Kanban Contracts in England

Kanban
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Kanban skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kanban over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 226 208
Rank change year-on-year -18 -18 -84
Contract jobs citing Kanban 263 398 573
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.04% 1.07% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.25% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 277 375
10th Percentile £365 £363 £425
25th Percentile £413 £425 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £688 £723
UK median daily rate £494 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -8.09% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile £36.63 - £63.00
25th Percentile £48.75 £45.88 £68.75
Median hourly rate £63.00 £67.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% -16.25% +77.78%
75th Percentile £76.88 £74.75 £87.50
90th Percentile £78.13 £77.00 £91.70
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £67.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -5.97% -16.25% +77.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Kanban falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,097 31,886 42,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.37% 85.51% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,895 20,662 29,650
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,130 2,322 1,532
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.66 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +2.56% +44.74%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.53
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.70 £75.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Kanban in England

Kanban
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Kanban in England

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kanban in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kanban in England

Kanban
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Kanban in England

Kanban
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kanban in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in England

Kanban
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the England region over the 6 months to 27 June 2025. 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
London -16 157 £550 - 307
North of England -5 36 £400 -27.27% 143
South East +7 30 £494 -9.07% 78
Midlands +18 23 £483 -3.50% 56
Yorkshire -9 19 £400 -27.27% 51
North West +11 16 £400 +6.67% 87
West Midlands +19 15 £500 -21.57% 28
East Midlands +3 8 £393 +8.65% 27
South West +35 6 £538 -7.33% 41
East of England +21 1 £475 -13.64% 25
North East -1 1 £563 +19.36% 5
Kanban
UK

