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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 247 220
Rank change year-on-year +70 -27 -91
Contract jobs citing Kanban 227 146 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.58% 0.92% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.03% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 91 127
10th Percentile £358 £340 £389
25th Percentile £430 £411 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -6.70%
75th Percentile £668 £625 £668
90th Percentile £750 £788 £755
England median daily rate £515 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.95% -9.05% -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% +24.83%

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 13,188 14,190 17,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.79% 89.85% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,704 9,175 12,401
10th Percentile £338 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 166 233
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.81
25th Percentile £24.56 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.25 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +4.55% -9.80%
75th Percentile £47.63 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 +10 43 £625 +8.70% 14
West London -12 11 £380 +1.33%
East London +2 2 £405 -25.00% 3
South London -5 2 £775 +29.17% 1
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 36 (15.86%) Confluence
2 6 (2.64%) CMS
3 4 (1.76%) nginx
4 3 (1.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.44%) JBoss
6 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.20%) Trello
3 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.88%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.44%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.44%) Shopify
5 1 (0.44%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 59 (25.99%) Azure
2 41 (18.06%) AWS
3 36 (15.86%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (11.45%) GCP
5 21 (9.25%) GitHub
6 20 (8.81%) Snowflake
7 18 (7.93%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.85%) Miro
9 8 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.64%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (2.64%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.64%) PowerApps
11 6 (2.64%) Serverless
12 4 (1.76%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (1.32%) Entra ID
13 3 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (1.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) tcpdump
1 2 (0.88%) VPN
2 1 (0.44%) DNS
2 1 (0.44%) Firewall
2 1 (0.44%) FTP
2 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.29%) Power BI
2 11 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.85%) Snowflake Schema
3 10 (4.41%) Data Vault
4 9 (3.96%) Tableau
5 7 (3.08%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.64%) BigQuery
6 6 (2.64%) Metadata
6 6 (2.64%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.76%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.76%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.32%) DB2
9 3 (1.32%) MySQL
9 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.32%) Tableau Desktop
10 2 (0.88%) Big Data
10 2 (0.88%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.88%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 76 (33.48%) JIRA
2 35 (15.42%) Git
3 26 (11.45%) Jenkins
4 12 (5.29%) Bitbucket
5 10 (4.41%) ERwin
6 9 (3.96%) ER Studio
6 9 (3.96%) GitLab
6 9 (3.96%) PowerDesigner
7 8 (3.52%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.52%) TeamCity
8 7 (3.08%) Postman
9 6 (2.64%) Selenium
10 5 (2.20%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (1.32%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.32%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.32%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.32%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.88%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.88%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.88%) SonarQube
General
1 108 (47.58%) Social Skills
2 55 (24.23%) Finance
3 24 (10.57%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.93%) Front Office
6 17 (7.49%) Banking
7 12 (5.29%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.52%) Retail
9 7 (3.08%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.64%) Marketing
11 5 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.32%) Local Government
12 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.88%) Legal
13 2 (0.88%) Portuguese Language
13 2 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (23.35%) Developer
2 34 (14.98%) Analyst
3 30 (13.22%) Senior
4 24 (10.57%) Project Manager
5 21 (9.25%) Java Developer
6 20 (8.81%) Scrum Master
7 18 (7.93%) Business Analyst
8 13 (5.73%) Lead
9 12 (5.29%) Agile Project Manager
9 12 (5.29%) Data Modeller
10 11 (4.85%) Angular Developer
11 10 (4.41%) Delivery Manager
11 10 (4.41%) Senior Manager
12 9 (3.96%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (3.52%) Senior Developer
14 7 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
14 7 (3.08%) Low Latency Java Developer
14 7 (3.08%) Product Manager
14 7 (3.08%) Product Owner
14 7 (3.08%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.45%) React
1 26 (11.45%) REST
2 20 (8.81%) HTML
3 19 (8.37%) CSS
4 17 (7.49%) AngularJS
5 11 (4.85%) .NET
6 10 (4.41%) Spring
7 9 (3.96%) Node.js
7 9 (3.96%) RESTful
7 9 (3.96%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.52%) Kafka
9 7 (3.08%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (3.08%) SOAP
9 7 (3.08%) Web Services
10 6 (2.64%) .NET Core
10 6 (2.64%) JSON
11 5 (2.20%) Angular 2
12 4 (1.76%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
12 4 (1.76%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 45 (19.82%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.81%) Greenfield Project
3 18 (7.93%) Data Structures
4 16 (7.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (5.29%) Virtual Team
6 11 (4.85%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.96%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.96%) Derivative
8 8 (3.52%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.64%) Fixed Income
10 5 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.20%) NHS
10 5 (2.20%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.76%) PMI
12 3 (1.32%) FMCG
12 3 (1.32%) Hedge funds
12 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.88%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.85%) Linux
2 9 (3.96%) Windows
3 5 (2.20%) Unix
4 3 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.88%) VMS
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (96.92%) Agile
1 220 (96.92%) Scrum
2 63 (27.75%) DevOps
3 62 (27.31%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (23.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (22.03%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 49 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 45 (19.82%) CI/CD
8 40 (17.62%) TDD
9 39 (17.18%) Roadmaps
10 35 (15.42%) Sprint Planning
11 34 (14.98%) Test Automation
12 33 (14.54%) User Stories
13 30 (13.22%) Microservices
14 28 (12.33%) Analytics
15 27 (11.89%) BDD
16 25 (11.01%) Data Modelling
16 25 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 23 (10.13%) Project Management
18 22 (9.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (25.55%) Java
2 42 (18.50%) SQL
3 41 (18.06%) Python
4 30 (13.22%) JavaScript
5 21 (9.25%) C#
6 12 (5.29%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.52%) C++
7 8 (3.52%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.76%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.76%) Bash
8 4 (1.76%) Scala
9 3 (1.32%) Go
10 2 (0.88%) Groovy
10 2 (0.88%) Korn
11 1 (0.44%) Bicep
11 1 (0.44%) R
11 1 (0.44%) Ruby
11 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.89%) Degree
3 19 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.96%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.64%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.20%) CBAP
7 5 (2.20%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.76%) CSPO
8 4 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.32%) ISEB
9 3 (1.32%) PMP
10 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.88%) CISSP
10 2 (0.88%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.44%) CISA
11 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.57%) QA
2 18 (7.93%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.08%) GRC
4 5 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.76%) PMO
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.88%) PSD2
7 1 (0.44%) GDPR
7 1 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 28 (12.33%) Docker
2 5 (2.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (12.78%) Kubernetes
2 21 (9.25%) Terraform
3 10 (4.41%) Ansible
4 4 (1.76%) Grafana
4 4 (1.76%) Rancher
5 3 (1.32%) Consul
5 3 (1.32%) Packer
6 2 (0.88%) Argo
6 2 (0.88%) Nagios
6 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.88%) Puppet
7 1 (0.44%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.44%) Kibana
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.85%) Oracle
3 10 (4.41%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.64%) Databricks
4 6 (2.64%) SAP
4 6 (2.64%) Sparx
5 4 (1.76%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.76%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.76%) Splunk
6 3 (1.32%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.32%) Citrix
6 3 (1.32%) Cloudera
6 3 (1.32%) Murex
6 3 (1.32%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.88%) Adobe
7 2 (0.88%) Charles River
7 2 (0.88%) IBM
8 1 (0.44%) Google
8 1 (0.44%) Informatica
8 1 (0.44%) Sitecore