Kanban Contract Job Trends in London

Kanban
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Kanban skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 184 194
Rank change year-on-year -20 +10 +15
Contract jobs citing Kanban 242 187 216
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.21% 1.38% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.49% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 120 144
10th Percentile £392 £362 £363
25th Percentile £463 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -0.91% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £652
90th Percentile £675 £775 £750
England median daily rate £517 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +3.34% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 £30.75 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £31.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +112.70% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £32.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £63.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +15.08% -5.97% -18.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,780 12,524 14,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.22% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,742 8,379 10,498
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 240 232
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -14.29% -20.20%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -6.98%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kanban relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Kanban job vacancy trend in London

Kanban
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kanban.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kanban

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kanban in London over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Kanban in London

Kanban
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kanban.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Kanban

Kanban
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the London region over the 6 months to 25 July 2026. 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
Central London -30 18 £575 -8.91% 8
South London -9 14 £550 -25.42% 1
East London +6 3 £585 +62.50% 4
West London -19 3 £377 -3.26% 3
Kanban
England

Kanban
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 39 (16.12%) Confluence
2 21 (8.68%) CMS
3 10 (4.13%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.65%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.24%) Apache
Applications
1 16 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.24%) Notion
6 2 (0.83%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.83%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.31%) Magento
2 4 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.83%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.83%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.83%) Shopify
4 1 (0.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (35.54%) Azure
2 55 (22.73%) AWS
3 33 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (8.68%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.44%) GCP
6 13 (5.37%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.72%) GitHub
8 8 (3.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 8 (3.31%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (2.07%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.07%) Serverless
11 4 (1.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.65%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.65%) Route 53
11 4 (1.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.83%) FTP
1 2 (0.83%) Network Security
2 1 (0.41%) Firewall
2 1 (0.41%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 14 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.37%) Power BI
4 11 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (3.72%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.31%) Amazon Aurora
6 8 (3.31%) Big Data
6 8 (3.31%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.31%) Tableau
7 6 (2.48%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.07%) Data Hub
8 5 (2.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.65%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (1.65%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.65%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.24%) Presto
Development Applications
1 69 (28.51%) JIRA
2 33 (13.64%) Jenkins
3 27 (11.16%) Git
4 22 (9.09%) Postman
5 11 (4.55%) Selenium
6 8 (3.31%) Subversion
7 6 (2.48%) GitLab
8 4 (1.65%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.65%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (1.65%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.65%) DbUnit
8 4 (1.65%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.65%) jMock
8 4 (1.65%) JUnit
8 4 (1.65%) Maven
8 4 (1.65%) Mockito
8 4 (1.65%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.65%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.65%) Zephyr
9 3 (1.24%) Xcode
General
1 103 (42.56%) Social Skills
2 79 (32.64%) Finance
3 44 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 43 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (15.29%) Marketing
6 30 (12.40%) Banking
7 21 (8.68%) Retail
8 15 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.89%) Front Office
11 6 (2.48%) Local Government
12 5 (2.07%) Automotive
12 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.65%) Games
13 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.65%) Legal
14 3 (1.24%) Aviation
14 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 46 (19.01%) Analyst
2 27 (11.16%) Delivery Manager
3 26 (10.74%) Senior
4 22 (9.09%) Lead
4 22 (9.09%) Scrum Master
5 17 (7.02%) Developer
5 17 (7.02%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.61%) Data Engineer
6 16 (6.61%) Technical Analyst
7 13 (5.37%) Business Analyst
7 13 (5.37%) Systems Analyst
8 9 (3.72%) Architect
8 9 (3.72%) Product Owner
8 9 (3.72%) Senior Manager
8 9 (3.72%) Technical Manager
9 8 (3.31%) Agile Coach
9 8 (3.31%) Java Developer
10 7 (2.89%) Product Manager
10 7 (2.89%) Security Engineer
10 7 (2.89%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.79%) RESTful
2 13 (5.37%) REST
3 10 (4.13%) JSON
3 10 (4.13%) Spring
4 9 (3.72%) CSS
4 9 (3.72%) HTML
4 9 (3.72%) Node.js
4 9 (3.72%) VML
5 8 (3.31%) Kafka
5 8 (3.31%) Spring Boot
6 7 (2.89%) YAML
7 6 (2.48%) .NET
8 5 (2.07%) ADO
8 5 (2.07%) SOAP
8 5 (2.07%) Web Services
9 4 (1.65%) ActiveMQ
9 4 (1.65%) Hibernate
9 4 (1.65%) Jakarta EE
9 4 (1.65%) JPA
9 4 (1.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (25.21%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.26%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (7.85%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.31%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.89%) Replication
7 5 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.65%) NHS
8 4 (1.65%) PMI
8 4 (1.65%) Wiki
9 3 (1.24%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.24%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.24%) Life Science
9 3 (1.24%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.24%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.13%) Linux
2 8 (3.31%) Android
3 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.65%) Windows
5 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.24%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (94.63%) Agile
2 208 (85.95%) Scrum
3 99 (40.91%) DevOps
4 78 (32.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (21.49%) CI/CD
5 52 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (21.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (21.07%) User Stories
7 50 (20.66%) Sprint Planning
8 49 (20.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 43 (17.77%) Migration
10 39 (16.12%) Acceptance Criteria
11 38 (15.70%) Microservices
12 35 (14.46%) Decision-Making
13 33 (13.64%) Test Automation
14 32 (13.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (12.81%) Project Management
15 31 (12.81%) Waterfall
16 30 (12.40%) Roadmaps
17 29 (11.98%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.90%) SQL
2 45 (18.60%) Java
3 40 (16.53%) Python
4 15 (6.20%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.72%) C#
5 9 (3.72%) Scala
6 6 (2.48%) Kotlin
7 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.07%) R
7 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.24%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.24%) Swift
9 3 (1.24%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.83%) Bicep
10 2 (0.83%) Groovy
11 1 (0.41%) Go
11 1 (0.41%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 51 (21.07%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.77%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.74%) Degree
4 10 (4.13%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.72%) PMP
6 7 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.48%) CISSP
8 5 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.07%) CISM
8 5 (2.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.24%) CSPO
10 3 (1.24%) IIBA
10 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.64%) QA
2 8 (3.31%) PMO
3 7 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.89%) GDPR
4 6 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.07%) Government Security Classifications
6 4 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (1.24%) GxP
7 3 (1.24%) NCSC
7 3 (1.24%) WCAG
8 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.83%) NIST
8 2 (0.83%) SEPA
8 2 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (7.02%) Docker
2 6 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.24%) Postfix
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.61%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.37%) Terraform
3 8 (3.31%) Grafana
4 4 (1.65%) Kibana
5 2 (0.83%) Rancher
6 1 (0.41%) Ansible
6 1 (0.41%) CASB
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.02%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.72%) SAP
4 8 (3.31%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.31%) IBM
4 8 (3.31%) Oracle
4 8 (3.31%) Splunk
5 7 (2.89%) Bloomberg
5 7 (2.89%) Google
5 7 (2.89%) Refinitiv
6 5 (2.07%) BMC
6 5 (2.07%) Databricks
6 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.65%) CA Agile Central
7 4 (1.65%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.65%) Jaspersoft
7 4 (1.65%) New Relic
7 4 (1.65%) Remedy
8 3 (1.24%) Okta
8 3 (1.24%) Spotify