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 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Kx Systems KDB UK
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	813	870	921
Rank change year-on-year	+57	+51
Permanent jobs citing KDB	76	70	61
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.085%	0.071%	0.055%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	0.28%	0.24%	0.17%
Number of salaries quoted	36	66	41
UK median annual salary	£92,500	£87,500	£62,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.71%	+40.00%
10th Percentile	£71,250	£52,500	£45,000
90th Percentile	£125,000	£112,500	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual 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	27359	29314	36301
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	30.76%	29.89%	32.67%
Number of salaries quoted	53088	57092	72399
UK median annual salary	£50,000	£50,000	£47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.26%
10th Percentile	£31,250	£31,250	£30,000
90th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

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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 29 June 2017.

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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 3 months to 29 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	+54	69	£92,500	+5.71%	19
London	+28	68	£92,500	+5.71%	19
UK excluding London	+31	8	£62,500	-	4
Scotland	-	5	-	-	4
Northern Ireland	-	2	-	-
South East	+44	1	£62,500	-

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 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	111 (67.27%)	Java
2	92 (55.76%)	Linux
3	72 (43.64%)	Unix
4	71 (43.03%)	Finance
5	70 (42.42%)	Kdb+
6	47 (28.48%)	JavaScript
7	46 (27.88%)	Banking
8	45 (27.27%)	Oracle
9	44 (26.67%)	Sybase
10	41 (24.85%)	Front Office
11	40 (24.24%)	OO
12	38 (23.03%)	C++
12	38 (23.03%)	SDLC
13	37 (22.42%)	Analytical Skills
13	37 (22.42%)	SQL

13	37 (22.42%)	Low Latency
14	36 (21.82%)	OOD
15	35 (21.21%)	Investment Banking
15	35 (21.21%)	Equities
16	33 (20.00%)	Python
17	32 (19.39%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
18	31 (18.79%)	.NET
19	29 (17.58%)	Asset Management
19	29 (17.58%)	Electronic Trading
20	28 (16.97%)	WebSphere
21	27 (16.36%)	FIX Protocol
22	25 (15.15%)	Retail
22	25 (15.15%)	N-Tier
22	25 (15.15%)	Wealth Management
22	25 (15.15%)	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
Business 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	28 (16.97%)	WebSphere
2	6 (3.64%)	Tomcat
3	5 (3.03%)	Elasticsearch
4	3 (1.82%)	Apache Spark
4	3 (1.82%)	WebLogic
5	2 (1.21%)	Apache

Applications
1	2 (1.21%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	1 (0.61%)	RMDS

Cloud Services
1	8 (4.85%)	GitHub
2	3 (1.82%)	Amazon AWS
2	3 (1.82%)	Bluemix
2	3 (1.82%)	Google App Engine
2	3 (1.82%)	Google Cloud Platform
2	3 (1.82%)	IaaS
2	3 (1.82%)	IBM Cloud
2	3 (1.82%)	Microsoft Azure
2	3 (1.82%)	PaaS
2	3 (1.82%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	2 (1.21%)	FIX Connectivity

Database & Business Intelligence
1	70 (42.42%)	Kdb+
2	19 (11.52%)	MySQL
3	18 (10.91%)	Relational Database
4	15 (9.09%)	PostgreSQL
4	15 (9.09%)	RDBMS
5	13 (7.88%)	MongoDB
5	13 (7.88%)	NoSQL
6	11 (6.67%)	Hadoop
7	8 (4.85%)	Apache Cassandra
7	8 (4.85%)	DB2
7	8 (4.85%)	Tick Data
8	6 (3.64%)	OLTP
8	6 (3.64%)	Oracle Database
8	6 (3.64%)	Redis
9	5 (3.03%)	Oracle Database 11g
9	5 (3.03%)	SAP HANA
10	3 (1.82%)	Hazelcast
10	3 (1.82%)	SQL Server
11	1 (0.61%)	Big Data

Development Applications
1	11 (6.67%)	JIRA
2	10 (6.06%)	Maven
2	10 (6.06%)	Subversion
3	7 (4.24%)	Eclipse
4	6 (3.64%)	Bower
4	6 (3.64%)	Grunt
4	6 (3.64%)	JUnit
5	5 (3.03%)	Ant
6	4 (2.42%)	Git (software)
7	1 (0.61%)	jMock
7	1 (0.61%)	Mockito
7	1 (0.61%)	Visual Studio
7	1 (0.61%)	Visual Studio Tools for Office
7	1 (0.61%)	VTune

General
1	71 (43.03%)	Finance
2	46 (27.88%)	Banking
3	41 (24.85%)	Front Office
4	35 (21.21%)	Investment Banking
5	25 (15.15%)	Retail
6	24 (14.55%)	Retail Banking
7	9 (5.45%)	French Language
8	5 (3.03%)	Financial Institution
9	2 (1.21%)	Back Office
10	1 (0.61%)	Electronics
10	1 (0.61%)	Games
10	1 (0.61%)	German Language
10	1 (0.61%)	Spanish Language
10	1 (0.61%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	135 (81.82%)	Developer
2	66 (40.00%)	Java Developer
3	50 (30.30%)	KDB Developer
4	29 (17.58%)	Lead Developer
5	26 (15.76%)	Lead Java Developer
6	21 (12.73%)	Senior Developer
7	14 (8.48%)	Senior Java Developer
8	9 (5.45%)	Algorithmic Trading Developer
8	9 (5.45%)	Analyst
8	9 (5.45%)	Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
8	9 (5.45%)	Software Developer
9	8 (4.85%)	C++ Developer
10	7 (4.24%)	Applications Support
10	7 (4.24%)	Applications Support Analyst
10	7 (4.24%)	Support Analyst
11	6 (3.64%)	Python Developer
11	6 (3.64%)	Software Engineer
12	5 (3.03%)	Senior Software Engineer
12	5 (3.03%)	Trainee
12	5 (3.03%)	Trainee Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	31 (18.79%)	.NET
2	27 (16.36%)	FIX Protocol
3	21 (12.73%)	AngularJS
4	20 (12.12%)	Hibernate
4	20 (12.12%)	XML
5	19 (11.52%)	Spring
6	17 (10.30%)	JMS
7	15 (9.09%)	HTML
8	14 (8.48%)	J2EE
8	14 (8.48%)	SOAP
9	12 (7.27%)	REST
9	12 (7.27%)	Web Services
10	9 (5.45%)	Rendezvous
11	7 (4.24%)	Boost C++ Libraries
11	7 (4.24%)	STL
12	6 (3.64%)	JavaFX
12	6 (3.64%)	JAX-WS
12	6 (3.64%)	JPA
12	6 (3.64%)	Spring MVC
12	6 (3.64%)	Symfony

Miscellaneous
1	37 (22.42%)	Analytical Skills
2	35 (21.21%)	Equities
3	32 (19.39%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
4	25 (15.15%)	N-Tier
5	15 (9.09%)	Fintech
6	14 (8.48%)	Fixed Income
7	13 (7.88%)	Derivative
8	12 (7.27%)	Hedge funds
9	11 (6.67%)	Algorithms
9	11 (6.67%)	User Experience
10	10 (6.06%)	Computer Science
11	8 (4.85%)	Data Structures
11	8 (4.85%)	Greenfield Project
12	4 (2.42%)	Equity Derivative
12	4 (2.42%)	Linux Command Line
13	3 (1.82%)	Enterprise Software
13	3 (1.82%)	Reference Data
14	1 (0.61%)	Arduino
14	1 (0.61%)	Social Media
14	1 (0.61%)	TWAP

Operating Systems
1	92 (55.76%)	Linux
2	72 (43.64%)	Unix
3	9 (5.45%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	6 (3.64%)	Ubuntu
5	1 (0.61%)	Solaris
5	1 (0.61%)	Windows

Processes & Methodologies
1	40 (24.24%)	OO
2	38 (23.03%)	SDLC
3	37 (22.42%)	Low Latency
4	36 (21.82%)	OOD
5	29 (17.58%)	Asset Management
5	29 (17.58%)	Electronic Trading
6	25 (15.15%)	BDD
6	25 (15.15%)	Software Delivery
6	25 (15.15%)	Wealth Management
7	22 (13.33%)	Agile Software Development
8	21 (12.73%)	Algorithmic Trading
9	20 (12.12%)	Mathematics
10	14 (8.48%)	Analytics
10	14 (8.48%)	Multithreading
10	14 (8.48%)	Performance Optimisation
11	13 (7.88%)	E-Commerce
11	13 (7.88%)	Market Making
11	13 (7.88%)	Unit Testing
12	11 (6.67%)	Software Engineering
13	10 (6.06%)	TDD

Programming Languages
1	111 (67.27%)	Java
2	47 (28.48%)	JavaScript
3	38 (23.03%)	C++
4	37 (22.42%)	SQL
5	33 (20.00%)	Python
6	22 (13.33%)	Shell Script
7	12 (7.27%)	C#
8	8 (4.85%)	C
8	8 (4.85%)	PowerShell
9	7 (4.24%)	Perl
10	6 (3.64%)	CoffeeScript
10	6 (3.64%)	PHP
10	6 (3.64%)	Scala
10	6 (3.64%)	TypeScript
11	3 (1.82%)	VBA
12	2 (1.21%)	Clojure
12	2 (1.21%)	Groovy
12	2 (1.21%)	PL/SQL
13	1 (0.61%)	MATLAB
13	1 (0.61%)	VB

Qualifications
1	22 (13.33%)	Degree
2	8 (4.85%)	PhD
3	6 (3.64%)	Computer Science Degree
4	3 (1.82%)	Master's Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	2 (1.21%)	Data Quality
2	1 (0.61%)	MiFID
2	1 (0.61%)	QA
2	1 (0.61%)	SLA

System Software
1	1 (0.61%)	Apache ZooKeeper

Systems Management
1	7 (4.24%)	ITRS Geneos
2	1 (0.61%)	Control-M

Vendors
1	45 (27.27%)	Oracle
2	44 (26.67%)	Sybase
3	12 (7.27%)	Splunk
4	11 (6.67%)	TIBCO
5	6 (3.64%)	Vertica
6	5 (3.03%)	Perforce
6	5 (3.03%)	SAP
7	4 (2.42%)	Intel
7	4 (2.42%)	ION Trading
7	4 (2.42%)	Microsoft
8	3 (1.82%)	GigaSpaces
8	3 (1.82%)	Google
8	3 (1.82%)	IBM
8	3 (1.82%)	Rackspace
9	2 (1.21%)	Sencha
9	2 (1.21%)	Solace
9	2 (1.21%)	StreamBase
9	2 (1.21%)	Twitter
10	1 (0.61%)	Reuters