OTC Derivatives Contracts

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Derivatives
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term OTC Derivatives in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OTC Derivatives over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 645 785
Rank change year-on-year +83 +140 -85
Contract jobs citing OTC Derivatives 9 42 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.074% 0.067%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.070% 0.22% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 34 56
10th Percentile £636 - £574
25th Percentile - £550 £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £631 £675
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% -6.48% +3.85%
75th Percentile £664 £800 £750
90th Percentile £712 £881 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £47.73 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £47.73 -

All Generic Skills
UK

OTC Derivatives 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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,884 18,935 29,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.26% 33.25% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,299 13,036 20,297
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 896 624 711
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.26 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.98% -19.07% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.13
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.14% -11.29%

OTC Derivatives
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OTC Derivatives as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OTC Derivatives in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OTC Derivatives.

Daily rate trend for OTC Derivatives in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OTC Derivatives.

Hourly rate trend for OTC Derivatives in the UK

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Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OTC Derivatives within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
England +78 9 £650 +2.97% 7
London +68 9 £650 +2.97% 7

OTC Derivatives
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (88.89%) Banking
1 8 (88.89%) Investment Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Front Office
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Applications Support
2 5 (55.56%) Applications Support Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Support Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) OTC Derivatives Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) FpML
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Derivative
2 1 (11.11%) DTCC
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 5 (55.56%) Data Management
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
2 5 (55.56%) Proactive Monitoring
2 5 (55.56%) Release Management
2 5 (55.56%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Cross-Platform Development
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 5 (55.56%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) C#
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) EMIR
2 1 (11.11%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Grafana
1 5 (55.56%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Dynatrace
1 5 (55.56%) IBM