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 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 650 826 825
Rank change year-on-year +176 -1 +297
Permanent jobs citing KDB 29 24 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.027% 0.094%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.42% 0.16% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 67
10th Percentile £81,000 £89,000 £85,000
25th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £172,500 £150,000 £122,500
90th Percentile - - £135,000
UK median annual salary £130,000 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +12.82%

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 6,917 15,457 18,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.03% 17.21% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,431 11,446 11,675
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £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 £83,750 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.22% -11.54% +8.33%

KDB
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

KDB
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for KDB in England

KDB
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for KDB in England

KDB
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 31 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 +110 25 £130,000 - 51
North West - 4 - -
North of England - 4 - - 1
KDB
UK

KDB
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) Jupyter
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (58.62%) Kdb+
2 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.90%) RDBMS
2 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.45%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 18 (62.07%) Finance
2 13 (44.83%) Banking
3 10 (34.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (34.48%) Law
4 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
5 4 (13.79%) Front Office
6 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Developer
2 8 (27.59%) Lead
2 8 (27.59%) Senior
2 8 (27.59%) Software Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Java Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Lead Software Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Architect
4 4 (13.79%) KDB Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Principal Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Python Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) AWS Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Quantitative Developer
6 2 (6.90%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) AWS Software Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Lead DevOps
6 2 (6.90%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 2 (6.90%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (24.14%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (20.69%) Middleware
3 4 (13.79%) Rendezvous
4 2 (6.90%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (24.14%) Derivative
2 7 (24.14%) Equities
3 6 (20.69%) Algorithms
4 5 (17.24%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (13.79%) Public Cloud
6 3 (10.34%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
8 1 (3.45%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Unix
2 3 (10.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Low Latency
2 13 (44.83%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (37.93%) SDLC
4 10 (34.48%) Agile
4 10 (34.48%) Software Engineering
5 9 (31.03%) Algorithmic Trading
5 9 (31.03%) Analytics
6 8 (27.59%) Computer Science
6 8 (27.59%) Mathematics
6 8 (27.59%) Operational Stability
7 7 (24.14%) Decision-Making
7 7 (24.14%) Electronic Trading
8 6 (20.69%) CI/CD
8 6 (20.69%) Data Analytics
9 5 (17.24%) High Availability
10 4 (13.79%) Continuous Delivery
10 4 (13.79%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (13.79%) Data Analysis
10 4 (13.79%) Presales
10 4 (13.79%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (62.07%) Python
2 14 (48.28%) Java
3 8 (27.59%) C++
4 4 (13.79%) C
5 2 (6.90%) Shell Script
5 2 (6.90%) SQL
6 1 (3.45%) Bash
6 1 (3.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.45%) MBA
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
2 1 (3.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Terraform
2 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Bloomberg
1 4 (13.79%) Solace
1 4 (13.79%) TIBCO
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
2 2 (6.90%) Vertica