Kdb+ Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Kdb+ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kdb+ over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 453 620
Rank change year-on-year +115 +167 -131
Contract jobs citing Kdb+ 7 6 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.048% 0.024% 0.005%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.24% 0.13% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile - £579 £544
25th Percentile £650 £697 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £838 £675
Median % change year-on-year -16.42% +24.07% +3.85%
75th Percentile £763 £925 £753
90th Percentile £785 £970 £796
UK median daily rate £800 £825 £700
% change year-on-year -3.03% +17.86% +7.69%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Kdb+ is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,882 4,712 9,564
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.56% 19.01% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,123 3,443 6,960
10th Percentile £356 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £549
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.77% +9.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 79 89
10th Percentile £20.24 £22.16 £19.80
25th Percentile £22.61 £40.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +36.84% +41.79%
75th Percentile £62.63 £74.38 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.73% +30.20% +71.43%

Kdb+
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kdb+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kdb+ trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kdb+.

Kdb+ daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (71.43%) Apache Airflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 5 (71.43%) Front Office
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
1 7 (100.00%) KDB Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Unix Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
1 5 (71.43%) API Design
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
1 5 (71.43%) Java
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Data Quality