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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 217 232
Rank change year-on-year -55 +15 -15
Contract jobs citing Kanban 505 403 393
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.24% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.37% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 294 298
10th Percentile £387 £350 £359
25th Percentile £425 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £583
90th Percentile £675 £700 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +4.26% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 2
10th Percentile £39.27 £32.78 £63.20
25th Percentile £61.00 £35.81 £64.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £41.25 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -40.65% -18.24%
75th Percentile £78.00 £46.31 £73.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £49.13 £74.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.50 £51.00 £69.50
% change year-on-year +48.04% -26.62% -18.24%

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 46,027 29,389 32,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.49% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,906 18,237 19,938
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
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 £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,152 1,808 1,420
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -1.10%
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.08 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.61% -48.10% +1.18%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -72 411 £519 +3.75% 466
UK excluding London -32 236 £490 +4.26% 294
London -72 205 £550 - 187
Work from Home -28 139 £506 +1.25% 266
North of England -55 71 £477 +6.41% 101
Midlands -29 52 £475 +10.21% 42
West Midlands -14 47 £475 -5.00% 34
Scotland -13 39 £475 -9.52% 10
South East -48 37 £600 +45.45% 61
North East -8 30 £450 -19.10% 12
North West -44 23 £550 +34.15% 57
East of England -16 19 £300 -39.15% 15
Yorkshire -65 18 £500 +7.53% 32
South West -28 14 £498 +17.06% 48
Wales -10 4 £513 +9.33% 11
East Midlands -28 4 £402 +11.67% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 8

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 (24.95%) Confluence
2 13 (2.57%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.57%) CMS
3 10 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.78%) Apache
5 6 (1.19%) SAS
6 5 (0.99%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 27 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.39%) Trello
5 5 (0.99%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.79%) Notion
7 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Magento
2 5 (0.99%) 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 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.40%) 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
1 176 (34.85%) Azure
2 150 (29.70%) AWS
3 94 (18.61%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (7.52%) Amazon S3
4 38 (7.52%) Power Platform
5 36 (7.13%) GitHub
6 33 (6.53%) GCP
7 24 (4.75%) Serverless
8 22 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
11 18 (3.56%) Snowflake
12 15 (2.97%) SaaS
13 12 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (2.38%) Miro
14 11 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (2.18%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (2.18%) AWS KMS
14 11 (2.18%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.19%) Network Security
2 4 (0.79%) MQTT
3 3 (0.59%) Firewall
3 3 (0.59%) HTTP
4 2 (0.40%) 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 (7.52%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (5.74%) MongoDB
3 27 (5.35%) Power BI
4 26 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.75%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.76%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (3.76%) Relational Database
7 17 (3.37%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (2.18%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.18%) Tableau
9 9 (1.78%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.58%) Big Data
10 8 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.19%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.99%) Apache Hudi
12 5 (0.99%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.99%) Data Hub
13 4 (0.79%) Looker
13 4 (0.79%) MySQL
13 4 (0.79%) Presto
Development Applications
1 188 (37.23%) JIRA
2 77 (15.25%) Jenkins
3 57 (11.29%) Git
4 36 (7.13%) GitLab
5 25 (4.95%) SonarQube
6 21 (4.16%) JUnit
6 21 (4.16%) Maven
7 20 (3.96%) Selenium
8 19 (3.76%) Mockito
9 16 (3.17%) Postman
10 12 (2.38%) Cypress.io
11 9 (1.78%) Subversion
11 9 (1.78%) Visual Studio
12 8 (1.58%) fastlane
12 8 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
13 7 (1.39%) Cucumber
13 7 (1.39%) DbUnit
13 7 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
14 6 (1.19%) Bitbucket Server
14 6 (1.19%) jMock
General
1 226 (44.75%) Social Skills
2 147 (29.11%) Public Sector
3 122 (24.16%) Finance
4 91 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (7.92%) Banking
6 36 (7.13%) Marketing
7 29 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.75%) Retail
9 21 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.58%) Legal
12 8 (1.58%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.39%) Front Office
14 5 (0.99%) Games
14 5 (0.99%) Local Government
14 5 (0.99%) Military
14 5 (0.99%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.79%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (16.63%) Analyst
2 73 (14.46%) Developer
3 56 (11.09%) Senior
4 51 (10.10%) Delivery Manager
5 47 (9.31%) Business Analyst
5 47 (9.31%) Scrum Master
6 36 (7.13%) Lead
7 32 (6.34%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.74%) Product Owner
9 27 (5.35%) Java Developer
10 26 (5.15%) Architect
11 25 (4.95%) Data Engineer
12 22 (4.36%) Technical Analyst
13 21 (4.16%) Product Manager
14 20 (3.96%) Senior Developer
15 15 (2.97%) Agile Coach
16 14 (2.77%) Software Developer
17 13 (2.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 13 (2.57%) Software Engineer
17 13 (2.57%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.30%) RESTful
2 43 (8.51%) REST
3 39 (7.72%) Spring
3 39 (7.72%) Spring Boot
4 34 (6.73%) Terraform
5 24 (4.75%) Kafka
6 22 (4.36%) AngularJS
7 20 (3.96%) ActiveMQ
7 20 (3.96%) Hibernate
7 20 (3.96%) JPA
7 20 (3.96%) SOAP
8 19 (3.76%) Web Services
9 17 (3.37%) Spring Cloud
10 16 (3.17%) CSS
10 16 (3.17%) HTML
11 14 (2.77%) Node.js
12 13 (2.57%) Play Framework
13 12 (2.38%) .NET
13 12 (2.38%) JSON
14 11 (2.18%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 149 (29.50%) Product Ownership
2 39 (7.72%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (4.16%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.18%) PMI
8 10 (1.98%) Life Science
8 10 (1.98%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.78%) NHS
10 8 (1.58%) Blog
10 8 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.39%) Replication
12 6 (1.19%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.99%) Mainframe
13 5 (0.99%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.74%) Linux
2 11 (2.18%) Android
3 10 (1.98%) Unix
3 10 (1.98%) Windows
4 6 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (97.43%) Agile
2 451 (89.31%) Scrum
3 197 (39.01%) DevOps
4 187 (37.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 156 (30.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 142 (28.12%) CI/CD
7 137 (27.13%) Sprint Planning
8 108 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (20.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 95 (18.81%) User Stories
11 84 (16.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 79 (15.64%) Decision-Making
13 76 (15.05%) Microservices
14 75 (14.85%) Sprint Retrospective
14 75 (14.85%) Test Automation
15 73 (14.46%) Roadmaps
15 73 (14.46%) TDD
16 67 (13.27%) Acceptance Criteria
17 63 (12.48%) Analytics
17 63 (12.48%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 84 (16.63%) Java
2 69 (13.66%) SQL
3 60 (11.88%) Python
4 32 (6.34%) TypeScript
5 29 (5.74%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.16%) Scala
7 16 (3.17%) C#
8 14 (2.77%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.58%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.39%) C++
11 6 (1.19%) Bash
11 6 (1.19%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.79%) R
13 4 (0.79%) Rust
13 4 (0.79%) Swift
14 2 (0.40%) Bicep
14 2 (0.40%) Groovy
14 2 (0.40%) Korn
14 2 (0.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 135 (26.73%) Security Cleared
2 114 (22.57%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.88%) Degree
4 40 (7.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.56%) PMI Certification
6 16 (3.17%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.39%) CSPO
8 7 (1.39%) PMP
9 6 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.99%) CISSP
10 5 (0.99%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
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 65 (12.87%) QA
2 38 (7.52%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.76%) WCAG
4 14 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.58%) GxP
5 8 (1.58%) PMO
6 6 (1.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 6 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.79%) GDPR
8 4 (0.79%) NIST
9 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.40%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.40%) NCSC
10 2 (0.40%) SEPA
11 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.20%) MIL-STD-1553
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 51 (10.10%) Docker
2 8 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.99%) Postfix
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.51%) Grafana
3 19 (3.76%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.78%) Ansible
5 8 (1.58%) Kibana
5 8 (1.58%) Puppet
6 4 (0.79%) Podman
7 2 (0.40%) Argo
7 2 (0.40%) Control-M
7 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.75%) Oracle
3 21 (4.16%) Atlassian
4 20 (3.96%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.56%) Splunk
6 16 (3.17%) Databricks
6 16 (3.17%) Google
7 13 (2.57%) Dynatrace
7 13 (2.57%) IBM
7 13 (2.57%) SAP
8 8 (1.58%) Jaspersoft
9 7 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.19%) Workday
11 5 (0.99%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.99%) BMC
11 5 (0.99%) Refinitiv
12 4 (0.79%) Apple
12 4 (0.79%) Remedy
12 4 (0.79%) Tenable
12 4 (0.79%) VMware