The first table below looks at the demand for KDB skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited KDB over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Kx Systems KDB
Rank 203 207 219
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +12
Contract jobs citing KDB 2 8 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.100% 0.228%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.144% 0.551% 1.226%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 21
Average daily rate £688 £638 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.84% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £618 £600 £500
10% offered a daily rate of more than £758 £750 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1387 1451 1794
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 21.57% 18.19% 18.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1047 1044 1346
Average daily rate £425 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 14
Average hourly rate £39.51 £33.75 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.05% +31.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £17.10 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.90 £47.50 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
KDB
London

KDB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing KDB across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

City of London KDB Jobs Demand Trend

KDB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing KDB across the City of London region.

City of London KDB Daily Rate Trend

KDB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing KDB across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London KDB Daily Rate Histogram

KDB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing KDB also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited KDB.

1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (33.33%) Derivative
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (16.67%) Reuters
3 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
3 1 (16.67%) Perl
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Perforce
3 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration

KDB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing KDB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited KDB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Build Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Derivative
1 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Perl
3 1 (16.67%) Bash shell
3 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Reuters
1 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
1 1 (16.67%) Perforce