Kafka Job Trends in London

Apache Kafka
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Kafka skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 131 171
Rank change year-on-year -8 +40 -105
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 329 339 438
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.61% 2.68% 1.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.27% 10.36% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 232 254 347
10th Percentile £67,625 £56,250 £61,250
25th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £138,750 £132,000
England median annual salary £97,500 £85,000 £78,000
% change year-on-year +14.71% +8.97% -13.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,202 3,271 5,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 15.72% 25.84% 24.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,209 2,406 4,710
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £130,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.88% +10.42% -11.11%

Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Kafka job vacancy trend in London

Kafka
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kafka.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kafka

Kafka
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kafka in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Kafka in London

Kafka
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London -18 40 £90,000 +38.46% 36
West London - 9 £82,500 - 4
South London -4 8 £105,000 +27.27%
Kafka
England

Kafka
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 82 (24.92%) Apache Spark
2 79 (24.01%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (11.25%) Apache
4 4 (1.22%) Apache Pulsar
4 4 (1.22%) Confluence
5 3 (0.91%) IIS
5 3 (0.91%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.61%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.30%) Camunda
7 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.30%) nginx
7 1 (0.30%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.30%) Actimize
2 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.30%) Endur
2 1 (0.30%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 212 (64.44%) AWS
2 109 (33.13%) Azure
3 86 (26.14%) GCP
4 44 (13.37%) Serverless
5 43 (13.07%) AWS CloudFormation
6 42 (12.77%) dbt
7 37 (11.25%) Amazon S3
8 31 (9.42%) Snowflake
9 30 (9.12%) Datadog
10 29 (8.81%) Amazon Kinesis
11 27 (8.21%) Power Platform
12 25 (7.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 24 (7.29%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (5.78%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (5.17%) Amazon EC2
15 17 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (5.17%) GitHub
16 16 (4.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 13 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
17 13 (3.95%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.82%) Broadband
2 3 (0.91%) Network Security
3 2 (0.61%) 4G
3 2 (0.61%) 5G
3 2 (0.61%) DNS
4 1 (0.30%) AMQP
4 1 (0.30%) BGP
4 1 (0.30%) CTI
4 1 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.30%) LTE
4 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (19.15%) NoSQL
2 46 (13.98%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (9.73%) Amazon Redshift
4 30 (9.12%) Tableau
5 28 (8.51%) Big Data
5 28 (8.51%) Data Lake
6 26 (7.90%) Power BI
6 26 (7.90%) Relational Database
7 25 (7.60%) BigQuery
7 25 (7.60%) Elasticsearch
8 23 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
9 22 (6.69%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (6.08%) Snowflake Schema
11 19 (5.78%) DynamoDB
11 19 (5.78%) MySQL
12 17 (5.17%) Metadata
13 16 (4.86%) Looker
13 16 (4.86%) SQL Server
14 14 (4.26%) MongoDB
14 14 (4.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 43 (13.07%) GitLab
2 36 (10.94%) Jenkins
3 29 (8.81%) Git
4 24 (7.29%) CircleCI
5 21 (6.38%) MLflow
6 14 (4.26%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.82%) Selenium
8 4 (1.22%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.22%) JIRA
8 4 (1.22%) Maven
9 3 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.91%) JUnit
9 3 (0.91%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.91%) WinDbg
10 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.30%) Gradle
11 1 (0.30%) Mockito
11 1 (0.30%) Postman
11 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 157 (47.72%) Finance
2 82 (24.92%) Social Skills
3 55 (16.72%) Front Office
4 49 (14.89%) Banking
5 39 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.47%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.43%) Retail
8 7 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.13%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.13%) Law
9 5 (1.52%) Billing
9 5 (1.52%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.22%) Advertising
10 4 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.61%) Back Office
11 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Legal
