Kdb+ Contracts in England

Kx Systems Kdb+
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Kdb+ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kdb+ over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 618 773
Rank change year-on-year +95 +155 -143
Contract jobs citing Kdb+ 14 13 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.027% 0.009%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.22% 0.15% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 6
10th Percentile £635 £680 -
25th Percentile £650 £763 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £825 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +17.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £900 £794
90th Percentile £815 £1,050 £875
UK median daily rate £800 £825 £700
% change year-on-year -3.03% +17.86% +7.69%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,245 8,511 13,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.15% 17.79% 19.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,519 6,121 10,061
10th Percentile £350 £375 £368
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £660
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 160 166
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.15 £21.56
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.95 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.76% +26.56% +83.67%
75th Percentile £56.88 £73.75 £64.94
90th Percentile £74.25 £83.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.05 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.09% +28.99% +69.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Kdb+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Kdb+ in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kdb+ in England.

Daily rate trend for Kdb+ in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Kdb+ in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kdb+ within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +96 14 £800 -3.03% 5
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (57.14%) Apache Airflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) KDB
2 1 (7.14%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Front Office
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
1 13 (92.86%) KDB Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Analytics Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Unix Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Equities
2 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Analytics
1 9 (64.29%) API Design
2 8 (57.14%) Data Modelling
2 8 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 6 (42.86%) Electronic Trading
4 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Backtesting
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Data Science
5 1 (7.14%) High-Frequency Trading
5 1 (7.14%) Low Latency
5 1 (7.14%) Mathematical Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Mathematics
5 1 (7.14%) PnL Attribution
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) C#
1 9 (64.29%) Java
1 9 (64.29%) Python
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) Data Quality