The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Kafka skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Kafka falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Cardiff.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
33
170
122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff
11.66%
29.62%
30.58%
Number of salaries quoted
30
128
98
10th Percentile
£48,434
£23,750
£37,020
25th Percentile
£52,500
£31,250
£43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£60,000
£50,000
£55,000
Median % change year-on-year
+20.00%
-9.09%
+1.85%
75th Percentile
£70,000
£68,750
£68,938
90th Percentile
£78,359
£79,225
£75,000
South Wales median annual salary
£60,000
£50,309
£52,500
% change year-on-year
+19.26%
-4.17%
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Kafka Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kafka relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Kafka Salary Trend in Cardiff
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Kafka.
Kafka Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, job vacancies citing Kafka also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cardiff region with a requirement for Kafka.
Kafka Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:
