Kdb+ Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 339 464 614
Rank change year-on-year +125 +150 -109
Contract jobs citing Kdb+ 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.025% 0.005%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.21% 0.13% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile - £579 £544
25th Percentile £650 £697 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £838 £675
Median % change year-on-year -16.42% +24.07% +3.85%
75th Percentile £763 £925 £753
90th Percentile £785 £970 £796
UK median daily rate £800 £825 £700
% change year-on-year -3.03% +17.86% +7.69%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,880 4,615 9,511
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.65% 18.89% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,126 3,366 6,925
10th Percentile £356 £386 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £757 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 80 88
10th Percentile £18.40 £22.35 £19.70
25th Percentile £22.34 £40.19 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.13 £64.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.79% +35.79% +58.33%
75th Percentile £62.63 £74.06 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £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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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kdb+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kdb+ trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kdb+.

Kdb+ daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (66.67%) Apache Airflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 4 (66.67%) Front Office
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) KDB Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Unix Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) API Design
1 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
1 4 (66.67%) Java
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality