Kdb+ Jobs in London

Kx Systems Kdb+
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 379 488 581
Rank change year-on-year +109 +93 +308
Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ 17 13 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.054% 0.096%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.63% 0.25% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 28
10th Percentile £72,500 - £80,750
25th Percentile £83,750 £100,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £130,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +14.29%
75th Percentile £139,375 £150,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £147,250 - £130,000
England median annual salary £115,000 £100,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +14.29%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,714 5,286 7,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.24% 22.00% 24.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,776 3,883 5,637
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £129,750 £117,236
England 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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Kdb+ in London

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Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Kdb+ in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Kdb+ in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kdb+ within the London 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
Central London - 2 £70,000 - 7
Kdb+
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) KDB
2 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (11.76%) RDBMS
2 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Banking
3 8 (47.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (47.06%) Law
4 4 (23.53%) Front Office
5 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Lead
1 6 (35.29%) Senior
1 6 (35.29%) Software Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Architect
3 4 (23.53%) KDB Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Lead Software Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Principal Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) AWS Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Java Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Lead Java Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Python Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Python Software Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Java Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Java Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Java Pricing Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Pricing Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (11.76%) Middleware
1 2 (11.76%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Equities
2 4 (23.53%) Derivative
2 4 (23.53%) Public Cloud
3 3 (17.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
5 1 (5.88%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Agile
1 8 (47.06%) Operational Stability
1 8 (47.06%) Software Engineering
2 7 (41.18%) Analytics
3 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Computer Science
4 5 (29.41%) High Availability
4 5 (29.41%) Mathematics
4 5 (29.41%) SDLC
5 4 (23.53%) Algorithmic Trading
5 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 4 (23.53%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (23.53%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (23.53%) Data Analytics
5 4 (23.53%) Low Latency
5 4 (23.53%) Presales
6 2 (11.76%) Community of Practice
6 2 (11.76%) Creative Thinking
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) Python
2 8 (47.06%) Java
3 5 (29.41%) C++
4 4 (23.53%) C
5 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
6 1 (5.88%) Bash
6 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
1 4 (23.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
1 2 (11.76%) Vertica