KDB Contracts in Scotland

Kx Systems KDB
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing KDB 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.92% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.19% - -
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 - -
UK median daily rate £675 £850 £775
% change year-on-year -20.59% +9.68% -6.06%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 358 398 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.03% 17.95% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 295 486
10th Percentile £300 £325 £400
25th Percentile £408 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £538 £558 £550
90th Percentile £589 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £20.72 £24.60 £19.83
25th Percentile £22.42 £29.04 £27.94
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.51% +5.91% +34.62%
75th Percentile £28.07 £45.72 £67.66
90th Percentile £28.25 £50.54 £69.25
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for KDB in Scotland

KDB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for KDB in Scotland

KDB
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing KDB within the Scotland 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
Glasgow - 15 £470 - 1
KDB
UK

KDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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