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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 460 556
Rank change year-on-year -1 +96 +168
Contract jobs citing KDB 25 82 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.54% 1.28% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 68 46
10th Percentile £515 £704 £600
25th Percentile £631 £775 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £850 £825
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +3.03% -
75th Percentile £828 £1,025 £900
90th Percentile £858 £1,091 £956
UK median daily rate £700 £850 £825
% change year-on-year -17.65% +3.03% -

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 4,641 6,406 8,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.78% 17.11% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,214 4,612 5,876
10th Percentile £359 £350 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 141 155
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.69 £20.77 £32.30
Median hourly rate £33.50 £40.00 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% -31.73% +37.86%
75th Percentile £65.34 £53.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.62 £72.50 £82.80
UK median hourly rate £34.99 £40.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -12.53% -31.73% +36.39%

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 16 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for KDB in England

KDB
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 16 June 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 0 24 £700 -17.65% 267
South West - 1 £300 - 50
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 (4.00%) AWS
1 1 (4.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (44.00%) Kdb+
2 4 (16.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
1 2 (8.00%) IntelliJ
1 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.00%) Bitbucket Server
2 1 (4.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.00%) Gradle
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) JUnit
2 1 (4.00%) TeamCity
General
1 19 (76.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Front Office
3 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Banking
5 4 (16.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 22 (88.00%) Developer
2 10 (40.00%) KDB Developer
3 8 (32.00%) Java Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
5 4 (16.00%) Senior
5 4 (16.00%) Senior Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Analytics Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (8.00%) Python Developer
8 1 (4.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
8 1 (4.00%) Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Automation Developer
8 1 (4.00%) Business Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) C++ Developer
8 1 (4.00%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
8 1 (4.00%) Consultant
8 1 (4.00%) Front Office Developer
8 1 (4.00%) Java Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) FIX Protocol
1 5 (20.00%) Middleware
2 4 (16.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (12.00%) Spring
4 2 (8.00%) HTML
4 2 (8.00%) HTML5
4 2 (8.00%) NumPy
4 2 (8.00%) Pandas
4 2 (8.00%) REST
5 1 (4.00%) JSON
5 1 (4.00%) Ultra Messaging
5 1 (4.00%) Web Services
5 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Equities
2 7 (28.00%) Fixed Income
2 7 (28.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (28.00%) Virtual Team
3 6 (24.00%) Algorithms
4 4 (16.00%) Data Structures
5 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.00%) Derivative
6 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (4.00%) Hedge funds
6 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Linux
2 7 (28.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Low Latency
2 9 (36.00%) Computer Science
3 8 (32.00%) Electronic Trading
3 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (28.00%) Analytics
5 6 (24.00%) Multithreading
6 5 (20.00%) Agile
6 5 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
6 5 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 5 (20.00%) Data Science
6 5 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (20.00%) SDLC
7 4 (16.00%) Data Analytics
7 4 (16.00%) Market Making
7 4 (16.00%) Quantitative Finance
8 3 (12.00%) OO
8 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
8 3 (12.00%) TDD
9 2 (8.00%) E-Commerce
9 2 (8.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) Java
2 10 (40.00%) Python
3 3 (12.00%) C++
3 3 (12.00%) SQL
4 2 (8.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.00%) Bash
5 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) ION Trading
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft