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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 237 210
Rank change year-on-year +42 -27 -77
Contract jobs citing Kanban 191 120 194
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.31% 0.86% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 0.96% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 70 135
10th Percentile £358 £363 £390
25th Percentile £450 £420 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £662 £631
90th Percentile £750 £800 £714
England median daily rate £515 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +0.49% -6.82% -

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 13,291 12,555 16,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.17% 90.44% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,813 8,005 11,559
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.43% -7.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 154 294
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.23 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £32.98 £35.00 £31.13
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +12.45% -12.32%
75th Percentile £55.25 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.53 £73.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +5 40 £625 +8.70% 21
West London -13 9 £425 +13.33%
South London -5 3 £750 +25.00% 4
East London - 2 £405 - 2
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 31 (16.23%) Confluence
2 4 (2.09%) Apache
2 4 (2.09%) CMS
2 4 (2.09%) nginx
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.57%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.57%) Trello
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.05%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 45 (23.56%) Azure
2 35 (18.32%) AWS
3 27 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (13.09%) GCP
5 17 (8.90%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.85%) GitHub
7 14 (7.33%) Snowflake
8 7 (3.66%) Miro
8 7 (3.66%) Serverless
9 5 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.62%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.62%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.09%) Azure AKS
10 4 (2.09%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.57%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.57%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.05%) FTP
1 2 (1.05%) VPN
2 1 (0.52%) DNS
2 1 (0.52%) Firewall
2 1 (0.52%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.28%) Power BI
2 11 (5.76%) Snowflake Schema
3 10 (5.24%) Data Vault
4 8 (4.19%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.66%) BigQuery
5 7 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.14%) Metadata
7 5 (2.62%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.62%) Tableau
8 4 (2.09%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.09%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.57%) DB2
9 3 (1.57%) MySQL
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.05%) Big Data
10 2 (1.05%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 69 (36.13%) JIRA
2 25 (13.09%) Git
3 19 (9.95%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.76%) Bitbucket
5 10 (5.24%) ERwin
6 9 (4.71%) Cucumber
6 9 (4.71%) ER Studio
6 9 (4.71%) PowerDesigner
7 7 (3.66%) TeamCity
8 6 (3.14%) GitLab
9 5 (2.62%) Postman
9 5 (2.62%) Selenium
9 5 (2.62%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (2.09%) Zephyr
11 3 (1.57%) Maven
12 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
12 2 (1.05%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (1.05%) JUnit
12 2 (1.05%) Mockito
12 2 (1.05%) REST Assured
General
1 82 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 47 (24.61%) Finance
3 21 (10.99%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (9.42%) Banking
6 17 (8.90%) Front Office
7 12 (6.28%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.66%) Retail
9 6 (3.14%) Legal
10 5 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.09%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.09%) Marketing
12 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.05%) Aviation
13 2 (1.05%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.52%) Complex Adaptive System
14 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 40 (20.94%) Developer
2 30 (15.71%) Analyst
3 23 (12.04%) Java Developer
3 23 (12.04%) Senior
4 21 (10.99%) Project Manager
5 17 (8.90%) Scrum Master
6 16 (8.38%) Business Analyst
7 12 (6.28%) Data Modeller
7 12 (6.28%) Delivery Manager
7 12 (6.28%) Lead
8 11 (5.76%) Agile Project Manager
9 10 (5.24%) Senior Manager
10 9 (4.71%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (4.19%) Angular Developer
11 8 (4.19%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 8 (4.19%) Product Manager
12 7 (3.66%) Test Analyst
13 6 (3.14%) Senior Project Manager
14 5 (2.62%) Report Manager
14 5 (2.62%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.52%) REST
2 19 (9.95%) React
3 16 (8.38%) HTML
4 14 (7.33%) AngularJS
5 13 (6.81%) CSS
6 10 (5.24%) Node.js
7 8 (4.19%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (4.19%) Spring Boot
8 7 (3.66%) RESTful
8 7 (3.66%) Web Services
9 6 (3.14%) Spring
10 5 (2.62%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (2.62%) JSON
10 5 (2.62%) Kafka
10 5 (2.62%) ZK
11 4 (2.09%) .NET
11 4 (2.09%) ADO
11 4 (2.09%) Akka
11 4 (2.09%) XML
12 3 (1.57%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 37 (19.37%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.90%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (6.28%) Algorithms
5 10 (5.24%) Cloud Native
5 10 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (5.24%) Virtual Team
6 9 (4.71%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.66%) Derivative
8 6 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.62%) Reinsurance
10 4 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.09%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.57%) FMCG
11 3 (1.57%) NHS
11 3 (1.57%) PMI
12 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (1.05%) Equities
12 2 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (1.05%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.24%) Linux
2 9 (4.71%) Windows
3 5 (2.62%) Unix
4 3 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (96.86%) Agile
2 182 (95.29%) Scrum
3 52 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (27.23%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 48 (25.13%) DevOps
5 44 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (23.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (16.75%) Roadmaps
7 31 (16.23%) CI/CD
7 31 (16.23%) Sprint Planning
8 28 (14.66%) Analytics
8 28 (14.66%) TDD
9 27 (14.14%) Test Automation
10 26 (13.61%) User Stories
11 24 (12.57%) Project Management
12 23 (12.04%) BDD
12 23 (12.04%) Microservices
13 22 (11.52%) Project Delivery
13 22 (11.52%) SDLC
14 21 (10.99%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.75%) Java
2 33 (17.28%) SQL
3 27 (14.14%) Python
4 18 (9.42%) JavaScript
5 12 (6.28%) C#
6 11 (5.76%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.14%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.09%) Scala
9 3 (1.57%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.57%) Bash
9 3 (1.57%) C++
10 2 (1.05%) Korn
11 1 (0.52%) Bicep
11 1 (0.52%) Go
11 1 (0.52%) R
11 1 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.52%) Degree
3 21 (10.99%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.66%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.62%) CBAP
6 5 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.09%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.09%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.57%) ISEB
9 2 (1.05%) CISSP
9 2 (1.05%) CSPO
9 2 (1.05%) PMP
9 2 (1.05%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.52%) CISA
10 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.52%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.04%) QA
2 16 (8.38%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.62%) GRC
3 5 (2.62%) PMO
4 3 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.05%) GDPR
5 2 (1.05%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.05%) PSD2
6 1 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (9.42%) Docker
2 4 (2.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (10.99%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.81%) Terraform
3 8 (4.19%) Ansible
4 4 (2.09%) Grafana
4 4 (2.09%) Rancher
5 3 (1.57%) Consul
5 3 (1.57%) Packer
6 2 (1.05%) Argo
6 2 (1.05%) Nagios
6 2 (1.05%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.52%) Kibana
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.85%) Oracle
3 7 (3.66%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.14%) Databricks
4 6 (3.14%) Sparx
5 4 (2.09%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.09%) SAP
5 4 (2.09%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.09%) Splunk
6 3 (1.57%) CA Agile Central
6 3 (1.57%) Informatica
7 2 (1.05%) Charles River
7 2 (1.05%) Murex
7 2 (1.05%) Pega
8 1 (0.52%) Adobe
8 1 (0.52%) Google
8 1 (0.52%) IBM
8 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.52%) Solace
8 1 (0.52%) WorldPay