KDB Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for KDB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited KDB over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Kx Systems KDB UK
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	800	856	913
Rank change year-on-year	+56	+57
Permanent jobs citing KDB	72	68	58
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.082%	0.070%	0.052%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	0.26%	0.23%	0.16%
Number of salaries quoted	37	64	38
Median salary	£92,500	£87,500	£62,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.71%	+40.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£76,500	£56,500	£47,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£122,000	£105,000	£90,750
UK excluding London median salary	£62,500	-	£45,000

KDB is in the database and business intelligence skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills.

Database & Business Intelligence Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills	27194	29052	36094
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	30.87%	29.93%	32.61%
Number of salaries quoted	22923	24759	30469
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£32,500	£31,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

KDB
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing KDB as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Database & Business Intelligence category.

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing KDB.

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Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing KDB over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

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Top 8 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 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+52	68	£92,500	+5.71%	17
London	+26	67	£92,500	+5.71%	17
City of London	+23	12	£92,500	-
Glasgow	-	4	-	-	9
Scotland	-	4	-	-	10
South East	+53	1	£62,500	-
Oxfordshire	+15	1	£62,500	-
Oxford	+5	1	£62,500	-

KDB
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing KDB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for KDB.

1	106 (65.43%)	Java
2	94 (58.02%)	Linux
3	71 (43.83%)	Unix
4	69 (42.59%)	Kdb+
5	67 (41.36%)	Finance
6	45 (27.78%)	JavaScript
7	44 (27.16%)	Sybase
8	42 (25.93%)	Oracle
9	41 (25.31%)	Front Office
9	41 (25.31%)	Banking
10	40 (24.69%)	C++
10	40 (24.69%)	OO
11	38 (23.46%)	SDLC
12	36 (22.22%)	Low Latency
13	35 (21.60%)	Analytical Skills

13	35 (21.60%)	SQL
14	34 (20.99%)	OOD
14	34 (20.99%)	Equities
15	33 (20.37%)	Investment Banking
15	33 (20.37%)	Python
16	32 (19.75%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
17	30 (18.52%)	.NET
18	28 (17.28%)	Asset Management
18	28 (17.28%)	Electronic Trading
19	27 (16.67%)	FIX Protocol
20	25 (15.43%)	WebSphere
21	24 (14.81%)	Retail
21	24 (14.81%)	N-Tier
21	24 (14.81%)	Wealth Management
21	24 (14.81%)	BDD

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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	25 (15.43%)	WebSphere
2	6 (3.70%)	Tomcat
3	5 (3.09%)	Elasticsearch
4	3 (1.85%)	Apache Spark
5	2 (1.23%)	Apache
6	1 (0.62%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	2 (1.23%)	Microsoft Excel

Cloud Services
1	9 (5.56%)	GitHub
2	3 (1.85%)	Amazon AWS
2	3 (1.85%)	Bluemix
2	3 (1.85%)	Google App Engine
2	3 (1.85%)	Google Cloud Platform
2	3 (1.85%)	IaaS
2	3 (1.85%)	IBM Cloud
2	3 (1.85%)	Microsoft Azure
2	3 (1.85%)	PaaS
2	3 (1.85%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	2 (1.23%)	FIX Connectivity

Database & Business Intelligence
1	69 (42.59%)	Kdb+
2	19 (11.73%)	MySQL
3	17 (10.49%)	Relational Database
4	15 (9.26%)	PostgreSQL
5	14 (8.64%)	RDBMS
6	13 (8.02%)	MongoDB
6	13 (8.02%)	NoSQL
7	11 (6.79%)	Hadoop
8	9 (5.56%)	DB2
9	8 (4.94%)	Apache Cassandra
9	8 (4.94%)	Tick Data
10	7 (4.32%)	OLTP
11	6 (3.70%)	Oracle Database
11	6 (3.70%)	Redis
12	5 (3.09%)	Oracle Database 11g
12	5 (3.09%)	SAP HANA
13	3 (1.85%)	Hazelcast
13	3 (1.85%)	SQL Server
14	1 (0.62%)	Big Data

Development Applications
1	11 (6.79%)	Subversion
2	10 (6.17%)	JIRA
2	10 (6.17%)	Maven
3	6 (3.70%)	Bower
3	6 (3.70%)	Grunt
3	6 (3.70%)	JUnit
4	5 (3.09%)	Ant
4	5 (3.09%)	Eclipse
5	4 (2.47%)	Git (software)
6	1 (0.62%)	jMock
6	1 (0.62%)	Mockito
6	1 (0.62%)	Visual Studio
6	1 (0.62%)	Visual Studio Tools for Office
6	1 (0.62%)	VTune

General
1	67 (41.36%)	Finance
2	41 (25.31%)	Banking
2	41 (25.31%)	Front Office
3	33 (20.37%)	Investment Banking
4	24 (14.81%)	Retail
5	23 (14.20%)	Retail Banking
6	9 (5.56%)	French Language
7	5 (3.09%)	Financial Institution
8	2 (1.23%)	Back Office
9	1 (0.62%)	Electronics
9	1 (0.62%)	Games
9	1 (0.62%)	German Language
9	1 (0.62%)	Spanish Language
9	1 (0.62%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	133 (82.10%)	Developer
2	63 (38.89%)	Java Developer
3	49 (30.25%)	KDB Developer
4	29 (17.90%)	Lead Developer
5	25 (15.43%)	Lead Java Developer
6	21 (12.96%)	Senior Developer
7	14 (8.64%)	Senior Java Developer
8	10 (6.17%)	Software Developer
9	9 (5.56%)	Algorithmic Trading Developer
9	9 (5.56%)	Analyst
9	9 (5.56%)	Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
10	8 (4.94%)	C++ Developer
11	7 (4.32%)	Applications Support
11	7 (4.32%)	Applications Support Analyst
11	7 (4.32%)	Support Analyst
12	6 (3.70%)	Python Developer
12	6 (3.70%)	Software Engineer
13	5 (3.09%)	Senior Software Engineer
13	5 (3.09%)	Trainee
13	5 (3.09%)	Trainee Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	30 (18.52%)	.NET
2	27 (16.67%)	FIX Protocol
3	21 (12.96%)	AngularJS
4	20 (12.35%)	XML
5	19 (11.73%)	Hibernate
6	18 (11.11%)	Spring
7	17 (10.49%)	JMS
8	14 (8.64%)	HTML
8	14 (8.64%)	SOAP
9	12 (7.41%)	J2EE
9	12 (7.41%)	REST
9	12 (7.41%)	Web Services
10	9 (5.56%)	Rendezvous
11	8 (4.94%)	Boost C++ Libraries
11	8 (4.94%)	STL
12	6 (3.70%)	Doctrine
12	6 (3.70%)	Java Concurrency
12	6 (3.70%)	JavaFX
12	6 (3.70%)	JAX-WS
12	6 (3.70%)	JPA

Miscellaneous
1	35 (21.60%)	Analytical Skills
2	34 (20.99%)	Equities
3	32 (19.75%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
4	24 (14.81%)	N-Tier
5	15 (9.26%)	Fintech
6	13 (8.02%)	Fixed Income
7	12 (7.41%)	Derivative
7	12 (7.41%)	Hedge funds
8	11 (6.79%)	Algorithms
8	11 (6.79%)	User Experience
9	10 (6.17%)	Computer Science
10	9 (5.56%)	Greenfield Project
11	8 (4.94%)	Data Structures
12	5 (3.09%)	Equity Derivative
13	4 (2.47%)	Linux Command Line
14	3 (1.85%)	Enterprise Software
14	3 (1.85%)	Reference Data
15	1 (0.62%)	Social Media
15	1 (0.62%)	Spread Betting
15	1 (0.62%)	VWAP

Operating Systems
1	94 (58.02%)	Linux
2	71 (43.83%)	Unix
3	10 (6.17%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	6 (3.70%)	Ubuntu
5	1 (0.62%)	Solaris
5	1 (0.62%)	Windows

Processes & Methodologies
1	40 (24.69%)	OO
2	38 (23.46%)	SDLC
3	36 (22.22%)	Low Latency
4	34 (20.99%)	OOD
5	28 (17.28%)	Asset Management
5	28 (17.28%)	Electronic Trading
6	24 (14.81%)	BDD
6	24 (14.81%)	Software Delivery
6	24 (14.81%)	Wealth Management
7	21 (12.96%)	Agile Software Development
8	20 (12.35%)	Algorithmic Trading
8	20 (12.35%)	Mathematics
9	15 (9.26%)	Performance Optimisation
10	14 (8.64%)	Unit Testing
11	13 (8.02%)	Analytics
11	13 (8.02%)	E-Commerce
11	13 (8.02%)	Market Making
12	12 (7.41%)	Multithreading
13	11 (6.79%)	Test Strategy
13	11 (6.79%)	Validation

Programming Languages
1	106 (65.43%)	Java
2	45 (27.78%)	JavaScript
3	40 (24.69%)	C++
4	35 (21.60%)	SQL
5	33 (20.37%)	Python
6	23 (14.20%)	Shell Script
7	13 (8.02%)	C#
8	9 (5.56%)	PowerShell
9	8 (4.94%)	Perl
10	7 (4.32%)	C
11	6 (3.70%)	CoffeeScript
11	6 (3.70%)	PHP
11	6 (3.70%)	Scala
11	6 (3.70%)	TypeScript
12	3 (1.85%)	VBA
13	2 (1.23%)	Clojure
13	2 (1.23%)	Groovy
13	2 (1.23%)	PL/SQL
14	1 (0.62%)	VB

Qualifications
1	22 (13.58%)	Degree
2	8 (4.94%)	PhD
3	6 (3.70%)	Computer Science Degree
4	3 (1.85%)	Master's Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	2 (1.23%)	Data Quality
2	1 (0.62%)	MiFID
2	1 (0.62%)	QA
2	1 (0.62%)	SLA

System Software
1	1 (0.62%)	Apache ZooKeeper

Systems Management
1	7 (4.32%)	ITRS Geneos
2	1 (0.62%)	Control-M

Vendors
1	44 (27.16%)	Sybase
2	42 (25.93%)	Oracle
3	12 (7.41%)	Splunk
4	11 (6.79%)	TIBCO
5	7 (4.32%)	Vertica
6	5 (3.09%)	Intel
6	5 (3.09%)	Perforce
6	5 (3.09%)	SAP
7	4 (2.47%)	Microsoft
8	3 (1.85%)	GigaSpaces
8	3 (1.85%)	Google
8	3 (1.85%)	IBM
8	3 (1.85%)	ION Trading
8	3 (1.85%)	Rackspace
9	2 (1.23%)	Solace
9	2 (1.23%)	StreamBase
9	2 (1.23%)	Twitter