KDB Developer Jobs

KDB Developer
UK

The median KDB Developer salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 857 952
Rank change year-on-year +149 +95 +280
Permanent jobs requiring a KDB Developer 4 21 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.021% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.022% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 18
10th Percentile £64,000 £84,500 £79,250
25th Percentile £73,750 - £85,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £113,750
Median % change year-on-year - -12.09% +31.88%
75th Percentile £131,250 £150,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £144,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +10.34% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

KDB Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured KDB Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing KDB Developer over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KDB Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +126 4 £100,000 - 14
London +101 3 £122,500 -18.33% 10
UK excluding London +181 1 £65,000 -18.75% 7
Midlands +58 1 £65,000 -18.75% 1
East Midlands +30 1 £65,000 -18.75%
Work from Home - 1 £65,000 - 4

KDB Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, KDB Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring KDB Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) KDB
1 4 (100.00%) Kdb+
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Equities
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Unix
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance

KDB Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) KDB
1 4 (100.00%) Kdb+
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Equities
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Physics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree