Apache Kafka
England > North East
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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 81 | 58 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -23 | +1 |
| Permanent jobs citing Kafka | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North East | - | 0.52% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 2.27% | 1.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £62,500 | £94,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -33.51% | +34.29% |
| England median annual salary | £100,000 | £85,000 | £82,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.65% | +3.03% | -2.94% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North East
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 | 136 | 220 | 88 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East | 12.98% | 22.82% | 17.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 119 | 113 | 81 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £42,238 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,125 | £46,713 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £77,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,790 | £95,000 | £72,500 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,000 | £66,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.26% | -1.48% |
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.
