Skills: pay and hiring demand

Kafka jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for Kafka, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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1,032 open roles · 0.8% of postings · Median $194,000/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

Kafka appears in 1,032 open roles (0.8% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 194,000 (P25 141,236 – P75 230,000), as of 2026-10-18.

n=1,032, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

1,032
Open roles
0.8%
Share of all postings
of postings
428
Postings with a salary range
$194,000
Median stated pay
P25 $141,236 · P75 $230,000

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering61.3% (633)Data & ML29.9% (309)Consulting5.7% (59)Other1.5% (15)Product0.7% (7)People & HR0.5% (5)Operations0.2% (2)Legal0.1% (1)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 633 61.3%
Data & ML 309 29.9%
Consulting 59 5.7%
Other 15 1.5%
Product 7 0.7%
People & HR 5 0.5%
Operations 2 0.2%
Legal 1 0.1%
Support 1 0.1%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 378 36.6%
India 105 10.2%
Canada 71 6.9%
United Kingdom 48 4.7%
Germany 43 4.2%
Poland 43 4.2%
Singapore 33 3.2%
Brazil 25 2.4%
Spain 18 1.7%
France 18 1.7%
Bulgaria 15 1.5%
UA 11 1.1%
Ireland 8 0.8%
Netherlands 8 0.8%
Portugal 8 0.8%
Czechia 7 0.7%
Lithuania 7 0.7%
Mexico 7 0.7%
Romania 7 0.7%
Slovakia 7 0.7%
Australia 6 0.6%
CO 6 0.6%
MT 6 0.6%
South Korea 5 0.5%
AR 4 0.4%
Belgium 4 0.4%
Greece 4 0.4%
Japan 4 0.4%
Luxembourg 4 0.4%
Taiwan 4 0.4%
Estonia 3 0.3%
Israel 3 0.3%
RS 3 0.3%
Switzerland 2 0.2%
China 2 0.2%
Denmark 2 0.2%
EG 2 0.2%
Finland 2 0.2%
Hong Kong 2 0.2%
Hungary 2 0.2%
ID 2 0.2%
Italy 2 0.2%
KE 2 0.2%
MA 2 0.2%
Norway 2 0.2%
Austria 1 0.1%
CR 1 0.1%
Croatia 1 0.1%
MY 1 0.1%
PH 1 0.1%
QA 1 0.1%
Sweden 1 0.1%
TH 1 0.1%
UY 1 0.1%
VN 1 0.1%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as Kafka.

Python n=9,576 Excel n=8,931 SQL n=7,308 Roadmapping n=7,143 AWS n=6,206 LLM n=5,041 Agile n=4,498 CI/CD n=4,442 iOS n=4,366 Salesforce n=4,057 CRM n=3,908 Procurement n=3,886

Related skills

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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →