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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 406 413
Rank change year-on-year +42 +7 +161
Permanent jobs citing KDB 10 22 30
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.071% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.42% 0.61% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 8 20 22
10th Percentile £97,500 £60,000 £100,750
25th Percentile £119,063 £106,875 £148,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £125,000 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile £170,625 £142,500 £170,000
90th Percentile £172,500 £150,250 £197,000
England median annual salary £140,000 £125,000 £150,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% +57.89%

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 2,377 3,608 3,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.85% 23.26% 21.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,559 2,185 3,168
10th Percentile £42,750 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,750 £56,839
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £130,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.51%

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
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing KDB in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for KDB in London

KDB
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 14 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
Central London +40 4 £162,500 +170.83% 5
KDB
England

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 3 (30.00%) Kdb+
2 1 (10.00%) Tick Data
General
1 6 (60.00%) Front Office
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (30.00%) KDB Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Developer
4 1 (10.00%) C++ Developer
4 1 (10.00%) C++/Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (10.00%) Java Concurrency
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (40.00%) Derivative
2 4 (40.00%) Equities
3 3 (30.00%) Equity Derivative
3 3 (30.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (20.00%) Data Structures
4 2 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Low Latency
2 5 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 4 (40.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Market Making
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) AI
6 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
6 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
6 1 (10.00%) Memory Management
6 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Signal Processing
6 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality