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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 193 308
Rank change year-on-year -120 +115 -177
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 446 714 771
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 1.82% 0.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.49% 9.02% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 305 386 646
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,598 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £86,250 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% +11.29% -13.89%
75th Percentile £140,000 £115,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £95,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +15.15% +10.00% -15.24%

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 8,123 7,916 16,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.99% 20.21% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,149 5,566 14,130
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £51,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,720 £66,253 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -8 329 £100,000 - 129
North of England -149 44 £90,000 +24.14% 41
South East -60 40 £67,000 -7.59% 37
North West -98 30 £95,000 +33.81% 23
Midlands -82 12 £87,500 +27.27% 7
Yorkshire -61 11 £70,000 -9.68% 11
West Midlands -58 10 £87,500 +12.90% 5
East of England -25 9 £62,500 -19.35% 1
South West -63 8 £75,000 +11.11% 14
North East -44 3 - - 7
East Midlands -67 2 £120,000 +81.13% 2
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 95 (21.30%) Apache Airflow
2 93 (20.85%) Apache Spark
3 50 (11.21%) Apache
4 9 (2.02%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.12%) Confluence
6 3 (0.67%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.45%) Apache Qpid
7 2 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.45%) Camunda
7 2 (0.45%) CICS
7 2 (0.45%) IIS
7 2 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.45%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.22%) nginx
8 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.22%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) Actimize
2 1 (0.22%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 295 (66.14%) AWS
2 162 (36.32%) Azure
3 114 (25.56%) GCP
4 71 (15.92%) Serverless
5 59 (13.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 56 (12.56%) dbt
7 53 (11.88%) Amazon S3
8 48 (10.76%) Snowflake
9 37 (8.30%) Datadog
10 35 (7.85%) AWS Lambda
10 35 (7.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 34 (7.62%) Power Platform
12 33 (7.40%) Amazon Kinesis
13 32 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
14 26 (5.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (4.48%) Amazon SQS
16 18 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (4.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.02%) MQTT
2 7 (1.57%) Broadband
3 6 (1.35%) Network Security
4 3 (0.67%) HTTP
5 2 (0.45%) 4G
5 2 (0.45%) 5G
5 2 (0.45%) AMQP
6 1 (0.22%) BGP
6 1 (0.22%) CTI
6 1 (0.22%) DNS
6 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.22%) LTE
6 1 (0.22%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (19.96%) NoSQL
2 55 (12.33%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (10.09%) Data Lake
4 42 (9.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 42 (9.42%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (8.97%) Elasticsearch
6 39 (8.74%) Relational Database
7 38 (8.52%) MongoDB
8 37 (8.30%) Tableau
9 35 (7.85%) BigQuery
10 34 (7.62%) Big Data
11 32 (7.17%) Power BI
12 29 (6.50%) Amazon RDS
13 27 (6.05%) DynamoDB
13 27 (6.05%) Snowflake Schema
13 27 (6.05%) SQL Server
14 26 (5.83%) Looker
15 21 (4.71%) Metadata
15 21 (4.71%) MySQL
16 19 (4.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 55 (12.33%) Git
2 53 (11.88%) GitLab
3 49 (10.99%) Jenkins
4 27 (6.05%) MLflow
5 25 (5.61%) CircleCI
6 18 (4.04%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.91%) JIRA
8 9 (2.02%) JUnit
9 7 (1.57%) Selenium
10 5 (1.12%) Maven
10 5 (1.12%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.90%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.67%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.67%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.67%) WinDbg
13 2 (0.45%) Mockito
13 2 (0.45%) Postman
13 2 (0.45%) TeamCity
General
1 179 (40.13%) Finance
2 103 (23.09%) Social Skills
3 54 (12.11%) Banking
4 52 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (11.66%) Front Office
5 15 (3.36%) Telecoms
6 11 (2.47%) Law
7 9 (2.02%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.02%) Retail
8 8 (1.79%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.57%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.12%) Billing
11 4 (0.90%) Advertising
12 3 (0.67%) Games
13 2 (0.45%) Back Office
13 2 (0.45%) Legal
13 2 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (28.70%) Developer
2 126 (28.25%) Senior
3 83 (18.61%) Data Engineer
4 72 (16.14%) Lead
5 58 (13.00%) Software Engineer
6 55 (12.33%) Java Engineer
7 42 (9.42%) Architect
8 36 (8.07%) Java Developer
9 33 (7.40%) AWS Engineer
9 33 (7.40%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 30 (6.73%) Senior Developer
11 29 (6.50%) Lead Developer
12 25 (5.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 24 (5.38%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (5.16%) Full-Stack Developer
14 23 (5.16%) Principal Engineer
14 23 (5.16%) Python Engineer
14 23 (5.16%) Systems Engineer
15 21 (4.71%) Lead Software Engineer
15 21 (4.71%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (19.06%) Spring
2 79 (17.71%) Spring Boot
3 72 (16.14%) REST
4 71 (15.92%) React
5 64 (14.35%) RESTful
6 62 (13.90%) RabbitMQ
7 59 (13.23%) Node.js
8 37 (8.30%) gRPC
9 36 (8.07%) GraphQL
10 33 (7.40%) Redux
11 28 (6.28%) .NET
12 26 (5.83%) PySpark
13 24 (5.38%) scikit-learn
13 24 (5.38%) TensorFlow
14 23 (5.16%) LangChain
14 23 (5.16%) LlamaIndex
14 23 (5.16%) pgvector
14 23 (5.16%) PyTorch
15 21 (4.71%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (4.26%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 127 (28.48%) Cloud Native
2 85 (19.06%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (8.74%) Fixed Income
4 38 (8.52%) Public Cloud
5 23 (5.16%) Clustering
6 19 (4.26%) Product Ownership
7 18 (4.04%) Blockchain
7 18 (4.04%) Web3
8 15 (3.36%) e-Learning
8 15 (3.36%) Onboarding
9 14 (3.14%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.69%) Distributed Architecture
10 12 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (2.02%) AI Agents
12 9 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
14 6 (1.35%) Anti-Piracy
14 6 (1.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.61%) Linux
2 8 (1.79%) Windows
3 6 (1.35%) Android
4 4 (0.90%) Unix
5 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (45.74%) CI/CD
2 184 (41.26%) Microservices
3 162 (36.32%) Agile
4 153 (34.30%) DevOps
5 134 (30.04%) Event-Driven
6 133 (29.82%) Software Engineering
7 112 (25.11%) Analytics
8 110 (24.66%) Containerisation
9 107 (23.99%) Data Pipeline
10 106 (23.77%) AI
10 106 (23.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 99 (22.20%) Data Modelling
12 93 (20.85%) Data Engineering
13 88 (19.73%) Observability
14 80 (17.94%) Test Automation
15 79 (17.71%) ETL
16 74 (16.59%) Mentoring
17 68 (15.25%) Machine Learning
18 67 (15.02%) Data Governance
19 65 (14.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 252 (56.50%) Python
2 198 (44.39%) SQL
3 192 (43.05%) Java
4 82 (18.39%) Go
5 78 (17.49%) JavaScript
6 71 (15.92%) TypeScript
7 37 (8.30%) C#
8 20 (4.48%) Bash
8 20 (4.48%) C++
9 19 (4.26%) Rust
10 18 (4.04%) Scala
11 8 (1.79%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.35%) Groovy
12 6 (1.35%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.90%) Bicep
13 4 (0.90%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.67%) PHP
14 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.45%) RPG
Qualifications
1 48 (10.76%) Degree
2 36 (8.07%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (5.83%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.26%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 13 (2.91%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CISSP
9 1 (0.22%) GIAC
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.22%) SSCP
9 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (13.68%) Data Quality
2 33 (7.40%) GDPR
3 23 (5.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 16 (3.59%) QA
5 10 (2.24%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.79%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 147 (32.96%) Docker
2 8 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 174 (39.01%) Kubernetes
2 121 (27.13%) Terraform
3 46 (10.31%) Prometheus
4 29 (6.50%) Grafana
5 26 (5.83%) Ansible
6 9 (2.02%) Istio
7 8 (1.79%) Argo
8 7 (1.57%) Puppet
9 5 (1.12%) Kibana
10 4 (0.90%) Podman
11 2 (0.45%) Salt
12 1 (0.22%) Cilium
12 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 54 (12.11%) Databricks
2 32 (7.17%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.16%) Cloudera
3 23 (5.16%) Dell
4 13 (2.91%) Confluent
5 10 (2.24%) Oracle
6 7 (1.57%) Solace
6 7 (1.57%) Splunk
7 6 (1.35%) Dynatrace
7 6 (1.35%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.35%) Pega
8 5 (1.12%) Google
8 5 (1.12%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.12%) Talend
9 4 (0.90%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.90%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.90%) WSO2
10 3 (0.67%) IBM
10 3 (0.67%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.67%) ServiceNow