Kdb+ Job Trends in London

Kx Systems Kdb+
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Kdb+ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 391 473
Rank change year-on-year -16 +82 +149
Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ 1 9 15
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.005% 0.070% 0.066%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.043% 0.32% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 13
10th Percentile - £111,750 -
25th Percentile - £121,875 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £140,000 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile - £152,500 £150,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary - £135,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year - +35.00% -9.09%

All Database & 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 2,346 2,815 4,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.45% 21.85% 21.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,530 1,957 3,752
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £55,553
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

Kdb+
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Kdb+ job vacancy trend in London

Kdb+
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kdb+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kdb+

Kdb+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) KDB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python