KDB Developer Contracts

KDB Developer
UK

The median KDB Developer daily rate in the UK is £950 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 652 831
Rank change year-on-year +113 +179 -115
Contract jobs requiring a KDB Developer 36 30 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.054% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.057% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 4
10th Percentile £650 £633 £569
25th Percentile £800 £763 £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £900 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £1,075 £975 -
90th Percentile £1,145 £1,120 -
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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £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 1 June 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 1 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
London +103 36 £950 +5.56% 4
England +95 36 £950 +5.56% 4
Work from Home +106 12 £800 -11.11% 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 36 (100.00%) KDB
2 27 (75.00%) Analytics
3 17 (47.22%) Finance
4 16 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 15 (41.67%) Data Analytics
6 14 (38.89%) Electronic Trading
7 11 (30.56%) Fixed Income
8 10 (27.78%) Data Management
8 10 (27.78%) SQL
8 10 (27.78%) Data Modelling
8 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (27.78%) Kdb+
8 10 (27.78%) Task Automation
8 10 (27.78%) Data Quality
9 9 (25.00%) Front Office
10 7 (19.44%) Python
10 7 (19.44%) Unix
11 6 (16.67%) OO
11 6 (16.67%) C#
11 6 (16.67%) Java
11 6 (16.67%) Change Management
11 6 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (16.67%) Equities
11 6 (16.67%) Test Automation
11 6 (16.67%) BDD
11 6 (16.67%) Build Automation
11 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (16.67%) SDLC
11 6 (16.67%) API Design

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 6 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (100.00%) KDB
2 10 (27.78%) Kdb+
3 4 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.78%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
1 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 17 (47.22%) Finance
2 16 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 9 (25.00%) Front Office
4 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Banking
5 4 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Fixed Income
2 6 (16.67%) Equities
2 6 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (8.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (19.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (75.00%) Analytics
2 15 (41.67%) Data Analytics
3 14 (38.89%) Electronic Trading
4 10 (27.78%) Data Management
4 10 (27.78%) Data Modelling
4 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (27.78%) Task Automation
5 6 (16.67%) API Design
5 6 (16.67%) BDD
5 6 (16.67%) Build Automation
5 6 (16.67%) Change Management
5 6 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (16.67%) OO
5 6 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 6 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (16.67%) SDLC
5 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 5 (13.89%) Algorithmic Trading
6 5 (13.89%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) SQL
2 7 (19.44%) Python
3 6 (16.67%) C#
3 6 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.78%) Data Quality