Kafka

Required in 100% of top job postings. Stable demand across multiple role categories.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

Demand Over Time

↑ 5pp over period

Demand for Kafka has risen from 1% of postings in March 2026 to 6% in June 2026, weighted across all roles. Based on 27 weekly snapshots from real job postings.

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Roles That Demand Kafka

Senior Incident Manager100%

1 postings analyzed

QA Manager100%

1 postings analyzed

Data Engineering Manager70%

10 postings analyzed

Data Engineer60%

5 postings analyzed

Software Engineer50%

2 postings analyzed

Field Engineer44%

9 postings analyzed

Director of Data Engineering44%

9 postings analyzed

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Often Paired With

Docker / Containers100%SIEM (Splunk / Sentinel)100%CI/CD Pipelines100%Go / Golang100%React / React.js100%Real-time Analytics100%Anaplan100%BigQuery100%Python100%ETL / ELT100%

% = share of postings where both skills appear together

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