Interest Rate Derivative Job Trends

Interest Rate Derivatives
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Interest Rate Derivative in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Interest Rate Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 711 712
Rank change year-on-year +69 +1 +291
Permanent jobs citing Interest Rate Derivative 3 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.004% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.015% 0.010% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - - £89,500
25th Percentile - - £103,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £80,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -40.74% +17.39%
75th Percentile £122,500 - £183,750
90th Percentile £139,000 - £208,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Interest Rate 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 20,543 20,099 19,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.80% 36.94% 37.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,286 9,504 14,353
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £54,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -12.96% -0.92% -0.91%

Interest Rate Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Interest Rate Derivative relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Interest Rate Derivative job vacancy trend in the UK

Interest Rate Derivative
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Interest Rate Derivative.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Interest Rate Derivative

Interest Rate Derivative
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Interest Rate Derivative over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Interest Rate Derivative in the UK

Interest Rate Derivative
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Interest Rate Derivative within the UK over the 6 months to 4 January 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 +91 3 £95,000 +18.75%
London +62 3 £95,000 +18.75%
Work from Home - 1 £150,000 -

Interest Rate 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business IT Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) IT Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) IT Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Report Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 2 (66.67%) Credit Derivative
2 2 (66.67%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Monte Carlo Method
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) PnL Attribution
2 1 (33.33%) Pricing Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stochastic Calculus
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Numerate Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) COREP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft