Kdb+ Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Kdb+ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kdb+ over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 465 622
Rank change year-on-year +126 +157 -149
Contract jobs citing Kdb+ 7 7 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.027% 0.002%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.24% 0.14% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile - £570 -
25th Percentile £650 £675 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £825 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +57.14% -19.23%
75th Percentile £763 £900 £538
90th Percentile £785 £960 -
UK median daily rate £800 £825 £700
% change year-on-year -3.03% +17.86% +7.69%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Kdb+ is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,884 4,938 9,671
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 18.88% 19.10% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,114 3,598 7,039
10th Percentile £355 £386 £370
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 79 85
10th Percentile £19.89 £22.16 £19.00
25th Percentile £22.52 £43.57 £21.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £66.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.80% +46.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.44 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.63 £85.00 £65.91
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.64%

Kdb+
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kdb+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kdb+ trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kdb+.

Kdb+ daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) Apache Airflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 5 (71.43%) Front Office
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
1 7 (100.00%) KDB Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Unix Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
1 5 (71.43%) API Design
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
1 5 (71.43%) Java
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Data Quality