The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Kafka skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 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 the North East.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
129
270
107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East
12.17%
21.26%
20.04%
Number of salaries quoted
114
141
90
10th Percentile
£28,250
£42,238
£37,500
25th Percentile
£31,750
£48,750
£41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£47,500
£59,430
£55,000
Median % change year-on-year
-20.07%
+8.05%
+4.76%
75th Percentile
£65,000
£75,000
£67,063
90th Percentile
£77,500
£95,000
£72,875
England median annual salary
£67,500
£65,000
£67,500
% change year-on-year
+3.85%
-3.70%
+2.27%
Kafka Job Vacancy Trend in the North East
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kafka relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.
Kafka Salary Trend in the North East
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Kafka.
Kafka Job Locations in the North East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the North East region over the 6 months to 18 November 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 & Capabilities in the North East
For the 6 months to 18 November 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 North East region with a requirement for Kafka.
Kafka Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:
