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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 243 223
Rank change year-on-year +70 -20 -98
Contract jobs citing Kanban 231 151 216
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.63% 0.95% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.06% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 98 134
10th Percentile £358 £356 £397
25th Percentile £430 £413 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -6.62%
75th Percentile £668 £634 £668
90th Percentile £750 £770 £746
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.75 - -
Median hourly rate £31.50 - -
75th Percentile £32.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.25 £27.25 £85.00
% change year-on-year +51.38% -67.94% +30.77%

All Process and 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 13,093 14,255 17,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.17% 89.59% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,612 9,195 12,635
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £799
England median daily rate £501 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.53% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 174 238
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.56 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.44
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +5.81% -9.13%
75th Percentile £47.63 £55.56 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.24 £80.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +19.85%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +11 43 £625 +8.70% 23
West London -9 11 £380 +1.33%
South London -3 6 £775 +29.17% 1
East London +4 2 £405 -25.00% 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 38 (16.45%) Confluence
2 6 (2.60%) CMS
3 4 (1.73%) nginx
4 3 (1.30%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.43%) JBoss
6 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.43%) SAS
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.16%) Trello
3 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.87%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.43%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.43%) Shopify
4 1 (0.43%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 62 (26.84%) Azure
2 43 (18.61%) AWS
3 37 (16.02%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (12.55%) GCP
5 24 (10.39%) GitHub
6 20 (8.66%) Snowflake
7 19 (8.23%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (4.76%) Miro
9 10 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.60%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 6 (2.60%) Serverless
11 4 (1.73%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.73%) SaaS
11 4 (1.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (1.30%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.16%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.87%) tcpdump
2 2 (0.87%) VPN
3 1 (0.43%) DNS
3 1 (0.43%) Firewall
3 1 (0.43%) FTP
3 1 (0.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.63%) Power BI
2 11 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.76%) Snowflake Schema
3 10 (4.33%) Data Vault
3 10 (4.33%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.90%) Tableau
5 6 (2.60%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.60%) Metadata
5 6 (2.60%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.73%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.73%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.30%) DB2
8 3 (1.30%) MySQL
8 3 (1.30%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.30%) Tableau Desktop
9 2 (0.87%) Tableau Server
10 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 76 (32.90%) JIRA
2 38 (16.45%) Git
3 29 (12.55%) Jenkins
4 12 (5.19%) Bitbucket
5 10 (4.33%) ERwin
6 9 (3.90%) ER Studio
6 9 (3.90%) PowerDesigner
7 8 (3.46%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.46%) GitLab
8 7 (3.03%) Postman
8 7 (3.03%) TeamCity
9 6 (2.60%) Selenium
10 5 (2.16%) Artifactory
10 5 (2.16%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.73%) Zephyr
12 3 (1.30%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.30%) REST Assured
12 3 (1.30%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.87%) Subversion
General
1 110 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.54%) Finance
3 24 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.96%) Public Sector
5 22 (9.52%) Front Office
6 18 (7.79%) Banking
7 12 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.90%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.46%) Retail
10 7 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.60%) Marketing
12 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.30%) Local Government
13 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.87%) Aviation
14 2 (0.87%) Digital Healthcare
14 2 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (25.11%) Developer
2 34 (14.72%) Analyst
3 28 (12.12%) Senior
4 23 (9.96%) Project Manager
