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UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 561 | 668 | 841 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +107 | +173 | -171 |
| Contract jobs citing Kdb+ | 15 | 16 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.035% | 0.028% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.21% | 0.16% | 0.046% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £635 | £575 | £625 |
| 25th Percentile | £650 | £694 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £800 | £825 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.03% | +17.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £950 | £763 |
| 90th Percentile | £815 | £1,060 | £865 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £525 |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 7,282 | 10,198 | 17,462 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 17.11% | 17.90% | 19.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,219 | 7,260 | 12,426 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £375 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £545 | £545 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.67% | - | +9.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £663 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +1.01% | +11.24% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 146 | 181 | 189 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £21.24 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.98 | £32.30 | £22.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £60.00 | £46.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +30.43% | +73.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.58 | £73.75 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £82.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £55.70 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.19% | +59.14% | +44.03% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Kdb+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kdb+.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
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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+ within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 | +116 | 15 | £800 | -3.03% | 6 |
| London | +106 | 15 | £800 | -3.03% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 7 | £700 | -16.42% | 4 |
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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: