Kdb+ Job Trends in the City of London

Kx Systems Kdb+
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Kdb+ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 168 161
Rank change year-on-year +43 -7 +105
Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ 1 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.048% 0.037% 0.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.27% 0.14% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £123,750 £127,500 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £127,500 £135,000 £160,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -15.63% +56.10%
75th Percentile £131,250 £142,500 £200,000
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £127,500 £135,000 £160,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -15.63% +56.10%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 376 690 597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 17.94% 25.43% 20.98%
Number of salaries quoted 315 460 554
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,530 £56,250 £57,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £98,750 £93,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Kdb+ job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Kdb+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Kdb+

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++/Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java