Kanban
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Kanban skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kanban over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 164 144
Rank change year-on-year -57 -20 +6
Contract jobs citing Kanban 470 943 1,734
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 1.58% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.75% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 647 1,100
10th Percentile £375 £416 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +10.50%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% - +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 56
10th Percentile - £65.00 £36.13
25th Percentile - £70.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £45.88 £80.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% +79.78% -19.09%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £53.22
90th Percentile £78.00 £86.50 £72.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £85.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -46.02% +74.36% -11.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Kanban is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kanban as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kanban.

Daily rate trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Kanban.

Hourly rate trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 384 £550 - 276
London -9 237 £550 -8.03% 105
UK excluding London -66 192 £508 +1.50% 183
Work from Home -13 171 £500 -2.20% 247
South East 0 72 £544 +3.62% 52
Scotland -49 42 £463 -7.36% 11
North of England -1 40 £475 -13.64% 39
North West -5 20 £65 -87.00% 25
Yorkshire +6 17 £538 -4.44% 12
Midlands +10 13 £500 -4.76% 34
South West +5 10 £585 +23.16% 24
Wales +23 9 £508 +23.03% 9
West Midlands +15 8 £525 -12.50% 22
East Midlands +20 5 £363 -14.71% 12
East of England -8 5 £550 +4.76% 18
North East +21 3 £533 +1.43% 2
Northern Ireland +4 1 £640 +60.00%

Kanban
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 45 (9.57%) Confluence
2 7 (1.49%) OpenStack
3 6 (1.28%) CMS
4 5 (1.06%) Apache
4 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.64%) Drupal
5 3 (0.64%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.43%) Mule
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.43%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) JBoss
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 22 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.64%) Trello
6 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.43%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 7 (1.49%) Endur
1 7 (1.49%) Primavera
2 4 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.43%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.43%) Maximo
3 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.43%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.43%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.43%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (25.11%) Azure
2 103 (21.91%) AWS
3 65 (13.83%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (12.34%) Serverless
5 38 (8.09%) Amazon S3
5 38 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (5.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (5.32%) GitHub
7 25 (5.32%) OpenShift
8 24 (5.11%) Power Platform
9 22 (4.68%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (4.68%) GCP
10 18 (3.83%) PaaS
11 17 (3.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (3.19%) SaaS
13 14 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 11 (2.34%) IaaS
16 9 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (1.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.04%) DNS
2 15 (3.19%) Firewall
3 9 (1.91%) HTTP
3 9 (1.91%) Internet
3 9 (1.91%) SSL
4 8 (1.70%) DHCP
4 8 (1.70%) PPP
4 8 (1.70%) VPN
5 7 (1.49%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.49%) VSAN
6 4 (0.85%) OpenLDAP
7 3 (0.64%) 5G
7 3 (0.64%) FabricPath
7 3 (0.64%) LAN
7 3 (0.64%) NX-OS
7 3 (0.64%) SNMP
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) Junos
8 2 (0.43%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.91%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (11.28%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (5.53%) MongoDB
4 19 (4.04%) NoSQL
5 18 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (3.83%) Power BI
6 16 (3.40%) Data Lake
7 14 (2.98%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (2.55%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (2.34%) Geospatial Data
9 11 (2.34%) MySQL
10 10 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.91%) Big Data
12 8 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
12 8 (1.70%) Redis
12 8 (1.70%) Tableau
13 7 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 111 (23.62%) JIRA
2 73 (15.53%) Git
3 47 (10.00%) Jenkins
4 34 (7.23%) GitLab
5 22 (4.68%) Cypress.io
6 15 (3.19%) Postman
7 14 (2.98%) Selenium
8 12 (2.55%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 10 (2.13%) Visual Studio
11 9 (1.91%) Bitbucket
11 9 (1.91%) Subversion
12 8 (1.70%) Artifactory
12 8 (1.70%) JUnit
12 8 (1.70%) NUnit
13 7 (1.49%) TeamCity
14 6 (1.28%) Gatling
14 6 (1.28%) Visual Studio Team System
15 5 (1.06%) Mockito
15 5 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
General
1 133 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 105 (22.34%) Finance
3 56 (11.91%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 37 (7.87%) Banking
6 24 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (3.83%) Marketing
8 17 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.55%) Electronics
10 12 (2.55%) Front Office
11 11 (2.34%) Advertising
11 11 (2.34%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.13%) Retail
13 9 (1.91%) Legal
13 9 (1.91%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.70%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.28%) Back Office
15 6 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (19.57%) Developer
2 72 (15.32%) Senior
3 45 (9.57%) Analyst
4 38 (8.09%) Lead
4 38 (8.09%) Project Manager
5 31 (6.60%) Scrum Master
6 29 (6.17%) Delivery Manager
7 28 (5.96%) Business Analyst
8 24 (5.11%) Software Engineer
9 23 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (4.47%) Java Developer
11 19 (4.04%) Data Engineer
12 16 (3.40%) Architect
12 16 (3.40%) Consultant
12 16 (3.40%) Full Stack Developer
12 16 (3.40%) Product Owner
13 15 (3.19%) Senior Software Engineer
14 14 (2.98%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 13 (2.77%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (2.77%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.02%) .NET
1 33 (7.02%) HTML
2 32 (6.81%) React
3 29 (6.17%) REST
4 28 (5.96%) AWS CDK
5 27 (5.74%) AngularJS
5 27 (5.74%) CSS
5 27 (5.74%) Node.js
5 27 (5.74%) Web Services
6 25 (5.32%) XML
7 20 (4.26%) JSON
8 19 (4.04%) Spring
9 13 (2.77%) Kafka
9 13 (2.77%) RabbitMQ
9 13 (2.77%) RESTful
9 13 (2.77%) Spring Boot
10 12 (2.55%) GraphQL
10 12 (2.55%) Jest
11 11 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
11 11 (2.34%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 69 (14.68%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (4.04%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.19%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.98%) Hedge funds
5 12 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.55%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.34%) Derivative
6 11 (2.34%) Replication
6 11 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.13%) Fixed Income
7 10 (2.13%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.70%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.70%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.70%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.49%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.28%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 55 (11.70%) Linux
2 22 (4.68%) Windows
3 17 (3.62%) Unix
4 5 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.85%) Android
5 4 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (91.49%) Agile
2 381 (81.06%) Scrum
3 149 (31.70%) DevOps
4 99 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (19.79%) CI/CD
6 78 (16.60%) Microservices
7 73 (15.53%) TDD
8 71 (15.11%) Project Management
9 69 (14.68%) Test Automation
10 59 (12.55%) Roadmaps
10 59 (12.55%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 59 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 55 (11.70%) Infrastructure as Code
11 55 (11.70%) Software Engineering
12 50 (10.64%) Mentoring
13 49 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 46 (9.79%) Migration
15 45 (9.57%) BDD
16 44 (9.36%) Project Delivery
17 43 (9.15%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.79%) Java
2 91 (19.36%) Python
3 84 (17.87%) SQL
4 77 (16.38%) JavaScript
5 46 (9.79%) C#
6 45 (9.57%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.68%) PowerShell
8 21 (4.47%) C++
9 20 (4.26%) Bash
10 19 (4.04%) C
11 14 (2.98%) Scala
12 13 (2.77%) Shell Script
13 12 (2.55%) T-SQL
14 11 (2.34%) Go
15 9 (1.91%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.91%) XPath
16 7 (1.49%) Perl
16 7 (1.49%) XQuery
17 6 (1.28%) Bicep
17 6 (1.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 82 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.11%) SC Cleared
3 70 (14.89%) Degree
4 25 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.55%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.34%) PMP
7 8 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.64%) CSPO
9 3 (0.64%) ISEB
9 3 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.21%) APMP
11 1 (0.21%) CBAP
11 1 (0.21%) MBA
11 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.51%) QA
2 20 (4.26%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.34%) PMO
4 7 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.85%) GDPR
5 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.85%) PSD2
6 3 (0.64%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.43%) IFRS
7 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) GxP
8 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) SEPA
8 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (13.19%) Docker
2 17 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.70%) vSphere
6 6 (1.28%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.43%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 55 (11.70%) Terraform
2 53 (11.28%) Kubernetes
3 46 (9.79%) Ansible
4 33 (7.02%) Grafana
5 14 (2.98%) Puppet
6 9 (1.91%) Kibana
6 9 (1.91%) Progress Chef
6 9 (1.91%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.49%) HP ALM
9 6 (1.28%) VxRail
10 5 (1.06%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.64%) Netcool
12 2 (0.43%) logstash
12 2 (0.43%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.43%) SCCM
12 2 (0.43%) TIBCO Hawk
13 1 (0.21%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.21%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 52 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.79%) Oracle
3 24 (5.11%) SAP
4 21 (4.47%) Google
5 20 (4.26%) VMware
6 15 (3.19%) Databricks
6 15 (3.19%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.55%) Splunk
8 11 (2.34%) Cisco
9 10 (2.13%) Atlassian
9 10 (2.13%) Dell
10 7 (1.49%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.06%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (1.06%) HP
11 5 (1.06%) Sybase
12 4 (0.85%) Okta
12 4 (0.85%) PagerDuty
12 4 (0.85%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.85%) Roku