Apache Kafka
Hertfordshire > Watford
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford 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 | - | 30 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Kafka | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Watford | - | 2.26% | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 7.02% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £77,500 | - |
| Hertfordshire median annual salary | £100,000 | £77,500 | £110,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.03% | -29.55% | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Watford
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 Watford.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 5 | 57 | 41 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford | 2.56% | 32.20% | 24.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 24 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,500 | £55,000 | £43,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £62,500 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.57% | - | -15.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £78,750 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £103,500 | £89,500 |
| Hertfordshire median annual salary | £55,000 | £66,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.29% | +10.83% | -17.24% |
Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kafka relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.
Kafka
Salary Trend in Watford
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Kafka.
