Kdb+ Contracts in Glasgow

Kx Systems Kdb+
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kdb+ 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.88% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £415 - -
25th Percentile £421 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - -
75th Percentile £502 - -
90th Percentile £523 - -
Scotland median daily rate £470 - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 178 177 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.31% 20.18% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 137 146
10th Percentile £288 £303 £376
25th Percentile £372 £381 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -7.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £533 £638
90th Percentile £589 £645 £750
Scotland median daily rate £471 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.04% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £20.16 - £24.95
25th Percentile £21.01 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £23.05 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.10% +50.00% -25.53%
75th Percentile £25.71 £53.75 £66.56
90th Percentile £26.93 - £67.88
Scotland median hourly rate £26.50 £37.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.51% +5.91% +34.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Kdb+ in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kdb+ in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Kdb+ in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 15 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (73.33%) Banking
2 11 (73.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) C++ Developer
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 11 (73.33%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
2 11 (73.33%) Linux Developer
2 11 (73.33%) Python Developer
2 11 (73.33%) Senior
2 11 (73.33%) Senior C++ Developer
2 11 (73.33%) Senior Developer
2 11 (73.33%) Senior Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (93.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 15 (100.00%) SDLC
2 12 (80.00%) Data Science
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.67%) OO
4 1 (6.67%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (6.67%) OOD
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C++
1 15 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
System Software
1 15 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (100.00%) Kubernetes