KDB Jobs in Central London

Kx Systems KDB
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring KDB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited KDB over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 - 219
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Permanent jobs citing KDB 5 0 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% - 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.97% - 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 21
10th Percentile £92,750 - -
25th Percentile £134,375 - £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £165,000 - £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £172,500 - £116,250
90th Percentile - - £145,000
London median annual salary £130,000 £130,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +12.82%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Central London

KDB falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 518 946 1,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 21.75% 25.06% 22.48%
Number of salaries quoted 361 668 992
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,100 £49,775
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%

KDB
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for KDB in Central London

KDB
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing KDB in Central London.

Salary trend for KDB in Central London

KDB
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing KDB in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for KDB in Central London

KDB
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KDB within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 5 £165,000 - 8
KDB
London

KDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (40.00%) Kdb+
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 2 (40.00%) KDB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (60.00%) Derivative
2 3 (60.00%) Equity Derivative
2 3 (60.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Market Making
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree