Kanban Contract Job Trends

Kanban
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Kanban skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 242 235
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -84
Contract jobs citing Kanban 427 323 441
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.00% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.13% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 224 330
10th Percentile £358 £363 £390
25th Percentile £408 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -4.76% -4.02%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £503
% change year-on-year -5.00% -0.65% -0.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £31.21 £54.20
25th Percentile - £37.34 £57.50
Median hourly rate - £50.24 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -40.90% +16.57%
75th Percentile - £65.69 -
90th Percentile - £73.36 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £73.23 £85.00
% change year-on-year - -13.85% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,397 28,487 37,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.99% 88.45% 87.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,485 17,308 25,038
10th Percentile £304 £308 £305
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £720 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,000 924 1,538
10th Percentile £14.74 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.43 £18.67
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -23.07% +20.71%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.62 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.18% -31.20% +42.86%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kanban relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Kanban job vacancy trend in the UK

Kanban
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kanban.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kanban

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kanban.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kanban

Kanban
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +34 349 £513 -1.68% 636
London +66 203 £550 +3.77% 248
UK excluding London -50 166 £475 -5.00% 527
Work from Home -37 96 £505 +10.21% 380
North of England -15 55 £500 - 88
Midlands -9 36 £400 -27.73% 68
Yorkshire -25 30 £500 - 46
South East -48 28 £500 - 206
Scotland -20 27 £525 +14.63% 15
East Midlands - 25 £358 - 29
North West -13 22 £402 -6.78% 38
South West -5 13 £568 +4.13% 54
West Midlands -37 11 £513 -7.41% 35
Wales +1 7 £463 -10.84% 9
North East -8 5 £545 +29.76% 4
East of England -16 5 £450 +9.09% 89

Kanban
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 89 (20.84%) Confluence
2 6 (1.41%) Apache
2 6 (1.41%) CMS
3 5 (1.17%) nginx
4 4 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.70%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.70%) Mule
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.81%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.34%) Trello
4 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.47%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.47%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.23%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 95 (22.25%) Azure
2 74 (17.33%) AWS
3 54 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (9.37%) GitHub
5 35 (8.20%) GCP
5 35 (8.20%) Power Platform
6 23 (5.39%) Serverless
7 21 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (4.68%) Snowflake
9 15 (3.51%) Miro
10 14 (3.28%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.64%) Figma
15 7 (1.64%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.41%) HTTP
2 5 (1.17%) DNS
3 4 (0.94%) Firewall
4 3 (0.70%) AMQP
4 3 (0.70%) DSL
4 3 (0.70%) NAS
4 3 (0.70%) SAN
5 2 (0.47%) FTP
5 2 (0.47%) VPN
6 1 (0.23%) Internet
6 1 (0.23%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.32%) Power BI
2 20 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.22%) MongoDB
4 15 (3.51%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.04%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.58%) Metadata
6 11 (2.58%) Snowflake Schema
6 11 (2.58%) Tableau
7 10 (2.34%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.34%) Data Vault
8 8 (1.87%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.41%) MySQL
9 6 (1.41%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.94%) Big Data
10 4 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.94%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.94%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.94%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 147 (34.43%) JIRA
2 62 (14.52%) Git
3 46 (10.77%) Jenkins
4 31 (7.26%) GitLab
5 18 (4.22%) Postman
6 17 (3.98%) Bitbucket
6 17 (3.98%) Cucumber
7 13 (3.04%) Selenium
8 10 (2.34%) ERwin
9 9 (2.11%) ER Studio
9 9 (2.11%) PowerDesigner
10 8 (1.87%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.64%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.64%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.64%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.17%) Mockito
12 5 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.94%) ScalaTest
13 4 (0.94%) SoapUI
General
1 185 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 101 (23.65%) Finance
3 63 (14.75%) Public Sector
4 44 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.13%) Banking
6 20 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (3.98%) Front Office
8 10 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.34%) Marketing
8 10 (2.34%) Retail
9 8 (1.87%) Corporate Banking
9 8 (1.87%) Legal
9 8 (1.87%) Retail Banking
10 7 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.94%) Billing
13 4 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 83 (19.44%) Analyst
2 64 (14.99%) Developer
3 56 (13.11%) Business Analyst
4 42 (9.84%) Project Manager
5 37 (8.67%) Senior
6 36 (8.43%) Delivery Manager
7 35 (8.20%) Scrum Master
8 29 (6.79%) Java Developer
9 24 (5.62%) Lead
10 15 (3.51%) Agile Project Manager
11 13 (3.04%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (2.81%) Data Modeller
12 12 (2.81%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.58%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.58%) Senior Manager
14 10 (2.34%) Product Owner
14 10 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (2.34%) Test Analyst
15 9 (2.11%) DevOps Engineer
15 9 (2.11%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (11.01%) REST
2 30 (7.03%) React
3 23 (5.39%) Kafka
4 22 (5.15%) HTML
5 18 (4.22%) CSS
6 17 (3.98%) AngularJS
7 16 (3.75%) Spring
7 16 (3.75%) Spring Boot
8 15 (3.51%) Node.js
8 15 (3.51%) RESTful
9 14 (3.28%) Playwright
10 12 (2.81%) .NET
11 11 (2.58%) AWS CDK
11 11 (2.58%) JSON
11 11 (2.58%) OAuth
12 9 (2.11%) JWT
13 8 (1.87%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (1.87%) PyTorch
13 8 (1.87%) Web Services
14 7 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (23.65%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.15%) PMI
3 21 (4.92%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.92%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.22%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.51%) Algorithms
5 15 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.81%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.87%) Derivative
9 8 (1.87%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.41%) FMCG
10 6 (1.41%) NHS
11 5 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.17%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.17%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.32%) Linux
2 23 (5.39%) Windows
3 13 (3.04%) Unix
4 7 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.94%) VMS
6 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.47%) Android
7 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (96.49%) Agile
2 395 (92.51%) Scrum
3 117 (27.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 111 (26.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 110 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 109 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (24.59%) DevOps
8 99 (23.19%) CI/CD
9 74 (17.33%) User Stories
10 73 (17.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 69 (16.16%) Roadmaps
11 69 (16.16%) Sprint Planning
12 67 (15.69%) Test Automation
13 55 (12.88%) Microservices
13 55 (12.88%) TDD
14 49 (11.48%) Project Management
15 48 (11.24%) Coaching
16 47 (11.01%) Project Delivery
17 45 (10.54%) Acceptance Criteria
17 45 (10.54%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 79 (18.50%) Java
2 59 (13.82%) Python
3 58 (13.58%) SQL
4 31 (7.26%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.62%) TypeScript
6 22 (5.15%) C#
7 14 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.58%) Bash
9 8 (1.87%) C++
10 7 (1.64%) Ruby
10 7 (1.64%) Scala
11 4 (0.94%) Perl
11 4 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.70%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.70%) DataWeave
12 3 (0.70%) Go
13 2 (0.47%) Korn
13 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.47%) R
14 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (14.99%) Security Cleared
2 46 (10.77%) Degree
3 45 (10.54%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (5.62%) PMI Certification
5 18 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.28%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.58%) PMP
8 9 (2.11%) CBAP
8 9 (2.11%) SAFe Agilist
9 7 (1.64%) MBA
10 6 (1.41%) CISSP
11 5 (1.17%) CSPO
12 4 (0.94%) CISA
12 4 (0.94%) CISM
12 4 (0.94%) ISEB
12 4 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (14.29%) QA
2 28 (6.56%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.75%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.11%) GDPR
5 9 (2.11%) PMO
5 9 (2.11%) PSD2
6 7 (1.64%) Basel III
7 6 (1.41%) ISO 8583
7 6 (1.41%) NIST
8 5 (1.17%) GRC
8 5 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.17%) WCAG
9 3 (0.70%) COBIT
9 3 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.70%) ISO 19650
9 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.70%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 50 (11.71%) Docker
2 8 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.70%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.70%) vSphere
4 2 (0.47%) KVM
Systems Management
1 51 (11.94%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.32%) Terraform
3 22 (5.15%) Ansible
4 17 (3.98%) Grafana
5 6 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.17%) Rancher
7 4 (0.94%) Argo
7 4 (0.94%) Consul
7 4 (0.94%) Nagios
7 4 (0.94%) Packer
7 4 (0.94%) Podman
8 3 (0.70%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.70%) SELinux
8 3 (0.70%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.70%) vRealize
9 2 (0.47%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.47%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.92%) Oracle
3 13 (3.04%) Atlassian
3 13 (3.04%) Salesforce
3 13 (3.04%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.34%) Databricks
5 8 (1.87%) CA Agile Central
5 8 (1.87%) Google
6 6 (1.41%) Sparx
7 5 (1.17%) SAP
8 4 (0.94%) MuleSoft
8 4 (0.94%) OneLogin
8 4 (0.94%) Splunk
8 4 (0.94%) Spotify
9 3 (0.70%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.70%) F5
9 3 (0.70%) Informatica
9 3 (0.70%) Rapid7
9 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.70%) VMware