Apache Kafka
UK

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 139 101
Rank change year-on-year -90 -38 +38
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 1,241 2,635 5,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 2.54% 3.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.89% 8.42% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 714 1,443 1,905
10th Percentile £48,750 £56,052 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £67,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £102,188 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £140,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £65,956 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.72% -12.06% +25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Kafka is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,058 31,283 63,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.37% 30.13% 40.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15,741 19,277 30,292
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Kafka in the UK

Kafka
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kafka.

Salary trend for Kafka in the UK

Kafka
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kafka over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Kafka in the UK

Kafka
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -172 784 £79,000 -12.22% 215
UK excluding London +4 754 £63,500 -3.72% 94
London -103 448 £92,500 -7.50% 137
Scotland +58 425 £70,576 +1.62% 14
Work from Home -140 424 £72,500 -17.14% 149
South East -1 126 £57,500 -14.81% 28
North of England -66 90 £65,000 - 19
North West -34 67 £62,500 -8.72% 12
South West -66 59 £63,750 -1.92% 7
Midlands -18 29 £73,500 +18.55% 13
Yorkshire +28 21 £72,500 +18.37% 5
West Midlands +13 20 £77,500 +25.00% 8
East of England -45 17 £85,000 +47.83% 6
East Midlands -26 12 £66,750 +11.25% 5
Northern Ireland +35 7 £70,000 +5.66% 4
Wales +6 4 £72,500 +48.72% 4
North East -36 2 £57,500 -8.00% 2

Kafka
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
1 222 (17.89%) Apache Spark
2 98 (7.90%) FileNet
3 87 (7.01%) Apache Airflow
4 68 (5.48%) Apache
5 32 (2.58%) Cloud Foundry
6 21 (1.69%) GemFire
7 18 (1.45%) Confluence
8 10 (0.81%) nginx
8 10 (0.81%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.40%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) IIS
11 2 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.16%) Liferay
11 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.081%) JBoss
12 1 (0.081%) SAS
12 1 (0.081%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 699 (56.33%) AWS
2 269 (21.68%) Azure
3 193 (15.55%) GCP
4 148 (11.93%) Amazon S3
5 98 (7.90%) GitHub
6 56 (4.51%) Serverless
7 54 (4.35%) SaaS
8 39 (3.14%) Amazon SQS
9 31 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (2.42%) Snowflake
11 28 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (2.10%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (2.01%) Slack
14 23 (1.85%) Google Docs
14 23 (1.85%) Lucidchart
14 23 (1.85%) Miro
14 23 (1.85%) OpenShift
15 21 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
16 20 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.61%) Firewall
2 18 (1.45%) DSL
3 17 (1.37%) Kerberos
4 11 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.73%) HTTP
6 8 (0.64%) MQTT
7 7 (0.56%) AMQP
8 6 (0.48%) VPN
9 5 (0.40%) FTP
9 5 (0.40%) Network Security
9 5 (0.40%) SSL
10 3 (0.24%) Broadband
10 3 (0.24%) NaaS
10 3 (0.24%) Wireless
11 2 (0.16%) DNS
12 1 (0.081%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 292 (23.53%) NoSQL
2 235 (18.94%) Elasticsearch
3 174 (14.02%) PostgreSQL
4 173 (13.94%) Big Data
5 158 (12.73%) Apache Cassandra
6 152 (12.25%) MongoDB
7 129 (10.39%) Hadoop
8 97 (7.82%) Redis
9 93 (7.49%) Relational Database
10 89 (7.17%) MySQL
11 61 (4.92%) Data Lake
12 58 (4.67%) SQL Server
13 47 (3.79%) CockroachDB
14 45 (3.63%) Flink
15 42 (3.38%) BigQuery
16 38 (3.06%) Data Mining
17 34 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
18 33 (2.66%) Tableau
19 27 (2.18%) Apache Ignite
20 25 (2.01%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 161 (12.97%) Jenkins
2 137 (11.04%) JUnit
3 115 (9.27%) Git
4 50 (4.03%) Mockito
5 49 (3.95%) JIRA
6 48 (3.87%) Maven
7 46 (3.71%) Jasmine
8 36 (2.90%) Cucumber
8 36 (2.90%) GitLab
9 29 (2.34%) Jaeger
10 27 (2.18%) Cypress.io
11 20 (1.61%) Bitbucket
12 14 (1.13%) Selenium
13 13 (1.05%) Spinnaker
14 12 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
15 11 (0.89%) SonarQube
16 9 (0.73%) Gradle
16 9 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
16 9 (0.73%) Postman
17 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
General
1 619 (49.88%) Finance
2 413 (33.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 382 (30.78%) Law
4 240 (19.34%) Banking
5 203 (16.36%) Social Skills
6 144 (11.60%) Marketing
7 130 (10.48%) Legal
8 94 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
9 92 (7.41%) Investment Banking
10 47 (3.79%) Games
11 45 (3.63%) Financial Institution
12 44 (3.55%) Retail Banking
13 36 (2.90%) Retail
14 24 (1.93%) Front Office
15 23 (1.85%) Prime Brokerage
16 20 (1.61%) Public Sector
17 15 (1.21%) Private Banking
18 10 (0.81%) Manufacturing
18 10 (0.81%) Publishing
19 9 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 482 (38.84%) Software Engineer
2 326 (26.27%) Senior
3 321 (25.87%) Developer
4 283 (22.80%) Java Engineer
5 257 (20.71%) Lead
6 241 (19.42%) Java Software Engineer
7 149 (12.01%) Full Stack Engineer
8 145 (11.68%) Lead Software Engineer
9 137 (11.04%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 133 (10.72%) Senior Developer
11 132 (10.64%) Data Engineer
12 123 (9.91%) Java Developer
13 108 (8.70%) Architect
14 90 (7.25%) Lead Java Engineer
15 85 (6.85%) Senior Software Engineer
16 72 (5.80%) Python Engineer
17 67 (5.40%) .NET Developer
18 52 (4.19%) Python Software Engineer
19 45 (3.63%) Senior Java Engineer
19 45 (3.63%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 440 (35.46%) Spring
2 313 (25.22%) Spring Boot
3 247 (19.90%) React
4 221 (17.81%) AngularJS
5 202 (16.28%) GraphQL
6 154 (12.41%) REST
7 141 (11.36%) J2EE
8 140 (11.28%) Node.js
9 134 (10.80%) Hibernate
10 127 (10.23%) .NET
11 122 (9.83%) Web Services
12 118 (9.51%) RabbitMQ
13 107 (8.62%) CSS
14 106 (8.54%) Spring Integration
15 99 (7.98%) HTML
16 97 (7.82%) JMS
17 94 (7.57%) RESTful
18 84 (6.77%) JSON
19 61 (4.92%) PySpark
20 56 (4.51%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 238 (19.18%) Cloud Native
2 156 (12.57%) Algorithms
3 72 (5.80%) Public Cloud
4 59 (4.75%) Greenfield Project
5 58 (4.67%) Data Structures
6 50 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (3.71%) Management Information System
8 39 (3.14%) Onboarding
9 34 (2.74%) Product Ownership
10 33 (2.66%) Client/Server
11 29 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 29 (2.34%) Replication
12 21 (1.69%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.53%) Reference Data
14 17 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (1.29%) Sports Betting
16 15 (1.21%) PropTech
17 13 (1.05%) Blockchain
17 13 (1.05%) Robotics
18 12 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.04%) Linux
2 20 (1.61%) Unix
3 17 (1.37%) Windows
4 13 (1.05%) Solaris
5 12 (0.97%) CentOS
5 12 (0.97%) Ubuntu
5 12 (0.97%) zOS
6 3 (0.24%) Android
6 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 717 (57.78%) Agile
2 649 (52.30%) Software Engineering
3 542 (43.67%) Microservices
4 534 (43.03%) CI/CD
5 401 (32.31%) SDLC
6 326 (26.27%) Artificial Intelligence
7 309 (24.90%) Machine Learning
8 291 (23.45%) Operational Stability
9 260 (20.95%) DevOps
10 219 (17.65%) Community of Practice
10 219 (17.65%) TDD
11 203 (16.36%) Full Stack Development
12 190 (15.31%) Computer Science
13 161 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
14 158 (12.73%) Visualisation
15 152 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 137 (11.04%) Risk Management
17 130 (10.48%) Decision-Making
18 128 (10.31%) Analytics
19 112 (9.02%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 777 (62.61%) Java
2 512 (41.26%) SQL
3 358 (28.85%) Python
4 186 (14.99%) JavaScript
5 144 (11.60%) TypeScript
6 141 (11.36%) C#
7 126 (10.15%) Go
8 91 (7.33%) Scala
9 56 (4.51%) Kotlin
10 31 (2.50%) Bash
11 27 (2.18%) Groovy
12 24 (1.93%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.29%) C
14 9 (0.73%) C++
14 9 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.56%) Clojure
15 7 (0.56%) R
16 5 (0.40%) VBA
17 4 (0.32%) Rust
17 4 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 173 (13.94%) Degree
2 78 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 76 (6.12%) Master's Degree
4 49 (3.95%) Security Cleared
5 46 (3.71%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.26%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.29%) PhD
8 8 (0.64%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.32%) CISM
11 4 (0.32%) CISSP
12 3 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.24%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (1.77%) QA
2 18 (1.45%) SLA
3 11 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 10 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.40%) SEPA
7 4 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.32%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (0.32%) NIST
8 3 (0.24%) GRC
8 3 (0.24%) MiFID
9 1 (0.081%) WCAG
System Software
1 378 (30.46%) Docker
2 13 (1.05%) HDFS
3 4 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.081%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.081%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.081%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 616 (49.64%) Kubernetes
2 102 (8.22%) Terraform
3 65 (5.24%) Grafana
4 47 (3.79%) Ansible
5 35 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.58%) Kibana
7 26 (2.10%) ITRS Geneos
8 21 (1.69%) HAProxy
8 21 (1.69%) Zipkin
9 9 (0.73%) Kiali
10 7 (0.56%) Graphite
11 6 (0.48%) Argo
12 4 (0.32%) Consul
12 4 (0.32%) Istio
12 4 (0.32%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.32%) logstash
12 4 (0.32%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.32%) Puppet
13 3 (0.24%) Rancher
14 2 (0.16%) Oozie
Vendors
1 193 (15.55%) Oracle
2 123 (9.91%) Google
3 80 (6.45%) Splunk
4 75 (6.04%) Databricks
5 64 (5.16%) Microsoft
6 36 (2.90%) Dynatrace
7 24 (1.93%) Dell
7 24 (1.93%) Sybase
8 20 (1.61%) Confluent
9 18 (1.45%) Alteryx
9 18 (1.45%) Cognos
9 18 (1.45%) IBM
10 17 (1.37%) Cloudera
11 15 (1.21%) Apple
12 14 (1.13%) Teradata
13 13 (1.05%) AppDynamics
14 12 (0.97%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.81%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.64%) YouTube
17 7 (0.56%) Facebook