The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Kafka skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kafka over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
31
-
32
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+7
Contract jobs citing Kafka
2
0
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire
Kafka falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Bedfordshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
12
21
29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire
7.69%
8.54%
15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted
8
14
22
10th Percentile
£408
£363
£313
25th Percentile
£494
£370
£331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£513
£563
£520
Median % change year-on-year
-8.89%
+8.17%
+9.47%
75th Percentile
£541
£742
£600
90th Percentile
£687
£756
-
East of England median daily rate
£500
£499
£520
% change year-on-year
+0.25%
-4.09%
+4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
0
Median hourly rate
-
£52.50
-
East of England median hourly rate
£80.68
£43.00
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+87.62%
-33.85%
+32.65%
Kafka Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing Kafka as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
Kafka Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kafka in Bedfordshire.
Kafka Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Kafka also mentioned 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 across the Bedfordshire region with a requirement for Kafka.
Kafka Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:
