KDB Developer Contract Job Trends in Central London

KDB Developer
London > Central London

The median KDB Developer daily rate in Central London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Contract jobs requiring a KDB Developer 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.22% - 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £483 - £719
25th Percentile £527 - £822
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £1,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.98%
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile £820 - £1,128
London median daily rate £850 £650 £850
% change year-on-year +30.77% -23.53% +3.03%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,172 1,836 2,427
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 92.68% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 1,198 1,722
10th Percentile £350 £363 £338
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £675
90th Percentile £767 £763 £792
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 16 33
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £20.18 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.04 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +13.08% -24.11%
75th Percentile £42.65 £35.00 £33.00
90th Percentile £59.40 £56.25 £49.95
London median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -20.54%

KDB Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'KDB Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

KDB Developer job vacancy trend in Central London

KDB Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for KDB Developer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for KDB Developer job vacancies in Central London

KDB Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KDB Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for KDB Developer in Central London

KDB Developer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing KDB Developer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 March 2026. 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
City of London - 5 £600 - 1
KDB Developer
London

KDB Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, KDB Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring KDB Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) KDB
1 5 (100.00%) Kdb+
1 5 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 4 (80.00%) Unix
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 3 (60.00%) Tick Data
4 2 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (40.00%) Data Ingestion
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) SDLC
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Altair
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Big Data
5 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) C++
5 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (20.00%) Data Science
5 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps

KDB Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) KDB
1 5 (100.00%) Kdb+
2 3 (60.00%) Tick Data
3 1 (20.00%) Big Data
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (40.00%) Front Office
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Altair
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (60.00%) Equities
3 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (20.00%) Derivative
4 1 (20.00%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 2 (40.00%) Data Ingestion
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Pricing Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Korn
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft