KDB Developer Contracts

KDB Developer
UK

The median KDB Developer daily rate in the UK is £925 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 662 838
Rank change year-on-year +130 +176 -132
Contract jobs requiring a KDB Developer 39 25 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.044% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.046% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 10 5
10th Percentile £650 £590 £588
25th Percentile £800 £763 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £925 £875 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +25.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £1,043 £975 -
90th Percentile £1,123 £1,174 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

KDB Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured KDB Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing KDB Developer.

Daily rate trend for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KDB Developer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for KDB Developer in the UK

KDB Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing KDB Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +126 39 £925 +5.71% 8
London +116 39 £925 +5.71% 8
Work from Home +108 14 £800 -8.57% 5

KDB Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, KDB Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring KDB Developer in the job title.

1 39 (100.00%) KDB
2 28 (71.79%) Analytics
3 20 (51.28%) Finance
4 17 (43.59%) Electronic Trading
5 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
6 14 (35.90%) Kdb+
7 13 (33.33%) Data Analytics
7 13 (33.33%) Front Office
7 13 (33.33%) SQL
8 12 (30.77%) Python
8 12 (30.77%) Data Modelling
8 12 (30.77%) Data Quality
9 11 (28.21%) Unix
10 10 (25.64%) C#
10 10 (25.64%) Java
10 10 (25.64%) Fixed Income
10 10 (25.64%) Data Management
10 10 (25.64%) API Design
11 9 (23.08%) Task Automation
11 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (23.08%) Apache Airflow
11 9 (23.08%) Test Automation
11 9 (23.08%) Equities
12 7 (17.95%) Collaborative Culture
13 6 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
13 6 (15.38%) Prototyping
13 6 (15.38%) BDD
13 6 (15.38%) Build Automation
13 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
13 6 (15.38%) SDLC

KDB Developer Skill Set
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 9 (23.08%) Apache Airflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (100.00%) KDB
2 14 (35.90%) Kdb+
3 3 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.56%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 20 (51.28%) Finance
2 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 13 (33.33%) Front Office
4 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Banking
5 5 (12.82%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Fixed Income
2 9 (23.08%) Equities
3 6 (15.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (71.79%) Analytics
2 17 (43.59%) Electronic Trading
3 13 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 12 (30.77%) Data Modelling
5 10 (25.64%) API Design
5 10 (25.64%) Data Management
6 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (23.08%) Task Automation
6 9 (23.08%) Test Automation
7 7 (17.95%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (15.38%) BDD
8 6 (15.38%) Build Automation
8 6 (15.38%) Change Management
8 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
8 6 (15.38%) OO
8 6 (15.38%) Prototyping
8 6 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (15.38%) SDLC
8 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (12.82%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) SQL
2 12 (30.77%) Python
3 10 (25.64%) C#
3 10 (25.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) Data Quality