Apache Kafka
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Kafka skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kafka over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 140 103
Rank change year-on-year -91 -37 +36
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 1,246 2,674 5,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.27% 2.56% 3.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.94% 8.43% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 726 1,456 1,896
10th Percentile £48,750 £56,052 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £68,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £140,000 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,956 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.45% -12.06% +25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Kafka is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kafka as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kafka in the UK

Kafka
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kafka.

Salary trend for Kafka in the UK

Kafka
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kafka over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Kafka in the UK

Kafka
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -166 791 £80,000 -11.11% 225
UK excluding London +10 754 £65,000 -1.45% 97
London -103 451 £92,500 -7.50% 144
Work from Home -133 442 £72,500 -17.14% 161
Scotland +48 423 £70,576 +1.62% 17
South East +2 119 £57,500 -14.81% 21
North of England -66 92 £65,000 - 24
North West -28 68 £62,500 -7.41% 17
South West -38 64 £62,500 -3.85% 9
Midlands -16 31 £73,500 +18.55% 12
Yorkshire +29 22 £72,500 +20.83% 5
West Midlands +16 22 £77,500 +25.00% 8
East of England -48 17 £85,000 +61.90% 7
East Midlands -25 12 £66,750 +18.67% 4
Northern Ireland +31 7 £70,000 +5.66% 4
Wales +6 4 £72,500 +48.72% 3
North East -31 2 £57,500 -8.00% 2

Kafka
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 224 (17.98%) Apache Spark
2 96 (7.70%) FileNet
3 87 (6.98%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (5.70%) Apache
5 31 (2.49%) Cloud Foundry
6 21 (1.69%) GemFire
7 17 (1.36%) Confluence
8 10 (0.80%) nginx
8 10 (0.80%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.40%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 2 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.16%) Liferay
10 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.080%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.080%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.080%) Camunda
11 1 (0.080%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 696 (55.86%) AWS
2 270 (21.67%) Azure
3 199 (15.97%) GCP
4 147 (11.80%) Amazon S3
5 103 (8.27%) GitHub
6 56 (4.49%) SaaS
7 52 (4.17%) Serverless
8 38 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
9 31 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (2.41%) Snowflake
11 25 (2.01%) Amazon ECS
11 25 (2.01%) Slack
12 23 (1.85%) Google Docs
12 23 (1.85%) Lucidchart
12 23 (1.85%) Miro
12 23 (1.85%) OpenShift
13 21 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
13 21 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.69%) Firewall
2 18 (1.44%) DSL
3 17 (1.36%) Kerberos
4 10 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.72%) HTTP
6 7 (0.56%) AMQP
7 6 (0.48%) MQTT
7 6 (0.48%) VPN
8 5 (0.40%) FTP
8 5 (0.40%) Network Security
8 5 (0.40%) SSL
9 3 (0.24%) Broadband
9 3 (0.24%) NaaS
9 3 (0.24%) Wireless
10 2 (0.16%) DNS
11 1 (0.080%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 292 (23.43%) NoSQL
2 229 (18.38%) Elasticsearch
3 181 (14.53%) Big Data
4 168 (13.48%) PostgreSQL
5 158 (12.68%) Apache Cassandra
6 145 (11.64%) MongoDB
7 125 (10.03%) Hadoop
8 99 (7.95%) Redis
9 95 (7.62%) Relational Database
10 92 (7.38%) MySQL
11 65 (5.22%) Data Lake
12 57 (4.57%) SQL Server
13 47 (3.77%) CockroachDB
14 45 (3.61%) BigQuery
15 43 (3.45%) Flink
16 38 (3.05%) Data Mining
17 37 (2.97%) Tableau
18 34 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
19 27 (2.17%) Apache Ignite
20 25 (2.01%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 164 (13.16%) Jenkins
2 134 (10.75%) JUnit
3 112 (8.99%) Git
4 49 (3.93%) Mockito
5 48 (3.85%) JIRA
6 46 (3.69%) Maven
7 45 (3.61%) Jasmine
8 34 (2.73%) Cucumber
9 33 (2.65%) GitLab
10 29 (2.33%) Jaeger
11 26 (2.09%) Cypress.io
12 20 (1.61%) Bitbucket
13 15 (1.20%) Spinnaker
14 14 (1.12%) Selenium
15 12 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
16 10 (0.80%) SonarQube
17 9 (0.72%) Gradle
17 9 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
17 9 (0.72%) Postman
18 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
General
1 622 (49.92%) Finance
2 405 (32.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 374 (30.02%) Law
4 252 (20.22%) Banking
5 199 (15.97%) Social Skills
6 142 (11.40%) Marketing
7 131 (10.51%) Legal
8 97 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
9 90 (7.22%) Investment Banking
10 47 (3.77%) Games
11 45 (3.61%) Financial Institution
12 42 (3.37%) Retail Banking
13 41 (3.29%) Retail
14 26 (2.09%) Front Office
15 23 (1.85%) Prime Brokerage
16 19 (1.52%) Public Sector
17 15 (1.20%) Private Banking
18 10 (0.80%) Manufacturing
18 10 (0.80%) Publishing
19 9 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 476 (38.20%) Software Engineer
2 324 (26.00%) Senior
3 323 (25.92%) Developer
4 280 (22.47%) Java Engineer
5 256 (20.55%) Lead
6 238 (19.10%) Java Software Engineer
7 146 (11.72%) Full Stack Engineer
8 140 (11.24%) Lead Software Engineer
9 135 (10.83%) Data Engineer
10 134 (10.75%) Full Stack Software Engineer
11 130 (10.43%) Senior Developer
12 126 (10.11%) Java Developer
13 114 (9.15%) Architect
14 87 (6.98%) Lead Java Engineer
15 83 (6.66%) Senior Software Engineer
16 72 (5.78%) Python Engineer
17 67 (5.38%) .NET Developer
18 52 (4.17%) Python Software Engineer
19 47 (3.77%) Technical Leader
20 43 (3.45%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 445 (35.71%) Spring
2 318 (25.52%) Spring Boot
3 251 (20.14%) React
4 227 (18.22%) AngularJS
5 198 (15.89%) GraphQL
6 155 (12.44%) REST
7 139 (11.16%) J2EE
8 134 (10.75%) Node.js
9 133 (10.67%) Hibernate
10 127 (10.19%) .NET
11 118 (9.47%) Web Services
12 113 (9.07%) RabbitMQ
13 105 (8.43%) CSS
14 103 (8.27%) Spring Integration
15 97 (7.78%) HTML
15 97 (7.78%) JMS
16 92 (7.38%) RESTful
17 84 (6.74%) JSON
18 62 (4.98%) PySpark
19 55 (4.41%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 232 (18.62%) Cloud Native
2 154 (12.36%) Algorithms
3 71 (5.70%) Public Cloud
4 58 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
5 56 (4.49%) Data Structures
6 51 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (3.69%) Management Information System
8 39 (3.13%) Onboarding
9 37 (2.97%) Product Ownership
10 32 (2.57%) Client/Server
11 31 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 29 (2.33%) Replication
13 20 (1.61%) Private Cloud
14 19 (1.52%) Reference Data
15 17 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (1.28%) Sports Betting
17 15 (1.20%) Blockchain
17 15 (1.20%) PropTech
17 15 (1.20%) Robotics
18 12 (0.96%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.02%) Linux
2 21 (1.69%) Unix
3 18 (1.44%) Windows
4 13 (1.04%) Solaris
5 12 (0.96%) CentOS
5 12 (0.96%) Ubuntu
5 12 (0.96%) zOS
6 3 (0.24%) Android
6 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.080%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.080%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 721 (57.87%) Agile
2 646 (51.85%) Software Engineering
3 546 (43.82%) Microservices
4 529 (42.46%) CI/CD
5 401 (32.18%) SDLC
6 329 (26.40%) Artificial Intelligence
7 312 (25.04%) Machine Learning
8 287 (23.03%) Operational Stability
9 255 (20.47%) DevOps
10 217 (17.42%) Community of Practice
11 211 (16.93%) TDD
12 206 (16.53%) Full Stack Development
13 190 (15.25%) Computer Science
14 160 (12.84%) Visualisation
15 157 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
16 146 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
17 133 (10.67%) Analytics
17 133 (10.67%) Risk Management
18 130 (10.43%) Decision-Making
19 110 (8.83%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 776 (62.28%) Java
2 508 (40.77%) SQL
3 358 (28.73%) Python
4 190 (15.25%) JavaScript
5 148 (11.88%) TypeScript
6 145 (11.64%) C#
7 123 (9.87%) Go
8 89 (7.14%) Scala
9 53 (4.25%) Kotlin
10 30 (2.41%) Bash
11 27 (2.17%) Groovy
12 24 (1.93%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.28%) C
14 9 (0.72%) C++
14 9 (0.72%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.64%) R
16 6 (0.48%) Clojure
17 5 (0.40%) VBA
18 4 (0.32%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 173 (13.88%) Degree
2 79 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (6.18%) Master's Degree
4 44 (3.53%) Security Cleared
5 41 (3.29%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.25%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.28%) PhD
8 8 (0.64%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.32%) CISM
11 4 (0.32%) CISSP
12 3 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.24%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (1.77%) QA
2 18 (1.44%) SLA
3 11 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 10 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.80%) SEPA
5 7 (0.56%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (0.32%) NIST
8 3 (0.24%) GRC
8 3 (0.24%) MiFID
9 1 (0.080%) WCAG
System Software
1 383 (30.74%) Docker
2 13 (1.04%) HDFS
3 3 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.080%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.080%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.080%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 623 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 102 (8.19%) Terraform
3 63 (5.06%) Grafana
4 46 (3.69%) Ansible
5 34 (2.73%) Prometheus
6 31 (2.49%) Kibana
7 26 (2.09%) ITRS Geneos
8 21 (1.69%) HAProxy
8 21 (1.69%) Zipkin
9 9 (0.72%) Kiali
10 7 (0.56%) Graphite
11 6 (0.48%) Argo
12 4 (0.32%) Consul
12 4 (0.32%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.32%) logstash
12 4 (0.32%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.24%) Istio
13 3 (0.24%) Puppet
13 3 (0.24%) Rancher
14 2 (0.16%) Oozie
Vendors
1 189 (15.17%) Oracle
2 128 (10.27%) Google
3 79 (6.34%) Splunk
4 76 (6.10%) Databricks
5 64 (5.14%) Microsoft
6 36 (2.89%) Dynatrace
7 24 (1.93%) Dell
7 24 (1.93%) Sybase
8 22 (1.77%) Confluent
9 18 (1.44%) Alteryx
9 18 (1.44%) Cognos
9 18 (1.44%) IBM
10 17 (1.36%) Cloudera
11 15 (1.20%) Apple
12 14 (1.12%) Teradata
13 13 (1.04%) AppDynamics
14 12 (0.96%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.80%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.64%) YouTube
17 7 (0.56%) Facebook