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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 226 233
Rank change year-on-year -45 +7 -11
Contract jobs citing Kanban 513 409 398
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.24% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.36% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 298 298
10th Percentile £386 £350 £360
25th Percentile £425 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% - -3.38%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile £42.65 £32.78 £63.20
25th Percentile £56.09 £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 £78.50 £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 46,382 29,970 32,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.66% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,008 18,622 19,630
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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £733 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,245 1,858 1,349
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.32 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.19 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.64 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.01% -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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -58 414 £519 +3.75% 553
UK excluding London -25 238 £500 +7.53% 346
London -78 205 £550 - 234
Work from Home -29 141 £506 +1.25% 296
North of England -53 73 £494 +10.09% 118
Midlands -29 52 £475 +10.98% 46
West Midlands -5 47 £475 -5.00% 39
Scotland -8 39 £475 -10.22% 11
South East -45 38 £600 +29.03% 82
North East -10 29 £450 -19.10% 12
North West -39 25 £550 +34.15% 71
East of England -10 19 £300 -39.15% 17
Yorkshire -56 19 £500 +7.53% 35
South West -28 13 £498 +17.06% 51
Wales -15 4 £513 +9.33% 15
East Midlands -29 4 £402 +11.67% 7
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
1 127 (24.76%) Confluence
2 13 (2.53%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.53%) CMS
3 10 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.75%) Apache
4 9 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.17%) SAS
6 5 (0.97%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.17%) Trello
5 4 (0.78%) Notion
6 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Magento
2 5 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.58%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.39%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.19%) Primavera
6 1 (0.19%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.19%) Shopify
6 1 (0.19%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 180 (35.09%) Azure
2 153 (29.82%) AWS
3 97 (18.91%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (7.99%) GitHub
5 39 (7.60%) Amazon S3
6 37 (7.21%) Power Platform
7 33 (6.43%) GCP
8 24 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (4.68%) Serverless
9 20 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.70%) Amazon SQS
11 18 (3.51%) Snowflake
12 16 (3.12%) SaaS
13 13 (2.53%) Miro
14 12 (2.34%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (2.14%) AWS KMS
15 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.17%) Network Security
2 4 (0.78%) MQTT
3 3 (0.58%) Firewall
3 3 (0.58%) HTTP
4 2 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) AMQP
5 1 (0.19%) BGP
5 1 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.19%) DHCP
5 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.19%) FTP
5 1 (0.19%) MPLS
5 1 (0.19%) OSPF
5 1 (0.19%) RS-232
5 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.19%) SONET
5 1 (0.19%) SSL
5 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (5.85%) MongoDB
3 26 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (5.07%) Power BI
4 24 (4.68%) NoSQL
5 19 (3.70%) Relational Database
6 18 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (3.12%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (2.14%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.95%) Tableau
10 8 (1.56%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.36%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.97%) Apache Hudi
12 5 (0.97%) Big Data
12 5 (0.97%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.97%) Data Hub
13 4 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (0.78%) Looker
13 4 (0.78%) Presto
Development Applications
1 190 (37.04%) JIRA
2 77 (15.01%) Jenkins
3 58 (11.31%) Git
4 37 (7.21%) GitLab
5 24 (4.68%) SonarQube
6 21 (4.09%) Maven
7 20 (3.90%) JUnit
8 19 (3.70%) Selenium
9 18 (3.51%) Mockito
10 16 (3.12%) Postman
11 12 (2.34%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.95%) Visual Studio
13 9 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
13 9 (1.75%) Subversion
14 8 (1.56%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.56%) fastlane
14 8 (1.56%) Rational DOORS
15 6 (1.17%) DbUnit
15 6 (1.17%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.17%) Zephyr
General
1 229 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 149 (29.04%) Public Sector
3 126 (24.56%) Finance
4 91 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.99%) Banking
6 33 (6.43%) Marketing
7 28 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.68%) Retail
9 21 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.95%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.36%) Front Office
13 7 (1.36%) Legal
14 6 (1.17%) Games
14 6 (1.17%) Military
15 5 (0.97%) Local Government
15 5 (0.97%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.78%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (16.37%) Analyst
2 73 (14.23%) Developer
3 57 (11.11%) Senior
4 53 (10.33%) Delivery Manager
5 49 (9.55%) Business Analyst
6 45 (8.77%) Scrum Master
7 37 (7.21%) Lead
7 37 (7.21%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.65%) Product Owner
9 27 (5.26%) Java Developer
10 25 (4.87%) Data Engineer
11 24 (4.68%) Architect
12 22 (4.29%) Technical Analyst
13 21 (4.09%) Product Manager
14 19 (3.70%) Senior Developer
15 16 (3.12%) Agile Coach
16 14 (2.73%) Software Developer
16 14 (2.73%) Software Engineer
16 14 (2.73%) Technical Manager
17 13 (2.53%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.14%) RESTful
2 42 (8.19%) REST
3 39 (7.60%) Spring Boot
4 38 (7.41%) Spring
5 36 (7.02%) Terraform
6 25 (4.87%) Kafka
7 21 (4.09%) AngularJS
8 19 (3.70%) ActiveMQ
8 19 (3.70%) Hibernate
8 19 (3.70%) JPA
8 19 (3.70%) SOAP
9 18 (3.51%) Web Services
10 16 (3.12%) Spring Cloud
11 15 (2.92%) CSS
11 15 (2.92%) HTML
12 14 (2.73%) Node.js
13 13 (2.53%) .NET
13 13 (2.53%) Play Framework
14 12 (2.34%) JSON
15 11 (2.14%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 151 (29.43%) Product Ownership
2 39 (7.60%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.53%) Life Science
6 12 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.34%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.14%) PMI
8 10 (1.95%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.95%) NHS
9 9 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.56%) Blog
10 8 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.36%) Replication
12 6 (1.17%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.97%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.97%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.65%) Linux
2 12 (2.34%) Windows
3 11 (2.14%) Android
4 10 (1.95%) Unix
5 6 (1.17%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.19%) Rocky
7 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (96.88%) Agile
2 461 (89.86%) Scrum
3 201 (39.18%) DevOps
4 192 (37.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 163 (31.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 146 (28.46%) CI/CD
7 137 (26.71%) Sprint Planning
8 113 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (19.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 98 (19.10%) User Stories
11 85 (16.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 80 (15.59%) Decision-Making
12 80 (15.59%) Test Automation
13 78 (15.20%) Roadmaps
14 77 (15.01%) Microservices
15 75 (14.62%) Sprint Retrospective
16 74 (14.42%) TDD
17 69 (13.45%) Acceptance Criteria
18 65 (12.67%) AI
19 64 (12.48%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.18%) Java
2 68 (13.26%) SQL
3 58 (11.31%) Python
4 32 (6.24%) TypeScript
5 28 (5.46%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.29%) Scala
7 17 (3.31%) C#
8 15 (2.92%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.56%) C++
9 8 (1.56%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.36%) Bash
11 6 (1.17%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.78%) R
13 4 (0.78%) Rust
13 4 (0.78%) Swift
14 2 (0.39%) Bicep
14 2 (0.39%) Groovy
14 2 (0.39%) Korn
14 2 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 132 (25.73%) Security Cleared
2 112 (21.83%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.70%) Degree
4 40 (7.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.51%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.56%) PMP
8 7 (1.36%) CSPO
9 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (0.78%) CISSP
11 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.58%) CBAP
12 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.58%) IIBA
12 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (12.48%) QA
2 39 (7.60%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.70%) WCAG
4 13 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.56%) GxP
6 7 (1.36%) PMO
7 6 (1.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 6 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.78%) GDPR
9 4 (0.78%) NIST
10 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.39%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.39%) NCSC
11 2 (0.39%) SEPA
12 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.19%) GRC
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.19%) MIL-STD-1553
12 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 53 (10.33%) Docker
2 8 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.78%) Postfix
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (9.16%) Kubernetes
2 42 (8.19%) Grafana
3 18 (3.51%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.75%) Ansible
4 9 (1.75%) Puppet
5 8 (1.56%) Kibana
6 4 (0.78%) Podman
7 2 (0.39%) Argo
7 2 (0.39%) Control-M
7 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.19%) logstash
8 1 (0.19%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.68%) Oracle
3 20 (3.90%) Atlassian
4 18 (3.51%) Splunk
5 17 (3.31%) Google
5 17 (3.31%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.12%) Databricks
7 14 (2.73%) SAP
8 13 (2.53%) Dynatrace
8 13 (2.53%) IBM
9 8 (1.56%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.36%) Jaspersoft
11 6 (1.17%) Workday
12 5 (0.97%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.97%) BMC
12 5 (0.97%) Refinitiv
13 4 (0.78%) Apple
13 4 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.78%) Remedy
13 4 (0.78%) VMware