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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 250 242
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -89
Contract jobs citing Kanban 432 325 440
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.00% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.13% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 224 327
10th Percentile £358 £363 £390
25th Percentile £410 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.76% -3.67%
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 32,583 28,827 37,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.04% 88.40% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,591 17,520 25,247
10th Percentile £304 £306 £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 2,019 938 1,537
10th Percentile £14.73 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.49 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £74.79 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.60% -31.60% +50.70%

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 3 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 3 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 +39 353 £511 -1.92% 630
London +55 205 £545 +2.83% 243
UK excluding London -50 169 £475 -5.00% 525
Work from Home -35 97 £502 +9.61% 382
North of England -19 57 £475 -5.00% 87
Midlands -15 36 £400 -27.73% 68
Yorkshire -23 32 £500 - 45
South East -42 28 £500 - 202
Scotland -21 27 £525 +14.63% 15
East Midlands - 25 £358 - 29
North West -13 22 £402 -6.78% 38
South West -8 13 £568 +4.13% 54
West Midlands -34 11 £513 -7.41% 35
Wales +3 8 £469 -9.64% 9
North East -4 5 £545 +29.76% 4
East of England -19 5 £450 +9.09% 92

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 90 (20.83%) Confluence
2 6 (1.39%) Apache
2 6 (1.39%) CMS
3 5 (1.16%) nginx
4 4 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.69%) Mule
6 2 (0.46%) 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 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.31%) Trello
4 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.46%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.46%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.23%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 99 (22.92%) Azure
2 78 (18.06%) AWS
3 55 (12.73%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (9.26%) GitHub
5 38 (8.80%) GCP
6 35 (8.10%) Power Platform
7 23 (5.32%) Serverless
8 21 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (4.63%) Snowflake
10 15 (3.47%) Miro
11 14 (3.24%) Amazon S3
12 13 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 7 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 7 (1.62%) Figma
16 7 (1.62%) PowerApps
17 6 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.39%) HTTP
2 5 (1.16%) DNS
3 4 (0.93%) Firewall
4 3 (0.69%) AMQP
4 3 (0.69%) DSL
4 3 (0.69%) NAS
4 3 (0.69%) SAN
5 2 (0.46%) FTP
5 2 (0.46%) VPN
6 1 (0.23%) Internet
6 1 (0.23%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.25%) Power BI
2 21 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (4.40%) MongoDB
4 15 (3.47%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.01%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.55%) Metadata
6 11 (2.55%) Snowflake Schema
6 11 (2.55%) Tableau
7 10 (2.31%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.31%) Data Vault
8 8 (1.85%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.62%) MySQL
9 7 (1.62%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.93%) Big Data
10 4 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.93%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.93%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.93%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 150 (34.72%) JIRA
2 62 (14.35%) Git
3 47 (10.88%) Jenkins
4 32 (7.41%) GitLab
5 20 (4.63%) Postman
6 17 (3.94%) Bitbucket
6 17 (3.94%) Cucumber
7 13 (3.01%) Selenium
8 10 (2.31%) ERwin
9 9 (2.08%) ER Studio
9 9 (2.08%) PowerDesigner
10 8 (1.85%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.62%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.62%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.62%) Zephyr
12 6 (1.39%) SoapUI
13 5 (1.16%) Mockito
13 5 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.93%) ScalaTest
General
1 188 (43.52%) Social Skills
2 102 (23.61%) Finance
3 64 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 45 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.03%) Banking
6 20 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (3.94%) Front Office
8 10 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.31%) Marketing
8 10 (2.31%) Retail
9 8 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
9 8 (1.85%) Legal
9 8 (1.85%) Retail Banking
10 7 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.39%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.93%) Billing
13 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (19.44%) Analyst
2 65 (15.05%) Developer
3 56 (12.96%) Business Analyst
4 42 (9.72%) Project Manager
5 37 (8.56%) Senior
6 36 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
7 35 (8.10%) Scrum Master
8 30 (6.94%) Java Developer
9 24 (5.56%) Lead
10 15 (3.47%) Agile Project Manager
11 13 (3.01%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (2.78%) Data Modeller
12 12 (2.78%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.55%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.55%) Product Owner
13 11 (2.55%) Senior Manager
13 11 (2.55%) Test Analyst
14 10 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.08%) Agile Coach
15 9 (2.08%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (10.88%) REST
2 30 (6.94%) React
3 23 (5.32%) Kafka
4 22 (5.09%) HTML
5 18 (4.17%) CSS
6 17 (3.94%) AngularJS
6 17 (3.94%) Spring
6 17 (3.94%) Spring Boot
7 15 (3.47%) Node.js
7 15 (3.47%) RESTful
8 14 (3.24%) Playwright
9 12 (2.78%) .NET
10 11 (2.55%) AWS CDK
10 11 (2.55%) JSON
10 11 (2.55%) OAuth
11 9 (2.08%) JWT
12 8 (1.85%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (1.85%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.85%) Web Services
13 7 (1.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (23.61%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.09%) PMI
3 21 (4.86%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.86%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.47%) Algorithms
5 15 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.78%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.85%) Derivative
9 8 (1.85%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.39%) FMCG
11 6 (1.39%) NHS
12 5 (1.16%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.16%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.16%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.25%) Linux
2 23 (5.32%) Windows
3 13 (3.01%) Unix
4 7 (1.62%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.93%) VMS
6 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.46%) Android
7 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (96.53%) Agile
2 400 (92.59%) Scrum
3 118 (27.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 113 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
5 112 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 111 (25.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 106 (24.54%) DevOps
8 103 (23.84%) CI/CD
9 74 (17.13%) User Stories
10 73 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 70 (16.20%) Roadmaps
12 69 (15.97%) Sprint Planning
12 69 (15.97%) Test Automation
13 56 (12.96%) Microservices
14 55 (12.73%) TDD
15 49 (11.34%) Coaching
15 49 (11.34%) Project Management
16 47 (10.88%) Project Delivery
17 45 (10.42%) Acceptance Criteria
17 45 (10.42%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 80 (18.52%) Java
2 59 (13.66%) Python
3 58 (13.43%) SQL
4 31 (7.18%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.56%) TypeScript
6 23 (5.32%) C#
7 14 (3.24%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.55%) Bash
9 8 (1.85%) C++
10 7 (1.62%) Ruby
10 7 (1.62%) Scala
11 4 (0.93%) Perl
11 4 (0.93%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.69%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.69%) DataWeave
12 3 (0.69%) Go
13 2 (0.46%) Korn
13 2 (0.46%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.46%) R
14 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 46 (10.65%) Degree
3 45 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (5.56%) PMI Certification
5 18 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.24%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.24%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.55%) PMP
8 9 (2.08%) CBAP
8 9 (2.08%) SAFe Agilist
9 8 (1.85%) CISSP
10 7 (1.62%) MBA
11 6 (1.39%) CISM
11 6 (1.39%) CSPO
12 5 (1.16%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.93%) CISA
13 4 (0.93%) ISEB
13 4 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (14.58%) QA
2 28 (6.48%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.78%) PCI DSS
5 10 (2.31%) GDPR
6 9 (2.08%) PMO
6 9 (2.08%) PSD2
7 7 (1.62%) Basel III
7 7 (1.62%) NIST
8 6 (1.39%) ISO 8583
8 6 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (1.16%) GRC
9 5 (1.16%) WCAG
10 3 (0.69%) COBIT
10 3 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.69%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.69%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.23%) HL7
11 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 50 (11.57%) Docker
2 8 (1.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.69%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.69%) vSphere
4 2 (0.46%) KVM
Systems Management
1 51 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.25%) Terraform
3 22 (5.09%) Ansible
4 17 (3.94%) Grafana
5 6 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.16%) Rancher
7 4 (0.93%) Argo
7 4 (0.93%) Consul
7 4 (0.93%) Nagios
7 4 (0.93%) Packer
7 4 (0.93%) Podman
8 3 (0.69%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.69%) SELinux
8 3 (0.69%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.69%) vRealize
9 2 (0.46%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.46%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 64 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.86%) Oracle
3 13 (3.01%) Atlassian
3 13 (3.01%) Salesforce
3 13 (3.01%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.55%) Google
5 10 (2.31%) Databricks
6 8 (1.85%) CA Agile Central
7 6 (1.39%) Sparx
8 5 (1.16%) SAP
9 4 (0.93%) CyberArk
9 4 (0.93%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.93%) OneLogin
9 4 (0.93%) Splunk
9 4 (0.93%) Spotify
10 3 (0.69%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (0.69%) F5
10 3 (0.69%) Informatica
10 3 (0.69%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.69%) Thycotic