The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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.
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 Cambridge.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
20
64
46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge
17.54%
32.99%
15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted
19
36
24
10th Percentile
£410
£350
£416
25th Percentile
£415
£446
£434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-10.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£538
£550
£564
90th Percentile
£648
£719
£635
Cambridgeshire median daily rate
£479
£498
£475
% change year-on-year
-3.77%
+4.74%
-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
8
2
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
-
£58.75
£51.25
Median hourly rate
-
£70.25
£52.50
Median % change year-on-year
-
+33.81%
+105.88%
75th Percentile
-
£75.00
£53.75
90th Percentile
-
£81.00
-
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate
-
£70.25
£45.75
% change year-on-year
-
+53.55%
+134.62%
Kafka Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Kafka as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Kafka Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kafka in Cambridge.
Kafka Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge
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 Cambridge region with a requirement for Kafka.
Kafka Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:
