$74k – $125kper year
Hybrid
tech software it
184d ago
Technology
Kafka jobs
139,644 open Kafka jobs. Median salary $90.5k, 12.1% remote, 12,419 posted this week.
Open roles
139,644
12,419 new this week
Median salary
$90.5k
6.3% disclose pay
Remote share
12.1%
of all openings
Median age of posting
95d
50.4% older than 60d
Freshness
How old these postings are
just posted95d median90d+
| Age of posting | Share |
|---|---|
| Posted in the last 7 days | 15.0% |
| Median age | 95 days |
| Older than 60 days | 50.4% |
Age counts days since the employer published the posting. Around a third of sources publish only a coarse date such as “30+ days ago”, so the older end of this distribution is less precise than the recent end. It is the most-cited signal that a role may not be actively filled — a signal, not a verdict.
Pay
Salary distribution
$41k$157k
Based on 8,798 postings that disclose pay
— 6.3% of this slice.
Fewer than one posting in six publishes a range here, and the ones that do are not a random sample. Treat these figures as indicative of the disclosing minority, not of the market.
| Percentile | Salary |
|---|---|
| 25th | $71,500 |
| Median | $90,500 |
| 75th | $112,000 |
| 90th | $137,500 |
Demand
Who is hiring and what they ask for
Top companies
Top technologies
Most-asked skills
Composition
How the market splits
Work arrangement
Top locations
Employers
43,290
hiring in this slice
Posted last 7d
15.0%
of the cohort
Salary disclosed
6.3%
of postings publish pay
Live openings
Latest Kafka jobs
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201d ago
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52d ago
Visa sponsored
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Junior
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164d ago
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33d ago
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87d ago
Not disclosed
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133d ago
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Seniorfinance
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15d ago
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Kafka jobs by city
New York CitySan FranciscoLos AngelesSan DiegoSan JoseSeattleAustinDallasHoustonChicagoBostonDenverAtlantaMiamiWashington, D.C.PhiladelphiaPhoenixPortlandNashvilleMinneapolisCharlotteDetroitSalt Lake CityRaleighTorontoVancouverMontrealLondonManchesterEdinburghDublinBerlinMunichHamburgParisAmsterdamMadridBarcelonaMilanStockholmZurichWarsawLisbonSydneyMelbourneBengaluruSão PauloTokyoKolkataIndoreMumbaiDelhiHyderabadPuneChennaiNoidaGurgaonAhmedabad
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Roles that ask for it
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FAQ
Questions people ask
How many Kafka jobs are open?
The count at the top is every current posting that mentions Kafka, across all roles and locations we track.
What does Kafka pay?
The percentile table shows the advertised range. Only postings that publish a salary are counted, and the disclosure rate is printed next to the median.
Which cities hire most for Kafka?
The top locations chart ranks them by open postings.
Figures cover 139,644 postings collected from public company career pages and applicant
tracking systems, last recomputed 2026-09-02.
“Posted N days ago” counts from the date the employer published the listing, not from when we
first saw it. A posting that has been up for months is a common sign it is not being actively
filled — though a long-lived listing is a signal, not a verdict.
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