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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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 592 | 678 | 848 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +86 | +170 | -131 |
| Contract jobs citing Kdb+ | 10 | 17 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.023% | 0.031% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.14% | 0.17% | 0.046% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £588 | £588 |
| 25th Percentile | £650 | £719 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £825 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.15% | +17.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £800 | £925 | £825 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £1,045 | £885 |
| 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 | 7,386 | 9,773 | 17,215 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 17.05% | 17.59% | 19.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,279 | 6,927 | 12,282 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £375 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £545 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.67% | -0.91% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £663 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £754 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 152 | 178 | 181 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £21.24 | £14.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.77 | £33.05 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £60.00 | £43.95 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +36.52% | +62.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.63 | £73.75 | £63.60 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £80.75 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £58.59 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.26% | +67.40% | +42.86% |
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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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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 9 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +91 | 10 | £700 | -15.15% | 6 |
| London | +81 | 10 | £700 | -15.15% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +112 | 6 | £700 | -16.42% | 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: