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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 142 101
Rank change year-on-year -97 -41 +38
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 1,226 2,539 5,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.24% 2.51% 3.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.82% 8.31% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 704 1,404 1,902
10th Percentile £48,750 £56,111 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £68,563 £64,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £88,990 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.72% +11.24% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £140,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £66,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.20% -12.00% +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 21,062 30,550 63,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 30.15% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 15,764 18,827 29,914
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,750 £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 £78,750 £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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -171 771 £77,500 -13.89% 216
UK excluding London +18 746 £61,250 -7.20% 95
London -104 443 £90,000 -10.00% 144
Scotland +56 422 £65,000 -6.40% 20
Work from Home -152 409 £72,500 -17.14% 152
South East -15 130 £57,500 -15.44% 22
North of England -61 84 £65,000 - 20
North West -29 63 £62,500 -10.00% 11
South West -62 55 £66,250 +1.92% 6
Midlands -37 27 £73,500 +18.55% 14
Yorkshire +28 19 £71,538 +16.80% 8
West Midlands -2 18 £77,500 +25.00% 8
East of England -42 17 £85,000 +47.83% 6
East Midlands -28 10 £60,000 - 6
Northern Ireland +28 8 £70,000 +5.66% 4
Wales -2 4 £72,500 +52.63% 4
North East -33 2 £57,500 -8.00% 1

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
1 221 (18.03%) Apache Spark
2 98 (7.99%) FileNet
3 86 (7.01%) Apache Airflow
4 63 (5.14%) Apache
5 32 (2.61%) Cloud Foundry
6 21 (1.71%) GemFire
7 17 (1.39%) Confluence
8 10 (0.82%) nginx
8 10 (0.82%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.41%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) IIS
11 2 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.16%) Liferay
11 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.082%) JBoss
12 1 (0.082%) SAS
12 1 (0.082%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 694 (56.61%) AWS
2 271 (22.10%) Azure
3 185 (15.09%) GCP
4 145 (11.83%) Amazon S3
5 90 (7.34%) GitHub
6 54 (4.40%) Serverless
7 52 (4.24%) SaaS
8 37 (3.02%) Amazon SQS
9 30 (2.45%) Snowflake
10 29 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
11 28 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (2.04%) Slack
13 23 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
13 23 (1.88%) Google Docs
13 23 (1.88%) Lucidchart
13 23 (1.88%) Miro
13 23 (1.88%) OpenShift
14 20 (1.63%) Amazon Kinesis
14 20 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.63%) Firewall
2 18 (1.47%) DSL
3 17 (1.39%) Kerberos
4 13 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.82%) HTTP
6 9 (0.73%) MQTT
7 7 (0.57%) AMQP
8 6 (0.49%) FTP
8 6 (0.49%) Network Security
8 6 (0.49%) VPN
9 5 (0.41%) SSL
10 3 (0.24%) Broadband
10 3 (0.24%) NaaS
10 3 (0.24%) Wireless
11 2 (0.16%) DNS
12 1 (0.082%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.082%) Reverse Proxy
12 1 (0.082%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 284 (23.16%) NoSQL
2 230 (18.76%) Elasticsearch
3 174 (14.19%) PostgreSQL
4 166 (13.54%) Big Data
5 156 (12.72%) Apache Cassandra
5 156 (12.72%) MongoDB
6 132 (10.77%) Hadoop
7 98 (7.99%) Redis
8 90 (7.34%) Relational Database
9 86 (7.01%) MySQL
10 62 (5.06%) SQL Server
11 55 (4.49%) Data Lake
12 47 (3.83%) CockroachDB
13 46 (3.75%) Flink
14 39 (3.18%) BigQuery
15 35 (2.85%) Data Mining
16 34 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
17 29 (2.37%) Tableau
18 25 (2.04%) RDBMS
19 24 (1.96%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 150 (12.23%) Jenkins
2 135 (11.01%) JUnit
3 114 (9.30%) Git
4 49 (4.00%) JIRA
5 48 (3.92%) Mockito
6 47 (3.83%) Maven
7 46 (3.75%) Jasmine
8 36 (2.94%) GitLab
9 35 (2.85%) Cucumber
10 29 (2.37%) Jaeger
11 27 (2.20%) Cypress.io
12 21 (1.71%) Bitbucket
13 13 (1.06%) Selenium
14 12 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
15 10 (0.82%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.82%) Spinnaker
16 9 (0.73%) Gradle
16 9 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
17 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
17 8 (0.65%) Postman
General
1 613 (50.00%) Finance
2 414 (33.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 383 (31.24%) Law
4 227 (18.52%) Banking
5 205 (16.72%) Social Skills
6 144 (11.75%) Marketing
7 128 (10.44%) Legal
8 92 (7.50%) Investment Banking
9 87 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
10 48 (3.92%) Games
11 45 (3.67%) Financial Institution
12 44 (3.59%) Retail Banking
13 30 (2.45%) Retail
14 23 (1.88%) Front Office
14 23 (1.88%) Prime Brokerage
15 19 (1.55%) Public Sector
16 15 (1.22%) Private Banking
17 10 (0.82%) Manufacturing
17 10 (0.82%) Publishing
18 9 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 483 (39.40%) Software Engineer
2 314 (25.61%) Senior
3 313 (25.53%) Developer
4 283 (23.08%) Java Engineer
5 253 (20.64%) Lead
6 241 (19.66%) Java Software Engineer
7 150 (12.23%) Full Stack Engineer
8 146 (11.91%) Lead Software Engineer
9 137 (11.17%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 131 (10.69%) Data Engineer
11 127 (10.36%) Senior Developer
12 117 (9.54%) Java Developer
13 103 (8.40%) Architect
14 90 (7.34%) Lead Java Engineer
15 84 (6.85%) Senior Software Engineer
16 71 (5.79%) Python Engineer
17 66 (5.38%) .NET Developer
18 52 (4.24%) Python Software Engineer
19 45 (3.67%) Senior Java Engineer
19 45 (3.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 429 (34.99%) Spring
2 301 (24.55%) Spring Boot
3 245 (19.98%) React
4 219 (17.86%) AngularJS
5 200 (16.31%) GraphQL
6 154 (12.56%) REST
7 146 (11.91%) Node.js
8 141 (11.50%) J2EE
9 131 (10.69%) Hibernate
10 126 (10.28%) .NET
11 123 (10.03%) Web Services
12 120 (9.79%) RabbitMQ
13 109 (8.89%) CSS
14 106 (8.65%) Spring Integration
15 101 (8.24%) HTML
16 97 (7.91%) JMS
17 91 (7.42%) RESTful
18 84 (6.85%) JSON
19 60 (4.89%) PySpark
20 56 (4.57%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 237 (19.33%) Cloud Native
2 157 (12.81%) Algorithms
3 70 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 59 (4.81%) Data Structures
5 58 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
6 49 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (3.75%) Management Information System
8 39 (3.18%) Onboarding
9 34 (2.77%) Client/Server
10 32 (2.61%) Product Ownership
11 29 (2.37%) Replication
12 26 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 21 (1.71%) Private Cloud
14 19 (1.55%) Reference Data
15 17 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.39%) Sports Betting
16 15 (1.22%) PropTech
17 13 (1.06%) Hedge funds
18 11 (0.90%) Cyberattack
18 11 (0.90%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 78 (6.36%) Linux
2 20 (1.63%) Unix
3 17 (1.39%) Windows
4 13 (1.06%) Solaris
5 12 (0.98%) CentOS
5 12 (0.98%) Ubuntu
5 12 (0.98%) zOS
6 3 (0.24%) Android
6 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.082%) Debian
7 1 (0.082%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.082%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 701 (57.18%) Agile
2 651 (53.10%) Software Engineering
3 536 (43.72%) Microservices
4 529 (43.15%) CI/CD
5 394 (32.14%) SDLC
6 320 (26.10%) Artificial Intelligence
7 304 (24.80%) Machine Learning
8 291 (23.74%) Operational Stability
9 258 (21.04%) DevOps
10 220 (17.94%) Community of Practice
11 211 (17.21%) TDD
12 206 (16.80%) Full Stack Development
13 190 (15.50%) Computer Science
14 154 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 154 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
15 152 (12.40%) Visualisation
16 139 (11.34%) Risk Management
17 127 (10.36%) Decision-Making
18 126 (10.28%) Analytics
19 111 (9.05%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 772 (62.97%) Java
2 514 (41.92%) SQL
3 363 (29.61%) Python
4 183 (14.93%) JavaScript
5 142 (11.58%) TypeScript
6 140 (11.42%) C#
7 128 (10.44%) Go
8 93 (7.59%) Scala
9 60 (4.89%) Kotlin
10 30 (2.45%) Bash
11 27 (2.20%) Groovy
12 23 (1.88%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.31%) C
14 10 (0.82%) C++
14 10 (0.82%) Clojure
15 9 (0.73%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.49%) R
17 5 (0.41%) VBA
18 4 (0.33%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 168 (13.70%) Degree
2 75 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 75 (6.12%) Master's Degree
3 54 (4.40%) Security Cleared
4 50 (4.08%) SC Cleared
5 27 (2.20%) AWS Certification
6 17 (1.39%) PhD
7 9 (0.73%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.33%) CISM
9 4 (0.33%) CISSP
10 3 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.24%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.71%) QA
2 18 (1.47%) SLA
3 10 (0.82%) Data Quality
3 10 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.49%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (0.33%) MiFID
5 4 (0.33%) NIST
5 4 (0.33%) SEPA
6 3 (0.24%) GRC
6 3 (0.24%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.082%) GDPR
7 1 (0.082%) WCAG
System Software
1 363 (29.61%) Docker
2 13 (1.06%) HDFS
3 4 (0.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.082%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.082%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.082%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 602 (49.10%) Kubernetes
2 98 (7.99%) Terraform
3 67 (5.46%) Grafana
4 46 (3.75%) Ansible
5 37 (3.02%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.61%) Kibana
7 26 (2.12%) ITRS Geneos
8 21 (1.71%) HAProxy
8 21 (1.71%) Zipkin
9 9 (0.73%) Kiali
10 7 (0.57%) Graphite
11 6 (0.49%) Argo
12 5 (0.41%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.41%) Puppet
13 4 (0.33%) Istio
13 4 (0.33%) Kubeflow
13 4 (0.33%) logstash
14 3 (0.24%) Consul
14 3 (0.24%) Rancher
15 2 (0.16%) Oozie
Vendors
1 193 (15.74%) Oracle
2 115 (9.38%) Google
3 81 (6.61%) Splunk
4 75 (6.12%) Databricks
5 61 (4.98%) Microsoft
6 36 (2.94%) Dynatrace
7 24 (1.96%) Dell
7 24 (1.96%) Sybase
8 18 (1.47%) Alteryx
8 18 (1.47%) Cognos
8 18 (1.47%) Confluent
9 17 (1.39%) Cloudera
10 16 (1.31%) IBM
11 15 (1.22%) Apple
12 14 (1.14%) Teradata
13 13 (1.06%) AppDynamics
14 12 (0.98%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.90%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.65%) YouTube
17 7 (0.57%) Facebook