Apache Kafka
South London > Croydon
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Kafka skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 13 | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | +10 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing Kafka | 5 | 13 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Croydon | 6.02% | 13.13% | 9.15% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 11.63% | 46.43% | 36.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £457 | £540 |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | £538 | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £553 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.60% | -11.60% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £629 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £683 | £655 | - |
| South London median daily rate | £610 | £565 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.96% | -9.60% | +4.17% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Croydon
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 Croydon.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 43 | 28 | 36 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon | 51.81% | 28.28% | 25.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 17 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £462 | £440 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £500 | £477 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £556 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -1.12% | +1.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £633 | £693 | £675 |
| South London median daily rate | £550 | £558 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.35% | +1.36% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kafka relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.
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Daily Rate Trend in Croydon
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Kafka.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Croydon
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kafka in Croydon over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: