KDB Developer Contract Job Trends in London

KDB Developer
England > London

The median KDB Developer daily rate in London is £840, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 361 383
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 +182
Contract jobs requiring a KDB Developer 19 17 30
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 27
10th Percentile £605 £643 £725
25th Percentile £650 £669 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £840 £750 £850
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £1,106 £874 £1,000
90th Percentile £1,148 £1,025 £1,057
England median daily rate £840 £750 £850
% change year-on-year +12.00% -11.76% +13.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 13,250 14,157 17,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 93.49% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,799 9,163 12,804
10th Percentile £340 £338 £328
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 210
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.19 £17.98
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.56
Median hourly rate £27.86 £35.75 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +1.23% +0.90%
75th Percentile £56.69 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

KDB Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 London.

KDB Developer job vacancy trend in London

KDB Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

KDB Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KDB Developer in London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for KDB Developer in London

KDB Developer
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Central London +4 5 £600 -29.14%
KDB Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 London region featuring KDB Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) KDB
2 16 (84.21%) Kdb+
3 11 (57.89%) Linux
3 11 (57.89%) Unix
4 10 (52.63%) Java
5 7 (36.84%) Low Latency
5 7 (36.84%) Python
6 6 (31.58%) Algorithmic Trading
6 6 (31.58%) Analytics
7 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
7 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (21.05%) C++
8 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
9 3 (15.79%) Degree
9 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
9 3 (15.79%) Quantitative Finance
9 3 (15.79%) SDLC
9 3 (15.79%) Tick Data
10 2 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
10 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
10 2 (10.53%) Complexity Analysis
10 2 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
10 2 (10.53%) Flow Trading
10 2 (10.53%) Physics
10 2 (10.53%) QUnit
10 2 (10.53%) Software Delivery
10 2 (10.53%) Statistical Analysis
10 2 (10.53%) Visualisation
11 1 (5.26%) Agile
11 1 (5.26%) Altair

KDB Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) GCP
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) KDB
2 16 (84.21%) Kdb+
3 3 (15.79%) Tick Data
4 1 (5.26%) Big Data
4 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) QUnit
2 1 (5.26%) Artifactory
2 1 (5.26%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) GitLab
2 1 (5.26%) IntelliJ
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Front Office
3 6 (31.58%) Banking
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 5 (26.32%) Investment Banking
5 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.26%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Altair
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
1 1 (5.26%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (26.32%) Algorithms
2 5 (26.32%) Fixed Income
3 4 (21.05%) Equities
4 2 (10.53%) Data Structures
4 2 (10.53%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (5.26%) Derivative
5 1 (5.26%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Linux
1 11 (57.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Low Latency
2 6 (31.58%) Algorithmic Trading
2 6 (31.58%) Analytics
3 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
3 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
5 3 (15.79%) Quantitative Finance
5 3 (15.79%) SDLC
6 2 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.53%) Complexity Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (10.53%) Flow Trading
6 2 (10.53%) Physics
6 2 (10.53%) Software Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Visualisation
7 1 (5.26%) DevOps
7 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) Java
2 7 (36.84%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Bloomberg
1 1 (5.26%) ION Trading
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) Tradeweb