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 in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Equity Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 363 447
Rank change year-on-year +36 +84 +104
Contract jobs citing Equity Derivative 27 37 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.64% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 30
10th Percentile £537 £590 £486
25th Percentile £669 £600 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £700 £795
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.95% +22.31%
75th Percentile £1,050 £925 £813
90th Percentile - £1,150 £854
England median daily rate £875 £700 £795
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.95% +22.31%

All Generic Skills
London

Equity Derivative falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,734 5,814 9,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.71% 33.27% 35.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,124 4,084 6,533
10th Percentile £331 £315 £363
25th Percentile £449 £450 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £738 £738 £743
90th Percentile £838 £850 £838
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 143 98
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.44 £18.65
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.02 £22.49
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -22.86% -13.58%
75th Percentile £47.06 £49.50 £58.44
90th Percentile £64.30 £71.25 £85.99
England median hourly rate £32.81 £37.00 £23.33
% change year-on-year -11.32% +58.63% -11.98%

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

Equity Derivative
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 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Equity Derivative in London

Equity Derivative
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
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Equity Derivative within the London region over the 6 months to 1 July 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 1 £503 - 5
Equity Derivative
England

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 21 (77.78%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) Front Office
3 8 (29.63%) Banking
4 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Investment Banking
5 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Prime Brokerage
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Developer
2 12 (44.44%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Java Developer
4 4 (14.81%) Senior
4 4 (14.81%) Senior Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Qualitative Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Quantitative Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) C++ Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Python Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) C++ Quantitative Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Developer Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Lead Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Lead Java Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
1 2 (7.41%) HTML
1 2 (7.41%) HTML5
2 1 (3.70%) Flask
2 1 (3.70%) Kafka
2 1 (3.70%) Motif
2 1 (3.70%) NumPy
2 1 (3.70%) Pandas
2 1 (3.70%) Protocol Buffers
2 1 (3.70%) React
2 1 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) Derivative
2 15 (55.56%) Equities
3 8 (29.63%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (18.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (11.11%) Fixed Income
6 2 (7.41%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (7.41%) N-Tier
7 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
7 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
7 1 (3.70%) Exotic Derivative
7 1 (3.70%) Market Risk
7 1 (3.70%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (3.70%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 15 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
4 8 (29.63%) Data Pipeline
5 7 (25.93%) Physics
6 6 (22.22%) Test Automation
7 5 (18.52%) Agile
7 5 (18.52%) TDD
8 4 (14.81%) Data Analysis
8 4 (14.81%) Design Patterns
9 3 (11.11%) Model Validation
9 3 (11.11%) Numerical Analysis
9 3 (11.11%) PnL Attribution
9 3 (11.11%) Quantitative Finance
9 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
9 3 (11.11%) Validation
10 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
10 2 (7.41%) Continuous Delivery
10 2 (7.41%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (7.41%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) Python
2 16 (59.26%) C++
3 5 (18.52%) Java
4 2 (7.41%) SQL
5 1 (3.70%) C
5 1 (3.70%) Rust
5 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) Degree
2 11 (40.74%) Numerate Degree
3 7 (25.93%) Master's Degree
3 7 (25.93%) PhD
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Alteryx
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco
2 1 (3.70%) Google
2 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
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