5 21 (9.09%) Java Developer
6 18 (7.79%) Business Analyst
6 18 (7.79%) Scrum Master
7 13 (5.63%) Lead
8 12 (5.19%) Agile Project Manager
8 12 (5.19%) Data Modeller
9 11 (4.76%) Angular Developer
9 11 (4.76%) Python Developer
10 9 (3.90%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (3.90%) Senior Manager
10 9 (3.90%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (3.46%) Senior Developer
12 7 (3.03%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.03%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 7 (3.03%) Product Manager
12 7 (3.03%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.26%) React
1 26 (11.26%) REST
2 20 (8.66%) HTML
3 19 (8.23%) CSS
4 17 (7.36%) AngularJS
5 11 (4.76%) .NET
5 11 (4.76%) FIX Protocol
6 10 (4.33%) Spring
7 9 (3.90%) Kafka
7 9 (3.90%) Node.js
7 9 (3.90%) RESTful
7 9 (3.90%) Spring Boot
8 7 (3.03%) SOAP
8 7 (3.03%) Web Services
9 6 (2.60%) .NET Core
9 6 (2.60%) JSON
10 5 (2.16%) Angular 2
10 5 (2.16%) FpML
10 5 (2.16%) Middleware
11 4 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 45 (19.48%) Product Ownership
2 22 (9.52%) Data Structures
3 20 (8.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (8.66%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (6.49%) Algorithms
5 13 (5.63%) Derivative
6 12 (5.19%) Virtual Team
7 10 (4.33%) Cloud Native
7 10 (4.33%) Fixed Income
8 7 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.16%) NHS
10 5 (2.16%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.73%) PMI
12 3 (1.30%) FMCG
12 3 (1.30%) Hedge funds
12 3 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.19%) Linux
2 9 (3.90%) Windows
3 5 (2.16%) Unix
4 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.87%) VMS
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (97.40%) Agile
2 224 (96.97%) Scrum
3 68 (29.44%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (27.71%) DevOps
5 52 (22.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (22.08%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 48 (20.78%) CI/CD
7 48 (20.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 40 (17.32%) Roadmaps
9 39 (16.88%) TDD
10 34 (14.72%) Sprint Planning
10 34 (14.72%) Test Automation
11 32 (13.85%) User Stories
12 30 (12.99%) Microservices
13 28 (12.12%) Analytics
14 27 (11.69%) BDD
15 25 (10.82%) Data Modelling
16 24 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 23 (9.96%) SDLC
18 22 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 62 (26.84%) Java
2 48 (20.78%) Python
3 46 (19.91%) SQL
4 33 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 27 (11.69%) C#
6 14 (6.06%) C++
7 12 (5.19%) TypeScript
8 11 (4.76%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.60%) Groovy
10 5 (2.16%) Go
11 4 (1.73%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.30%) Bash
12 3 (1.30%) Scala
13 2 (0.87%) Korn
14 1 (0.43%) Bicep
14 1 (0.43%) R
14 1 (0.43%) Ruby
14 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (12.99%) Degree
2 27 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.23%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.90%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.03%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.16%) CBAP
8 4 (1.73%) CSPO
8 4 (1.73%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.30%) ISEB
9 3 (1.30%) PMP
10 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.87%) CISSP
10 2 (0.87%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.43%) CISA
11 1 (0.43%) IBM Certification
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.96%) QA
2 18 (7.79%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.03%) GRC
4 5 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.73%) PMO
6 2 (0.87%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.87%) PSD2
7 1 (0.43%) GDPR
7 1 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 29 (12.55%) Docker
2 4 (1.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 24 (10.39%) Terraform
3 12 (5.19%) Ansible
4 5 (2.16%) Puppet
5 3 (1.30%) Consul
5 3 (1.30%) Grafana
5 3 (1.30%) Packer
5 3 (1.30%) Rancher
6 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.43%) Argo
7 1 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.43%) Kibana
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.43%) Nagios
7 1 (0.43%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.43%) SCCM
7 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (10.82%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.76%) Oracle
3 10 (4.33%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.60%) Databricks
4 6 (2.60%) SAP
4 6 (2.60%) Sparx
5 5 (2.16%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.16%) Splunk
6 4 (1.73%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.30%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.30%) Citrix
7 3 (1.30%) Cloudera
7 3 (1.30%) IBM
7 3 (1.30%) Murex
7 3 (1.30%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.87%) Adobe
8 2 (0.87%) Charles River
9 1 (0.43%) Google
9 1 (0.43%) Informatica
9 1 (0.43%) Sitecore