Kdb+ Jobs in England

Kx Systems Kdb+
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 805 894
Rank change year-on-year +120 +89 +232
Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ 8 18 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.021% 0.032%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.12% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 25
10th Percentile £64,000 £84,500 £77,750
25th Percentile £73,750 - £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +14.29%
75th Percentile £131,250 £150,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £144,000 - £130,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +29.41%

All Database and 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 6,950 15,279 19,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.02% 17.69% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,607 11,423 11,986
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Kdb+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Kdb+ in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kdb+ in England.

Salary trend for Kdb+ in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

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 18 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
London +107 7 £122,500 -5.77% 30
Midlands +61 1 £65,000 -18.75% 1
East Midlands +20 1 £65,000 -18.75%
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) KDB
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Front Office
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) KDB Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Principal Architect
2 3 (37.50%) AWS Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Python Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (50.00%) Presales
3 2 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
4 1 (12.50%) Multithreading
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Physics
4 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (12.50%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree