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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 241 218
Rank change year-on-year +55 -23 -84
Contract jobs citing Kanban 210 129 186
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.46% 0.88% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 0.98% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 80 120
10th Percentile £358 £363 £386
25th Percentile £431 £420 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £641
90th Percentile £740 £794 £726
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -0.90%
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 £31.50 £27.25 £85.00
% change year-on-year +15.60% -67.94% +16.57%

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 13,193 13,182 16,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.18% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,713 8,439 11,605
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 163 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.15
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £69.12 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +9 41 £625 - 59
West London -13 9 £425 +13.33% 1
East London +2 2 £405 -25.00% 3
South London -6 2 £775 +29.17% 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 36 (17.14%) Confluence
2 6 (2.86%) CMS
3 4 (1.90%) nginx
4 3 (1.43%) Apache
5 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.48%) JBoss
6 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.38%) Trello
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.48%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 52 (24.76%) Azure
2 37 (17.62%) AWS
3 32 (15.24%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (11.90%) GCP
5 18 (8.57%) GitHub
5 18 (8.57%) Power Platform
5 18 (8.57%) Snowflake
6 9 (4.29%) Miro
7 8 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.33%) Serverless
9 6 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.86%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.86%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.90%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.43%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.43%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.95%) FTP
1 2 (0.95%) VPN
2 1 (0.48%) DNS
2 1 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.48%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.71%) Power BI
2 11 (5.24%) Snowflake Schema
3 10 (4.76%) Data Vault
4 9 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.29%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.29%) Tableau
5 7 (3.33%) BigQuery
6 6 (2.86%) Metadata
6 6 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.90%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.90%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.43%) DB2
8 3 (1.43%) MySQL
8 3 (1.43%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.95%) Big Data
9 2 (0.95%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.95%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 76 (36.19%) JIRA
2 29 (13.81%) Git
3 20 (9.52%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.24%) Bitbucket
5 10 (4.76%) ERwin
6 9 (4.29%) Cucumber
6 9 (4.29%) ER Studio
6 9 (4.29%) PowerDesigner
7 8 (3.81%) GitLab
7 8 (3.81%) TeamCity
8 7 (3.33%) Postman
9 6 (2.86%) Selenium
10 5 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.90%) Zephyr
12 3 (1.43%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.43%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.95%) IBM UrbanCode
13 2 (0.95%) Maven
13 2 (0.95%) Mockito
13 2 (0.95%) SpecFlow
General
1 93 (44.29%) Social Skills
2 49 (23.33%) Finance
3 24 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.62%) Banking
5 16 (7.62%) Front Office
6 12 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.33%) Retail
8 5 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.38%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.38%) Legal
8 5 (2.38%) Marketing
8 5 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.43%) Local Government
9 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.43%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.95%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (20.95%) Developer
2 33 (15.71%) Analyst
3 25 (11.90%) Senior
4 24 (11.43%) Java Developer
5 22 (10.48%) Project Manager
6 17 (8.10%) Business Analyst
6 17 (8.10%) Scrum Master
7 12 (5.71%) Agile Project Manager
7 12 (5.71%) Data Modeller
7 12 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
7 12 (5.71%) Lead
8 11 (5.24%) Senior Manager
9 10 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (4.29%) Angular Developer
11 8 (3.81%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 8 (3.81%) Product Manager
12 7 (3.33%) Product Owner
12 7 (3.33%) Test Analyst
13 6 (2.86%) Senior Project Manager
14 5 (2.38%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.90%) REST
2 21 (10.00%) React
3 19 (9.05%) HTML
4 16 (7.62%) CSS
5 15 (7.14%) AngularJS
6 9 (4.29%) Node.js
6 9 (4.29%) Spring Boot
7 8 (3.81%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (3.81%) RESTful
7 8 (3.81%) Spring
7 8 (3.81%) Web Services
8 7 (3.33%) Kafka
9 6 (2.86%) .NET
10 5 (2.38%) ZK
11 4 (1.90%) ADO
11 4 (1.90%) Akka
11 4 (1.90%) Apache NiFi
11 4 (1.90%) JSON
11 4 (1.90%) Playwright
12 3 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.10%) Data Structures
3 14 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (5.71%) Algorithms
4 12 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.76%) Virtual Team
6 8 (3.81%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.33%) Derivative
8 6 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.38%) NHS
9 5 (2.38%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.90%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.43%) FMCG
11 3 (1.43%) PMI
12 2 (0.95%) CMDB
12 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.95%) Equities
12 2 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.76%) Linux
1 10 (4.76%) Windows
2 6 (2.86%) Unix
3 3 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.95%) VMS
5 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (96.67%) Agile
2 202 (96.19%) Scrum
3 56 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (25.71%) DevOps
4 54 (25.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 49 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (18.10%) Roadmaps
7 36 (17.14%) CI/CD
8 33 (15.71%) Sprint Planning
8 33 (15.71%) Test Automation
9 32 (15.24%) TDD
9 32 (15.24%) User Stories
10 28 (13.33%) Analytics
10 28 (13.33%) Microservices
11 26 (12.38%) BDD
11 26 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 25 (11.90%) Data Modelling
13 24 (11.43%) Acceptance Criteria
14 22 (10.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 57 (27.14%) Java
2 38 (18.10%) SQL
3 29 (13.81%) Python
4 22 (10.48%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.14%) C#
6 12 (5.71%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.86%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.90%) Scala
9 3 (1.43%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.43%) Bash
9 3 (1.43%) C++
10 2 (0.95%) Korn
11 1 (0.48%) Bicep
11 1 (0.48%) Go
11 1 (0.48%) R
11 1 (0.48%) Ruby
11 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.95%) Degree
3 21 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.33%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.38%) CBAP
7 4 (1.90%) CSPO
7 4 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.43%) ISEB
9 2 (0.95%) CISSP
9 2 (0.95%) PMP
9 2 (0.95%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.48%) CISA
10 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.48%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.43%) QA
2 18 (8.57%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.38%) GRC
4 4 (1.90%) PMO
5 2 (0.95%) GDPR
5 2 (0.95%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.95%) PSD2
6 1 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 22 (10.48%) Docker
2 5 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.67%) Terraform
3 8 (3.81%) Ansible
4 4 (1.90%) Grafana
4 4 (1.90%) Rancher
5 3 (1.43%) Consul
5 3 (1.43%) Packer
6 2 (0.95%) Argo
6 2 (0.95%) Nagios
6 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.48%) Kibana
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.14%) Oracle
3 7 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.86%) Databricks
4 6 (2.86%) Sparx
5 5 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.90%) SAP
6 4 (1.90%) Splunk
7 3 (1.43%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.43%) Informatica
7 3 (1.43%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.95%) Charles River
8 2 (0.95%) Citrix
8 2 (0.95%) Cloudera
8 2 (0.95%) IBM
8 2 (0.95%) Murex
8 2 (0.95%) Pega
9 1 (0.48%) Temenos