Apache Kafka
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Kafka skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 83 | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | +3 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Kafka | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.68% | 0.72% | 0.35% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 2.94% | 3.52% | 2.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £533 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £544 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £563 | £400 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.63% | -11.11% | -26.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £591 | £448 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £596 | £476 | £520 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £550 | £482 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.11% | +7.11% | -22.75% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 136 | 227 | 176 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 23.25% | 20.49% | 15.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 90 | 163 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £382 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £500 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £605 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.02% | +0.75% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £644 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £651 | £675 | £713 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £578 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.42% | +5.00% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £23.08 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32.43 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £61.60 | £48.27 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +27.63% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £63.85 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £69.56 | £73.06 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £31.91 | £61.60 | £56.06 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.21% | +9.88% | -8.85% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing Kafka as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Kafka.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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: