KDB Contracts in England

Kx Systems KDB
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring KDB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited KDB over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 470 590
Rank change year-on-year +12 +120 +139
Contract jobs citing KDB 27 72 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.58% 1.16% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 60 41
10th Percentile £515 £650 £600
25th Percentile £631 £775 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £850 £775
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +9.68% -6.06%
75th Percentile £825 £941 £888
90th Percentile £858 £1,025 £950
UK median daily rate £675 £850 £775
% change year-on-year -20.59% +9.68% -6.06%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

KDB falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 4,625 6,230 9,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.99% 16.75% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,253 4,477 6,506
10th Percentile £360 £352 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £659 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 130 166
10th Percentile £19.25 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.50 £20.98 £33.05
Median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.61 £70.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

KDB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing KDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for KDB in England

KDB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing KDB in England.

Daily rate trend for KDB in England

KDB
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KDB in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for KDB in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing KDB within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London -8 26 £700 -17.65% 43
South West - 1 £300 -
KDB
UK

KDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) AWS
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (55.56%) Kdb+
2 4 (14.81%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Bitbucket
1 1 (3.70%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (3.70%) Git
1 1 (3.70%) Gradle
1 1 (3.70%) IntelliJ
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
1 1 (3.70%) JUnit
1 1 (3.70%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (77.78%) Finance
2 10 (37.04%) Front Office
3 9 (33.33%) Banking
3 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (22.22%) Investment Banking
6 3 (11.11%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (85.19%) Developer
2 13 (48.15%) KDB Developer
3 7 (25.93%) Java Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Electronic Trading Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Analytics Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Front Office Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Consultant
8 1 (3.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Java Software Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Python Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Quantitative Strategist
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) AngularJS
1 3 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (11.11%) Middleware
2 2 (7.41%) HTML
2 2 (7.41%) HTML5
2 2 (7.41%) Spring
3 1 (3.70%) JSON
3 1 (3.70%) NumPy
3 1 (3.70%) Pandas
3 1 (3.70%) REST
3 1 (3.70%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Equities
2 10 (37.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (33.33%) Fixed Income
4 8 (29.63%) Algorithms
5 6 (22.22%) Virtual Team
6 4 (14.81%) Data Structures
7 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (3.70%) Derivative
8 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (3.70%) Hedge funds
8 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Linux
2 7 (25.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Analytics
2 10 (37.04%) Low Latency
3 9 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
3 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
4 8 (29.63%) Computer Science
5 6 (22.22%) Data Analytics
5 6 (22.22%) Data Science
6 5 (18.52%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (18.52%) Multithreading
6 5 (18.52%) Quantitative Finance
6 5 (18.52%) SDLC
7 4 (14.81%) Algorithmic Trading
7 4 (14.81%) E-Commerce
7 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
7 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
8 3 (11.11%) Market Making
8 3 (11.11%) OO
8 3 (11.11%) Workflow
9 2 (7.41%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (62.96%) Java
2 13 (48.15%) Python
3 4 (14.81%) C++
3 4 (14.81%) SQL
4 3 (11.11%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.70%) Bash
5 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) ION Trading
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft