Kanban Contracts in Manchester

Kanban
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Kanban skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kanban over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 76 92
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 +9
Contract jobs citing Kanban 11 10 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.09% 0.83% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.95% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 11
10th Percentile £329 £395 £481
25th Percentile £336 £444 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £650 £588 £588
90th Percentile - £595 £673
North West median daily rate £400 £400 £500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £73.00 £63.20 -
25th Percentile £73.75 £64.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £69.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% - -
75th Percentile £78.13 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £78.50 £74.20 -
North West median hourly rate £75.00 £69.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year +7.91% +33.65% -30.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 901 1,052 1,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.12% 87.09% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 654 1,098
10th Percentile £303 £338 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £661 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 44 55
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.94 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.81 £16.46
Median hourly rate £22.63 £34.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.44% +74.36% +11.43%
75th Percentile £54.38 £59.13 £43.13
90th Percentile £74.88 £73.60 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% +15.21% +60.70%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Kanban in Manchester

Kanban
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Kanban.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Kanban

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kanban in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kanban in Manchester

Kanban
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Kanban.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Kanban

Kanban
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Bolton - 3 - - 1
Cheadle - 2 £650 - 1
Kanban
North West

Kanban
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (54.55%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (27.27%) Figma
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) JIRA
2 3 (27.27%) Git
2 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
2 3 (27.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) IT Manager
2 3 (27.27%) IT Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Banking Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Banking Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Android Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Technical Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Android Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Virtual Team
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) Scrum
2 6 (54.55%) DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
3 4 (36.36%) User Stories
4 3 (27.27%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Fintech
4 3 (27.27%) KYC
4 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
4 3 (27.27%) Microservices
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Security Hardening
4 3 (27.27%) Software Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Bash
1 3 (27.27%) C++
1 3 (27.27%) Java
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) ISEB
3 1 (9.09%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) GDPR
1 3 (27.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Ansible
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
1 3 (27.27%) Podman
1 3 (27.27%) SELinux
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft