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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 215 179
Rank change year-on-year -8 -36 +7
Contract jobs citing Kanban 191 138 236
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 1.11% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.21% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 94 157
10th Percentile £393 £383 £375
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £673 £760 £735
England median daily rate £521 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +1.71% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 - -
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - +11.94% -15.19%

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 15,896 11,429 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.31% 92.26% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,636 7,715 11,109
10th Percentile £358 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £760 £812 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 185 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.10 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.90 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +22.13% -25.44%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -27 17 £575 -9.80% 17
South London -2 14 £550 - 2
East London - 3 £585 -
West London -24 2 £377 -5.68% 1
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 26 (13.61%) Confluence
2 19 (9.95%) CMS
3 11 (5.76%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.09%) Apache
4 4 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.05%) Notion
5 2 (1.05%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.09%) Magento
2 3 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.05%) Shopify
4 1 (0.52%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.52%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (30.37%) Azure
2 41 (21.47%) AWS
3 23 (12.04%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (8.38%) Power Platform
5 14 (7.33%) Amazon S3
6 12 (6.28%) GCP
7 7 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (3.14%) GitHub
9 5 (2.62%) Smartsheet
10 4 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.09%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (2.09%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (2.09%) AWS KMS
10 4 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.09%) Route 53
10 4 (2.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.05%) FTP
1 2 (1.05%) Network Security
2 1 (0.52%) Firewall
2 1 (0.52%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.38%) NoSQL
2 13 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.76%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (5.24%) Big Data
5 10 (5.24%) Power BI
6 8 (4.19%) Amazon Aurora
6 8 (4.19%) Tableau
7 7 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.62%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.62%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (2.09%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (2.09%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.57%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.57%) Presto
10 3 (1.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 53 (27.75%) JIRA
2 24 (12.57%) Jenkins
3 17 (8.90%) Postman
4 16 (8.38%) Git
5 6 (3.14%) GitLab
5 6 (3.14%) Maven
5 6 (3.14%) Selenium
6 5 (2.62%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.09%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.09%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (2.09%) DbUnit
7 4 (2.09%) jMock
7 4 (2.09%) JUnit
7 4 (2.09%) Mockito
7 4 (2.09%) SonarQube
7 4 (2.09%) Subversion
8 3 (1.57%) Android Studio
8 3 (1.57%) Appium
8 3 (1.57%) Xcode
9 2 (1.05%) Zephyr
General
1 76 (39.79%) Social Skills
2 57 (29.84%) Finance
3 33 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (15.71%) Public Sector
5 25 (13.09%) Marketing
6 20 (10.47%) Banking
7 11 (5.76%) Retail
8 10 (5.24%) Front Office
9 9 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (4.19%) Legal
11 5 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.62%) Local Government
12 4 (2.09%) Automotive
13 3 (1.57%) Aviation
13 3 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.52%) Advertising
15 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (20.94%) Analyst
2 26 (13.61%) Senior
3 24 (12.57%) Delivery Manager
4 20 (10.47%) Lead
5 16 (8.38%) Business Analyst
6 15 (7.85%) Data Engineer
6 15 (7.85%) Project Manager
6 15 (7.85%) Scrum Master
7 13 (6.81%) Developer
8 11 (5.76%) Technical Analyst
9 10 (5.24%) Java Developer
9 10 (5.24%) Senior Manager
9 10 (5.24%) Systems Analyst
10 8 (4.19%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.66%) Test Leader
12 6 (3.14%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 6 (3.14%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.14%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (3.14%) Senior Technical Manager
12 6 (3.14%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.24%) HTML
1 10 (5.24%) Node.js
1 10 (5.24%) REST
2 9 (4.71%) RESTful
3 8 (4.19%) CSS
4 7 (3.66%) Spring
4 7 (3.66%) Web Services
4 7 (3.66%) XML
5 5 (2.62%) ADO
5 5 (2.62%) JSON
5 5 (2.62%) SOAP
5 5 (2.62%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.62%) VML
6 4 (2.09%) .NET
6 4 (2.09%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (2.09%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.09%) Bootstrap
6 4 (2.09%) Hibernate
6 4 (2.09%) Play Framework
6 4 (2.09%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 40 (20.94%) Product Ownership
2 20 (10.47%) Cloud Native
2 20 (10.47%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.62%) Replication
5 5 (2.62%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.09%) Wiki
7 3 (1.57%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.57%) NHS
8 2 (1.05%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.05%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.05%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.52%) iSeries
9 1 (0.52%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.81%) Linux
2 6 (3.14%) Android
3 5 (2.62%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.62%) Windows
4 4 (2.09%) Unix
5 3 (1.57%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (92.15%) Agile
2 159 (83.25%) Scrum
3 73 (38.22%) DevOps
4 54 (28.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (20.94%) Sprint Planning
6 38 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (18.85%) CI/CD
7 36 (18.85%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 35 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (18.32%) Migration
9 31 (16.23%) Microservices
10 30 (15.71%) User Stories
11 29 (15.18%) Project Management
12 28 (14.66%) Acceptance Criteria
13 27 (14.14%) Roadmaps
13 27 (14.14%) Waterfall
14 26 (13.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (13.09%) Test Automation
16 24 (12.57%) Sprint Retrospective
17 22 (11.52%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 46 (24.08%) SQL
2 42 (21.99%) Java
3 37 (19.37%) Python
4 14 (7.33%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.71%) C#
6 5 (2.62%) Scala
6 5 (2.62%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (2.09%) Kotlin
7 4 (2.09%) R
8 3 (1.57%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.57%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.57%) Swift
9 2 (1.05%) Bash
9 2 (1.05%) Bicep
9 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 46 (24.08%) Security Cleared
2 39 (20.42%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.85%) Degree
4 8 (4.19%) PMP
5 6 (3.14%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.62%) CISSP
6 5 (2.62%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.09%) CISM
7 4 (2.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (2.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (2.09%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.05%) IIBA
10 1 (0.52%) CBAP
10 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.61%) QA
2 7 (3.66%) PMO
3 6 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.14%) GDPR
4 5 (2.62%) Government Security Classifications
4 5 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.57%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.52%) NIST
7 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) SLA
7 1 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (7.85%) Docker
2 4 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.57%) Postfix
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (6.81%) Terraform
2 11 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.24%) Grafana
4 5 (2.62%) Ansible
5 4 (2.09%) Kibana
5 4 (2.09%) Rancher
6 3 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.05%) Argo
7 2 (1.05%) Nagios
8 1 (0.52%) CASB
8 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.33%) Salesforce
3 10 (5.24%) Oracle
4 7 (3.66%) Bloomberg
4 7 (3.66%) Refinitiv
4 7 (3.66%) SAP
5 6 (3.14%) Atlassian
5 6 (3.14%) Splunk
6 5 (2.62%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.09%) Jaspersoft
8 3 (1.57%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.57%) Okta
8 3 (1.57%) Spotify
9 2 (1.05%) BMC
9 2 (1.05%) Databricks
9 2 (1.05%) Informatica
9 2 (1.05%) OneLogin
9 2 (1.05%) Pega
9 2 (1.05%) Qualtrics
9 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud