Kdb+ Job Trends in England

Kx Systems Kdb+
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Kdb+ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 652 654
Rank change year-on-year +53 +2 +324
Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ 3 9 14
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.006% 0.018% 0.031%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.051% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 8
10th Percentile £84,375 £57,500 -
25th Percentile £90,938 £105,000 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £108,750 £135,000 £155,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% -12.90% +72.22%
75th Percentile £123,438 £150,000 £200,000
90th Percentile £128,125 £156,500 -
UK median annual salary £108,750 £135,000 £155,000
% change year-on-year -19.44% -12.90% +72.22%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,918 8,858 9,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.36% 17.95% 20.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,891 5,026 7,473
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,348 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,908
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Kdb+ job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kdb+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kdb+

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Kdb+ in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kdb+ within the England region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
London +44 3 £108,750 -19.44% 6
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) KDB Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C++/Java Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking Java Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Equities
2 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) SDLC
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python