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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 223 233
Rank change year-on-year -45 +10 -20
Contract jobs citing Kanban 508 408 402
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.24% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.37% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 291 303
10th Percentile £385 £350 £360
25th Percentile £425 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £586
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £35.89 £38.85 £63.20
25th Percentile £51.83 £51.00 £64.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.91% -18.24%
75th Percentile £76.50 £77.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £78.40 £78.25 £74.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.75 £75.00 £69.50
% change year-on-year -1.67% +7.91% -4.14%

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 45,839 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.46% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 18,531 20,147
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
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 3,070 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +83.63% -47.37% +5.81%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -72 417 £516 +3.25% 629
UK excluding London -31 239 £481 +3.33% 368
London -77 207 £550 - 304
Work from Home -26 139 £506 +1.25% 346
North of England -65 75 £464 +8.04% 122
Midlands -20 52 £475 +10.21% 53
West Midlands -17 47 £475 -5.00% 42
Scotland -12 39 £475 -9.52% 22
South East -52 38 £600 +45.45% 68
North East -9 31 £450 -20.00% 12
North West -40 26 £544 +35.94% 78
Yorkshire -68 18 £500 +9.89% 32
East of England -8 17 £300 -39.15% 23
South West -37 14 £498 +17.06% 58
Wales -12 4 £513 +9.33% 11
East Midlands -22 4 £402 +12.29% 11
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 13

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
1 126 (24.80%) Confluence
2 14 (2.76%) CMS
3 13 (2.56%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.97%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.77%) Apache
6 6 (1.18%) SAS
7 5 (0.98%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.57%) Trello
5 6 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.79%) Notion
7 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Magento
2 5 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.59%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.39%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.20%) Primavera
6 1 (0.20%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 179 (35.24%) Azure
2 150 (29.53%) AWS
3 96 (18.90%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (7.48%) Amazon S3
4 38 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 37 (7.28%) GitHub
6 35 (6.89%) GCP
7 24 (4.72%) Serverless
8 23 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.74%) Amazon SQS
11 18 (3.54%) Snowflake
12 15 (2.95%) SaaS
13 12 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (2.36%) Miro
14 11 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (2.17%) AWS KMS
14 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.97%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.18%) Network Security
2 4 (0.79%) MQTT
3 3 (0.59%) Firewall
3 3 (0.59%) HTTP
4 2 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) AMQP
5 1 (0.20%) BGP
5 1 (0.20%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.20%) DHCP
5 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.20%) FTP
5 1 (0.20%) MPLS
5 1 (0.20%) OSPF
5 1 (0.20%) RS-232
5 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.20%) SONET
5 1 (0.20%) SSL
5 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.48%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (5.71%) MongoDB
3 27 (5.31%) Power BI
4 26 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.72%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (3.74%) Relational Database
7 17 (3.35%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (2.17%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.17%) Tableau
9 9 (1.77%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.57%) Big Data
10 8 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.18%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.98%) Apache Hudi
12 5 (0.98%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.98%) Data Hub
13 4 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (0.79%) Looker
13 4 (0.79%) Presto
Development Applications
1 192 (37.80%) JIRA
2 79 (15.55%) Jenkins
3 57 (11.22%) Git
4 37 (7.28%) GitLab
5 25 (4.92%) SonarQube
6 21 (4.13%) JUnit
6 21 (4.13%) Maven
6 21 (4.13%) Selenium
7 19 (3.74%) Mockito
8 18 (3.54%) Postman
9 12 (2.36%) Cypress.io
10 10 (1.97%) fastlane
11 9 (1.77%) Sonatype Nexus
11 9 (1.77%) Subversion
12 7 (1.38%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.38%) DbUnit
12 7 (1.38%) Visual Studio
12 7 (1.38%) Zephyr
13 6 (1.18%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (1.18%) REST Assured
General
1 226 (44.49%) Social Skills
2 151 (29.72%) Public Sector
3 122 (24.02%) Finance
4 93 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (7.87%) Banking
6 37 (7.28%) Marketing
7 28 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.72%) Retail
9 23 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.57%) Legal
13 7 (1.38%) Front Office
13 7 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.98%) Games
14 5 (0.98%) Local Government
14 5 (0.98%) Military
14 5 (0.98%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.79%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (17.13%) Analyst
2 75 (14.76%) Developer
3 58 (11.42%) Senior
4 51 (10.04%) Delivery Manager
5 49 (9.65%) Business Analyst
6 48 (9.45%) Scrum Master
7 36 (7.09%) Lead
8 31 (6.10%) Project Manager
9 29 (5.71%) Product Owner
10 27 (5.31%) Java Developer
11 25 (4.92%) Architect
11 25 (4.92%) Data Engineer
12 23 (4.53%) Technical Analyst
13 22 (4.33%) Senior Developer
14 20 (3.94%) Product Manager
15 15 (2.95%) Agile Coach
16 14 (2.76%) Software Developer
17 13 (2.56%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 13 (2.56%) Technical Manager
18 12 (2.36%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (10.63%) RESTful
2 43 (8.46%) REST
3 39 (7.68%) Spring
3 39 (7.68%) Spring Boot
4 34 (6.69%) Terraform
5 24 (4.72%) Kafka
6 22 (4.33%) AngularJS
7 20 (3.94%) ActiveMQ
7 20 (3.94%) Hibernate
7 20 (3.94%) JPA
7 20 (3.94%) SOAP
8 19 (3.74%) Web Services
9 17 (3.35%) Spring Cloud
10 16 (3.15%) CSS
10 16 (3.15%) HTML
11 14 (2.76%) Node.js
12 13 (2.56%) Play Framework
13 12 (2.36%) JSON
14 11 (2.17%) AWS CDK
15 10 (1.97%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 153 (30.12%) Product Ownership
2 40 (7.87%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.36%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.36%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.17%) PMI
8 10 (1.97%) Life Science
9 9 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.77%) NHS
10 8 (1.57%) Blog
10 8 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.38%) Replication
12 6 (1.18%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.98%) Mainframe
13 5 (0.98%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.71%) Linux
2 12 (2.36%) Android
3 10 (1.97%) Unix
4 8 (1.57%) Windows
5 7 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (97.64%) Agile
2 454 (89.37%) Scrum
3 199 (39.17%) DevOps
4 186 (36.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 157 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 144 (28.35%) CI/CD
7 140 (27.56%) Sprint Planning
8 109 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (20.08%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 99 (19.49%) User Stories
11 86 (16.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 78 (15.35%) Decision-Making
12 78 (15.35%) Sprint Retrospective
12 78 (15.35%) Test Automation
13 75 (14.76%) Microservices
13 75 (14.76%) TDD
14 71 (13.98%) Roadmaps
15 68 (13.39%) Acceptance Criteria
16 67 (13.19%) Analytics
17 63 (12.40%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 87 (17.13%) Java
2 69 (13.58%) SQL
3 61 (12.01%) Python
4 32 (6.30%) TypeScript
5 30 (5.91%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.13%) Scala
7 14 (2.76%) C#
7 14 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.77%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.18%) Bash
9 6 (1.18%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.98%) C++
10 5 (0.98%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.98%) Swift
11 4 (0.79%) R
11 4 (0.79%) Rust
12 2 (0.39%) Bicep
12 2 (0.39%) Groovy
12 2 (0.39%) Korn
12 2 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 135 (26.57%) Security Cleared
2 113 (22.24%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.81%) Degree
4 40 (7.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.54%) PMI Certification
6 16 (3.15%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.38%) CSPO
8 7 (1.38%) PMP
9 6 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.98%) CISSP
10 5 (0.98%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.98%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (0.79%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.59%) CBAP
12 3 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.59%) IIBA
12 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (12.99%) QA
2 40 (7.87%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.13%) WCAG
4 14 (2.76%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.57%) GxP
5 8 (1.57%) PMO
6 6 (1.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 6 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.79%) GDPR
7 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.79%) NIST
8 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.39%) SEPA
9 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.20%) MIL-STD-1553
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 51 (10.04%) Docker
2 8 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.98%) Postfix
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.46%) Grafana
3 19 (3.74%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.77%) Ansible
5 8 (1.57%) Kibana
5 8 (1.57%) Puppet
6 4 (0.79%) Podman
7 2 (0.39%) Argo
7 2 (0.39%) Control-M
7 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.72%) Oracle
3 21 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.94%) Atlassian
5 18 (3.54%) Splunk
6 17 (3.35%) Google
7 16 (3.15%) Databricks
8 15 (2.95%) Dynatrace
9 13 (2.56%) IBM
10 12 (2.36%) SAP
11 8 (1.57%) Jaspersoft
12 7 (1.38%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.18%) Workday
14 5 (0.98%) Apple
14 5 (0.98%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.98%) BMC
14 5 (0.98%) Refinitiv
15 4 (0.79%) Remedy
15 4 (0.79%) Tenable
15 4 (0.79%) VMware