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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 193 189
Rank change year-on-year -24 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing Kanban 245 194 211
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.22% 1.42% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.54% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 124 142
10th Percentile £393 £358 £364
25th Percentile £463 £429 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £539 £545
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.15% -7.23%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £775 £725
England median daily rate £517 £500 £541
% change year-on-year +3.34% -7.62% -1.59%
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 £75.00 £69.50
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.91% -13.13%

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 17,809 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,743 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £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 294 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.86 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -24 19 £570 -9.70% 24
South London -6 14 £550 -25.42% 3
West London -23 3 £386 -0.93% 3
East London +4 2 £585 +62.50% 4
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 41 (16.73%) Confluence
2 21 (8.57%) CMS
3 9 (3.67%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.63%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.82%) Apache
Applications
1 16 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.63%) Notion
5 3 (1.22%) Trello
6 2 (0.82%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.27%) Magento
2 4 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.82%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.82%) Shopify
4 2 (0.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 88 (35.92%) Azure
2 57 (23.27%) AWS
3 33 (13.47%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (9.39%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.76%) GCP
6 12 (4.90%) Amazon S3
7 8 (3.27%) GitHub
7 8 (3.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 8 (3.27%) Snowflake
8 6 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
9 5 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.04%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.04%) Serverless
10 4 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.63%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (1.63%) Route 53
10 4 (1.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.82%) FTP
1 2 (0.82%) Network Security
2 1 (0.41%) Firewall
2 1 (0.41%) NGFW
2 1 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.57%) NoSQL
2 16 (6.53%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.71%) Power BI
4 12 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.49%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (3.67%) SQL Server
6 9 (3.67%) Tableau
7 8 (3.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (3.27%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.86%) Big Data
9 6 (2.45%) Relational Database
10 5 (2.04%) Data Hub
10 5 (2.04%) Data Lake
10 5 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.63%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (1.63%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.63%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.63%) Looker
Development Applications
1 72 (29.39%) JIRA
2 33 (13.47%) Jenkins
3 28 (11.43%) Git
4 22 (8.98%) Postman
5 10 (4.08%) Selenium
6 8 (3.27%) Subversion
7 7 (2.86%) GitLab
8 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (1.63%) DbUnit
8 4 (1.63%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.63%) jMock
8 4 (1.63%) JUnit
8 4 (1.63%) Maven
8 4 (1.63%) Mockito
8 4 (1.63%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.63%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.63%) Zephyr
9 3 (1.22%) Appium
9 3 (1.22%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.22%) Xcode
General
1 105 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 77 (31.43%) Finance
3 46 (18.78%) Public Sector
4 43 (17.55%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (15.51%) Marketing
6 27 (11.02%) Banking
7 20 (8.16%) Retail
8 15 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.86%) Front Office
11 6 (2.45%) Local Government
12 5 (2.04%) Automotive
12 5 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.63%) Games
13 4 (1.63%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.82%) Aviation
15 2 (0.82%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 46 (18.78%) Analyst
2 27 (11.02%) Delivery Manager
3 25 (10.20%) Lead
4 24 (9.80%) Senior
5 21 (8.57%) Scrum Master
6 18 (7.35%) Project Manager
7 17 (6.94%) Data Engineer
8 16 (6.53%) Developer
8 16 (6.53%) Technical Analyst
9 15 (6.12%) Business Analyst
10 13 (5.31%) Systems Analyst
11 10 (4.08%) Product Owner
12 9 (3.67%) Senior Manager
13 8 (3.27%) Agile Coach
13 8 (3.27%) Architect
13 8 (3.27%) Product Manager
13 8 (3.27%) Technical Manager
14 7 (2.86%) Java Developer
14 7 (2.86%) Security Engineer
14 7 (2.86%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.71%) REST
2 13 (5.31%) RESTful
3 11 (4.49%) JSON
4 10 (4.08%) Spring
5 9 (3.67%) Kafka
5 9 (3.67%) VML
6 8 (3.27%) CSS
6 8 (3.27%) HTML
6 8 (3.27%) Node.js
6 8 (3.27%) Spring Boot
7 7 (2.86%) YAML
8 6 (2.45%) .NET
9 5 (2.04%) ADO
9 5 (2.04%) SOAP
9 5 (2.04%) Web Services
9 5 (2.04%) XML
10 4 (1.63%) ActiveMQ
10 4 (1.63%) Hibernate
10 4 (1.63%) Jakarta EE
10 4 (1.63%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 64 (26.12%) Product Ownership
2 19 (7.76%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.76%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.86%) Replication
5 7 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.04%) NHS
7 4 (1.63%) PMI
7 4 (1.63%) Wiki
8 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.22%) Life Science
8 3 (1.22%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.22%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.82%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.49%) Linux
2 8 (3.27%) Android
3 5 (2.04%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.04%) Windows
4 3 (1.22%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.22%) Unix
5 2 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (94.69%) Agile
2 211 (86.12%) Scrum
3 98 (40.00%) DevOps
4 84 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 56 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (22.45%) User Stories
7 53 (21.63%) Sprint Planning
8 51 (20.82%) CI/CD
9 50 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (19.59%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 43 (17.55%) Migration
12 42 (17.14%) Acceptance Criteria
13 37 (15.10%) Microservices
14 36 (14.69%) Decision-Making
15 34 (13.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 33 (13.47%) Project Management
17 31 (12.65%) Test Automation
17 31 (12.65%) Waterfall
18 30 (12.24%) Backlog Management
18 30 (12.24%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.22%) SQL
2 43 (17.55%) Java
3 41 (16.73%) Python
4 15 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.08%) C#
5 10 (4.08%) Scala
6 6 (2.45%) Kotlin
7 5 (2.04%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.04%) R
7 5 (2.04%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.22%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.22%) Swift
9 3 (1.22%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.82%) Bicep
10 2 (0.82%) Groovy
11 1 (0.41%) C++
11 1 (0.41%) Go
11 1 (0.41%) Korn
11 1 (0.41%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 50 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 41 (16.73%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.20%) Degree
4 10 (4.08%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.67%) PMP
6 7 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.45%) CISSP
8 5 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.04%) CISM
8 5 (2.04%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.63%) IIBA
9 4 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.22%) CSPO
11 2 (0.82%) CBAP
11 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.47%) QA
2 9 (3.67%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.86%) PMO
4 6 (2.45%) GDPR
4 6 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.04%) Government Security Classifications
6 4 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (1.22%) GxP
7 3 (1.22%) NCSC
7 3 (1.22%) WCAG
8 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.82%) NIST
8 2 (0.82%) SEPA
8 2 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
9 1 (0.41%) HL7
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (6.53%) Docker
2 6 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.22%) Postfix
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.31%) Terraform
3 8 (3.27%) Grafana
4 4 (1.63%) Kibana
5 2 (0.82%) Ansible
5 2 (0.82%) Rancher
6 1 (0.41%) Argo
6 1 (0.41%) CASB
6 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) Puppet
6 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (13.47%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.94%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.08%) SAP
4 9 (3.67%) Oracle
5 8 (3.27%) IBM
5 8 (3.27%) Splunk
6 7 (2.86%) Atlassian
6 7 (2.86%) Bloomberg
6 7 (2.86%) Google
6 7 (2.86%) Refinitiv
7 6 (2.45%) Databricks
8 5 (2.04%) BMC
8 5 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.63%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (1.63%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.63%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (1.63%) New Relic
9 4 (1.63%) Remedy
10 3 (1.22%) Okta
10 3 (1.22%) Spotify