KDB Jobs in the City of London

Kx Systems KDB
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - 205
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Permanent jobs citing KDB 5 0 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.26% - 0.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.21% - 2.42%
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
Central London median annual salary £165,000 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%

All Database and 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 414 854 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.17% 25.52% 23.10%
Number of salaries quoted 323 616 900
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
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% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £110,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +5.63%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for KDB in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing KDB in the City of London.

Salary trend for KDB in the City of London

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing KDB in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for KDB in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
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%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (20.00%) UML
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