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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 213 193
Rank change year-on-year -4 -20 -5
Contract jobs citing Kanban 207 148 235
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.09% 1.19% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.29% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 93 160
10th Percentile £387 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £588 £664 £638
90th Percentile £675 £820 £728
England median daily rate £500 £512 £550
% change year-on-year -2.34% -6.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 - -
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £63.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +19.05% -5.97% -16.25%

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 16,816 11,468 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.31% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,190 7,694 11,171
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £436 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £519 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 206 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +11.48% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -28 19 £575 -12.75% 14
South London +1 14 £550 -25.42%
East London - 3 £585 - 2
West London -25 2 £377 -5.68% 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 35 (16.91%) Confluence
2 22 (10.63%) CMS
3 10 (4.83%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.93%) Apache
4 4 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.45%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.45%) Notion
5 2 (0.97%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Magento
2 2 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.97%) SAP Retail
2 2 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.97%) Shopify
3 1 (0.48%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (32.85%) Azure
2 42 (20.29%) AWS
3 29 (14.01%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (8.21%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.80%) Amazon S3
5 12 (5.80%) GCP
6 8 (3.86%) GitHub
7 5 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.42%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.93%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (1.93%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (1.93%) AWS KMS
8 4 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.93%) Route 53
8 4 (1.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.93%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.97%) FTP
1 2 (0.97%) Network Security
2 1 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.48%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.70%) NoSQL
2 13 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.80%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.31%) Power BI
5 10 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (4.35%) Tableau
7 8 (3.86%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (3.86%) Big Data
7 8 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.38%) Data Lake
8 7 (3.38%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.42%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.93%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.93%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.93%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.45%) Presto
Development Applications
1 60 (28.99%) JIRA
2 27 (13.04%) Jenkins
3 21 (10.14%) Postman
4 19 (9.18%) Git
5 9 (4.35%) Selenium
6 5 (2.42%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.42%) GitLab
6 5 (2.42%) Maven
7 4 (1.93%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.93%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (1.93%) DbUnit
7 4 (1.93%) jMock
7 4 (1.93%) JUnit
7 4 (1.93%) Mockito
7 4 (1.93%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.93%) Subversion
8 3 (1.45%) Appium
8 3 (1.45%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.45%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.45%) Xcode
General
1 82 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 66 (31.88%) Finance
3 39 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (18.36%) Public Sector
5 29 (14.01%) Marketing
6 25 (12.08%) Banking
7 16 (7.73%) Retail
8 10 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.35%) Front Office
10 6 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.90%) Legal
11 5 (2.42%) Automotive
11 5 (2.42%) Local Government
12 3 (1.45%) Aviation
12 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.97%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.48%) Advertising
14 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (19.81%) Analyst
2 28 (13.53%) Delivery Manager
3 24 (11.59%) Senior
4 20 (9.66%) Lead
5 16 (7.73%) Data Engineer
5 16 (7.73%) Developer
5 16 (7.73%) Scrum Master
6 15 (7.25%) Business Analyst
7 13 (6.28%) Project Manager
7 13 (6.28%) Systems Analyst
8 10 (4.83%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.83%) Technical Analyst
9 8 (3.86%) Architect
9 8 (3.86%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.86%) Technical Manager
10 7 (3.38%) Agile Coach
10 7 (3.38%) Test Leader
11 6 (2.90%) Security Engineer
11 6 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
11 6 (2.90%) Senior Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.31%) REST
1 11 (5.31%) RESTful
2 10 (4.83%) HTML
3 9 (4.35%) Node.js
3 9 (4.35%) Spring
4 8 (3.86%) CSS
5 7 (3.38%) Spring Boot
5 7 (3.38%) Web Services
6 6 (2.90%) XML
7 5 (2.42%) ADO
7 5 (2.42%) SOAP
7 5 (2.42%) VML
8 4 (1.93%) .NET
8 4 (1.93%) ActiveMQ
8 4 (1.93%) Bootstrap
8 4 (1.93%) Hibernate
8 4 (1.93%) JSON
8 4 (1.93%) Play Framework
8 4 (1.93%) Spring Batch
8 4 (1.93%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 53 (25.60%) Product Ownership
2 20 (9.66%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (9.18%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.42%) Replication
7 4 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.93%) Wiki
8 3 (1.45%) Data Fabric
8 3 (1.45%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.45%) NHS
8 3 (1.45%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.97%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.97%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.80%) Linux
2 6 (2.90%) Android
3 5 (2.42%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.42%) Windows
4 3 (1.45%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.45%) Unix
5 2 (0.97%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (94.69%) Agile
2 175 (84.54%) Scrum
3 87 (42.03%) DevOps
4 64 (30.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 45 (21.74%) CI/CD
6 45 (21.74%) Sprint Planning
7 41 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (17.87%) User Stories
9 36 (17.39%) Microservices
10 35 (16.91%) Migration
11 30 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (14.01%) Roadmaps
12 29 (14.01%) Test Automation
13 27 (13.04%) Acceptance Criteria
13 27 (13.04%) Sprint Retrospective
14 26 (12.56%) Decision-Making
15 24 (11.59%) AI
16 23 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.19%) SQL
2 44 (21.26%) Java
3 37 (17.87%) Python
4 15 (7.25%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.83%) C#
6 5 (2.42%) R
6 5 (2.42%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.93%) Kotlin
7 4 (1.93%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.93%) Scala
8 3 (1.45%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.45%) Swift
9 2 (0.97%) Bicep
9 2 (0.97%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.48%) Go
10 1 (0.48%) Groovy
10 1 (0.48%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 48 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 42 (20.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.73%) Degree
4 7 (3.38%) PMP
5 6 (2.90%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.42%) CISSP
7 4 (1.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.93%) CISM
7 4 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (1.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.45%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.97%) CBAP
9 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.97%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.04%) QA
2 7 (3.38%) PMO
3 6 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.90%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.90%) GDPR
4 5 (2.42%) Government Security Classifications
4 5 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.45%) NCSC
7 2 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.48%) GxP
8 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.48%) NIST
8 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.48%) SEPA
8 1 (0.48%) SLA
8 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (7.73%) Docker
2 3 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.45%) Postfix
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (6.28%) Terraform
2 10 (4.83%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.86%) Grafana
4 4 (1.93%) Kibana
5 3 (1.45%) Ansible
6 2 (0.97%) Rancher
7 1 (0.48%) CASB
7 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.21%) Salesforce
3 13 (6.28%) Oracle
4 8 (3.86%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.86%) SAP
5 7 (3.38%) Bloomberg
5 7 (3.38%) Refinitiv
5 7 (3.38%) Splunk
6 6 (2.90%) CA Agile Central
7 4 (1.93%) Databricks
7 4 (1.93%) IBM
7 4 (1.93%) Jaspersoft
7 4 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.45%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.45%) New Relic
8 3 (1.45%) Okta
8 3 (1.45%) Spotify
9 2 (0.97%) Pega
9 2 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Sitecore