Kafka Jobs in London

Apache Kafka
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 67 73
Rank change year-on-year -108 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Kafka 439 1,607 3,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.86% 4.76% 5.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.54% 13.68% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 347 975 1,154
10th Percentile £61,250 £66,450 £59,125
25th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £97,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £150,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -13.89% +9.09% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 advertised in London 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 5,824 11,745 32,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.62% 34.82% 46.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,680 8,317 12,858
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £132,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%

Kafka
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Kafka in London

Kafka
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Kafka in London

Kafka
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kafka in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Kafka in London

Kafka
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kafka within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London -48 58 £95,000 -5.00% 14
East London +13 10 £150,000 +71.43% 59
South London -8 5 £105,000 +40.00%
West London -5 1 £67,500 -18.18% 3
Kafka
England

Kafka
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 89 (20.27%) Apache Spark
2 39 (8.88%) Apache
3 29 (6.61%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.05%) nginx
5 7 (1.59%) Confluence
6 4 (0.91%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.23%) Camunda
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 295 (67.20%) AWS
2 110 (25.06%) Azure
3 88 (20.05%) GCP
4 27 (6.15%) Serverless
5 24 (5.47%) GitHub
6 19 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (4.10%) Snowflake
8 17 (3.87%) Amazon Kinesis
8 17 (3.87%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (2.96%) OpenShift
11 10 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.28%) SaaS
12 9 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (1.82%) Kong
13 8 (1.82%) npm
13 8 (1.82%) Stackdriver
13 8 (1.82%) Yarn
14 7 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.82%) Firewall
2 7 (1.59%) AMQP
3 6 (1.37%) FTP
3 6 (1.37%) Network Security
3 6 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.68%) DNS
4 3 (0.68%) HTTP
5 2 (0.46%) SSL
6 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.23%) PPP
6 1 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (14.58%) NoSQL
2 57 (12.98%) Hadoop
2 57 (12.98%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (11.85%) MongoDB
4 49 (11.16%) Elasticsearch
5 44 (10.02%) Big Data
6 43 (9.79%) MySQL
7 41 (9.34%) Redis
8 35 (7.97%) SQL Server
9 32 (7.29%) Data Mining
10 30 (6.83%) Flink
11 24 (5.47%) BigQuery
11 24 (5.47%) Data Lake
11 24 (5.47%) Relational Database
12 21 (4.78%) Apache Ignite
13 20 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (3.19%) Apache Cassandra
15 13 (2.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 9 (2.05%) Apache Hive
17 8 (1.82%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 60 (13.67%) Jenkins
2 37 (8.43%) Git
3 22 (5.01%) GitLab
4 18 (4.10%) JIRA
5 14 (3.19%) Maven
6 9 (2.05%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.82%) CircleCI
7 8 (1.82%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.59%) Mocha
8 7 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (1.37%) Selenium
10 5 (1.14%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.14%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.91%) JMeter
11 4 (0.91%) Postman
12 3 (0.68%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.68%) JUnit
12 3 (0.68%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 122 (27.79%) Finance
2 80 (18.22%) Social Skills
3 71 (16.17%) Banking
4 43 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.66%) Retail Banking
6 37 (8.43%) Games
7 29 (6.61%) Law
8 28 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (5.01%) Front Office
10 12 (2.73%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.28%) Marketing
11 10 (2.28%) Retail
12 8 (1.82%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.37%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.14%) Advertising
15 4 (0.91%) Legal
15 4 (0.91%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.68%) Health Technology
17 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 151 (34.40%) Senior
2 145 (33.03%) Developer
3 77 (17.54%) Lead
4 61 (13.90%) Java Developer
5 58 (13.21%) Software Engineer
6 53 (12.07%) Senior Developer
7 51 (11.62%) Architect
8 47 (10.71%) Data Engineer
9 36 (8.20%) .NET Developer
10 35 (7.97%) Technical Leader
11 30 (6.83%) Java Engineer
12 28 (6.38%) Senior Software Engineer
13 25 (5.69%) Cloud Architect
14 22 (5.01%) Senior Java Developer
15 20 (4.56%) IT Architect
16 19 (4.33%) Senior Architect
16 19 (4.33%) Senior Cloud Architect
17 18 (4.10%) Java Software Engineer
18 17 (3.87%) Games Developer
19 16 (3.64%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (25.06%) Spring Boot
2 82 (18.68%) Spring
3 65 (14.81%) React
4 64 (14.58%) .NET
5 50 (11.39%) RabbitMQ
6 34 (7.74%) RESTful
7 31 (7.06%) AngularJS
8 30 (6.83%) Apache Beam
9 25 (5.69%) Node.js
10 24 (5.47%) REST
11 21 (4.78%) CSS
12 16 (3.64%) Django
12 16 (3.64%) Middleware
13 14 (3.19%) PyTorch
13 14 (3.19%) TensorFlow
14 12 (2.73%) GraphQL
14 12 (2.73%) HTML
15 11 (2.51%) Apache NiFi
15 11 (2.51%) gRPC
15 11 (2.51%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.97%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (7.74%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (7.52%) Algorithms
4 19 (4.33%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.64%) Client/Server
6 15 (3.42%) Cloud Native
7 13 (2.96%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.51%) Hedge funds
8 11 (2.51%) Sports Betting
9 8 (1.82%) Distributed Applications
9 8 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.59%) PropTech
11 6 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.37%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.14%) Blog
12 5 (1.14%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 45 (10.25%) Linux
2 11 (2.51%) Unix
2 11 (2.51%) Windows
3 9 (2.05%) Solaris
4 8 (1.82%) CentOS
4 8 (1.82%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.82%) zOS
5 4 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.68%) Android
6 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.46%) Debian
8 1 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (36.90%) Microservices
2 158 (35.99%) Software Engineering
3 124 (28.25%) Agile
3 124 (28.25%) CI/CD
4 114 (25.97%) DevOps
5 64 (14.58%) TDD
6 63 (14.35%) Analytics
7 62 (14.12%) SDLC
8 61 (13.90%) Fintech
9 56 (12.76%) Computer Science
9 56 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (12.30%) Mathematics
10 54 (12.30%) Mentoring
11 48 (10.93%) Data Pipeline
12 44 (10.02%) Machine Learning
13 42 (9.57%) Data Modelling
13 42 (9.57%) Migration
14 41 (9.34%) Artificial Intelligence
14 41 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (8.66%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 226 (51.48%) Java
2 123 (28.02%) SQL
3 114 (25.97%) Python
4 79 (18.00%) C#
5 46 (10.48%) Kotlin
6 40 (9.11%) JavaScript
7 38 (8.66%) Scala
8 34 (7.74%) TypeScript
9 24 (5.47%) Go
10 14 (3.19%) C
11 12 (2.73%) Clojure
12 6 (1.37%) Groovy
13 5 (1.14%) C++
13 5 (1.14%) VBA
14 4 (0.91%) R
15 2 (0.46%) Perl
15 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.46%) Ruby
15 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 86 (19.59%) Degree
2 36 (8.20%) Master's Degree
3 15 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.19%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.51%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.28%) PhD
7 8 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.91%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (0.91%) CISM
8 4 (0.91%) CISSP
9 3 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (2.28%) QA
2 6 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.37%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (0.91%) MiFID
4 4 (0.91%) NIST
5 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 135 (30.75%) Docker
2 10 (2.28%) HDFS
3 2 (0.46%) IAG
4 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 203 (46.24%) Kubernetes
2 42 (9.57%) Terraform
3 25 (5.69%) Ansible
4 18 (4.10%) Grafana
5 15 (3.42%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.37%) Kibana
7 5 (1.14%) Kiali
8 4 (0.91%) Argo
8 4 (0.91%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.91%) logstash
9 3 (0.68%) Istio
10 2 (0.46%) Consul
10 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.46%) Puppet
11 1 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.23%) Oozie
11 1 (0.23%) Packer
11 1 (0.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 42 (9.57%) Google
2 32 (7.29%) Microsoft
3 29 (6.61%) Databricks
4 19 (4.33%) Splunk
5 14 (3.19%) Cloudera
6 12 (2.73%) OpenAI
7 11 (2.51%) Oracle
8 10 (2.28%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.82%) YouTube
10 5 (1.14%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.14%) Confluent
10 5 (1.14%) IBM
11 4 (0.91%) Apple
11 4 (0.91%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.91%) Bloomberg
11 4 (0.91%) Qualys
11 4 (0.91%) Reuters
11 4 (0.91%) Vertica
12 3 (0.68%) Ab Initio
12 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow