Kafka Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Kafka Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 October 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
9 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
425 |
479 |
503 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+54 |
+24 |
+281 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Kafka Engineer |
3 |
1 |
6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options |
0.018% |
0.005% |
0.026% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.019% |
0.005% |
0.027% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£79,750 |
| 25th Percentile |
£66,250 |
£82,500 |
£83,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£67,500 |
£87,000 |
£85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-22.41% |
+2.35% |
+7.94% |
| 75th Percentile |
£68,750 |
£91,500 |
£92,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| UK median annual salary |
£105,000 |
£105,000 |
£85,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+23.53% |
+13.33% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title |
15,647 |
20,929 |
22,529 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
93.20% |
96.57% |
96.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
8,787 |
13,019 |
18,553 |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,363 |
£35,000 |
£37,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£40,000 |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£57,000 |
£60,000 |
£62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-5.00% |
-4.00% |
+4.17% |
| 75th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£79,600 |
£80,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£97,500 |
£100,000 |
£97,500 |
| UK median annual salary |
£53,688 |
£55,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.39% |
-8.33% |
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