The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 Chester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
15
4
9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester
22.06%
7.41%
10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted
8
3
7
10th Percentile
£489
£277
£358
25th Percentile
£581
£279
£369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£700
£300
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+133.33%
-29.41%
+6.25%
75th Percentile
£738
£531
£563
90th Percentile
-
£655
£593
Cheshire median daily rate
£402
£450
£540
% change year-on-year
-10.67%
-16.67%
+32.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
0
0
Median hourly rate
£70.00
-
-
Cheshire median hourly rate
£70.00
£11.50
-
% change year-on-year
+508.70%
-
-
Kafka Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Kafka as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Kafka Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kafka in Chester.
Kafka Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester
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 Chester region with a requirement for Kafka.
Kafka Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:
