Kafka Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands
Kafka Engineer
England > Midlands
The median Kafka Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 197 | - | 127 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Kafka Engineer jobs | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands | 0.040% | - | 0.037% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.045% | - | 0.040% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | - | £180 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £675 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.52% | +14.89% | -9.62% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the Midlands matching a recognised job title | 4,416 | 2,622 | 2,481 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 88.78% | 89.52% | 92.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,409 | 1,717 | 1,543 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £225 | £228 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £361 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -5.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -1.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 460 | 177 | 98 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.03 | £13.51 | £12.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.56 | £17.14 | £15.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.62 | £25.00 | £23.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.54% | +4.95% | +19.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £30.48 | £30.25 | £33.23 |
| 90th Percentile | £53.75 | £46.40 | £50.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.03 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.14% | -37.13% | -11.11% |
Kafka Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Kafka Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Kafka Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Kafka Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.
Kafka Engineer Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Kafka Engineer jobs within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £400 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Kafka Engineer England |
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Kafka Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands
For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, Kafka Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Kafka Engineer job ads across the Midlands region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Event-Driven | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Event-Driven Architecture | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Kafka | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Microservices | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 100.0% | 2 |
| 10 | .NET | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | .NET Core | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | .NET Framework | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | AI | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Anthropic Claude | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Apache Avro | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | ASP.NET | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | ASP.NET Core | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Asynchronous Programming | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | AWS Certification | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Azure | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | C# | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Cloud Security | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Computer Science | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Computer Science Degree | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Conversational AI | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Conversational UI | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | CQRS | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Data Science | 50.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Degree | 50.0% | 1 |
Kafka Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS Software Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cloud Software Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Java Software Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |