Kx Systems KDB
UK

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 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 921 1158
Rank change year-on-year +53 +237 -350
Permanent jobs citing KDB 26 72 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.069% 0.035%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.14% 0.32% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 19 59 30
10th Percentile £89,000 £87,500 £74,300
25th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £107,500 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +10.26% -11.36%
75th Percentile £150,000 £122,500 £106,250
90th Percentile - £130,000 £123,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £26,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +201.89% -59.23% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,115 22,699 42,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.45% 21.66% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12,588 14,042 21,422
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,106
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.56% +6.88%

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 April 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 April 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 +72 25 £110,000 +2.33% 11
London +93 21 £130,000 +19.54% 11
UK excluding London -1 4 £80,000 +201.89% 1
East Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Work from Home +70 3 £130,000 +16.85% 5

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (73.08%) Kdb+
2 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
General
1 11 (42.31%) Front Office
2 10 (38.46%) Finance
3 9 (34.62%) Banking
4 8 (30.77%) Investment Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (100.00%) Developer
2 21 (80.77%) KDB Developer
3 8 (30.77%) Front Office Developer
4 7 (26.92%) Senior
4 7 (26.92%) Senior Developer
5 5 (19.23%) Backend Developer
6 4 (15.38%) Quantitative Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Market Data Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Java Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Python Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Python Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Fixed Income
2 5 (19.23%) Equities
3 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Analytics
1 5 (19.23%) Data Science
1 5 (19.23%) Direct Market Access
1 5 (19.23%) Smart Order Routing
2 3 (11.54%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics
2 3 (11.54%) Electronic Trading
2 3 (11.54%) Mathematics
2 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.69%) Data Modelling
3 2 (7.69%) Event-Driven
4 1 (3.85%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (3.85%) Data Integration
4 1 (3.85%) Data Validation
4 1 (3.85%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (3.85%) High-Frequency Trading
4 1 (3.85%) Low Latency
4 1 (3.85%) Multithreading
4 1 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 20 (76.92%) Python
2 8 (30.77%) Java
3 7 (26.92%) C++
4 2 (7.69%) C#
5 1 (3.85%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle
1 2 (7.69%) Sybase
2 1 (3.85%) ION Trading