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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 237 256
Rank change year-on-year -16 +19 -100
Contract jobs citing Kanban 413 326 420
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.04% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.16% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 215 314
10th Percentile £358 £361 £396
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -4.76% -3.63%
75th Percentile £588 £579 £599
90th Percentile £688 £670 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £25.81 -
25th Percentile - £26.66 £45.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £37.63 £52.94
Median % change year-on-year +99.34% -28.93% -32.05%
75th Percentile - £55.62 £65.63
90th Percentile - £69.33 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £60.61 £52.94
% change year-on-year +23.74% +14.49% -35.83%

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 33,770 28,023 38,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.35% 89.09% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,366 17,006 25,501
10th Percentile £305 £308 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £721 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -3.86% -0.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,033 877 2,012
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -9.61% +10.63%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £62.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.78 £36.50
% change year-on-year -19.72% -15.67% +35.86%

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 30 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 30 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 +8 333 £515 +0.59% 221
London +35 182 £550 +4.76% 59
UK excluding London -38 180 £475 -5.00% 199
Work from Home -53 88 £500 +11.11% 116
North of England -24 56 £475 -5.00% 53
Midlands -24 37 £425 -24.04% 24
Scotland -11 34 £500 +11.11% 6
South East -49 30 £500 - 66
North West -2 26 £400 +0.82% 34
Yorkshire -40 25 £500 - 15
East Midlands -7 21 £356 - 11
West Midlands -30 16 £507 -9.47% 12
South West -18 14 £550 -0.90% 18
East of England -15 9 £484 +17.39% 25
North East -6 7 £545 - 4
Wales -2 5 £509 -3.05% 9

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 94 (22.76%) Confluence
2 9 (2.18%) Apache
3 8 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.94%) CMS
4 5 (1.21%) nginx
5 4 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (4.36%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.45%) Trello
5 5 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.48%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.45%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.48%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.24%) Finacle
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 93 (22.52%) Azure
2 77 (18.64%) AWS
3 52 (12.59%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (8.96%) GCP
5 35 (8.47%) GitHub
6 32 (7.75%) Power Platform
7 21 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (4.84%) Serverless
9 17 (4.12%) Snowflake
10 14 (3.39%) Amazon S3
10 14 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.39%) Miro
11 10 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.18%) SaaS
13 8 (1.94%) Figma
14 7 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.94%) HTTP
2 5 (1.21%) Firewall
3 3 (0.73%) BGP
3 3 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.73%) OSPF
3 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.48%) DNS
4 2 (0.48%) FTP
4 2 (0.48%) Network Security
5 1 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.24%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.30%) Power BI
2 19 (4.60%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.12%) MongoDB
4 15 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (3.39%) Metadata
6 12 (2.91%) Snowflake Schema
7 11 (2.66%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.42%) BigQuery
8 10 (2.42%) Data Vault
8 10 (2.42%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.18%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.94%) Big Data
11 7 (1.69%) Hadoop
11 7 (1.69%) Tableau
12 5 (1.21%) MySQL
13 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.97%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.73%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 145 (35.11%) JIRA
2 52 (12.59%) Git
3 32 (7.75%) Jenkins
4 24 (5.81%) GitLab
5 18 (4.36%) Postman
6 17 (4.12%) Cucumber
7 14 (3.39%) Bitbucket
8 12 (2.91%) Selenium
9 10 (2.42%) ERwin
10 9 (2.18%) ER Studio
10 9 (2.18%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (1.69%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.45%) Zephyr
13 5 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (1.21%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.21%) JMeter
13 5 (1.21%) Mockito
13 5 (1.21%) ScalaTest
14 3 (0.73%) REST Assured
General
1 163 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 95 (23.00%) Finance
3 65 (15.74%) Public Sector
4 45 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (9.93%) Banking
6 21 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (4.36%) Front Office
8 11 (2.66%) Retail
9 10 (2.42%) Legal
10 8 (1.94%) Corporate Banking
10 8 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.94%) Marketing
10 8 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.94%) Retail Banking
11 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.73%) Automotive
13 3 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (17.43%) Analyst
2 63 (15.25%) Developer
3 48 (11.62%) Business Analyst
4 45 (10.90%) Project Manager
5 43 (10.41%) Senior
6 37 (8.96%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (8.96%) Scrum Master
7 29 (7.02%) Java Developer
8 26 (6.30%) Lead
9 15 (3.63%) Agile Project Manager
10 14 (3.39%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (3.39%) Senior Manager
11 13 (3.15%) Software Engineer
12 12 (2.91%) Data Modeller
12 12 (2.91%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (2.66%) Technical Analyst
14 10 (2.42%) Agile Scrum Master
14 10 (2.42%) Product Owner
14 10 (2.42%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.20%) REST
2 33 (7.99%) React
3 21 (5.08%) Kafka
3 21 (5.08%) RESTful
4 20 (4.84%) Spring
5 18 (4.36%) HTML
5 18 (4.36%) Spring Boot
6 16 (3.87%) Node.js
7 15 (3.63%) .NET
7 15 (3.63%) CSS
8 14 (3.39%) AngularJS
9 13 (3.15%) JSON
10 11 (2.66%) AWS CDK
10 11 (2.66%) Playwright
11 9 (2.18%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.94%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (1.94%) OAuth
13 7 (1.69%) JWT
13 7 (1.69%) Web Services
14 6 (1.45%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 113 (27.36%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.81%) PMI
4 22 (5.33%) Data Structures
5 17 (4.12%) Cloud Native
5 17 (4.12%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.87%) Algorithms
7 14 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 13 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.18%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.94%) Derivative
12 7 (1.69%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.45%) FMCG
14 5 (1.21%) Fixed Income
14 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.21%) NHS
14 5 (1.21%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.21%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.08%) Linux
2 19 (4.60%) Windows
3 10 (2.42%) Unix
4 3 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.48%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (96.85%) Agile
2 374 (90.56%) Scrum
3 122 (29.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 113 (27.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 111 (26.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 104 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (24.70%) DevOps
8 95 (23.00%) CI/CD
9 71 (17.19%) User Stories
10 68 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (15.98%) Sprint Planning
12 65 (15.74%) Test Automation
13 63 (15.25%) Roadmaps
14 56 (13.56%) TDD
15 52 (12.59%) Analytics
15 52 (12.59%) Project Management
16 47 (11.38%) Coaching
17 45 (10.90%) Project Delivery
18 44 (10.65%) Acceptance Criteria
18 44 (10.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 75 (18.16%) Java
2 59 (14.29%) SQL
3 52 (12.59%) Python
4 30 (7.26%) JavaScript
5 25 (6.05%) C#
6 22 (5.33%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.66%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.94%) Scala
9 7 (1.69%) Bash
9 7 (1.69%) Ruby
10 6 (1.45%) C++
11 5 (1.21%) Go
12 4 (0.97%) Perl
13 3 (0.73%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.73%) R
13 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.48%) Korn
14 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 48 (11.62%) Degree
2 48 (11.62%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.78%) PMI Certification
4 27 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.63%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.63%) PMP
6 14 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.15%) Master's Degree
8 10 (2.42%) SAFe Agilist
9 9 (2.18%) CBAP
10 7 (1.69%) MBA
11 6 (1.45%) CISSP
12 5 (1.21%) CISA
12 5 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.97%) CSPO
13 4 (0.97%) ISEB
13 4 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (17.19%) QA
2 30 (7.26%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.60%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.15%) GDPR
5 12 (2.91%) PMO
6 11 (2.66%) PCI DSS
7 9 (2.18%) PSD2
8 7 (1.69%) Basel III
9 6 (1.45%) ISO 8583
10 5 (1.21%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (1.21%) GRC
10 5 (1.21%) NIST
10 5 (1.21%) WCAG
11 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.73%) COBIT
12 3 (0.73%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.73%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 36 (8.72%) Docker
2 3 (0.73%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.48%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 43 (10.41%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.33%) Terraform
3 20 (4.84%) Grafana
4 15 (3.63%) Ansible
5 7 (1.69%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.21%) Rancher
7 4 (0.97%) Argo
7 4 (0.97%) Consul
7 4 (0.97%) Packer
8 3 (0.73%) Nagios
8 3 (0.73%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.24%) Podman
9 1 (0.24%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.24%) vMotion
9 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 46 (11.14%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.81%) Oracle
3 13 (3.15%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.91%) Atlassian
5 11 (2.66%) Databricks
5 11 (2.66%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.69%) CA Agile Central
7 6 (1.45%) Google
7 6 (1.45%) Sparx
8 5 (1.21%) SAP
9 4 (0.97%) Cisco
9 4 (0.97%) Splunk
9 4 (0.97%) Spotify
9 4 (0.97%) VMware
10 3 (0.73%) Arista
10 3 (0.73%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.73%) OneLogin
10 3 (0.73%) PagerDuty
10 3 (0.73%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.73%) Rapid7