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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 181 209
Rank change year-on-year -55 +28 +1
Contract jobs citing Kanban 217 198 198
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.08% 1.48% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.60% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 127 134
10th Percentile £399 £359 £363
25th Percentile £463 £422 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £655
90th Percentile £711 £775 £759
England median daily rate £518 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +3.50% -7.41% -0.92%
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% -18.24%

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 17,874 12,372 14,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 92.51% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,706 8,225 9,980
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 190
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.75 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% -12.78% -11.88%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 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 25 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 -41 15 £565 -11.37% 25
South London -15 4 £600 -18.64%
West London -21 3 £386 +1.67% 11
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 (18.89%) Confluence
2 18 (8.29%) CMS
3 11 (5.07%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.84%) Apache
5 4 (1.84%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.84%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 20 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.84%) Notion
5 3 (1.38%) Trello
6 2 (0.92%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Magento
2 4 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.92%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.92%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.92%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.92%) Shopify
3 2 (0.92%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (36.87%) Azure
2 54 (24.88%) AWS
3 30 (13.82%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (8.29%) GCP
5 17 (7.83%) Power Platform
6 11 (5.07%) Amazon S3
6 11 (5.07%) GitHub
7 9 (4.15%) Snowflake
8 8 (3.69%) SaaS
9 7 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 6 (2.76%) Serverless
11 4 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.84%) dbt
11 4 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) Firewall
1 1 (0.46%) FTP
1 1 (0.46%) Network Security
1 1 (0.46%) NGFW
1 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.68%) NoSQL
2 14 (6.45%) Power BI
3 13 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.15%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (4.15%) Tableau
6 8 (3.69%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.23%) Big Data
8 6 (2.76%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (2.76%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.30%) Data Hub
9 5 (2.30%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.84%) Apache Hudi
11 3 (1.38%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.38%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.38%) Looker
11 3 (1.38%) Metadata
11 3 (1.38%) Presto
12 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.92%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 65 (29.95%) JIRA
2 30 (13.82%) Jenkins
3 26 (11.98%) Git
4 20 (9.22%) Postman
5 12 (5.53%) Selenium
6 8 (3.69%) GitLab
6 8 (3.69%) Subversion
7 4 (1.84%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.84%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.84%) Zephyr
8 3 (1.38%) Appium
8 3 (1.38%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.92%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.92%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.92%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.92%) Mockito
9 2 (0.92%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.92%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
General
1 98 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 65 (29.95%) Finance
3 43 (19.82%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.97%) Marketing
5 34 (15.67%) Public Sector
6 28 (12.90%) Banking
7 19 (8.76%) Retail
8 14 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.23%) Front Office
9 7 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.30%) Local Government
10 5 (2.30%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.84%) Games
11 4 (1.84%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.38%) Legal
12 3 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.92%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 46 (21.20%) Analyst
2 20 (9.22%) Lead
3 18 (8.29%) Delivery Manager
3 18 (8.29%) Senior
4 17 (7.83%) Business Analyst
4 17 (7.83%) Project Manager
4 17 (7.83%) Scrum Master
5 15 (6.91%) Data Engineer
6 14 (6.45%) Technical Analyst
7 13 (5.99%) Developer
7 13 (5.99%) Systems Analyst
8 11 (5.07%) Product Owner
9 9 (4.15%) Agile Coach
9 9 (4.15%) Architect
9 9 (4.15%) Product Manager
10 8 (3.69%) Senior Manager
10 8 (3.69%) Technical Manager
11 6 (2.76%) Active Directory Engineer
11 6 (2.76%) Programme Manager
12 5 (2.30%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.99%) REST
2 12 (5.53%) Terraform
3 11 (5.07%) Kafka
3 11 (5.07%) RESTful
4 9 (4.15%) VML
5 8 (3.69%) CSS
5 8 (3.69%) HTML
5 8 (3.69%) JSON
5 8 (3.69%) Spring
6 7 (3.23%) YAML
7 6 (2.76%) Node.js
7 6 (2.76%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.30%) ADO
9 4 (1.84%) Jakarta EE
9 4 (1.84%) Play Framework
10 3 (1.38%) .NET
10 3 (1.38%) React
10 3 (1.38%) SOAP
10 3 (1.38%) Web Services
11 2 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (29.03%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.45%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (5.99%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.23%) Replication
5 7 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.30%) PMI
8 4 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.84%) NHS
9 3 (1.38%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.38%) Life Science
9 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.38%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.92%) AS400
10 2 (0.92%) Derivative
10 2 (0.92%) Equities
10 2 (0.92%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.61%) Linux
2 5 (2.30%) Android
3 3 (1.38%) Unix
4 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.92%) VMS
4 2 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (96.77%) Agile
2 195 (89.86%) Scrum
3 90 (41.47%) DevOps
4 80 (36.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (25.35%) Sprint Planning
5 55 (25.35%) User Stories
6 53 (24.42%) CI/CD
7 46 (21.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 43 (19.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (18.43%) Acceptance Criteria
10 36 (16.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (15.21%) Test Automation
12 32 (14.75%) Decision-Making
12 32 (14.75%) Migration
13 31 (14.29%) Microservices
14 30 (13.82%) Backlog Management
14 30 (13.82%) Roadmaps
15 29 (13.36%) Project Management
16 28 (12.90%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.12%) SQL
2 43 (19.82%) Python
3 38 (17.51%) Java
4 12 (5.53%) Scala
5 11 (5.07%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.23%) C#
6 7 (3.23%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.84%) R
8 3 (1.38%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.92%) Groovy
9 2 (0.92%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.92%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.46%) Bash
10 1 (0.46%) C++
10 1 (0.46%) Korn
10 1 (0.46%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 40 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 26 (11.98%) Degree
4 9 (4.15%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.76%) PMP
6 5 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.84%) CSPO
8 3 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.92%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.92%) CBAP
9 2 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.92%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.92%) IIBA
9 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.36%) QA
2 9 (4.15%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.23%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.84%) PMO
5 3 (1.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (1.38%) GDPR
5 3 (1.38%) GxP
5 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.38%) WCAG
6 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.92%) NIST
6 2 (0.92%) SEPA
6 2 (0.92%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.46%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) HL7
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.46%) NCSC
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.91%) Docker
2 6 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.92%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 14 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.23%) Grafana
3 4 (1.84%) Kibana
4 3 (1.38%) Ansible
4 3 (1.38%) Puppet
5 2 (0.92%) Control-M
5 2 (0.92%) Rancher
6 1 (0.46%) Argo
6 1 (0.46%) CASB
6 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.46%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 28 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.83%) Salesforce
3 9 (4.15%) Databricks
3 9 (4.15%) Oracle
3 9 (4.15%) Splunk
4 8 (3.69%) IBM
4 8 (3.69%) SAP
5 7 (3.23%) Bloomberg
5 7 (3.23%) Google
5 7 (3.23%) Refinitiv
6 5 (2.30%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.30%) BMC
7 4 (1.84%) Adobe
7 4 (1.84%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.84%) New Relic
7 4 (1.84%) Remedy
8 3 (1.38%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.92%) Talend