KDB Developer Contracts

KDB Developer
UK

The median KDB Developer daily rate in the UK is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 549 696
Rank change year-on-year +43 +147 +154
Contract jobs requiring a KDB Developer 14 33 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.076% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.082% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 9
10th Percentile £635 £650 £640
25th Percentile £650 £800 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £900 £825
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +9.09% +17.86%
75th Percentile £750 £975 £1,000
90th Percentile £865 £1,047 £1,198
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

KDB Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured KDB Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KDB Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +37 13 £675 -25.00% 75
London +18 13 £675 -25.00% 10
Work from Home +32 4 £775 -3.13% 3

KDB Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, KDB Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring KDB Developer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) KDB
2 13 (92.86%) Kdb+
3 12 (85.71%) Finance
4 10 (71.43%) Python
4 10 (71.43%) Analytics
5 7 (50.00%) Java
6 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (42.86%) Data Analytics
7 5 (35.71%) Data Science
7 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
7 5 (35.71%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (35.71%) Linux
7 5 (35.71%) Front Office
7 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
8 4 (28.57%) Degree
8 4 (28.57%) Fixed Income
8 4 (28.57%) Equities
8 4 (28.57%) Agile
8 4 (28.57%) Banking
8 4 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (28.57%) Quantitative Finance
8 4 (28.57%) Virtual Team
8 4 (28.57%) Low Latency
8 4 (28.57%) Algorithms
9 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
9 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
9 3 (21.43%) SQL
9 3 (21.43%) Unix

KDB Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (100.00%) KDB
2 13 (92.86%) Kdb+
3 1 (7.14%) Big Data
General
1 12 (85.71%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Front Office
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Banking
5 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
6 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Algorithms
1 4 (28.57%) Equities
1 4 (28.57%) Fixed Income
1 4 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (28.57%) Virtual Team
2 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.14%) Hedge funds
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Analytics
2 6 (42.86%) Data Analytics
3 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
3 5 (35.71%) Data Science
3 5 (35.71%) Knowledge Transfer
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Low Latency
4 4 (28.57%) Quantitative Finance
5 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
5 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
5 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
5 3 (21.43%) Workflow
6 2 (14.29%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (7.14%) Algorithmic Trading
7 1 (7.14%) Investment Management
7 1 (7.14%) Mathematics
7 1 (7.14%) Refactoring
7 1 (7.14%) Software Testing
7 1 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) Python
2 7 (50.00%) Java
3 3 (21.43%) C++
3 3 (21.43%) MATLAB
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (28.57%) Degree