50,000 - 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 5 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.61%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.13%) AWS
2 19 (15.32%) Azure
3 16 (12.90%) GCP
3 16 (12.90%) GitHub
4 6 (4.84%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.42%) SaaS
6 2 (1.61%) Azure Batch
6 2 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.61%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.97%) Multicast
2 4 (3.23%) VLAN
3 3 (2.42%) DHCP
3 3 (2.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.81%) Firewall
4 1 (0.81%) Modbus
4 1 (0.81%) RS-485
4 1 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.06%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.84%) Power BI
5 2 (1.61%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.61%) Tableau
6 1 (0.81%) KDB
6 1 (0.81%) Metadata
6 1 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (16.13%) JIRA
2 17 (13.71%) Git
3 4 (3.23%) Selenium
4 2 (1.61%) Cypress.io
General
1 102 (82.26%) Finance
2 59 (47.58%) Front Office
3 45 (36.29%) Banking
4 24 (19.35%) Social Skills
5 22 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (13.71%) Investment Banking
7 8 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.84%) Back Office
8 6 (4.84%) Marketing
9 5 (4.03%) Law
9 5 (4.03%) Retail
10 4 (3.23%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.61%) Legal
11 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.81%) Electronics
12 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (40.32%) Developer
2 32 (25.81%) Software Engineer
3 30 (24.19%) Senior
4 26 (20.97%) Lead
5 23 (18.55%) Python Engineer
6 20 (16.13%) Analyst
7 19 (15.32%) Python Software Engineer
8 18 (14.52%) Lead Developer
9 16 (12.90%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (12.10%) C++ Software Engineer
11 14 (11.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (10.48%) C++ Developer
13 12 (9.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 12 (9.68%) Lead Software Developer
13 12 (9.68%) Lead Software Engineer
14 11 (8.87%) Business Analyst
15 9 (7.26%) React Developer
15 9 (7.26%) Senior Developer
16 8 (6.45%) Lead Python Developer
16 8 (6.45%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (32.26%) FIX Protocol
2 25 (20.16%) React
3 17 (13.71%) Node.js
4 16 (12.90%) Redux
5 15 (12.10%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 15 (12.10%) pytest
6 8 (6.45%) .NET
7 6 (4.84%) Kafka
8 4 (3.23%) CSS
8 4 (3.23%) HTML
8 4 (3.23%) Java Concurrency
8 4 (3.23%) Playwright
9 2 (1.61%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.61%) FpML
9 2 (1.61%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.61%) REST
10 1 (0.81%) Loki
10 1 (0.81%) Pandas
10 1 (0.81%) PySpark
10 1 (0.81%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 60 (48.39%) Equities
1 60 (48.39%) Fixed Income
2 30 (24.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (15.32%) Algorithms
4 12 (9.68%) OTC Derivatives
5 5 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.03%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.03%) Wiki
6 4 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.23%) Equity Derivative
6 4 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.42%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.42%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.61%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (1.61%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.61%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.61%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (29.84%) Linux
2 11 (8.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 11 (8.87%) Windows
3 1 (0.81%) Debian
3 1 (0.81%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.48%) Software Engineering
2 43 (34.68%) Agile
3 38 (30.65%) Low Latency
4 30 (24.19%) Mathematics
5 28 (22.58%) Computer Science
6 25 (20.16%) Fintech
7 23 (18.55%) Mentoring
8 21 (16.94%) Asset Management
8 21 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (16.94%) Process Improvement
9 20 (16.13%) Analytics
10 19 (15.32%) OOP
10 19 (15.32%) Technical Leadership
11 18 (14.52%) Investment Management
12 17 (13.71%) SDLC
12 17 (13.71%) Workflow
13 16 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (12.90%) Line Management
13 16 (12.90%) Portfolio Management
14 14 (11.29%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 53 (42.74%) Python
2 33 (26.61%) C++
3 25 (20.16%) TypeScript
4 24 (19.35%) JavaScript
5 23 (18.55%) Java
5 23 (18.55%) SQL
6 12 (9.68%) C#
7 5 (4.03%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.61%) R
8 2 (1.61%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.61%) VBA
9 1 (0.81%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) Degree
2 9 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.23%) ISEB
3 4 (3.23%) ISTQB
3 4 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.61%) PhD
5 1 (0.81%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (20.16%) QA
2 15 (12.10%) MiFID
3 6 (4.84%) EMIR
4 5 (4.03%) PMO
5 4 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.42%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.61%) Basel III
7 2 (1.61%) COREP
7 2 (1.61%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.81%) FINRA
8 1 (0.81%) GAAP
8 1 (0.81%) IFRS
System Software
1 3 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) iptables
Systems Management
1 3 (2.42%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) Grafana
2 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.87%) Red Hat
3 5 (4.03%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.42%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco
5 1 (0.81%) Databricks
5 1 (0.81%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.81%) Google
5 1 (0.81%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.81%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.81%) Murex
5 1 (0.81%) Salesforce