Kanban
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 39 (14.83%) Confluence
2 8 (3.04%) CMS
3 5 (1.90%) Apache
4 4 (1.52%) Drupal
4 4 (1.52%) WordPress
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.76%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.76%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) Smallworld
Applications
1 13 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.76%) Trello
5 1 (0.38%) CATIA
5 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Endur
2 2 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.76%) Shopify
3 1 (0.38%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 63 (23.95%) AWS
2 62 (23.57%) Azure
3 24 (9.13%) GitHub
4 22 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (7.60%) Power Platform
6 19 (7.22%) GCP
7 16 (6.08%) Serverless
8 12 (4.56%) Amazon S3
8 12 (4.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 12 (4.56%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (4.18%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (4.18%) Route 53
10 10 (3.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (3.42%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (3.42%) AWS KMS
12 7 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.66%) Datadog
13 6 (2.28%) Apigee
13 6 (2.28%) SaaS
14 5 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.90%) DNS
1 5 (1.90%) Firewall
1 5 (1.90%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.52%) Internet
2 4 (1.52%) NAS
2 4 (1.52%) SAN
2 4 (1.52%) SSL
3 3 (1.14%) Broadband
4 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.76%) VPN
4 2 (0.76%) WAN
5 1 (0.38%) GPON
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.38%) Wireless
5 1 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.51%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (6.84%) NoSQL
3 17 (6.46%) Power BI
4 13 (4.94%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.56%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.80%) DynamoDB
7 9 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.42%) Tableau
8 8 (3.04%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (3.04%) MySQL
9 5 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (1.90%) Spotfire
10 4 (1.52%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.14%) Big Data
11 3 (1.14%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.76%) GIS
12 2 (0.76%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 85 (32.32%) JIRA
2 65 (24.71%) Git
3 53 (20.15%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.56%) Bitbucket Server
5 11 (4.18%) GitLab
6 10 (3.80%) Bitbucket
6 10 (3.80%) JUnit
6 10 (3.80%) SonarQube
7 9 (3.42%) Maven
7 9 (3.42%) Mockito
7 9 (3.42%) Selenium
8 8 (3.04%) Artifactory
8 8 (3.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 8 (3.04%) DbUnit
8 8 (3.04%) jMock
9 7 (2.66%) JMeter
9 7 (2.66%) Subversion
10 6 (2.28%) Gatling
11 5 (1.90%) Postman
11 5 (1.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (42.21%) Social Skills
2 69 (26.24%) Finance
3 35 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.27%) Banking
5 21 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.18%) Front Office
7 10 (3.80%) Legal
8 9 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.42%) Retail
8 9 (3.42%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.66%) Marketing
10 6 (2.28%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.14%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.76%) Advertising
13 2 (0.76%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 71 (27.00%) Developer
2 36 (13.69%) Analyst
3 27 (10.27%) Project Manager
3 27 (10.27%) Senior
4 26 (9.89%) Business Analyst
5 19 (7.22%) Lead
6 15 (5.70%) Delivery Manager
7 14 (5.32%) Python Developer
8 13 (4.94%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.18%) Architect
9 11 (4.18%) Scrum Master
9 11 (4.18%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.80%) Senior Developer
10 10 (3.80%) Technical Manager
11 8 (3.04%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.04%) IT Project Manager
12 7 (2.66%) Consultant
12 7 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (2.66%) Software Developer
12 7 (2.66%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.65%) REST
2 23 (8.75%) AngularJS
3 22 (8.37%) SOAP
4 20 (7.60%) .NET
4 20 (7.60%) CSS
4 20 (7.60%) Spring
5 19 (7.22%) RESTful
6 18 (6.84%) Web Services
7 17 (6.46%) HTML
8 16 (6.08%) Kafka
8 16 (6.08%) React
9 14 (5.32%) Spring Boot
10 13 (4.94%) Middleware
11 11 (4.18%) Hibernate
12 10 (3.80%) GraphQL
13 8 (3.04%) ActiveMQ
13 8 (3.04%) PowerMock
13 8 (3.04%) Spring Batch
13 8 (3.04%) Spring Cloud
13 8 (3.04%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.49%) Product Ownership
2 15 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.94%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.18%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (3.04%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.04%) Derivative
5 8 (3.04%) Fixed Income
5 8 (3.04%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.66%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.90%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.90%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.52%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.03%) Linux
2 11 (4.18%) Windows
3 7 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.90%) Android
4 5 (1.90%) Unix
5 3 (1.14%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (94.30%) Agile
2 224 (85.17%) Scrum
3 77 (29.28%) CI/CD
4 71 (27.00%) DevOps
5 70 (26.62%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (20.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 47 (17.87%) Microservices
9 46 (17.49%) TDD
10 45 (17.11%) Project Management
11 36 (13.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 35 (13.31%) Continuous Integration
12 35 (13.31%) Test Automation
13 34 (12.93%) BDD
14 32 (12.17%) Decision-Making
15 31 (11.79%) Roadmaps
16 29 (11.03%) Software Engineering
17 28 (10.65%) Project Delivery
17 28 (10.65%) Risk Management
18 27 (10.27%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 62 (23.57%) Python
2 60 (22.81%) Java
3 56 (21.29%) SQL
4 43 (16.35%) JavaScript
5 28 (10.65%) C#
6 19 (7.22%) TypeScript
7 17 (6.46%) C++
7 17 (6.46%) PowerShell
8 15 (5.70%) Go
9 13 (4.94%) Groovy
10 9 (3.42%) PHP
11 7 (2.66%) Scala
12 6 (2.28%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.52%) Ruby
13 4 (1.52%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.14%) Bash
15 2 (0.76%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.76%) RPG
16 1 (0.38%) Magik
16 1 (0.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (15.59%) Degree
2 30 (11.41%) Security Cleared
3 25 (9.51%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.04%) PMP
6 7 (2.66%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.66%) CISSP
7 6 (2.28%) CISA
7 6 (2.28%) CISM
7 6 (2.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 6 (2.28%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.76%) IBM Certification
11 1 (0.38%) APMP
11 1 (0.38%) CBAP
11 1 (0.38%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.22%) QA
2 9 (3.42%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.28%) COBIT
4 6 (2.28%) NIST
4 6 (2.28%) NIST 800
5 5 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.14%) PMO
6 3 (1.14%) WCAG
7 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.76%) GDPR
7 2 (0.76%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) PSD2
8 1 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (12.55%) Docker
2 9 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.04%) Postfix
4 5 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.52%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (8.75%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.37%) Terraform
3 18 (6.84%) Ansible
4 11 (4.18%) Grafana
4 11 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.04%) Puppet
6 6 (2.28%) RSA Archer
7 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.52%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.52%) vRealize
8 2 (0.76%) HP Data Protector
8 2 (0.76%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.76%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.38%) Control-M
9 1 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.38%) SCCM
9 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 22 (8.37%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.94%) Oracle
3 11 (4.18%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.18%) Splunk
4 10 (3.80%) Atlassian
5 8 (3.04%) Jaspersoft
5 8 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.04%) SAP
6 7 (2.66%) Databricks
7 6 (2.28%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (1.90%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.90%) Google
8 5 (1.90%) IBM
8 5 (1.90%) Rapid7
8 5 (1.90%) VMware
9 4 (1.52%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.52%) OpenLink
9 4 (1.52%) Zend
10 3 (1.14%) Adobe
11 2 (0.76%) Bloomberg