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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 212 218
Rank change year-on-year -45 +6 -20
Contract jobs citing Kanban 530 413 424
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.26% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.39% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 293 309
10th Percentile £388 £340 £359
25th Percentile £425 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -3.85% +1.46%
75th Percentile £599 £588 £590
90th Percentile £671 £688 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £34.20 £38.85 £63.90
25th Percentile £47.24 £51.00 £66.00
Median hourly rate £69.75 £75.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +4.17% -12.73%
75th Percentile £74.69 £77.50 £77.25
90th Percentile £77.00 £78.25 £78.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.17% -15.29%

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 45,331 29,700 33,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.72% 90.46% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,838 18,524 21,130
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,836 1,729 1,767
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.33 £18.14
Median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%
75th Percentile £67.99 £49.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +83.17% -43.53% +17.65%

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 20 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Top 17 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 20 August 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 -53 443 £525 +5.00% 153
UK excluding London -37 246 £500 +11.11% 110
London -53 225 £550 - 64
Work from Home -55 133 £525 +14.88% 101
North of England -39 82 £500 +18.06% 42
Midlands -34 48 £467 +9.11% 10
West Midlands -24 43 £475 -5.00% 7
South East -35 42 £600 +21.52% 28
Scotland -8 38 £475 -3.85% 2
North West -27 30 £574 +43.38% 21
North East -12 27 £450 -20.00% 14
Yorkshire -58 25 £500 +11.48% 7
East of England -5 16 £425 -24.44% 4
South West -26 16 £498 +17.06% 22
Wales -16 4 £513 +9.33% 4
East Midlands -27 4 £402 +12.29% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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
1 128 (24.15%) Confluence
2 19 (3.58%) Apache Spark
3 18 (3.40%) CMS
4 9 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.70%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.51%) Apache
6 6 (1.13%) SAS
7 5 (0.94%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.70%) Trello
5 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.75%) Notion
6 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.51%) Magento
2 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.57%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.57%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.38%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.19%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 182 (34.34%) Azure
2 147 (27.74%) AWS
3 94 (17.74%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (7.74%) Amazon S3
5 35 (6.60%) GCP
5 35 (6.60%) Power Platform
6 28 (5.28%) GitHub
7 25 (4.72%) Serverless
8 21 (3.96%) Amazon SQS
8 21 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (3.02%) Snowflake
11 14 (2.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (2.45%) AWS KMS
13 12 (2.26%) Miro
13 12 (2.26%) Route 53
14 11 (2.08%) SaaS
15 10 (1.89%) Firebase
16 9 (1.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.89%) Network Security
2 7 (1.32%) Firewall
3 4 (0.75%) MQTT
4 3 (0.57%) NGFW
5 2 (0.38%) DNS
5 2 (0.38%) HTTP
6 1 (0.19%) AMQP
6 1 (0.19%) BGP
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.19%) DHCP
6 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.19%) FTP
6 1 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.19%) MPLS
6 1 (0.19%) OSPF
6 1 (0.19%) SONET
6 1 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.19%) VPN
6 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (6.42%) NoSQL
3 27 (5.09%) Power BI
4 26 (4.91%) Amazon RDS
5 25 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (4.53%) MongoDB
7 20 (3.77%) Amazon Aurora
8 12 (2.26%) DynamoDB
9 11 (2.08%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.08%) SQL Server
9 11 (2.08%) Tableau
10 9 (1.70%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.51%) Big Data
12 7 (1.32%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (0.94%) Apache Hudi
14 5 (0.94%) Data Hub
14 5 (0.94%) Looker
14 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 188 (35.47%) JIRA
2 76 (14.34%) Jenkins
3 55 (10.38%) Git
4 37 (6.98%) GitLab
5 22 (4.15%) Postman
6 21 (3.96%) Selenium
7 20 (3.77%) SonarQube
8 15 (2.83%) JUnit
9 14 (2.64%) Maven
9 14 (2.64%) Mockito
10 12 (2.26%) Cypress.io
11 10 (1.89%) fastlane
12 9 (1.70%) DbUnit
12 9 (1.70%) Subversion
13 8 (1.51%) Bitbucket Server
13 8 (1.51%) jMock
13 8 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (1.32%) Cucumber
14 7 (1.32%) Zephyr
15 6 (1.13%) Android Studio
General
1 233 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 148 (27.92%) Public Sector
3 129 (24.34%) Finance
4 103 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (8.68%) Banking
6 41 (7.74%) Marketing
7 26 (4.91%) Retail
8 24 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (2.08%) Legal
11 11 (2.08%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.89%) Front Office
12 10 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.13%) Local Government
13 6 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.94%) Games
14 5 (0.94%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.75%) Aviation
15 4 (0.75%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (17.36%) Analyst
2 66 (12.45%) Developer
3 54 (10.19%) Delivery Manager
4 52 (9.81%) Scrum Master
5 51 (9.62%) Business Analyst
5 51 (9.62%) Senior
6 39 (7.36%) Lead
7 36 (6.79%) Project Manager
8 33 (6.23%) Product Owner
9 28 (5.28%) Data Engineer
10 25 (4.72%) Architect
10 25 (4.72%) Technical Analyst
11 21 (3.96%) Java Developer
12 19 (3.58%) Product Manager
13 15 (2.83%) Agile Coach
13 15 (2.83%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 14 (2.64%) Senior Developer
14 14 (2.64%) Systems Analyst
15 12 (2.26%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.26%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.11%) RESTful
2 39 (7.36%) REST
3 33 (6.23%) Spring
4 31 (5.85%) Spring Boot
5 30 (5.66%) Terraform
6 23 (4.34%) Kafka
7 17 (3.21%) Node.js
8 16 (3.02%) AngularJS
8 16 (3.02%) CSS
8 16 (3.02%) HTML
9 15 (2.83%) ActiveMQ
9 15 (2.83%) SOAP
9 15 (2.83%) Web Services
10 14 (2.64%) AWS CDK
10 14 (2.64%) Hibernate
10 14 (2.64%) JPA
11 12 (2.26%) JSON
11 12 (2.26%) Spring Batch
11 12 (2.26%) Spring Cloud
11 12 (2.26%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 159 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 42 (7.92%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.96%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.40%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (2.83%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.26%) Life Science
7 12 (2.26%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.26%) PMI
8 10 (1.89%) NHS
9 9 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.32%) Replication
11 7 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.94%) Mainframe
13 5 (0.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.04%) Linux
2 11 (2.08%) Android
3 9 (1.70%) Unix
4 7 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.94%) Windows
6 2 (0.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (97.55%) Agile
2 474 (89.43%) Scrum
3 209 (39.43%) DevOps
4 191 (36.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 146 (27.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 142 (26.79%) CI/CD
7 134 (25.28%) Sprint Planning
8 116 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
9 109 (20.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 94 (17.74%) User Stories
11 89 (16.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 84 (15.85%) Decision-Making
13 79 (14.91%) Sprint Retrospective
14 77 (14.53%) Acceptance Criteria
15 76 (14.34%) Roadmaps
16 75 (14.15%) Microservices
17 74 (13.96%) Test Automation
18 70 (13.21%) Analytics
18 70 (13.21%) TDD
19 60 (11.32%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (17.36%) SQL
2 86 (16.23%) Java
3 76 (14.34%) Python
4 30 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 26 (4.91%) TypeScript
6 17 (3.21%) Scala
7 14 (2.64%) C#
8 12 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.70%) Kotlin
10 8 (1.51%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.13%) Bash
12 5 (0.94%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.94%) R
12 5 (0.94%) Swift
13 4 (0.75%) Rust
14 3 (0.57%) C++
15 2 (0.38%) Bicep
15 2 (0.38%) Go
15 2 (0.38%) Groovy
15 2 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 139 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 111 (20.94%) SC Cleared
3 66 (12.45%) Degree
4 39 (7.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (4.53%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.40%) DV Cleared
7 16 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.02%) PMP
8 9 (1.70%) CISSP
9 8 (1.51%) CSPO
10 7 (1.32%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.94%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.75%) IIBA
12 4 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.75%) SAFe Agilist
13 3 (0.57%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.57%) CBAP
13 3 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.57%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (12.64%) QA
2 37 (6.98%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.21%) WCAG
4 14 (2.64%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.26%) PMO
6 10 (1.89%) GxP
7 9 (1.70%) NIST
8 8 (1.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 8 (1.51%) GDPR
9 7 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (1.13%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.75%) NCSC
11 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.57%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.57%) SLA
13 2 (0.38%) SEPA
System Software
1 49 (9.25%) Docker
2 8 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.32%) Postfix
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 32 (6.04%) Grafana
3 11 (2.08%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.51%) Ansible
4 8 (1.51%) Kibana
4 8 (1.51%) Puppet
5 4 (0.75%) Podman
6 3 (0.57%) CASB
6 3 (0.57%) Foglight
7 2 (0.38%) Argo
7 2 (0.38%) Control-M
7 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.38%) Rancher
8 1 (0.19%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (10.19%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.91%) Oracle
3 23 (4.34%) Salesforce
4 22 (4.15%) Atlassian
5 20 (3.77%) Splunk
6 17 (3.21%) Google
7 16 (3.02%) Databricks
8 14 (2.64%) Dynatrace
8 14 (2.64%) SAP
9 13 (2.45%) IBM
10 12 (2.26%) ServiceNow
11 11 (2.08%) Jaspersoft
12 7 (1.32%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.32%) Refinitiv
13 5 (0.94%) Apple
13 5 (0.94%) BMC
13 5 (0.94%) CA Agile Central
13 5 (0.94%) Workday
14 4 (0.75%) New Relic
14 4 (0.75%) Talend