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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 240 220
Rank change year-on-year +66 -20 -86
Contract jobs citing Kanban 220 134 194
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.54% 0.89% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.99% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 82 119
10th Percentile £358 £363 £385
25th Percentile £431 £420 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £653
90th Percentile £716 £793 £740
England median daily rate £510 £518 £540
% change year-on-year -1.45% -4.17% -6.09%
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% +21.43%

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 13,063 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.44% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,607 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 164 237
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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 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 18 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 +17 43 £625 +4.17% 18
West London -11 11 £380 +1.33% 14
East London +4 2 £405 -25.00% 12
South London -1 2 £775 +29.17% 11
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 (15.91%) Confluence
2 6 (2.73%) CMS
3 4 (1.82%) nginx
4 3 (1.36%) Apache
5 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.45%) JBoss
6 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.27%) Trello
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.91%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.45%) Shopify
4 1 (0.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 56 (25.45%) Azure
2 40 (18.18%) AWS
3 34 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (11.36%) GCP
5 20 (9.09%) GitHub
6 19 (8.64%) Snowflake
7 18 (8.18%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.55%) Miro
9 8 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.18%) Serverless
11 6 (2.73%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.73%) PowerApps
12 5 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.82%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (1.36%) Entra ID
14 3 (1.36%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) VPN
2 1 (0.45%) DNS
2 1 (0.45%) Firewall
2 1 (0.45%) FTP
2 1 (0.45%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.45%) Power BI
2 11 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.00%) Snowflake Schema
3 10 (4.55%) Data Vault
4 8 (3.64%) Tableau
5 6 (2.73%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.73%) Metadata
5 6 (2.73%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.73%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.82%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.82%) Star Schema
7 3 (1.36%) DB2
7 3 (1.36%) MySQL
7 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.91%) Big Data
8 2 (0.91%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.91%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 75 (34.09%) JIRA
2 33 (15.00%) Git
3 23 (10.45%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.00%) Bitbucket
5 10 (4.55%) ERwin
6 9 (4.09%) ER Studio
6 9 (4.09%) GitLab
6 9 (4.09%) PowerDesigner
7 8 (3.64%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.64%) TeamCity
8 7 (3.18%) Postman
9 6 (2.73%) Selenium
10 5 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (1.36%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.36%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.36%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.36%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.91%) Appium
12 2 (0.91%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.91%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 102 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 51 (23.18%) Finance
3 24 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 18 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.27%) Banking
6 15 (6.82%) Front Office
7 12 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.64%) Retail
9 6 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.73%) Marketing
9 6 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.27%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.82%) Legal
11 4 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.36%) Local Government
12 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.91%) Portuguese Language
13 2 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (21.36%) Developer
2 34 (15.45%) Analyst
3 26 (11.82%) Senior
4 24 (10.91%) Project Manager
5 22 (10.00%) Java Developer
6 20 (9.09%) Scrum Master
7 18 (8.18%) Business Analyst
8 12 (5.45%) Agile Project Manager
8 12 (5.45%) Data Modeller
8 12 (5.45%) Delivery Manager
8 12 (5.45%) Lead
9 11 (5.00%) Angular Developer
9 11 (5.00%) Senior Manager
10 10 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (3.64%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 7 (3.18%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.18%) Product Manager
12 7 (3.18%) Product Owner
13 6 (2.73%) Senior Project Manager
13 6 (2.73%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.82%) REST
2 23 (10.45%) React
3 20 (9.09%) HTML
4 19 (8.64%) CSS
5 17 (7.73%) AngularJS
6 10 (4.55%) Spring
7 9 (4.09%) Node.js
7 9 (4.09%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.64%) .NET
8 8 (3.64%) Kafka
8 8 (3.64%) RESTful
9 7 (3.18%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (3.18%) Web Services
10 6 (2.73%) JSON
11 5 (2.27%) Angular 2
12 4 (1.82%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (1.82%) Lightning Web Components
12 4 (1.82%) Playwright
12 4 (1.82%) SOAP
12 4 (1.82%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.55%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.73%) Data Structures
3 15 (6.82%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (6.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (5.00%) Algorithms
5 11 (5.00%) Virtual Team
6 10 (4.55%) Cloud Native
7 9 (4.09%) Onboarding
8 7 (3.18%) Derivative
9 6 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.27%) NHS
10 5 (2.27%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.82%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.82%) PMI
12 3 (1.36%) FMCG
13 2 (0.91%) CMDB
13 2 (0.91%) Equities
13 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.09%) Linux
1 9 (4.09%) Windows
2 6 (2.73%) Unix
3 3 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.91%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (96.36%) Scrum
2 211 (95.91%) Agile
3 61 (27.73%) DevOps
3 61 (27.73%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (24.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (22.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 49 (22.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 42 (19.09%) CI/CD
7 38 (17.27%) Roadmaps
8 36 (16.36%) Sprint Planning
8 36 (16.36%) TDD
9 34 (15.45%) Test Automation
10 32 (14.55%) User Stories
11 30 (13.64%) Microservices
12 28 (12.73%) Analytics
13 27 (12.27%) BDD
14 26 (11.82%) Data Modelling
14 26 (11.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (10.91%) Project Management
16 22 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 56 (25.45%) Java
2 39 (17.73%) SQL
3 32 (14.55%) Python
4 26 (11.82%) JavaScript
5 16 (7.27%) C#
6 12 (5.45%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.73%) C++
9 4 (1.82%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.82%) Scala
10 3 (1.36%) Bash
11 2 (0.91%) Go
11 2 (0.91%) Korn
12 1 (0.45%) Bicep
12 1 (0.45%) Groovy
12 1 (0.45%) R
12 1 (0.45%) Ruby
12 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.36%) Degree
3 20 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.64%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.73%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.27%) CBAP
8 4 (1.82%) CSPO
8 4 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.36%) ISEB
9 3 (1.36%) PMP
10 2 (0.91%) CISSP
10 2 (0.91%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.45%) CISA
11 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.82%) QA
2 19 (8.64%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.73%) GRC
4 5 (2.27%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.82%) PMO
6 2 (0.91%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.91%) PSD2
7 1 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 26 (11.82%) Docker
2 5 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (12.27%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.73%) Terraform
3 8 (3.64%) Ansible
4 4 (1.82%) Grafana
4 4 (1.82%) Rancher
5 3 (1.36%) Consul
5 3 (1.36%) Packer
6 2 (0.91%) Argo
6 2 (0.91%) Nagios
6 2 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.45%) Kibana
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.45%) Puppet
7 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.00%) Oracle
3 9 (4.09%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.73%) Databricks
4 6 (2.73%) SAP
4 6 (2.73%) Sparx
5 5 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.82%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.82%) Splunk
7 3 (1.36%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.36%) Cloudera
7 3 (1.36%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.91%) Adobe
8 2 (0.91%) Charles River
8 2 (0.91%) Citrix
8 2 (0.91%) IBM
8 2 (0.91%) Murex
9 1 (0.45%) HP
9 1 (0.45%) Informatica
9 1 (0.45%) Temenos