Kx Systems Kdb+
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Kdb+ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 12 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 644 | 870 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +226 | +60 |
| Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | - | 0.018% | 0.020% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £84,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £57,500 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £65,000 | £100,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -35.00% | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £112,500 | £150,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £136,500 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £65,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -18.75% | +10.34% |
All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 7,919 | 7,507 | 17,383 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.76% | 17.17% | 17.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,784 | 5,051 | 12,530 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £36,750 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £42,725 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +8.70% | -11.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £83,750 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £115,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
Kdb+
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kdb+ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Kdb+
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kdb+.
