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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 887 878
Rank change year-on-year +211 -9 +293
Permanent jobs citing KDB 33 25 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.024% 0.086%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.43% 0.14% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 70
10th Percentile £81,000 £89,000 £73,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £172,500 £150,000 £122,500
90th Percentile - - £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £80,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year - +12.28% +9.62%

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 7,654 18,365 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 17.78% 21.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,812 12,527 13,034
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,394 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,751 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £103,750
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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +162 28 £130,000 +18.18% 61
London +119 25 £130,000 - 43
UK excluding London +198 8 - - 43
Scotland - 5 - -
North West - 3 - - 3
North of England - 3 - - 3
Work from Home +118 2 £77,500 -40.38% 38

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 (6.06%) Jupyter
2 1 (3.03%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 14 (42.42%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (66.67%) Kdb+
2 3 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (6.06%) RDBMS
3 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.03%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (3.03%) Apache Arrow
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 22 (66.67%) Finance
2 18 (54.55%) Banking
3 15 (45.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (45.45%) Law
4 5 (15.15%) Front Office
4 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Software Engineer
2 11 (33.33%) Lead
3 9 (27.27%) Developer
3 9 (27.27%) Java Engineer
3 9 (27.27%) Lead Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Senior
5 6 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Python Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Python Software Engineer
7 4 (12.12%) Architect
7 4 (12.12%) Java Software Engineer
7 4 (12.12%) KDB Developer
7 4 (12.12%) Lead Java Engineer
7 4 (12.12%) Principal Architect
8 3 (9.09%) AWS Architect
8 3 (9.09%) Quantitative Developer
9 2 (6.06%) AWS Engineer
9 2 (6.06%) AWS Software Engineer
9 2 (6.06%) Lead DevOps Engineer
9 2 (6.06%) Linux/Unix DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (30.30%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (15.15%) Middleware
3 4 (12.12%) Kafka
3 4 (12.12%) React
3 4 (12.12%) Spring
4 3 (9.09%) Rendezvous
5 2 (6.06%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Algorithms
1 8 (24.24%) Derivative
1 8 (24.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (21.21%) Equities
3 5 (15.15%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (12.12%) Public Cloud
5 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 3 (9.09%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Unix
2 3 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 14 (42.42%) Agile
2 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (42.42%) SDLC
3 13 (39.39%) Low Latency
3 13 (39.39%) Operational Stability
4 10 (30.30%) CI/CD
5 9 (27.27%) Algorithmic Trading
5 9 (27.27%) Analytics
5 9 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 9 (27.27%) Mathematics
6 8 (24.24%) Decision-Making
7 7 (21.21%) Machine Learning
8 6 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (18.18%) Data Analytics
8 6 (18.18%) Electronic Trading
9 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (15.15%) High Availability
10 4 (12.12%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (12.12%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (57.58%) Python
2 17 (51.52%) Java
3 8 (24.24%) C++
4 5 (15.15%) C#
5 4 (12.12%) C
6 3 (9.09%) SQL
7 2 (6.06%) Shell Script
8 1 (3.03%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.03%) MBA
2 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.03%) PMP
2 1 (3.03%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Terraform
2 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Bloomberg
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle
1 3 (9.09%) Solace
1 3 (9.09%) TIBCO
2 2 (6.06%) Vertica