Kx Systems Kdb+
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Kdb+ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kdb+ over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 947 1200
Rank change year-on-year +64 +253 -299
Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ 19 25 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.025% 0.018%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.10% 0.12% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 15 23 5
10th Percentile £84,500 £69,750 £58,250
25th Percentile - £86,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £150,000 £126,250 £111,250
90th Percentile - £130,000 £136,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,170 21,615 43,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.33% 21.33% 27.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,550 13,499 21,044
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £79,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

Kdb+
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kdb+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kdb+ in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kdb+.

Salary trend for Kdb+ in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Kdb+ in the UK

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Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kdb+ within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +93 18 £100,000 -9.09% 7
London +95 14 £130,000 +18.18% 7
UK excluding London +7 4 £80,000 +10.34% 1
East Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Work from Home +65 2 £130,000 +18.18% 3

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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 19 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 7 (36.84%) Banking
1 7 (36.84%) Front Office
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Investment Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Developer
2 17 (89.47%) KDB Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Developer
4 5 (26.32%) Backend Developer
4 5 (26.32%) Front Office Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Market Data Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Python Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Equities
1 5 (26.32%) Fixed Income
2 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Direct Market Access
1 5 (26.32%) Smart Order Routing
2 4 (21.05%) Analytics
3 3 (15.79%) Data Science
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analytics
4 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Code Quality
5 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.26%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.26%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 17 (89.47%) Python
2 7 (36.84%) C++
2 7 (36.84%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality