Hybrid/Remote Kafka Job Trends

Apache Kafka
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Kafka skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 109 274
Rank change year-on-year -160 +165 -148
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 151 494 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 3.24% 1.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.26% 11.63% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 121 213 314
10th Percentile £55,725 £52,650 £51,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +3.45% -17.13%
75th Percentile £142,500 £115,000 £91,991
90th Percentile - £138,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -16.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,548 4,247 9,095
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.97% 27.87% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 2,848 7,758
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%

Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kafka and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Kafka job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kafka.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kafka

Kafka
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kafka over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Kafka salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Kafka
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (18.54%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (13.91%) Apache Spark
3 19 (12.58%) Apache
4 3 (1.99%) Apache Solr
5 2 (1.32%) Camunda
5 2 (1.32%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Coherence
Cloud Services
1 121 (80.13%) AWS
2 47 (31.13%) GCP
3 45 (29.80%) Azure
4 25 (16.56%) Serverless
5 19 (12.58%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (9.93%) dbt
7 13 (8.61%) Amazon S3
8 12 (7.95%) Amazon SQS
8 12 (7.95%) SaaS
9 11 (7.28%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (6.62%) OpenShift
11 9 (5.96%) Amazon MSK
12 8 (5.30%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (5.30%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (5.30%) GitHub
13 7 (4.64%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (4.64%) Dagster
13 7 (4.64%) Power Platform
14 6 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (3.97%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.64%) Broadband
2 5 (3.31%) MQTT
3 2 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (1.32%) SSL
4 1 (0.66%) 4G
4 1 (0.66%) 5G
4 1 (0.66%) AMQP
4 1 (0.66%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.25%) NoSQL
1 20 (13.25%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (11.92%) Metadata
3 16 (10.60%) Relational Database
4 14 (9.27%) MongoDB
5 13 (8.61%) SQL Server
6 11 (7.28%) BigQuery
7 10 (6.62%) Amazon Athena
7 10 (6.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (6.62%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (6.62%) Tableau
8 9 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (5.30%) Apache Iceberg
9 8 (5.30%) Data Lake
9 8 (5.30%) DynamoDB
10 7 (4.64%) Amazon QuickSight
11 6 (3.97%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (3.97%) MySQL
12 5 (3.31%) Power BI
13 4 (2.65%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 26 (17.22%) Git
2 7 (4.64%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.31%) GitLab
4 3 (1.99%) JIRA
5 2 (1.32%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.66%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.66%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.66%) JUnit
6 1 (0.66%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.66%) Postman
6 1 (0.66%) Selenium
6 1 (0.66%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 51 (33.77%) Finance
2 33 (21.85%) Front Office
3 24 (15.89%) Social Skills
4 14 (9.27%) Banking
5 10 (6.62%) Law
5 10 (6.62%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.96%) Retail
7 7 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.32%) Billing
9 2 (1.32%) Marketing
9 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.66%) Games
10 1 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 58 (38.41%) Developer
2 49 (32.45%) Lead
3 42 (27.81%) Data Engineer
4 41 (27.15%) Software Engineer
5 32 (21.19%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 28 (18.54%) Lead Developer
6 28 (18.54%) Senior
7 20 (13.25%) Lead Software Developer
7 20 (13.25%) Lead Software Engineer
8 18 (11.92%) Java Engineer
9 14 (9.27%) Java Developer
9 14 (9.27%) Lead Data Engineer
10 12 (7.95%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (7.95%) React Developer
10 12 (7.95%) Senior Data Engineer
11 11 (7.28%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (7.28%) Java Software Engineer
12 10 (6.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (5.96%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 9 (5.96%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (33.11%) Node.js
2 43 (28.48%) React
3 34 (22.52%) GraphQL
4 32 (21.19%) Redux
5 23 (15.23%) RabbitMQ
6 21 (13.91%) REST
6 21 (13.91%) Spring
7 17 (11.26%) Spring Boot
8 13 (8.61%) AngularJS
9 12 (7.95%) RESTful
10 10 (6.62%) .NET
10 10 (6.62%) Vue
11 7 (4.64%) Apache NiFi
11 7 (4.64%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (4.64%) PySpark
12 3 (1.99%) .NET Framework
12 3 (1.99%) Django
12 3 (1.99%) FastAPI
12 3 (1.99%) Flask
13 2 (1.32%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 33 (21.85%) Fixed Income
2 25 (16.56%) Cloud Native
3 18 (11.92%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.64%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.64%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.97%) Anti-Piracy
5 6 (3.97%) Social Media
6 5 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.65%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.65%) Blog
8 3 (1.99%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.99%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.99%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.66%) Replication
10 1 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.62%) Linux
2 2 (1.32%) Windows
3 1 (0.66%) Android
3 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (50.99%) Agile
2 60 (39.74%) CI/CD
3 50 (33.11%) Software Engineering
4 49 (32.45%) DevOps
5 46 (30.46%) Event-Driven
6 41 (27.15%) Data Pipeline
7 40 (26.49%) Microservices
8 37 (24.50%) Data Modelling
9 35 (23.18%) Containerisation
10 34 (22.52%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 32 (21.19%) Data Engineering
11 32 (21.19%) ETL
11 32 (21.19%) Investment Management
11 32 (21.19%) Order Management
11 32 (21.19%) Portfolio Management
12 31 (20.53%) Analytics
12 31 (20.53%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (17.22%) AI
15 22 (14.57%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 98 (64.90%) Python
2 79 (52.32%) Java
3 52 (34.44%) SQL
4 46 (30.46%) JavaScript
4 46 (30.46%) TypeScript
5 41 (27.15%) Go
6 11 (7.28%) Scala
7 10 (6.62%) Bash
8 9 (5.96%) C#
9 6 (3.97%) C++
9 6 (3.97%) Groovy
10 5 (3.31%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.65%) Rust
12 2 (1.32%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.66%) Bicep
13 1 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.66%) PHP
13 1 (0.66%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 18 (11.92%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.95%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.96%) Degree
4 8 (5.30%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.66%) CISSP
7 1 (0.66%) GIAC
7 1 (0.66%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.23%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.97%) QA
3 4 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.66%) GDPR
System Software
1 51 (33.77%) Docker
2 8 (5.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (35.10%) Kubernetes
2 39 (25.83%) Terraform
3 12 (7.95%) Ansible
4 9 (5.96%) Istio
4 9 (5.96%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.30%) Grafana
6 4 (2.65%) Argo
6 4 (2.65%) Puppet
7 3 (1.99%) Packer
8 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.32%) Salt
9 1 (0.66%) Cilium
9 1 (0.66%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (5.96%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.30%) Confluent
2 8 (5.30%) Databricks
3 5 (3.31%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.99%) Splunk
5 2 (1.32%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.32%) Foundry
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle
5 2 (1.32%) Palantir
5 2 (1.32%) Rollbar
5 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.66%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.66%) Exabeam
6 1 (0.66%) Google
6 1 (0.66%) Informatica
6 1 (0.66%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.66%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.66%) Solace