Kafka Contract Job Trends in London

Apache Kafka
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Kafka skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 86 107
Rank change year-on-year -10 +21 -32
Contract jobs citing Kafka 519 393 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.88% 3.18% 2.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.47% 12.22% 8.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 268 286
10th Percentile £402 £424 £413
25th Percentile £500 £506 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £738 £825 £700
90th Percentile £800 £838 £788
England median daily rate £545 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £62.40 £49.65 -
25th Percentile £70.88 £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £92.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% - -
75th Percentile £95.00 £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £85.60 £31.50
% change year-on-year -18.22% +171.75% -59.62%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,162 3,216 4,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.06% 26.03% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,769 2,249 3,358
10th Percentile £372 £385 £375
25th Percentile £437 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 16 25
10th Percentile £23.65 - £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £48.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +14.12% -36.80%
75th Percentile £59.72 £65.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £91.00 £81.25 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kafka relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Kafka job vacancy trend in London

Kafka
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kafka.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kafka

Kafka
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kafka in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Kafka in London

Kafka
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kafka.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kafka

Kafka
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kafka in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Kafka in London

Kafka
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -14 54 £550 -5.98% 23
West London -14 18 £603 +25.52% 3
South London -19 14 £521 -13.25%
East London -4 4 £496 +19.35% 3
Kafka
England

Kafka
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 73 (14.07%) Apache Spark
2 43 (8.29%) Apache
3 31 (5.97%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.16%) Confluence
4 6 (1.16%) Ethereum
4 6 (1.16%) Hyperledger
5 5 (0.96%) Camunda
5 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.58%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.19%) CICS
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (0.58%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.39%) Shopify
3 1 (0.19%) Actimize
3 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.19%) Endur
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.19%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 315 (60.69%) AWS
2 153 (29.48%) Azure
3 93 (17.92%) GCP
4 80 (15.41%) Amazon S3
5 75 (14.45%) GitHub
6 72 (13.87%) Serverless
7 62 (11.95%) AWS Lambda
8 60 (11.56%) GitHub Actions
9 45 (8.67%) Power Platform
10 41 (7.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 38 (7.32%) Amazon EKS
12 36 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
13 34 (6.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 32 (6.17%) Amazon Kinesis
15 29 (5.59%) Amazon SQS
16 28 (5.39%) Amazon ECS
17 25 (4.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 21 (4.05%) dbt
18 21 (4.05%) Snowflake
19 20 (3.85%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.12%) HTTP
2 6 (1.16%) SMS
3 4 (0.77%) DNS
4 3 (0.58%) SSL
5 2 (0.39%) NaaS
5 2 (0.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.19%) 4G
6 1 (0.19%) 5G
6 1 (0.19%) Broadband
6 1 (0.19%) FTP
6 1 (0.19%) Internet
6 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.19%) MIMO
6 1 (0.19%) Network Security
6 1 (0.19%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (19.85%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (11.95%) MongoDB
2 62 (11.95%) NoSQL
3 40 (7.71%) Data Lake
4 36 (6.94%) Amazon Athena
4 36 (6.94%) Power BI
5 35 (6.74%) Relational Database
6 31 (5.97%) Apache Cassandra
6 31 (5.97%) SQL Server
7 30 (5.78%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (5.39%) Flink
9 24 (4.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 24 (4.62%) BigQuery
10 23 (4.43%) Amazon RDS
10 23 (4.43%) OLTP
11 22 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
12 19 (3.66%) Amazon Aurora
12 19 (3.66%) MySQL
13 18 (3.47%) Big Data
13 18 (3.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (14.26%) Jenkins
2 56 (10.79%) Git
3 50 (9.63%) GitLab
4 44 (8.48%) JUnit
5 27 (5.20%) Mockito
6 24 (4.62%) JIRA
7 16 (3.08%) Gradle
8 13 (2.50%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.31%) Liquibase
10 6 (1.16%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.96%) Gatling
11 5 (0.96%) Maven
11 5 (0.96%) Selenium
12 4 (0.77%) Postman
13 3 (0.58%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.58%) MLflow
13 3 (0.58%) Snyk
13 3 (0.58%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.39%) SoapUI
14 2 (0.39%) SpecFlow
General
1 184 (35.45%) Finance
2 98 (18.88%) Banking
3 65 (12.52%) Social Skills
4 47 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.67%) Front Office
6 29 (5.59%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.20%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.08%) Financial Institution
9 11 (2.12%) Marketing
10 9 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.73%) Publishing
11 8 (1.54%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.35%) Corporate Banking
12 7 (1.35%) Law
12 7 (1.35%) Retail
13 4 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.77%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.58%) Billing
15 2 (0.39%) Legal
15 2 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 191 (36.80%) Developer
2 151 (29.09%) Senior
3 87 (16.76%) Data Engineer
4 82 (15.80%) Java Developer
5 70 (13.49%) Senior Developer
6 68 (13.10%) Lead
7 61 (11.75%) Software Engineer
8 54 (10.40%) Java Engineer
9 44 (8.48%) Architect
10 36 (6.94%) Senior Java Developer
11 33 (6.36%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 29 (5.59%) Full-Stack Developer
13 28 (5.39%) Kafka Developer
13 28 (5.39%) Principal Engineer
14 25 (4.82%) Senior Data Engineer
15 23 (4.43%) Senior Java Engineer
16 21 (4.05%) Lead Developer
16 21 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
17 20 (3.85%) Lead Software Developer
18 19 (3.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (25.05%) Spring
2 118 (22.74%) Spring Boot
3 92 (17.73%) React
4 86 (16.57%) REST
5 73 (14.07%) RESTful
6 63 (12.14%) Node.js
7 51 (9.83%) GraphQL
8 38 (7.32%) Redux
9 35 (6.74%) RabbitMQ
10 33 (6.36%) gRPC
11 31 (5.97%) PySpark
12 30 (5.78%) AngularJS
13 27 (5.20%) Apache Avro
14 25 (4.82%) OpenTelemetry
15 24 (4.62%) Middleware
16 23 (4.43%) JSON
16 23 (4.43%) OAuth
17 21 (4.05%) WireMock
18 19 (3.66%) .NET
18 19 (3.66%) Great Expectations
Miscellaneous
1 94 (18.11%) Distributed Systems
2 89 (17.15%) Cloud Native
3 42 (8.09%) Fixed Income
4 19 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.66%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.28%) Equities
6 14 (2.70%) Derivative
7 11 (2.12%) Hedge funds
7 11 (2.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 10 (1.93%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (1.73%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.54%) Market Risk
11 7 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.16%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.16%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 47 (9.06%) Linux
2 22 (4.24%) Unix
3 9 (1.73%) Windows
4 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.58%) zOS
6 2 (0.39%) AIX
6 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (42.77%) CI/CD
2 172 (33.14%) Microservices
3 159 (30.64%) Agile
4 148 (28.52%) Event-Driven
5 146 (28.13%) DevOps
6 134 (25.82%) Software Engineering
7 111 (21.39%) Observability
8 103 (19.85%) Containerisation
9 95 (18.30%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 86 (16.57%) Infrastructure as Code
11 85 (16.38%) Data Modelling
11 85 (16.38%) Data Pipeline
12 83 (15.99%) Analytics
13 77 (14.84%) Data Engineering
14 75 (14.45%) Full-Stack Development
15 73 (14.07%) ETL
16 65 (12.52%) Test Automation
17 57 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
18 53 (10.21%) TDD
19 52 (10.02%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 258 (49.71%) Java
2 197 (37.96%) Python
3 189 (36.42%) SQL
4 92 (17.73%) TypeScript
5 71 (13.68%) JavaScript
6 66 (12.72%) Go
7 53 (10.21%) C#
8 19 (3.66%) Scala
9 16 (3.08%) Bash
9 16 (3.08%) C++
10 9 (1.73%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.35%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.16%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.96%) PHP
13 5 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.77%) Bicep
14 4 (0.77%) C
15 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.58%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (15.03%) Security Cleared
2 63 (12.14%) SC Cleared
3 22 (4.24%) Degree
4 11 (2.12%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.93%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.96%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.77%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.19%) CISSP
10 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.19%) MySQL Certification
10 1 (0.19%) SSCP
10 1 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (12.33%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.36%) QA
3 31 (5.97%) GDPR
4 16 (3.08%) ISO 20022
5 9 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.73%) NIST
6 7 (1.35%) SEPA
7 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.96%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) MiFID
9 2 (0.39%) EMIR
9 2 (0.39%) HL7
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.39%) PSD2
10 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 177 (34.10%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.19%) etcd
3 1 (0.19%) HDFS
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 188 (36.22%) Kubernetes
2 108 (20.81%) Terraform
3 47 (9.06%) Grafana
4 44 (8.48%) Prometheus
5 21 (4.05%) Ansible
6 7 (1.35%) Argo
7 4 (0.77%) Kibana
8 3 (0.58%) Puppet
9 2 (0.39%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.39%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.39%) logstash
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.19%) QRadar
10 1 (0.19%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 43 (8.29%) Databricks
2 30 (5.78%) Oracle
3 27 (5.20%) Google
4 25 (4.82%) Microsoft
5 23 (4.43%) Confluent
6 20 (3.85%) Splunk
7 12 (2.31%) IBM
8 10 (1.93%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.73%) Informatica
10 8 (1.54%) Solace
11 7 (1.35%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.16%) Pega
12 6 (1.16%) Sybase
13 5 (0.96%) Denodo
14 4 (0.77%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.77%) Cloudera
14 4 (0.77%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.77%) Netlify
14 4 (0.77%) New Relic
14 4 (0.77%) ServiceNow