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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 222 240
Rank change year-on-year -63 +18 -21
Contract jobs citing Kanban 495 411 389
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.24% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.37% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 300 287
10th Percentile £386 £357 £359
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £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 13 2 2
10th Percentile £29.13 £32.78 £63.20
25th Percentile £46.30 £35.81 £64.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £41.25 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.76% -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 £73.75 £51.00 £69.50
% change year-on-year +44.61% -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 46,195 29,974 32,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.49% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,749 18,609 19,667
10th Percentile £325 £294 £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 £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,350 1,884 1,294
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.03
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £73.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.43% -46.35% -2.35%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -79 402 £500 - 437
UK excluding London -21 224 £481 +3.33% 240
London -84 208 £538 -2.27% 209
Work from Home -29 140 £500 - 221
North of England -50 75 £488 +8.70% 80
Midlands -31 43 £463 +8.06% 32
West Midlands -21 38 £475 -5.00% 23
Scotland -8 37 £475 -10.22% 13
South East -55 35 £600 +49.07% 62
North East -13 31 £450 -19.10% 10
North West -40 26 £550 +34.15% 42
Yorkshire -44 18 £500 +7.53% 28
East of England -20 17 £450 -8.72% 16
South West -22 12 £490 +15.29% 22
Wales -12 4 £513 +9.33% 10
East Midlands -27 4 £402 +11.67% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6

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
1 117 (23.64%) Confluence
2 13 (2.63%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.02%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.82%) CMS
5 8 (1.62%) Apache
6 5 (1.01%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 28 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.21%) Trello
5 4 (0.81%) Notion
6 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.62%) Magento
2 5 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.61%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.40%) Primavera
5 2 (0.40%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.20%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 172 (34.75%) Azure
2 146 (29.49%) AWS
3 91 (18.38%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (8.28%) GitHub
5 37 (7.47%) Power Platform
6 36 (7.27%) Amazon S3
7 34 (6.87%) GCP
8 24 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (4.65%) Serverless
10 19 (3.84%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (3.64%) Snowflake
12 16 (3.23%) Amazon SQS
12 16 (3.23%) SaaS
13 11 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.21%) Network Security
2 4 (0.81%) MQTT
3 3 (0.61%) Firewall
4 2 (0.40%) DNS
4 2 (0.40%) HTTP
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%) Intranet
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%) SSL
5 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.07%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (6.06%) MongoDB
3 26 (5.25%) Power BI
4 25 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (4.65%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.84%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (2.83%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (2.22%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.82%) Tableau
11 8 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.41%) SQL Server
13 6 (1.21%) DynamoDB
14 5 (1.01%) Apache Hudi
14 5 (1.01%) Big Data
14 5 (1.01%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.01%) Data Hub
15 4 (0.81%) Looker
15 4 (0.81%) Metadata
15 4 (0.81%) Presto
Development Applications
1 180 (36.36%) JIRA
2 74 (14.95%) Jenkins
3 56 (11.31%) Git
4 32 (6.46%) GitLab
5 22 (4.44%) SonarQube
6 21 (4.24%) Selenium
7 19 (3.84%) Maven
8 18 (3.64%) JUnit
9 16 (3.23%) Mockito
10 14 (2.83%) Cypress.io
11 13 (2.63%) Postman
12 10 (2.02%) Visual Studio
13 9 (1.82%) Cucumber
13 9 (1.82%) Subversion
14 8 (1.62%) fastlane
14 8 (1.62%) Rational DOORS
15 6 (1.21%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
16 5 (1.01%) DbUnit
16 5 (1.01%) Gatling
General
1 223 (45.05%) Social Skills
2 147 (29.70%) Public Sector
3 123 (24.85%) Finance
4 89 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (8.48%) Banking
6 30 (6.06%) Marketing
7 29 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.85%) Retail
9 21 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.41%) Legal
13 7 (1.41%) Local Government
14 6 (1.21%) Games
14 6 (1.21%) Military
15 5 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.01%) Front Office
15 5 (1.01%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (14.95%) Analyst
2 71 (14.34%) Developer
3 55 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 53 (10.71%) Senior
5 44 (8.89%) Business Analyst
6 38 (7.68%) Project Manager
6 38 (7.68%) Scrum Master
7 37 (7.47%) Lead
8 29 (5.86%) Product Owner
9 25 (5.05%) Architect
9 25 (5.05%) Java Developer
10 22 (4.44%) Product Manager
11 20 (4.04%) Data Engineer
12 17 (3.43%) Senior Developer
12 17 (3.43%) Technical Analyst
13 15 (3.03%) Agile Coach
13 15 (3.03%) Software Engineer
13 15 (3.03%) Technical Manager
14 14 (2.83%) Software Developer
15 11 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (10.30%) RESTful
2 42 (8.48%) REST
3 37 (7.47%) Spring Boot
4 36 (7.27%) Spring
4 36 (7.27%) Terraform
5 25 (5.05%) Kafka
6 19 (3.84%) AngularJS
7 17 (3.43%) ActiveMQ
7 17 (3.43%) Hibernate
7 17 (3.43%) JPA
7 17 (3.43%) SOAP
8 16 (3.23%) Web Services
9 14 (2.83%) CSS
9 14 (2.83%) HTML
9 14 (2.83%) Spring Cloud
10 13 (2.63%) .NET
10 13 (2.63%) Node.js
10 13 (2.63%) Play Framework
11 12 (2.42%) JSON
12 11 (2.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 146 (29.49%) Product Ownership
2 38 (7.68%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.83%) Life Science
5 13 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.63%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.22%) PMI
8 10 (2.02%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.02%) NHS
9 9 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.62%) Blog
10 8 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.41%) Replication
12 6 (1.21%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.01%) Mainframe
13 5 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.85%) Linux
2 12 (2.42%) Windows
3 11 (2.22%) Android
4 6 (1.21%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.21%) Unix
5 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Rocky
6 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (96.36%) Agile
2 441 (89.09%) Scrum
3 200 (40.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 185 (37.37%) DevOps
5 159 (32.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 147 (29.70%) CI/CD
7 126 (25.45%) Sprint Planning
8 116 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (21.01%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 97 (19.60%) User Stories
11 83 (16.77%) Test Automation
12 81 (16.36%) Decision-Making
13 78 (15.76%) Roadmaps
14 76 (15.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 72 (14.55%) Microservices
16 71 (14.34%) TDD
17 70 (14.14%) Acceptance Criteria
18 67 (13.54%) Sprint Retrospective
19 64 (12.93%) AI
20 63 (12.73%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (16.16%) Java
2 59 (11.92%) SQL
3 54 (10.91%) Python
4 32 (6.46%) TypeScript
5 28 (5.66%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.44%) Scala
7 19 (3.84%) C#
8 15 (3.03%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.62%) C++
9 8 (1.62%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.41%) Bash
11 6 (1.21%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.01%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.81%) R
13 4 (0.81%) Rust
13 4 (0.81%) Swift
14 2 (0.40%) Bicep
14 2 (0.40%) Groovy
14 2 (0.40%) Korn
14 2 (0.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 118 (23.84%) Security Cleared
2 99 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 61 (12.32%) Degree
4 39 (7.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.64%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.62%) PMP
9 7 (1.41%) CSPO
10 6 (1.21%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.21%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.21%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (1.01%) SAFe Agilist
12 4 (0.81%) CISSP
12 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.61%) IIBA
13 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.33%) QA
2 35 (7.07%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.64%) WCAG
4 13 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.62%) GxP
5 8 (1.62%) PMO
6 6 (1.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 6 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.81%) GDPR
8 4 (0.81%) NIST
9 3 (0.61%) NCSC
9 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.40%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.40%) SEPA
11 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 50 (10.10%) Docker
2 8 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) Postfix
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.88%) Grafana
3 17 (3.43%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.82%) Ansible
4 9 (1.82%) Puppet
5 8 (1.62%) Kibana
6 4 (0.81%) 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 56 (11.31%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.84%) Atlassian
2 19 (3.84%) Oracle
3 18 (3.64%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.64%) Splunk
4 17 (3.43%) Google
5 15 (3.03%) SAP
6 14 (2.83%) Databricks
7 13 (2.63%) Dynatrace
7 13 (2.63%) IBM
8 8 (1.62%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.21%) Workday
10 5 (1.01%) BMC
10 5 (1.01%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.81%) Adobe
11 4 (0.81%) Apple
11 4 (0.81%) Bloomberg
11 4 (0.81%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.81%) Remedy
11 4 (0.81%) VMware