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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 322 376
Rank change year-on-year -297 +54 +24
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 120 415 741
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.92% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 2.15% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 93 312 695
10th Percentile £65,500 £85,000 £73,000
25th Percentile £90,000 £92,188 £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 £152,500 £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 24,018 19,262 36,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.51% 42.92% 33.51%
Number of salaries quoted 15,300 9,143 23,648
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,125 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -295 118 £101,250 -11.96% 44
London -196 115 £102,500 -10.87% 41
Work from Home -192 27 £100,000 -13.04% 25
UK excluding London -85 5 £57,500 -14.81% 21
North West -3 3 £57,500 - 3
North of England -39 3 £57,500 - 4
Scotland +2 1 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland -32 1 - - 12

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%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.83%) Apache
2 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.83%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.83%) AWS
2 18 (15.00%) Azure
3 16 (13.33%) GCP
4 13 (10.83%) GitHub
5 4 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.50%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.67%) SaaS
8 1 (0.83%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.83%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.17%) Multicast
2 4 (3.33%) DHCP
2 4 (3.33%) DNS
2 4 (3.33%) VLAN
3 1 (0.83%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.33%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.83%) Power BI
4 1 (0.83%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (17.50%) JIRA
2 15 (12.50%) Git
3 1 (0.83%) Postman
3 1 (0.83%) SoapUI
General
1 98 (81.67%) Finance
2 44 (36.67%) Banking
3 36 (30.00%) Front Office
4 28 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (18.33%) Social Skills
6 21 (17.50%) Investment Banking
7 17 (14.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (7.50%) Financial Institution
9 7 (5.83%) Law
9 7 (5.83%) Retail
10 5 (4.17%) Marketing
11 4 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.50%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.67%) Advertising
13 2 (1.67%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.67%) Legal
13 2 (1.67%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.83%) Back Office
14 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (32.50%) Senior
2 37 (30.83%) Developer
3 31 (25.83%) Software Engineer
4 26 (21.67%) Lead
5 25 (20.83%) Python Engineer
6 21 (17.50%) Python Software Engineer
7 20 (16.67%) Analyst
8 17 (14.17%) C++ Software Engineer
8 17 (14.17%) Lead Developer
8 17 (14.17%) Senior Software Engineer
9 16 (13.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 12 (10.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 12 (10.00%) Lead Software Developer
10 12 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
11 11 (9.17%) Python Developer
11 11 (9.17%) Senior Developer
12 10 (8.33%) Business Analyst
13 9 (7.50%) React Developer
14 8 (6.67%) Lead Python Developer
14 8 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (18.33%) FIX Protocol
2 20 (16.67%) React
3 17 (14.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 17 (14.17%) Node.js
3 17 (14.17%) pytest
4 16 (13.33%) Redux
5 2 (1.67%) .NET
5 2 (1.67%) FpML
5 2 (1.67%) JSON
5 2 (1.67%) Kafka
5 2 (1.67%) NumPy
5 2 (1.67%) Pandas
5 2 (1.67%) REST
5 2 (1.67%) RESTful
6 1 (0.83%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.83%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.83%) Django
6 1 (0.83%) Flask
6 1 (0.83%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (51.67%) Fixed Income
2 53 (44.17%) Equities
3 23 (19.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (14.17%) Algorithms
5 10 (8.33%) Market Risk
5 10 (8.33%) OTC Derivatives
6 7 (5.83%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (5.00%) Equity Derivative
8 5 (4.17%) Onboarding
9 4 (3.33%) Virtual Team
9 4 (3.33%) Wiki
10 3 (2.50%) Data Structures
10 3 (2.50%) Reference Data
11 2 (1.67%) Credit Risk
11 2 (1.67%) Hedge funds
11 2 (1.67%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.83%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.83%) Energy Derivatives
12 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.50%) Linux
2 5 (4.17%) Windows
3 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (39.17%) Agile
2 40 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 31 (25.83%) Mentoring
4 27 (22.50%) Computer Science
4 27 (22.50%) Process Improvement
5 26 (21.67%) Mathematics
5 26 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (21.67%) Technical Leadership
6 25 (20.83%) Fintech
7 24 (20.00%) Low Latency
8 21 (17.50%) SDLC
9 20 (16.67%) Analytics
9 20 (16.67%) Workflow
10 19 (15.83%) Continuous Integration
10 19 (15.83%) OOP
10 19 (15.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (15.00%) Asset Management
11 18 (15.00%) Investment Management
12 17 (14.17%) Line Management
13 16 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (50.00%) Python
2 31 (25.83%) C++
3 20 (16.67%) SQL
3 20 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 17 (14.17%) JavaScript
5 10 (8.33%) R
6 9 (7.50%) C#
7 7 (5.83%) Java
8 4 (3.33%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.33%) VBA
9 1 (0.83%) Bash
9 1 (0.83%) Rust
9 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (13.33%) Degree
2 7 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.67%) QA
2 14 (11.67%) MiFID
3 8 (6.67%) Basel III
4 6 (5.00%) EMIR
5 4 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (3.33%) PMO
6 3 (2.50%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.67%) GAAP
7 2 (1.67%) IFRS
7 2 (1.67%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.33%) SCCM
2 1 (0.83%) Grafana
2 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.17%) Bloomberg
3 4 (3.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.83%) Databricks
4 1 (0.83%) Google
4 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle
4 1 (0.83%) Reuters
4 1 (0.83%) Salesforce