The first table below looks at the demand for KDB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited KDB over the 3 months to 24 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 Canary Wharf region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Kx Systems KDB
Rank 45 47 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing KDB 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 0.348% 0.291% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.149% 1.695% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £110,000 £85,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.41% -
UK excluding London average salary £62,500 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Canary Wharf
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
87 59 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 30.31% 17.15% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 70 46 21
Average salary £52,500 £82,500 £85,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.36% -2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £67,500 £54,750
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
KDB
London

KDB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf KDB Jobs Demand Trend

KDB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing KDB across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf KDB Salary Trend

KDB
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 IT job ads sampled that cited KDB.

1 4 (66.67%) C#
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Teradata
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (50.00%) System Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (50.00%) ETL
2 3 (50.00%) FTP
2 3 (50.00%) Informatica
2 3 (50.00%) GIS
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Equities
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) WPF
4 1 (16.67%) Derivative
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (16.67%) TIBCO
4 1 (16.67%) Fidessa
4 1 (16.67%) .NET

KDB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 IT job ads sampled that cited KDB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) WPF
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (50.00%) Hadoop
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead Architect
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Data Warehouse Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Equities
2 1 (16.67%) Derivative
2 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (50.00%) System Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (50.00%) ETL
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Teradata
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
1 3 (50.00%) Informatica
2 1 (16.67%) TIBCO
2 1 (16.67%) Fidessa