KDB Developer Contracts in the City of London

KDB Developer
Central London > City of London

The median KDB Developer daily rate in the City of London is £963, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 119 163
Rank change year-on-year -7 +44 +36
Contract jobs requiring a KDB Developer 3 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.16% 0.24% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.26% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £816 -
25th Percentile £931 £859 £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £963 £1,175 £800
Median % change year-on-year -18.09% +46.88% +28.00%
75th Percentile £994 £1,213 £850
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £963 £1,175 £800
% change year-on-year -18.09% +46.88% +28.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,753 1,954 3,045
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 94.81% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,296 2,091
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.26%
75th Percentile £683 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 11
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.87 £14.18
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -28.95% -8.43%
75th Percentile £60.25 £89.06 £60.63
90th Percentile £84.11 £137.50 £83.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.79 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.61% -22.86% -15.66%

KDB Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured KDB Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for KDB Developer in the City of London

KDB Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing KDB Developer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for KDB Developer in the City of London

KDB Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, KDB Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring KDB Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) KDB
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Eclipse
2 2 (66.67%) IntelliJ
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Physics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Rundeck
3 1 (33.33%) Flow Trading
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Complexity Analysis

KDB Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (100.00%) KDB
2 1 (33.33%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Eclipse
1 2 (66.67%) IntelliJ
2 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) QUnit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Complexity Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Flow Trading
2 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Rundeck