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Remote Kafka jobs in the UK

Live remote Kafka jobs in the UK, detected on employer careers pages and updated hourly. Every role is fully remote or work-from-home.

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84 Live vacancies
36 Employers hiring
£110,000 Median advertised
100% Remote
14 hours ago Last updated

We are currently tracking 84 live vacancies matching remote Kafka jobs in the UK, advertised by 36 different employers. 16 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The most active employers in this slice are Remotefriendly, Ftmo, Monzo and Jagaad. Every role is detected on the employer's own careers page rather than reposted from another board, so what you see here is the vacancy as the employer wrote it.

Of the 84 roles, 6 publish a salary. The median advertised ceiling is £110,000. The middle half of the market sits between £100,000 and £170,000, so anything above the upper figure is a genuinely strong offer for remote Kafka jobs in the UK. Contract day rates are annualised at 230 working days a year, so permanent and contract pay compare like for like.

On working pattern, 100% are fully remote and 7% are contract rather than permanent. By seniority, 56% at mid level and 25% at senior level. Filter by any of these on the left.

Employers hiring for Kafka in this slice most often ask for it alongside Java, Machine Learning, AWS, Python, Kubernetes and SQL. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.

84 live vacancies

AI Software Engineer

Ftmo · Remote
Remote
Python C# C++ PHP Node.js
First seen 1 week ago

Head of Software Engineering

Ftmo · Remote
Remote
Python C# C++ PHP Node.js
First seen 1 week ago

QA Lead

Ftmo · Remote
Remote
Python C# C++ PHP Node.js
First seen 1 week ago

Software Engineering Manager - Data Platform @ Addepar | Sway Ventures Job Board

Swayvc · London · Remote
Remote
Python Java AWS Terraform PostgreSQL
First seen 2 weeks ago

Cybersecurity Careers

Synack · Remote
Remote
Python Google Cloud Kubernetes Docker Kafka
First seen 2 weeks ago

Senior Python Fullstack - Jobs Newfire Global Partners

Newfireglobal · Remote
Remote
Python Java AWS Redis Kafka
First seen 3 weeks ago

Quality Engineer (SDET)

Starcompliance · Remote
Remote
Python C# TypeScript Azure Kafka
First seen 4 weeks ago

Platform Quality Engineer (SDET)

Starcompliance · Remote
Remote
Python C# TypeScript Azure Kafka
First seen 4 weeks ago

Full Stack Developer Java/Angular | Careers

Wiselyst · Remote
Remote
Java Angular Kubernetes Kafka
First seen 1 month ago

Kafka Solutions Architect

Softwaremill · London · Remote
Remote
AWS Azure Google Cloud Kubernetes Docker
First seen 1 month ago

Senior Java Developer | Jobs | New Entertainment

Negroup · London · Remote
Remote
Java C# PostgreSQL Kafka SQL
First seen 1 month ago

Lead Java Developer/Architect

Gravity9 · Remote
Remote
Python Java Node.js AWS MongoDB
First seen 1 month ago

Opening for Senior Java Developer (Italian)

Jagaad · Remote
Remote
Java React Angular AWS Docker
First seen 2 months ago

Opening for Senior Java Developer

Jagaad · Remote
Remote
Java React Angular AWS Docker
First seen 2 months ago

Opening for Senior Node.js Developer

Jagaad · Remote
Remote
Java PHP TypeScript React Node.js
First seen 2 months ago

Java Software Engineer - Contract Job | Radley James

Radleyjames · London · Remote
Remote
Java Kubernetes Kafka
First seen 2 months ago

Sr Data Engineer Opening - DataSpot Consulting Group

Dataspotcg · London · Remote
Remote
Python AWS Azure Google Cloud Terraform
First seen 2 months ago

Developer Relations Engineer - Orbital

Orbitalhq · London · Remote
Remote
Docker Kafka
First seen 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Orbital

Orbitalhq · London · Remote
Remote
Java TypeScript React Angular Kafka
First seen 2 months ago

Software Engineer (Rust - Backend) - Careers - Have I Been Squatted

Haveibeensquatted · Remote
Remote
Rust AWS PostgreSQL Kafka
First seen 2 months ago

Job titles employers are advertising

The exact titles on the live vacancies in this search, most common first.

Questions about these roles

How many remote Kafka jobs in the UK are there right now?

We are tracking 84 live vacancies across 36 employers. The crawler revisits employer careers pages continuously and roles disappear from this page as soon as they come down, so the count reflects what is genuinely open today.

What do remote Kafka jobs in the UK pay?

The median advertised ceiling is £110,000, based on the 6 of these roles that publish a figure. The middle half of the market runs from £100,000 to £170,000. Contract day rates are annualised so they compare against permanent salaries.

Are these contract or permanent roles?

7% are contract or fixed-term and the remainder are permanent or unstated. A quoted day rate is treated as contract even when the advert does not use the word.

Which employers are hiring?

The most active right now are Remotefriendly, Ftmo, Monzo, Jagaad and Dualitsoft. Every vacancy links straight to that employer's own careers page — we are an aggregator, not the hiring company, and there is no middleman between you and the application.

What other skills do these roles ask for?

Most often Java, Machine Learning, AWS, Python and Kubernetes. That is counted from the live adverts on this page rather than a fixed list, so it tracks what employers are asking for this month.

How much does a Kafka developer earn in the UK?

£110,000 is the middle of what is advertised here, which is 100% above the £55,000 median across UK IT as a whole. Read it as the ceiling an employer is advertising towards rather than an offer: 78 of these adverts name no figure at all, and those are the ones where asking early is worth most.

Are there entry-level or graduate Kafka developer jobs in the UK?

Not right now — every live advert here signals mid-level experience or above. Graduate intakes are seasonal, so this is worth checking again rather than reading as a permanent state of the market.

What job titles are used for this role?

Employers on this page advertise it as QA Lead, Head of Software Engineering, AI Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer and Principal Machine Learning Engineer. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.

How much experience do these roles need?

The largest group is mid level (56% of the page). Seniority is read from the job title, so a role that does not signal a level in its title is counted as mid-level.

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