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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 232 207
Rank change year-on-year +25 -25 -50
Contract jobs citing Kanban 209 123 193
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.32% 0.92% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.01% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 74 132
10th Percentile £368 £400 £388
25th Percentile £445 £431 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -3.18% -5.50%
75th Percentile £641 £652 £638
90th Percentile £721 £798 £736
England median daily rate £519 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +0.73% -6.36% -

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 14,282 12,124 16,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.37% 90.69% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,576 7,850 11,525
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 159 347
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.95 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £25.88 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £54.50 £49.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.47 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £34.25
% change year-on-year -21.43% +2.19% -2.14%

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 February 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 February 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 +1 37 £625 +8.70% 14
South London -2 13 £600 +41.18% 2
West London -18 9 £425 +13.33% 5
East London - 4 £585 - 4
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 29 (13.88%) Confluence
2 5 (2.39%) Apache
2 5 (2.39%) CMS
3 4 (1.91%) nginx
4 3 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (2.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.96%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.84%) Azure
2 38 (18.18%) AWS
3 28 (13.40%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (11.00%) GCP
4 23 (11.00%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.22%) Snowflake
6 12 (5.74%) GitHub
7 7 (3.35%) Amazon S3
7 7 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.87%) Miro
9 5 (2.39%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.39%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.39%) Serverless
10 4 (1.91%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.44%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.44%) Figma
11 3 (1.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (1.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) FTP
2 1 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.48%) Network Security
2 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.22%) Power BI
2 12 (5.74%) Snowflake Schema
2 12 (5.74%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.83%) Data Vault
3 8 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.35%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.87%) Metadata
5 6 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.91%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.91%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.91%) Star Schema
7 4 (1.91%) Tableau
8 3 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.44%) Big Data
9 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.96%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 67 (32.06%) JIRA
2 24 (11.48%) Git
3 15 (7.18%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.31%) ERwin
5 8 (3.83%) Bitbucket
5 8 (3.83%) ER Studio
5 8 (3.83%) PowerDesigner
6 7 (3.35%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.87%) GitLab
8 5 (2.39%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.91%) Maven
9 4 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (1.44%) Android Studio
10 3 (1.44%) JUnit
10 3 (1.44%) Mockito
10 3 (1.44%) Postman
10 3 (1.44%) Selenium
10 3 (1.44%) Xcode
10 3 (1.44%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 75 (35.89%) Social Skills
2 61 (29.19%) Finance
3 29 (13.88%) Public Sector
4 28 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.57%) Banking
6 16 (7.66%) Front Office
7 14 (6.70%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (4.31%) Retail
9 8 (3.83%) Legal
10 4 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.44%) Automotive
11 3 (1.44%) Aviation
11 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.44%) Marketing
11 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.96%) Digital Healthcare
12 2 (0.96%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 33 (15.79%) Developer
2 30 (14.35%) Analyst
3 29 (13.88%) Senior
4 21 (10.05%) Delivery Manager
4 21 (10.05%) Project Manager
5 20 (9.57%) Java Developer
6 18 (8.61%) Business Analyst
6 18 (8.61%) Scrum Master
7 17 (8.13%) Lead
8 11 (5.26%) Senior Manager
9 10 (4.78%) Data Modeller
10 9 (4.31%) Agile Project Manager
10 9 (4.31%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.83%) Test Analyst
12 7 (3.35%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 7 (3.35%) Technical Analyst
13 6 (2.87%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 6 (2.87%) Angular Developer
13 6 (2.87%) Product Manager
13 6 (2.87%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.61%) REST
2 14 (6.70%) React
3 11 (5.26%) AngularJS
3 11 (5.26%) HTML
4 9 (4.31%) CSS
5 8 (3.83%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (3.83%) Node.js
5 8 (3.83%) Spring Boot
6 7 (3.35%) JSON
6 7 (3.35%) Web Services
6 7 (3.35%) XML
7 5 (2.39%) .NET
7 5 (2.39%) ADO
7 5 (2.39%) Apache NiFi
7 5 (2.39%) Spring
8 4 (1.91%) Akka
8 4 (1.91%) Playwright
8 4 (1.91%) RESTful
8 4 (1.91%) ZK
9 3 (1.44%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.22%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.13%) Cloud Native
3 16 (7.66%) Data Structures
4 13 (6.22%) Algorithms
4 13 (6.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (5.74%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.74%) Virtual Team
6 11 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (3.35%) Derivative
8 6 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.91%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.91%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.91%) Wiki
10 3 (1.44%) FMCG
10 3 (1.44%) NHS
10 3 (1.44%) PMI
11 2 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.74%) Linux
2 10 (4.78%) Windows
3 5 (2.39%) Unix
4 3 (1.44%) Android
4 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.96%) VMS
5 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (94.26%) Agile
2 185 (88.52%) Scrum
3 55 (26.32%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 54 (25.84%) DevOps
5 53 (25.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 50 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (23.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (16.75%) Roadmaps
9 33 (15.79%) Analytics
10 30 (14.35%) TDD
11 29 (13.88%) User Stories
12 28 (13.40%) Test Automation
13 27 (12.92%) CI/CD
13 27 (12.92%) Project Management
14 26 (12.44%) Sprint Planning
15 25 (11.96%) Project Delivery
16 23 (11.00%) Acceptance Criteria
16 23 (11.00%) Data Modelling
17 22 (10.53%) BDD
17 22 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 50 (23.92%) Java
2 38 (18.18%) SQL
3 28 (13.40%) Python
4 16 (7.66%) C#
4 16 (7.66%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.31%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.35%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.39%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.91%) Scala
9 3 (1.44%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.44%) Bash
9 3 (1.44%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.44%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.44%) R
9 3 (1.44%) Swift
10 2 (0.96%) Bicep
10 2 (0.96%) C++
10 2 (0.96%) Korn
11 1 (0.48%) Go
Qualifications
1 45 (21.53%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.00%) Degree
4 8 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.39%) CISSP
5 5 (2.39%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.39%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.39%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.91%) CBAP
6 4 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.91%) CISM
6 4 (1.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (1.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (1.91%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.91%) PMP
7 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.44%) ISEB
8 2 (0.96%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.31%) QA
2 14 (6.70%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.83%) PMO
4 6 (2.87%) GDPR
5 5 (2.39%) Government Security Classifications
6 4 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.91%) GRC
6 4 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.96%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.96%) NCSC
7 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.96%) PSD2
8 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (7.18%) Docker
2 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.48%) Postfix
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.66%) Terraform
3 6 (2.87%) Ansible
3 6 (2.87%) Grafana
4 4 (1.91%) Rancher
5 3 (1.44%) Consul
5 3 (1.44%) Packer
5 3 (1.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.96%) Argo
6 2 (0.96%) Nagios
7 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.74%) Oracle
3 7 (3.35%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.87%) SAP
5 5 (2.39%) Databricks
5 5 (2.39%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.39%) Sparx
6 4 (1.91%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.91%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (1.91%) Splunk
7 3 (1.44%) Informatica
7 3 (1.44%) Spotify
8 2 (0.96%) Charles River
8 2 (0.96%) Jaspersoft
8 2 (0.96%) Murex
8 2 (0.96%) Okta
8 2 (0.96%) Pega
9 1 (0.48%) Instagram
9 1 (0.48%) TikTok
9 1 (0.48%) YouTube