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Kafka contracts

14 open Kafka contracts, typically £395–£555 a day.

Open contracts
14
Typical day rate
£395–£555Median £450, from 14 contracts stating a rate
Outside IR35
22%of the 9 that state a status

At the median £450 a day over 220 working days, you'd take home about £64,737 a year outside IR35, or £60,562 inside IR35. Work out your own take-home pay

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14 contracts found

  1. Software Development EngineerHybrid

    Airline operations software team

    £350–£430/dayInside IR35

    Hounslow · 12 months · Posted 5 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Java
    • Microservices
    • Angular
    • TypeScript
    • +8 more
  2. Full Stack Java DeveloperRemote

    Innovative and rapidly growing technology business

    £380–£400/dayOutside IR35

    Chester · 6 months · Posted 8 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Java
    • Spring / Spring Boot
    • Angular
    • AWS
    • +4 more
  3. Solution Architect - Platform, Event, Domain Driven

    Major technology modernisation programme

    £650–£750/dayIR35 not stated

    London · 6 months · Posted 12 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Solution architecture
    • Cloud architecture
    • AWS
    • Microservices
    • +4 more
  4. Senior Backend Engineer (Java)Hybrid

    Not specified

    £450–£500/dayIR35 not stated

    Manchester · Posted 14 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Java
    • Distributed systems
    • REST APIs
    • Microservices
    • +7 more
  5. Senior KDB+/q DeveloperHybrid

    Global financial institution

    £349–£465/dayInside IR35

    London · 3 months · Posted 14 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Java
    • Python
    • Linux

    2 adverts

  6. SC cleared Junior Data EngineerHybrid

    Central government

    £300–£395/dayIR35 not stated

    London · SC clearance · Posted 19 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Data engineering
    • Python
    • Java
    • Kubernetes
    • +4 more

    2 adverts

  7. Data Engineer I SC ClearedHybrid

    High-profile programme

    £390–£500/dayInside IR35

    Newcastle Upon Tyne · 14 months · SC clearance · Posted 22 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Data engineering
    • Java
    • Kubernetes
    • AWS
    • +7 more
  8. TechOps EngineerOn site

    Technology-led organisation

    £400/dayIR35 not stated

    London · Posted 22 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Azure
    • Linux
    • Spring / Spring Boot
    • Site reliability engineering (SRE)
    • +14 more
  9. Lead Data Engineer

    Major public safety initiative

    £350–£427/dayInside IR35

    London · 13 months · SC clearance · Posted 26 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Data engineering
    • Java
    • AWS
    • Kubernetes

    2 adverts

  10. QA Tester - **Must have Active SC Clearance**

    UK-headquartered AI company building sovereign AI capability for defence and national security

    £400–£500/dayIR35 not stated

    London · SC clearance · Posted 29 days ago

    • Kafka
    • ETL
    • Python
    • SQL
    • IoT
    • +3 more
  11. SC Cleared Lead Automation EngineerHybrid

    £475–£525/dayInside IR35

    London · SC clearance · Posted 29 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Test automation
    • API testing
    • Performance testing
    • Process improvement
    • +3 more
  12. Test Environment ManagerHybrid

    Major enterprise technology

    £500–£850/dayInside IR35

    London · Posted 33 days ago

    • Kafka
    • OpenShift
    • Microservices
    • Linux
    • CI/CD
    • +7 more
  13. Integration Architect - KafkaHybrid

    Major organisation undergoing transformation programme

    £550–£600/dayInside IR35

    London · 6 months · Posted 42 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Integration architecture
    • Stakeholder management
    • Distributed systems
    • AWS
    • +1 more
  14. Senior Java Architect – PaymentsHybrid

    Global financial services organisation undergoing banking transformation

    £550–£600/dayOutside IR35

    London · 6 months · Posted 51 days ago

    • Kafka
    • Java
    • Microservices
    • Swift
    • Spring / Spring Boot
    • +4 more

    4 adverts

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