Kx Systems KDB
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 884 835
Rank change year-on-year +227 -49 +355
Permanent jobs citing KDB 52 24 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.021% 0.098%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.67% 0.13% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 76
10th Percentile £81,000 £80,000 £68,125
25th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £145,000 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £172,500 £142,500 £124,063
90th Percentile £173,000 £150,000 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +7.69%

All Database and 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 7,786 18,613 19,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.78% 16.65% 21.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,846 12,700 12,624
10th Percentile £35,625 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -10.16% +6.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

KDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing KDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for KDB in the UK

KDB
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for KDB in the UK

KDB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing KDB over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for KDB in the UK

KDB
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KDB within the UK over the 6 months to 22 June 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 +195 40 £145,000 +31.82% 272
London +129 35 £145,000 +31.82% 187
UK excluding London +210 17 - - 144
Scotland - 12 - - 4
North West - 5 - - 9
North of England - 5 - - 19
Work from Home +115 2 £77,500 -40.38% 89

KDB
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.69%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 25 (48.08%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (73.08%) Kdb+
2 8 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (7.69%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (7.69%) RDBMS
3 4 (7.69%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Git
General
1 40 (76.92%) Finance
2 34 (65.38%) Banking
3 32 (61.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 32 (61.54%) Law
4 10 (19.23%) Front Office
5 7 (13.46%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (53.85%) Software Engineer
2 24 (46.15%) Lead
3 20 (38.46%) Lead Software Engineer
4 17 (32.69%) Java Engineer
5 16 (30.77%) Senior
6 12 (23.08%) Python Engineer
6 12 (23.08%) Python Software Engineer
6 12 (23.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (17.31%) Developer
8 8 (15.38%) Java Software Engineer
8 8 (15.38%) Lead Java Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) KDB Developer
10 4 (7.69%) AWS DevOps
10 4 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
10 4 (7.69%) AWS Software Engineer
10 4 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (7.69%) Lead DevOps
10 4 (7.69%) Lead DevOps Engineer
10 4 (7.69%) Linux/Unix DevOps
10 4 (7.69%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (34.62%) FIX Protocol
2 9 (17.31%) Middleware
3 8 (15.38%) Kafka
3 8 (15.38%) React
3 8 (15.38%) Spring
4 5 (9.62%) Rendezvous
5 4 (7.69%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 15 (28.85%) Derivative
2 13 (25.00%) Equities
3 11 (21.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (19.23%) Algorithms
5 8 (15.38%) Cloud Native
5 8 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (15.38%) Public Cloud
6 3 (5.77%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (1.92%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Unix
2 3 (5.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (61.54%) Software Engineering
2 29 (55.77%) Agile
3 28 (53.85%) Operational Stability
4 26 (50.00%) SDLC
5 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (38.46%) CI/CD
7 19 (36.54%) Low Latency
8 18 (34.62%) Computer Science
8 18 (34.62%) Mathematics
9 17 (32.69%) Analytics
10 15 (28.85%) Decision-Making
11 13 (25.00%) Machine Learning
12 12 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
12 12 (23.08%) Data Analytics
13 10 (19.23%) Algorithmic Trading
14 9 (17.31%) High Availability
14 9 (17.31%) Quantitative Research
15 8 (15.38%) Continuous Delivery
15 8 (15.38%) Creative Thinking
15 8 (15.38%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (61.54%) Python
2 28 (53.85%) Java
3 13 (25.00%) C++
4 9 (17.31%) C#
5 8 (15.38%) C
6 6 (11.54%) SQL
7 4 (7.69%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.92%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (9.62%) Degree
2 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.92%) MBA
2 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.92%) PMP
2 1 (1.92%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Systems Management
1 12 (23.08%) Terraform
2 8 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) Oracle
2 5 (9.62%) Bloomberg
2 5 (9.62%) Solace
2 5 (9.62%) TIBCO
3 4 (7.69%) Vertica