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 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 314 406
Rank change year-on-year -272 +92 +17
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 126 416 606
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.94% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 2.22% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 96 364 559
10th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £66,250
25th Percentile £87,500 £93,688 £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 £147,500 £145,625
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £58,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.13% +17.50% -44.44%

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 24,276 18,775 34,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.48% 42.63% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,706 9,185 23,017
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -263 124 £100,000 -13.04% 65
London -187 123 £101,250 -11.96% 60
Work from Home -196 28 £100,000 -13.04% 29
UK excluding London -79 3 £57,500 -2.13% 16
Scotland -3 1 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland -36 1 - - 2
North East -40 1 £65,000 +30.00%
North of England -53 1 £65,000 +30.00% 7

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 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.79%) Apache
2 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.79%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.08%) AWS
2 18 (14.29%) Azure
3 16 (12.70%) GCP
4 13 (10.32%) GitHub
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.17%) SaaS
6 3 (2.38%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.67%) Multicast
2 4 (3.17%) DHCP
2 4 (3.17%) DNS
2 4 (3.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.70%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.35%) Relational Database
3 6 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.38%) Power BI
5 2 (1.59%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.79%) KDB
6 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (16.67%) JIRA
2 15 (11.90%) Git
3 1 (0.79%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.79%) Postman
3 1 (0.79%) Selenium
3 1 (0.79%) SoapUI
General
1 105 (83.33%) Finance
2 49 (38.89%) Front Office
3 47 (37.30%) Banking
4 28 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (17.46%) Social Skills
6 21 (16.67%) Investment Banking
7 15 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (8.73%) Financial Institution
9 7 (5.56%) Law
9 7 (5.56%) Retail
10 6 (4.76%) Marketing
11 4 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.59%) Advertising
12 2 (1.59%) Back Office
12 2 (1.59%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.59%) Legal
12 2 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.59%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.79%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (33.33%) Developer
2 38 (30.16%) Senior
3 33 (26.19%) Software Engineer
4 26 (20.63%) Lead
5 24 (19.05%) Python Engineer
6 22 (17.46%) Analyst
7 20 (15.87%) Python Software Engineer
8 18 (14.29%) Lead Developer
9 17 (13.49%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (12.70%) C++ Software Engineer
11 15 (11.90%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (9.52%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (9.52%) Lead Software Developer
12 12 (9.52%) Lead Software Engineer
13 10 (7.94%) Business Analyst
14 9 (7.14%) Python Developer
14 9 (7.14%) React Developer
14 9 (7.14%) Senior Developer
15 8 (6.35%) Market Analyst
15 8 (6.35%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.02%) FIX Protocol
2 22 (17.46%) React
3 17 (13.49%) Node.js
4 16 (12.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 16 (12.70%) pytest
4 16 (12.70%) Redux
5 4 (3.17%) .NET
5 4 (3.17%) Kafka
6 2 (1.59%) FpML
6 2 (1.59%) Java Concurrency
6 2 (1.59%) JSON
6 2 (1.59%) REST
7 1 (0.79%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.79%) CSS
7 1 (0.79%) NumPy
7 1 (0.79%) Pandas
7 1 (0.79%) Playwright
7 1 (0.79%) RESTful
7 1 (0.79%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 61 (48.41%) Fixed Income
2 57 (45.24%) Equities
3 28 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (14.29%) Algorithms
5 12 (9.52%) OTC Derivatives
6 9 (7.14%) Market Risk
7 7 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.76%) Equity Derivative
9 5 (3.97%) Onboarding
9 5 (3.97%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.97%) Wiki
10 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.38%) Reference Data
11 2 (1.59%) ASIC
11 2 (1.59%) Credit Risk
11 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
11 2 (1.59%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (19.84%) Linux
2 7 (5.56%) Windows
3 5 (3.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.30%) Agile
2 44 (34.92%) Software Engineering
3 31 (24.60%) Low Latency
4 29 (23.02%) Mentoring
5 27 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 27 (21.43%) Mathematics
6 26 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (20.63%) Process Improvement
7 25 (19.84%) Fintech
8 20 (15.87%) OOP
8 20 (15.87%) Technical Leadership
9 19 (15.08%) Analytics
9 19 (15.08%) Asset Management
9 19 (15.08%) SDLC
10 18 (14.29%) Investment Management
10 18 (14.29%) Workflow
11 17 (13.49%) Continuous Integration
12 16 (12.70%) Decision-Making
12 16 (12.70%) Line Management
12 16 (12.70%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (46.03%) Python
2 34 (26.98%) C++
3 22 (17.46%) TypeScript
4 19 (15.08%) JavaScript
5 17 (13.49%) SQL
6 16 (12.70%) Java
7 12 (9.52%) C#
8 8 (6.35%) R
9 4 (3.17%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.59%) VBA
11 1 (0.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (14.29%) Degree
2 8 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.79%) CFA
3 1 (0.79%) ISEB
3 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.87%) QA
2 17 (13.49%) MiFID
3 8 (6.35%) Basel III
3 8 (6.35%) EMIR
4 5 (3.97%) PMO
5 4 (3.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.38%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.59%) GAAP
7 2 (1.59%) IFRS
7 2 (1.59%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.79%) COREP
System Software
1 4 (3.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) SCCM
2 1 (0.79%) Grafana
2 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (10.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.97%) Atlassian
2 5 (3.97%) Bloomberg
2 5 (3.97%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.79%) Databricks
3 1 (0.79%) Google
3 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle
3 1 (0.79%) Reuters
3 1 (0.79%) Salesforce