Apache Kafka
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Kafka skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 47 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -1 | +30 |
| Permanent jobs citing Kafka | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset | - | 0.45% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 4.35% | 1.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £92,500 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £95,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +65.22% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £97,500 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median annual salary | £76,250 | £55,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +38.64% | -21.43% | +7.69% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 45 | 46 | 64 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset | 8.15% | 10.34% | 17.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 44 | 23 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,500 | £33,150 | £30,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £42,500 | £34,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.18% | +10.00% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,000 | £62,500 | £60,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,500 | £91,750 | £66,875 |
| South West median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +5.26% | +3.86% |
Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kafka relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
Kafka
Salary Trend in Somerset
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Kafka.
