Apache Kafka
Hertfordshire > Watford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 18 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +3 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Kafka | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford | - | 1.06% | 1.64% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 7.69% | 11.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £638 | £625 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £675 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £713 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | - | £638 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.92% | +2.36% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Watford
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 Watford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 7 | 13 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford | 22.58% | 13.83% | 14.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £378 | - | £424 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £325 | £600 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £388 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.13% | -40.38% | +36.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £591 | £811 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £730 | £950 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £563 | £375 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.00% | -25.00% | -2.39% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £21.00 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £22.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £23.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hertfordshire median hourly rate | £75.34 | £43.00 | £43.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +75.20% | -1.15% | -11.22% |
Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Job postings citing Kafka as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.
Kafka
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kafka in Watford.