11 2 (0.61%) Marketing
12 1 (0.30%) Electronics
12 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (30.70%) Senior
2 100 (30.40%) Developer
3 60 (18.24%) Data Engineer
4 57 (17.33%) Lead
5 54 (16.41%) Software Engineer
6 45 (13.68%) Java Engineer
7 33 (10.03%) AWS Engineer
7 33 (10.03%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 25 (7.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (6.99%) Lead Developer
9 23 (6.99%) Senior Developer
10 22 (6.69%) Python Engineer
11 21 (6.38%) Java Developer
11 21 (6.38%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (6.08%) Architect
12 20 (6.08%) Lead Software Developer
13 19 (5.78%) Python Developer
14 18 (5.47%) AWS DevOps
14 18 (5.47%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 17 (5.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (15.81%) React
2 51 (15.50%) Spring
3 50 (15.20%) RabbitMQ
4 47 (14.29%) RESTful
4 47 (14.29%) Spring Boot
5 43 (13.07%) REST
6 39 (11.85%) Node.js
7 33 (10.03%) GraphQL
7 33 (10.03%) Redux
8 30 (9.12%) gRPC
9 20 (6.08%) PySpark
10 17 (5.17%) scikit-learn
10 17 (5.17%) TensorFlow
10 17 (5.17%) web3js
11 16 (4.86%) LangChain
11 16 (4.86%) LlamaIndex
11 16 (4.86%) pgvector
11 16 (4.86%) PyTorch
12 14 (4.26%) .NET
13 10 (3.04%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 95 (28.88%) Cloud Native
2 51 (15.50%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (12.16%) Fixed Income
4 29 (8.81%) Public Cloud
5 17 (5.17%) Blockchain
5 17 (5.17%) Web3
6 16 (4.86%) Clustering
7 13 (3.95%) e-Learning
8 12 (3.65%) Data Structures
9 11 (3.34%) AI Agents
10 10 (3.04%) Distributed Architecture
10 10 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (3.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.43%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.82%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.82%) Equities
13 5 (1.52%) Derivative
13 5 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.17%) Linux
2 9 (2.74%) Windows
3 7 (2.13%) Android
4 4 (1.22%) Unix
5 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (44.07%) CI/CD
2 121 (36.78%) Software Engineering
3 119 (36.17%) DevOps
3 119 (36.17%) Microservices
4 100 (30.40%) Agile
5 89 (27.05%) Event-Driven
6 86 (26.14%) Analytics
7 82 (24.92%) Data Pipeline
8 78 (23.71%) Containerisation
9 73 (22.19%) Data Engineering
9 73 (22.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 69 (20.97%) AI
10 69 (20.97%) Data Modelling
11 58 (17.63%) Computer Science
12 57 (17.33%) ETL
12 57 (17.33%) Low Latency
12 57 (17.33%) Test Automation
13 56 (17.02%) Investment Management
14 55 (16.72%) Observability
15 51 (15.50%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 189 (57.45%) Python
2 144 (43.77%) SQL
3 134 (40.73%) Java
4 84 (25.53%) Go
5 48 (14.59%) TypeScript
6 41 (12.46%) JavaScript
7 24 (7.29%) C#
8 22 (6.69%) Bash
9 20 (6.08%) C++
10 15 (4.56%) Scala
11 7 (2.13%) Rust
12 5 (1.52%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.61%) Bicep
14 2 (0.61%) PHP
15 1 (0.30%) Korn
15 1 (0.30%) Perl
15 1 (0.30%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 38 (11.55%) Degree
2 30 (9.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (4.86%) AWS Certification
3 16 (4.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 16 (4.86%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.65%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.30%) CISSP
8 1 (0.30%) GIAC
8 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.30%) SSCP
8 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (15.50%) Data Quality
2 26 (7.90%) GDPR
3 16 (4.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (3.04%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.43%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.82%) QA
7 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.30%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (31.31%) Docker
2 8 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 122 (37.08%) Kubernetes
2 79 (24.01%) Terraform
3 37 (11.25%) Prometheus
4 22 (6.69%) Grafana
5 18 (5.47%) Ansible
6 9 (2.74%) Argo
6 9 (2.74%) Istio
7 4 (1.22%) Puppet
8 2 (0.61%) Kibana
8 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.61%) Salt
9 1 (0.30%) Cilium
9 1 (0.30%) Icinga
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 39 (11.85%) Databricks
2 16 (4.86%) Cloudera
2 16 (4.86%) Dell
3 13 (3.95%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.34%) Confluent
5 7 (2.13%) Solace
6 6 (1.82%) Splunk
7 5 (1.52%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.52%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.52%) Talend
8 4 (1.22%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.22%) Oracle
8 4 (1.22%) VMware
8 4 (1.22%) WSO2
9 3 (0.91%) Ericsson
9 3 (0.91%) Mavenir
9 3 (0.91%) Nokia
9 3 (0.91%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.91%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.61%) ServiceNow