Kafka Jobs in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Kafka skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kafka over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Apache Kafka England / South East
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	291	406	470
Rank change year-on-year	+115	+64
Permanent jobs citing Kafka	96	36	9
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	0.66%	0.20%	0.042%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	1.63%	0.49%	0.12%
Number of salaries quoted	76	26	6
Median salary	£65,000	£66,250	£57,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-1.88%	+15.21%
90% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£37,500	£52,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£84,000	£80,000	£66,250
UK excluding London median salary	£57,500	£46,250	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+24.32%	-7.50%

Kafka is in the industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Software Library & Framework Skills South East
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	5886	7300	7795
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	40.65%	40.05%	36.58%
Number of salaries quoted	5130	6531	6719
Median salary	£44,000	£42,500	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.52%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,500	£30,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£60,000	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing Kafka as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category.

Job vacancy trend for Kafka in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Kafka in the South East.

Salary trend for Kafka in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Kafka in the South East over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Kafka in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
East Sussex	-	19	£50,000	-
Surrey	+38	16	£65,000	-	3
Berkshire	+35	16	£57,500	+43.75%	2
Oxfordshire	+27	14	£84,000	+5.00%	3
Hampshire	+19	14	£67,500	-3.57%	2
Buckinghamshire	-	11	£66,250	-
Kent	-	6	£50,000	-	3
Kafka England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing Kafka also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Kafka.

1	98 (75.97%)	Java
2	94 (72.87%)	Agile Software Development
3	78 (60.47%)	Big Data
4	77 (59.69%)	Apache Spark
5	62 (48.06%)	Python
6	55 (42.64%)	Hadoop
7	50 (38.76%)	Linux
8	46 (35.66%)	Scrum
9	42 (32.56%)	Amazon AWS
9	42 (32.56%)	Open Source
10	41 (31.78%)	Scala
10	41 (31.78%)	Continuous Integration
11	40 (31.01%)	Spring
12	39 (30.23%)	Docker
13	38 (29.46%)	Elasticsearch

14	37 (28.68%)	Web Services
15	36 (27.91%)	TDD
15	36 (27.91%)	Apache Cassandra
16	35 (27.13%)	NoSQL
16	35 (27.13%)	Apache
17	34 (26.36%)	RabbitMQ
17	34 (26.36%)	Jenkins
17	34 (26.36%)	Git (software)
18	33 (25.58%)	Machine Learning
19	30 (23.26%)	AngularJS
19	30 (23.26%)	Apache Solr
20	29 (22.48%)	Analytics
20	29 (22.48%)	SQL
20	29 (22.48%)	MySQL
21	28 (21.71%)	REST

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	77 (59.69%)	Apache Spark
2	38 (29.46%)	Elasticsearch
3	35 (27.13%)	Apache
4	30 (23.26%)	Apache Solr
5	15 (11.63%)	nginx
6	13 (10.08%)	Tomcat
7	8 (6.20%)	Jetty
8	7 (5.43%)	IIS
9	5 (3.88%)	GemFire
10	4 (3.10%)	Cloud Foundry
11	2 (1.55%)	MQSeries
12	1 (0.78%)	Apache Pig

Business Applications
1	2 (1.55%)	Sentinel

Cloud Services
1	42 (32.56%)	Amazon AWS
2	9 (6.98%)	GitHub
2	9 (6.98%)	Google Cloud Platform
2	9 (6.98%)	Microsoft Azure
3	7 (5.43%)	Amazon EC2
3	7 (5.43%)	Amazon ELB
3	7 (5.43%)	Amazon S3
3	7 (5.43%)	Google App Engine
4	6 (4.65%)	Amazon EMR
5	4 (3.10%)	PaaS
6	2 (1.55%)	Datadog
6	2 (1.55%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	7 (5.43%)	Cisco ASA
1	7 (5.43%)	Cisco Nexus
1	7 (5.43%)	Cisco PIX
1	7 (5.43%)	Firewall
1	7 (5.43%)	OpenVPN
1	7 (5.43%)	SAN
1	7 (5.43%)	VPN
2	2 (1.55%)	Intrusion Detection
2	2 (1.55%)	tcpdump
3	1 (0.78%)	CDMA
3	1 (0.78%)	GSM
3	1 (0.78%)	HTTP
3	1 (0.78%)	LTE
3	1 (0.78%)	UMTS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	78 (60.47%)	Big Data
2	55 (42.64%)	Hadoop
3	36 (27.91%)	Apache Cassandra
4	35 (27.13%)	NoSQL
5	29 (22.48%)	MySQL
6	27 (20.93%)	Data Mining
7	26 (20.16%)	HBase
8	21 (16.28%)	Apache Hive
9	20 (15.50%)	Redis
10	15 (11.63%)	Relational Database
11	13 (10.08%)	MongoDB
11	13 (10.08%)	Text Mining
12	10 (7.75%)	PostgreSQL
13	9 (6.98%)	InfluxDB
13	9 (6.98%)	RDBMS
13	9 (6.98%)	SQL Server
14	8 (6.20%)	Impala
15	6 (4.65%)	Parquet
16	4 (3.10%)	OLTP
17	3 (2.33%)	Data Warehouse

Development Applications
1	34 (26.36%)	Git (software)
1	34 (26.36%)	Jenkins
2	24 (18.60%)	Maven
3	21 (16.28%)	Gradle
4	12 (9.30%)	Sonatype Nexus
5	8 (6.20%)	Selenium
6	6 (4.65%)	Subversion
7	4 (3.10%)	Eclipse
7	4 (3.10%)	JUnit
8	2 (1.55%)	NSubstitute
8	2 (1.55%)	NUnit
8	2 (1.55%)	Rhino Mocks
9	1 (0.78%)	JIRA
9	1 (0.78%)	Vagrant

General
1	12 (9.30%)	Finance
2	7 (5.43%)	Banking
3	6 (4.65%)	Publishing
4	4 (3.10%)	Marketing
5	2 (1.55%)	Italian Language
5	2 (1.55%)	Retail
5	2 (1.55%)	Telecoms
6	1 (0.78%)	Financial Institution

Job Titles
1	57 (44.19%)	Developer
2	48 (37.21%)	Java Developer
3	19 (14.73%)	Senior Developer
4	17 (13.18%)	Senior Java Developer
5	16 (12.40%)	DevOps Engineer
6	13 (10.08%)	Architect
6	13 (10.08%)	Big Data Architect
6	13 (10.08%)	Big Data Engineer
6	13 (10.08%)	Data Architect
6	13 (10.08%)	Data Engineer
6	13 (10.08%)	Development Manager
7	12 (9.30%)	Java Architect
7	12 (9.30%)	Java Software Architect
7	12 (9.30%)	Python Software Architect
7	12 (9.30%)	SOA Architect
7	12 (9.30%)	Software Architect
8	11 (8.53%)	C# Architect
9	9 (6.98%)	Infrastructure Engineer
9	9 (6.98%)	Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9	9 (6.98%)	Operations Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	40 (31.01%)	Spring
2	37 (28.68%)	Web Services
3	34 (26.36%)	RabbitMQ
4	30 (23.26%)	AngularJS
5	28 (21.71%)	REST
6	24 (18.60%)	JSON
7	23 (17.83%)	Node.js
8	18 (13.95%)	Lucene
9	16 (12.40%)	.NET
10	15 (11.63%)	RESTful
11	14 (10.85%)	Elastic Stack
11	14 (10.85%)	JMS
11	14 (10.85%)	SOAP
12	13 (10.08%)	Natural Language Processing
13	10 (7.75%)	XML
14	9 (6.98%)	Middleware
14	9 (6.98%)	Sensu
14	9 (6.98%)	Spring Boot
15	8 (6.20%)	Apache Avro
16	6 (4.65%)	Sass

Miscellaneous
1	15 (11.63%)	Cloud Native
1	15 (11.63%)	Virtual Team
2	14 (10.85%)	Mobile App
3	12 (9.30%)	Analytical Skills
4	10 (7.75%)	Linux Command Line
5	7 (5.43%)	Data Centre
5	7 (5.43%)	Public Cloud
6	6 (4.65%)	Algorithms
6	6 (4.65%)	Linked Data
6	6 (4.65%)	Replication
6	6 (4.65%)	Social Media
7	5 (3.88%)	Cyberthreat
7	5 (3.88%)	Greenfield Project
8	2 (1.55%)	Computer Science
8	2 (1.55%)	Fintech
8	2 (1.55%)	iPad
9	1 (0.78%)	Cybercrime

Operating Systems
1	50 (38.76%)	Linux
2	14 (10.85%)	Android
2	14 (10.85%)	Apple iOS
3	11 (8.53%)	Unix
4	9 (6.98%)	CentOS
4	9 (6.98%)	Windows
5	7 (5.43%)	Windows Server
5	7 (5.43%)	Windows Server 2008
5	7 (5.43%)	Windows Server 2012
6	6 (4.65%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	2 (1.55%)	Debian
7	2 (1.55%)	Ubuntu

Processes & Methodologies
1	94 (72.87%)	Agile Software Development
2	46 (35.66%)	Scrum
3	42 (32.56%)	Open Source
4	41 (31.78%)	Continuous Integration
5	36 (27.91%)	TDD
6	33 (25.58%)	Machine Learning
7	29 (22.48%)	Analytics
8	27 (20.93%)	Kanban
9	26 (20.16%)	Multithreading
10	24 (18.60%)	Mentoring
11	21 (16.28%)	Microservices
11	21 (16.28%)	MVC
12	20 (15.50%)	Software Engineering
13	18 (13.95%)	Continuous Delivery
13	18 (13.95%)	Unit Testing
14	17 (13.18%)	DevOps
15	16 (12.40%)	BDD
15	16 (12.40%)	Configuration Management
15	16 (12.40%)	Continuous Improvement
15	16 (12.40%)	Low Latency

Programming Languages
1	98 (75.97%)	Java
2	62 (48.06%)	Python
3	41 (31.78%)	Scala
4	29 (22.48%)	SQL
5	22 (17.05%)	Ruby
6	15 (11.63%)	C#
7	14 (10.85%)	Groovy
8	13 (10.08%)	Bash Shell
8	13 (10.08%)	C++
9	12 (9.30%)	JavaScript
10	11 (8.53%)	C
11	9 (6.98%)	Shell Script
12	4 (3.10%)	Delphi
12	4 (3.10%)	PHP
13	1 (0.78%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	13 (10.08%)	Degree
2	7 (5.43%)	PhD
3	6 (4.65%)	Master's Degree
4	5 (3.88%)	DV Cleared
4	5 (3.88%)	Security Cleared
5	1 (0.78%)	Computer Science Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	15 (11.63%)	QA

System Software
1	39 (30.23%)	Docker
2	26 (20.16%)	Apache ZooKeeper
3	10 (7.75%)	HDFS
4	9 (6.98%)	Apache Flume
5	7 (5.43%)	Hyper-V
5	7 (5.43%)	Varnish
6	2 (1.55%)	Gluster

Systems Management
1	16 (12.40%)	logstash
1	16 (12.40%)	Puppet
2	12 (9.30%)	Opscode Chef
3	11 (8.53%)	Kibana
4	9 (6.98%)	HAProxy
5	7 (5.43%)	ZABBIX
6	5 (3.88%)	Hadoop YARN
6	5 (3.88%)	Oozie
7	2 (1.55%)	Ansible
7	2 (1.55%)	Kubernetes
7	2 (1.55%)	Nagios
7	2 (1.55%)	Sysdig

Vendors
1	8 (6.20%)	Cloudera
2	7 (5.43%)	Cisco
2	7 (5.43%)	Dell
2	7 (5.43%)	HP
2	7 (5.43%)	New Relic
2	7 (5.43%)	Oracle
3	6 (4.65%)	Red Hat
4	2 (1.55%)	Apple
4	2 (1.55%)	Google
4	2 (1.55%)	Jaspersoft
4	2 (1.55%)	Percona
4	2 (1.55%)	Vertica
5	1 (0.78%)	Hortonworks
5	1 (0.78%)	IBM
5	1 (0.78%)	Informatica
5	1 (0.78%)	Microsoft