The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring Kafka skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Kafka over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 6 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
44
92
98
Rank change year-on-year
+48
+6
-29
Permanent jobs citing Kafka
8
1
7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
63
275
229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside
15.00%
21.24%
20.99%
Number of salaries quoted
56
194
80
10th Percentile
-
£36,250
£37,500
25th Percentile
£31,250
£38,750
£40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£42,500
£50,000
£46,000
Median % change year-on-year
-15.00%
+8.70%
-16.36%
75th Percentile
£61,563
£72,500
£64,688
90th Percentile
£71,250
£87,500
£86,250
North West median annual salary
£61,250
£56,500
£57,500
% change year-on-year
+8.41%
-1.74%
+4.55%
Kafka Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Kafka as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
Kafka Salary Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kafka in Merseyside.
Kafka Salary Histogram in Merseyside
Salary distribution for jobs citing Kafka in Merseyside over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.
Kafka Job Locations in Merseyside
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Kafka Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside
For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, job vacancies citing Kafka also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Merseyside region with a requirement for Kafka.
Kafka Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
