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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 821 804 1173
Rank change year-on-year -17 +369 -260
Permanent jobs citing KDB 21 83 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.10% 0.058%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.14% 0.49% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 17 73 46
10th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £71,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +11.43%
75th Percentile £115,000 £130,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £125,500 £142,250 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -7.14%

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 14,713 16,902 48,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.28% 20.95% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 9,555 11,871 21,175
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,942 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for KDB in the UK

KDB
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 -23 20 £100,000 -9.09% 6
London +23 18 £100,000 -9.09% 6
Work from Home +29 3 £95,000 -13.64% 2
UK excluding London -33 2 £80,000 +14.29% 1
East Midlands - 2 £80,000 -
Midlands - 2 £80,000 -

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 2 (9.52%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (47.62%) Kdb+
2 3 (14.29%) Power BI
2 3 (14.29%) Tableau
3 1 (4.76%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (4.76%) ClickHouse
3 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.76%) Flink
3 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
General
1 16 (76.19%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Banking
3 4 (19.05%) Front Office
3 4 (19.05%) Investment Banking
4 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 11 (52.38%) KDB Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Senior
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Junior
5 3 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Junior Quantitative Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Qualitative Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Quantitative Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Electronic Trading Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Market Data Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Python Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Python Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Kafka
1 1 (4.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Equities
2 5 (23.81%) Algorithms
3 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (9.52%) VWAP
4 1 (4.76%) Fixed Income
4 1 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Unix
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Analytics
2 7 (33.33%) Smart Order Routing
3 6 (28.57%) Electronic Trading
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Data Science
4 5 (23.81%) Direct Market Access
4 5 (23.81%) Mathematics
5 4 (19.05%) Algorithmic Trading
6 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 3 (14.29%) Data Analytics
6 3 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (14.29%) Event-Driven
6 3 (14.29%) Low Latency
6 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
7 2 (9.52%) Agile
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (9.52%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) Python
2 7 (33.33%) C++
3 4 (19.05%) Java
3 4 (19.05%) SQL
4 3 (14.29%) R
4 3 (14.29%) Shell Script
5 2 (9.52%) C
5 2 (9.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) MicroStrategy
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) Sybase
3 1 (4.76%) ION Trading