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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 224 190
Rank change year-on-year -3 -34 -11
Contract jobs citing Kanban 198 126 219
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.14% 1.00% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.09% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 76 137
10th Percentile £375 £385 £379
25th Percentile £425 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% -6.82% -8.03%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £650
90th Percentile £675 £675 £750
England median daily rate £513 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% -

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 15,441 11,594 15,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.26% 91.57% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,365 7,865 11,315
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 169 332
10th Percentile £18.20 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.13 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -12 28 £556 -3.26% 24
South London -4 12 £550 - 2
East London - 4 £585 - 2
West London -22 3 £375 -6.25% 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 32 (16.16%) Confluence
2 14 (7.07%) CMS
3 4 (2.02%) Apache
3 4 (2.02%) nginx
4 3 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.01%) Trello
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.51%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.51%) Shopify
3 1 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 44 (22.22%) Azure
2 33 (16.67%) AWS
3 23 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (9.09%) GCP
5 15 (7.58%) Power Platform
6 9 (4.55%) GitHub
7 7 (3.54%) Amazon S3
7 7 (3.54%) Miro
8 6 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (2.53%) Serverless
9 5 (2.53%) Smartsheet
10 4 (2.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (1.52%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.52%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.52%) Figma
11 3 (1.52%) Sauce Labs
11 3 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) FTP
2 2 (1.01%) Firewall
2 2 (1.01%) Network Security
3 1 (0.51%) NGFW
3 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.04%) Power BI
3 7 (3.54%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.03%) Big Data
4 6 (3.03%) BigQuery
4 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.53%) Snowflake Schema
5 5 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.53%) Tableau
6 4 (2.02%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.01%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.01%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.01%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 55 (27.78%) JIRA
2 18 (9.09%) Git
2 18 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.06%) Postman
4 7 (3.54%) Bitbucket
4 7 (3.54%) GitLab
5 6 (3.03%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.53%) Selenium
6 5 (2.53%) TeamCity
7 4 (2.02%) IBM UrbanCode
7 4 (2.02%) Maven
7 4 (2.02%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (2.02%) Zephyr
8 3 (1.52%) Android Studio
8 3 (1.52%) Appium
8 3 (1.52%) JUnit
8 3 (1.52%) Mockito
8 3 (1.52%) Xcode
9 2 (1.01%) DbUnit
9 2 (1.01%) jMock
General
1 78 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 61 (30.81%) Finance
3 32 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (15.66%) Public Sector
5 22 (11.11%) Banking
6 16 (8.08%) Front Office
7 15 (7.58%) Marketing
8 9 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.55%) Legal
9 7 (3.54%) Retail
10 6 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.02%) Automotive
12 4 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.52%) Aviation
13 3 (1.52%) Local Government
14 2 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.51%) Digital Healthcare
15 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (19.70%) Analyst
2 25 (12.63%) Senior
3 23 (11.62%) Delivery Manager
4 21 (10.61%) Developer
5 19 (9.60%) Scrum Master
6 18 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 18 (9.09%) Lead
7 17 (8.59%) Project Manager
8 16 (8.08%) Java Developer
9 9 (4.55%) Test Analyst
10 8 (4.04%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.04%) Technical Analyst
11 7 (3.54%) Senior Manager
12 6 (3.03%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 6 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (3.03%) Senior Test Analyst
13 5 (2.53%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 5 (2.53%) DevOps Engineer
13 5 (2.53%) Security Engineer
13 5 (2.53%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.06%) REST
2 10 (5.05%) Node.js
3 8 (4.04%) HTML
3 8 (4.04%) React
4 7 (3.54%) AngularJS
4 7 (3.54%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (3.54%) Spring
4 7 (3.54%) XML
5 6 (3.03%) CSS
5 6 (3.03%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.53%) ADO
6 5 (2.53%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (2.53%) JSON
6 5 (2.53%) Web Services
7 4 (2.02%) .NET
7 4 (2.02%) Akka
7 4 (2.02%) Playwright
7 4 (2.02%) RESTful
8 3 (1.52%) HTML5
8 3 (1.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.69%) Product Ownership
2 22 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 14 (7.07%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (6.57%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.04%) Algorithms
5 8 (4.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.03%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.02%) NHS
7 4 (2.02%) Wiki
8 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.01%) Derivative
9 2 (1.01%) FMCG
9 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.01%) PMI
9 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.51%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.07%) Linux
2 9 (4.55%) Windows
3 5 (2.53%) Unix
4 4 (2.02%) VMS
5 3 (1.52%) Android
5 3 (1.52%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (93.43%) Agile
2 171 (86.36%) Scrum
3 61 (30.81%) DevOps
4 51 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (23.23%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 44 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (17.17%) Sprint Planning
9 32 (16.16%) Roadmaps
10 31 (15.66%) CI/CD
10 31 (15.66%) Microservices
10 31 (15.66%) Project Management
11 30 (15.15%) User Stories
12 29 (14.65%) Acceptance Criteria
12 29 (14.65%) Migration
13 28 (14.14%) TDD
14 26 (13.13%) Waterfall
15 25 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (12.63%) Test Automation
16 21 (10.61%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 45 (22.73%) Java
2 35 (17.68%) SQL
3 30 (15.15%) Python
4 15 (7.58%) C#
5 12 (6.06%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.54%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.53%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.53%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (2.02%) Scala
9 3 (1.52%) Bash
9 3 (1.52%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.52%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.52%) R
9 3 (1.52%) Swift
10 2 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.01%) Bicep
11 1 (0.51%) Go
11 1 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 47 (23.74%) Security Cleared
2 40 (20.20%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.08%) Degree
4 7 (3.54%) PMP
5 5 (2.53%) CISSP
5 5 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.02%) CISM
6 4 (2.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (2.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (2.02%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.01%) CBAP
8 2 (1.01%) CSPO
8 2 (1.01%) IIBA
8 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.66%) QA
2 8 (4.04%) PMO
3 5 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.53%) GDPR
3 5 (2.53%) Government Security Classifications
3 5 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.52%) GRC
5 3 (1.52%) NCSC
5 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.01%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.01%) PSD2
6 2 (1.01%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (8.59%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Postfix
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (10.61%) Kubernetes
2 18 (9.09%) Terraform
3 6 (3.03%) Grafana
3 6 (3.03%) Rancher
4 5 (2.53%) Ansible
5 3 (1.52%) Consul
5 3 (1.52%) Packer
5 3 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.01%) Argo
6 2 (1.01%) Nagios
7 1 (0.51%) CASB
7 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.56%) Oracle
2 11 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.53%) SAP
5 4 (2.02%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.02%) CA Agile Central
5 4 (2.02%) Splunk
6 3 (1.52%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.52%) Okta
6 3 (1.52%) Refinitiv
6 3 (1.52%) Spotify
7 2 (1.01%) Adobe
7 2 (1.01%) Cisco
7 2 (1.01%) Informatica
7 2 (1.01%) Jaspersoft
7 2 (1.01%) OneLogin
7 2 (1.01%) Pega
7 2 (1.01%) Qualtrics
7 2 (1.01%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud