Kdb+ Contract Job Trends in London

Kx Systems Kdb+
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Kdb+ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 360 370
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +175
Contract jobs citing Kdb+ 26 9 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.18% 0.060% 0.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.89% 0.28% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 27
10th Percentile £558 £650 £703
25th Percentile £650 £713 £800
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £963 £800 £850
Median % change year-on-year +20.31% -5.88% +24.09%
75th Percentile £1,050 £831 £1,000
90th Percentile £1,125 £854 £1,088
England median daily rate £963 £800 £850
% change year-on-year +20.31% -5.88% +24.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,929 3,235 3,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.50% 21.47% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,039 2,232 2,643
10th Percentile £363 £360 £383
25th Percentile £419 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £570
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% -0.18% -5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £697 £688
90th Percentile £754 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 36
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £19.88
25th Percentile £30.42 £29.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.50 £42.75 £45.53
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -6.10% -17.22%
75th Percentile £67.38 £57.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.13 £70.33
England median hourly rate £45.00 £36.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year +24.14% -21.50% -10.76%

Kdb+
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kdb+ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Kdb+ job vacancy trend in London

Kdb+
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kdb+.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kdb+

Kdb+
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ in London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kdb+ in London

Kdb+
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+ within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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 +5 5 £688 -17.59%
Kdb+
England

Kdb+
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 (3.85%) AWS
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) GCP
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (100.00%) KDB
2 3 (11.54%) Tick Data
3 1 (3.85%) Big Data
3 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) QUnit
2 1 (3.85%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) GitLab
General
1 16 (61.54%) Front Office
2 14 (53.85%) Finance
3 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Investment Banking
6 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (11.54%) Financial Institution
6 3 (11.54%) Legal
7 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (88.46%) Developer
2 16 (61.54%) KDB Developer
3 9 (34.62%) Java Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Senior
5 4 (15.38%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) Linux Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (3.85%) Altair
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Algorithms
2 13 (50.00%) Fixed Income
2 13 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (30.77%) Data Structures
4 4 (15.38%) Equities
5 2 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (3.85%) Derivative
6 1 (3.85%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (50.00%) Unix
2 12 (46.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Low Latency
2 8 (30.77%) Algorithmic Trading
2 8 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 7 (26.92%) Analytics
3 7 (26.92%) Electronic Trading
3 7 (26.92%) Memory Management
4 6 (23.08%) Concurrent Programming
4 6 (23.08%) Multithreading
4 6 (23.08%) Quantitative Finance
5 5 (19.23%) Complexity Analysis
5 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
5 5 (19.23%) Flow Trading
5 5 (19.23%) Software Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Statistical Analysis
6 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (15.38%) Test Strategy
7 3 (11.54%) Mathematics
7 3 (11.54%) SDLC
8 2 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (7.69%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) Java
2 5 (19.23%) Python
3 3 (11.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Postgraduate
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) ION Trading
2 1 (3.85%) Bloomberg
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Tradeweb