Kafka Job Trends in England

Apache Kafka
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Kafka skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 207 322
Rank change year-on-year -115 +115 -130
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 571 686 555
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 1.60% 0.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.27% 9.22% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 339 275 380
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £97,500 £113,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £142,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £78,000 £82,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% +17.86% -15.15%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,829 7,437 14,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.43% 17.29% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7,867 4,911 8,995
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%

Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Kafka job vacancy trend in England

Kafka
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kafka.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kafka

Kafka
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kafka in England over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Kafka in England

Kafka
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the England region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -47 351 £85,000 -19.05% 592
North of England -122 89 £67,500 -3.57% 135
North West -78 67 £75,000 +7.14% 87
South East -63 49 £69,000 -1.43% 49
South West -75 36 £85,000 +25.93% 41
Midlands -95 31 £85,000 +25.93% 30
West Midlands -43 30 £85,000 +51.11% 23
East of England -35 21 £72,500 +1.40% 19
North East -53 18 £65,000 +36.84% 16
Yorkshire -38 8 £66,805 -10.93% 32
East Midlands -80 1 £71,500 +5.93% 7
Kafka
UK

Kafka
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 90 (15.76%) Apache Spark
2 44 (7.71%) Apache
3 41 (7.18%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (2.98%) Confluence
5 6 (1.05%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.88%) Apache Pig
6 5 (0.88%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.70%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (0.70%) Camunda
8 3 (0.53%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.35%) CMS
9 2 (0.35%) JBoss
9 2 (0.35%) Luigi
9 2 (0.35%) Tornado
9 2 (0.35%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.18%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (1.93%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.18%) Actimize
2 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 335 (58.67%) AWS
2 220 (38.53%) Azure
3 81 (14.19%) GCP
3 81 (14.19%) Serverless
4 73 (12.78%) AWS CloudFormation
5 49 (8.58%) Amazon S3
6 46 (8.06%) AWS Lambda
6 46 (8.06%) GitHub
7 41 (7.18%) Amazon SQS
8 36 (6.30%) Azure Data Factory
9 30 (5.25%) Amazon EKS
10 28 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 28 (4.90%) Power Platform
11 27 (4.73%) Amazon Kinesis
11 27 (4.73%) Cloud Computing
12 25 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (4.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 21 (3.68%) Amazon EMR
13 21 (3.68%) Datadog
14 19 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.43%) MQTT
2 9 (1.58%) DNS
2 9 (1.58%) Internet
3 6 (1.05%) BGP
3 6 (1.05%) IPsec
3 6 (1.05%) Network Security
3 6 (1.05%) VPN
4 4 (0.70%) 4G
4 4 (0.70%) 5G
4 4 (0.70%) HTTP
5 3 (0.53%) SSH
5 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.35%) AMQP
6 2 (0.35%) WAN
7 1 (0.18%) ATM
7 1 (0.18%) Broadband
7 1 (0.18%) LAN
7 1 (0.18%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (24.52%) NoSQL
2 94 (16.46%) PostgreSQL
3 83 (14.54%) MongoDB
4 59 (10.33%) Relational Database
5 46 (8.06%) Big Data
6 34 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (5.95%) Elasticsearch
7 33 (5.78%) Data Lake
8 32 (5.60%) Redis
9 31 (5.43%) MySQL
10 28 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
11 26 (4.55%) Hadoop
11 26 (4.55%) Power BI
11 26 (4.55%) SQL Server
12 24 (4.20%) Flink
13 22 (3.85%) DynamoDB
14 18 (3.15%) Metadata
15 17 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
16 16 (2.80%) Tableau
17 14 (2.45%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 90 (15.76%) Git
2 85 (14.89%) GitLab
3 57 (9.98%) Jenkins
4 53 (9.28%) Cucumber
5 17 (2.98%) JIRA
6 16 (2.80%) Selenium
7 8 (1.40%) Claude Code
7 8 (1.40%) Maven
8 7 (1.23%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.05%) JUnit
10 5 (0.88%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.88%) Postman
11 4 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.70%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.70%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.53%) Gatling
13 2 (0.35%) git-flow
13 2 (0.35%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.35%) XCTest
13 2 (0.35%) XCUITest
General
1 188 (32.92%) Finance
2 128 (22.42%) Social Skills
3 65 (11.38%) Banking
4 45 (7.88%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.38%) Financial Institution
8 17 (2.98%) Retail
9 16 (2.80%) Front Office
10 15 (2.63%) Marketing
10 15 (2.63%) Publishing
11 12 (2.10%) Law
12 10 (1.75%) Military
13 7 (1.23%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.05%) Advertising
14 6 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.88%) Aviation
15 5 (0.88%) Games
16 4 (0.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 185 (32.40%) Senior
2 120 (21.02%) Developer
3 97 (16.99%) Data Engineer
4 91 (15.94%) Java Engineer
5 90 (15.76%) Software Engineer
6 60 (10.51%) Architect
7 58 (10.16%) Lead
8 50 (8.76%) Senior Developer
9 49 (8.58%) Principal Engineer
10 42 (7.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 39 (6.83%) Java Developer
11 39 (6.83%) Senior Java Engineer
12 35 (6.13%) Senior Data Engineer
13 34 (5.95%) Python Engineer
14 33 (5.78%) Principal Java Engineer
15 24 (4.20%) Backend Developer
16 22 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (3.68%) Kafka Engineer
18 20 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
18 20 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (32.22%) Spring
2 165 (28.90%) Spring Boot
3 116 (20.32%) Terraform
4 104 (18.21%) RESTful
5 98 (17.16%) REST
6 89 (15.59%) RabbitMQ
7 62 (10.86%) Node.js
8 53 (9.28%) React
9 40 (7.01%) .NET
10 39 (6.83%) PySpark
11 31 (5.43%) Swagger
12 30 (5.25%) FastAPI
12 30 (5.25%) OpenAPI
13 26 (4.55%) Keycloak
14 20 (3.50%) Elastic Stack
14 20 (3.50%) gRPC
14 20 (3.50%) Middleware
15 17 (2.98%) AngularJS
15 17 (2.98%) Hibernate
16 16 (2.80%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 182 (31.87%) Cloud Native
2 156 (27.32%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (8.58%) Public Cloud
4 44 (7.71%) e-Learning
5 39 (6.83%) Onboarding
6 35 (6.13%) Product Ownership
7 33 (5.78%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (2.80%) Distributed Architecture
11 14 (2.45%) AI Agents
11 14 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (2.45%) Replication
12 13 (2.28%) Data Structures
13 12 (2.10%) Media Streaming
13 12 (2.10%) Podcast
14 11 (1.93%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
15 10 (1.75%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.88%) Linux
2 8 (1.40%) Windows
3 7 (1.23%) Unix
4 4 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.35%) Android
5 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (53.06%) CI/CD
2 268 (46.94%) Microservices
3 267 (46.76%) Event-Driven
4 258 (45.18%) Agile
5 211 (36.95%) DevOps
6 177 (31.00%) Software Engineering
7 171 (29.95%) Infrastructure as Code
8 162 (28.37%) AI
9 153 (26.80%) Mentoring
10 138 (24.17%) Containerisation
10 138 (24.17%) Test Automation
11 133 (23.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 125 (21.89%) Observability
13 111 (19.44%) Data Pipeline
14 103 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 97 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
16 95 (16.64%) Analytics
17 94 (16.46%) Roadmaps
18 85 (14.89%) Data Modelling
19 71 (12.43%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 287 (50.26%) Java
2 227 (39.75%) Python
3 201 (35.20%) SQL
4 76 (13.31%) TypeScript
5 64 (11.21%) JavaScript
6 43 (7.53%) C#
7 35 (6.13%) Go
8 28 (4.90%) Scala
9 21 (3.68%) Bash
10 19 (3.33%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.63%) Groovy
12 13 (2.28%) PowerShell
13 11 (1.93%) PHP
14 10 (1.75%) RPG
14 10 (1.75%) Rust
15 7 (1.23%) C
15 7 (1.23%) C++
15 7 (1.23%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.05%) Ruby
16 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 117 (20.49%) Security Cleared
2 94 (16.46%) SC Cleared
3 66 (11.56%) Degree
4 61 (10.68%) AWS Certification
5 44 (7.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 35 (6.13%) Azure Certification
7 33 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (5.60%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.88%) PhD
10 5 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.70%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.70%) MBA
12 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.35%) OCP
13 2 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.18%) GIAC
14 1 (0.18%) HND
14 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.21%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.38%) QA
3 12 (2.10%) GDPR
4 6 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.05%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.53%) NIST
5 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
5 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.53%) PSD2
5 3 (0.53%) SLA
6 2 (0.35%) Basel III
6 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.18%) SEPA
7 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 184 (32.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) HDFS
2 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 233 (40.81%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.18%) Prometheus
3 35 (6.13%) Grafana
4 19 (3.33%) Ansible
5 11 (1.93%) Argo
6 9 (1.58%) Rancher
7 7 (1.23%) Kibana
8 6 (1.05%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.88%) Podman
9 5 (0.88%) Puppet
10 3 (0.53%) Cilium
11 2 (0.35%) Control-M
11 2 (0.35%) Istio
11 2 (0.35%) kaniko
12 1 (0.18%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.18%) logstash
12 1 (0.18%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.46%) Databricks
3 27 (4.73%) Oracle
4 25 (4.38%) IBM
5 23 (4.03%) Dynatrace
6 15 (2.63%) Google
7 11 (1.93%) MuleSoft
7 11 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.93%) Splunk
8 9 (1.58%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.40%) Confluent
10 7 (1.23%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.05%) HP
11 6 (1.05%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.05%) SAP
11 6 (1.05%) Solace
12 5 (0.88%) Informatica
13 4 (0.70%) Adobe
13 4 (0.70%) Talend
13 4 (0.70%) WSO2