Equity Derivative Contracts in London

Equity Derivatives
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equity Derivative in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Equity Derivative over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 453 543
Rank change year-on-year +104 +90 -158
Contract jobs citing Equity Derivative 46 27 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.10% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.29% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 24 49
10th Percentile - £489 £544
25th Percentile £600 £708 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £785 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +20.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £813 £814 £725
90th Percentile £1,210 £869 £738
England median daily rate £700 £785 £650
% change year-on-year -10.83% +20.77% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
London

Equity Derivative is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,826 9,269 14,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.34% 35.88% 36.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,122 6,675 10,261
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £572 £550
% change year-on-year -3.89% +4.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 116 201
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.57 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -19.98% +30.57%
75th Percentile £49.13 £64.31 £51.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £84.38 £68.75
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
% change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%

Equity Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Equity Derivative as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Equity Derivative in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Equity Derivative in London.

Daily rate trend for Equity Derivative in London

Equity Derivative
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Equity Derivative in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Equity Derivative in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Equity Derivative in London.

Hourly rate trend for Equity Derivative in London

Equity Derivative
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) npm
3 2 (4.35%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (8.70%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.17%) KDB
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Babel
1 2 (4.35%) Visual Studio
1 2 (4.35%) webpack
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 26 (56.52%) Front Office
2 24 (52.17%) Banking
3 23 (50.00%) Finance
4 20 (43.48%) Investment Banking
5 4 (8.70%) Social Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Prime Brokerage
7 2 (4.35%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 40 (86.96%) Developer
2 23 (50.00%) Front Office Developer
3 16 (34.78%) C# Developer
4 14 (30.43%) Java Developer
5 13 (28.26%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 10 (21.74%) C++ Developer
7 8 (17.39%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 4 (8.70%) Analyst
8 4 (8.70%) C# Developer - Investment Banking
9 3 (6.52%) Qualitative Analyst
9 3 (6.52%) Quantitative Analyst
9 3 (6.52%) RAD Developer
9 3 (6.52%) Senior
10 2 (4.35%) AWS Developer
10 2 (4.35%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 2 (4.35%) Front Office RAD Developer
10 2 (4.35%) Pricing Analyst
10 2 (4.35%) Prime Brokerage Project Manager
10 2 (4.35%) Quantitative Developer
10 2 (4.35%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) .NET
1 4 (8.70%) Node.js
1 4 (8.70%) WPF
2 2 (4.35%) .NET Framework
2 2 (4.35%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (2.17%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.17%) Material-UI
3 1 (2.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.17%) React
3 1 (2.17%) REST
3 1 (2.17%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 43 (93.48%) Derivative
2 12 (26.09%) Algorithms
3 10 (21.74%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (17.39%) Equities
4 8 (17.39%) Hedge funds
5 4 (8.70%) Fixed Income
5 4 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (4.35%) Market Risk
7 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.17%) Grid Computing
7 1 (2.17%) Synthetic Equity
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) RAD
2 11 (23.91%) Mathematics
3 10 (21.74%) Multithreading
4 9 (19.57%) Greeks
4 9 (19.57%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (19.57%) Risk Management
5 8 (17.39%) Algorithmic Trading
5 8 (17.39%) Analytics
5 8 (17.39%) Low Latency
5 8 (17.39%) Systematic Trading
6 6 (13.04%) Agile
6 6 (13.04%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.70%) Clean Code
7 4 (8.70%) Design Patterns
7 4 (8.70%) OO
7 4 (8.70%) OOD
7 4 (8.70%) TDD
8 3 (6.52%) Project Management
8 3 (6.52%) Web Development
9 2 (4.35%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (43.48%) C#
2 18 (39.13%) Java
3 17 (36.96%) C++
4 16 (34.78%) Python
5 10 (21.74%) SQL
6 3 (6.52%) VBA
7 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) MiFID
2 1 (2.17%) EMIR
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) Oracle