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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 226 221
Rank change year-on-year +41 -5 -105
Contract jobs citing Kanban 202 174 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.50% 1.07% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.20% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 122 154
10th Percentile £359 £363 £382
25th Percentile £450 £420 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £539 £568
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -5.07% -1.30%
75th Percentile £686 £625 £650
90th Percentile £803 £725 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.75 - £84.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 - £91.00
75th Percentile £32.25 - £98.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £69.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year +7.91% -18.24% +13.33%

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 12,450 14,530 19,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.51% 89.15% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,226 9,664 14,478
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 178 230
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £24.94 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £49.56 £55.00 £63.44
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.88 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.98%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Kanban as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Kanban 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 34 £650 +13.04% 43
West London +4 10 £390 +4.00% 6
South London -2 7 £775 - 3
East London +5 1 £360 -33.33% 1
Kanban
England

Kanban
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (13.86%) Confluence
2 5 (2.48%) CMS
3 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.99%) Apache
5 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.50%) JBoss
5 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.50%) SAS
5 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.50%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.48%) Trello
4 4 (1.98%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.98%) Endur
3 2 (0.99%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.99%) Shopify
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 60 (29.70%) Azure
2 42 (20.79%) AWS
3 26 (12.87%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (11.88%) GCP
5 23 (11.39%) GitHub
6 16 (7.92%) Power Platform
7 15 (7.43%) Snowflake
8 13 (6.44%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (3.47%) Power Automate
10 7 (3.47%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.47%) Serverless
11 6 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (2.97%) Miro
11 6 (2.97%) SaaS
12 5 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.49%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.48%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.49%) Firewall
3 2 (0.99%) tcpdump
3 2 (0.99%) VPN
4 1 (0.50%) DNS
4 1 (0.50%) LAN
4 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.50%) SSL
4 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.44%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.45%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.95%) Power BI
4 8 (3.96%) Data Vault
4 8 (3.96%) Tableau
5 7 (3.47%) Snowflake Schema
6 5 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (2.48%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.48%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.98%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.49%) DB2
8 3 (1.49%) Metadata
8 3 (1.49%) Tableau Desktop
9 2 (0.99%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.99%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.99%) MySQL
9 2 (0.99%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.99%) Tableau Server
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 58 (28.71%) JIRA
2 40 (19.80%) Git
3 25 (12.38%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.46%) Bitbucket
5 8 (3.96%) Artifactory
6 7 (3.47%) ER Studio
6 7 (3.47%) ERwin
6 7 (3.47%) Postman
6 7 (3.47%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (2.97%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.97%) Selenium
8 5 (2.48%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.98%) GitLab
10 3 (1.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.49%) JUnit
10 3 (1.49%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.49%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.99%) Maven
11 2 (0.99%) Mockito
11 2 (0.99%) Subversion
General
1 101 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 66 (32.67%) Finance
3 21 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.41%) Banking
5 15 (7.43%) Front Office
5 15 (7.43%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.46%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.96%) Retail
9 7 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.97%) Marketing
10 6 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.98%) Local Government
13 3 (1.49%) Legal
13 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.99%) Back Office
14 2 (0.99%) Billing
14 2 (0.99%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 54 (26.73%) Developer
2 26 (12.87%) Senior
3 24 (11.88%) Analyst
3 24 (11.88%) Project Manager
4 14 (6.93%) Business Analyst
4 14 (6.93%) Java Developer
5 11 (5.45%) Python Developer
6 10 (4.95%) Lead
7 9 (4.46%) Agile Project Manager
7 9 (4.46%) Data Modeller
7 9 (4.46%) Delivery Manager
7 9 (4.46%) Scrum Master
7 9 (4.46%) Senior Manager
8 8 (3.96%) Engineering Manager
8 8 (3.96%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (3.96%) Senior Developer
9 7 (3.47%) Angular Developer
9 7 (3.47%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (3.47%) Technical Manager
10 6 (2.97%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.40%) REST
2 20 (9.90%) HTML
2 20 (9.90%) React
3 19 (9.41%) CSS
4 15 (7.43%) .NET
4 15 (7.43%) AngularJS
5 12 (5.94%) Kafka
5 12 (5.94%) Spring
6 9 (4.46%) RESTful
6 9 (4.46%) SOAP
7 7 (3.47%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (3.47%) Node.js
7 7 (3.47%) Web Services
8 6 (2.97%) .NET Core
8 6 (2.97%) JSON
8 6 (2.97%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.48%) Angular 2
9 5 (2.48%) FpML
9 5 (2.48%) Middleware
10 3 (1.49%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 44 (21.78%) Product Ownership
2 19 (9.41%) Data Structures
2 19 (9.41%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (7.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.95%) Derivative
5 9 (4.46%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.46%) Virtual Team
6 8 (3.96%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.96%) Fixed Income
7 7 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.47%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.48%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.98%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.49%) CMDB
10 3 (1.49%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.49%) NHS
11 2 (0.99%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.99%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.47%) Linux
2 6 (2.97%) Windows
3 2 (0.99%) Unix
3 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (95.54%) Agile
2 187 (92.57%) Scrum
3 60 (29.70%) DevOps
4 59 (29.21%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (27.72%) CI/CD
6 46 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (18.32%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 35 (17.33%) Roadmaps
10 34 (16.83%) Microservices
11 31 (15.35%) TDD
12 27 (13.37%) Test Automation
13 25 (12.38%) BDD
14 24 (11.88%) User Stories
15 23 (11.39%) Data Modelling
16 22 (10.89%) Sprint Planning
17 21 (10.40%) Infrastructure as Code
18 20 (9.90%) Project Management
18 20 (9.90%) SDLC
19 19 (9.41%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 52 (25.74%) Java
2 49 (24.26%) Python
3 43 (21.29%) SQL
4 39 (19.31%) JavaScript
5 27 (13.37%) C#
6 14 (6.93%) C++
7 13 (6.44%) PowerShell
8 11 (5.45%) TypeScript
9 9 (4.46%) Groovy
10 8 (3.96%) Go
11 2 (0.99%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.50%) Bash
12 1 (0.50%) Bicep
12 1 (0.50%) Korn
12 1 (0.50%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.50%) R
12 1 (0.50%) Ruby
12 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (12.38%) Degree
2 15 (7.43%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.47%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.47%) PMP
6 6 (2.97%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.49%) CSPO
8 2 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.99%) CISSP
8 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.50%) CISA
9 1 (0.50%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.50%) ISEB
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.50%) PhD
9 1 (0.50%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.50%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.43%) Data Quality
1 15 (7.43%) QA
2 4 (1.98%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.49%) GRC
3 3 (1.49%) PMO
4 1 (0.50%) GDPR
4 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (13.86%) Docker
2 6 (2.97%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.50%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 27 (13.37%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.42%) Terraform
3 13 (6.44%) Ansible
4 8 (3.96%) Puppet
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.99%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.99%) SCCM
6 1 (0.50%) Grafana
6 1 (0.50%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.50%) Kibana
6 1 (0.50%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (9.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.46%) Oracle
2 9 (4.46%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.97%) Databricks
4 5 (2.48%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.48%) SAP
4 5 (2.48%) Sparx
5 4 (1.98%) OpenLink
5 4 (1.98%) Splunk
6 3 (1.49%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.49%) Citrix
6 3 (1.49%) Cloudera
6 3 (1.49%) IBM
6 3 (1.49%) OneLogin
6 3 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.99%) Adobe
7 2 (0.99%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.50%) Facebook
8 1 (0.50%) Google
8 1 (0.50%) TIBCO