Kx Systems Kdb+
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Kdb+ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kdb+ over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 909 1238
Rank change year-on-year +22 +329 -301
Permanent jobs citing Kdb+ 18 37 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.039% 0.015%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.098% 0.18% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 5
10th Percentile £84,500 £67,625 £58,250
25th Percentile - £84,688 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% +9.68%
75th Percentile £150,000 £122,500 £111,250
90th Percentile - £130,000 £136,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £71,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.28% +9.62% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,423 20,288 47,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.50% 21.40% 28.32%
Number of salaries quoted 12,549 12,963 20,973
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Kdb+
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Kdb+ in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kdb+.

Salary trend for Kdb+ in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kdb+ over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Kdb+ in the UK

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Top 6 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 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +50 17 £100,000 -9.09% 5
London +90 13 £130,000 +18.18% 5
UK excluding London -37 4 £80,000 +12.28% 1
East Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Work from Home +39 2 £130,000 +18.18% 6

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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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 7 (38.89%) Front Office
2 6 (33.33%) Banking
2 6 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Developer
2 16 (88.89%) KDB Developer
3 6 (33.33%) Senior
3 6 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Backend Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Front Office Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Market Data Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Python Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Equities
1 5 (27.78%) Fixed Income
2 2 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Direct Market Access
1 5 (27.78%) Smart Order Routing
2 3 (16.67%) Analytics
2 3 (16.67%) Data Science
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) Code Quality
4 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.56%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) Python
2 7 (38.89%) C++
2 7 (38.89%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Degree