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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 224 242
Rank change year-on-year -18 +18 -81
Contract jobs citing Kanban 465 344 423
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.13% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.26% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 230 297
10th Percentile £358 £363 £385
25th Percentile £413 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -6.98% -1.38%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.62% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £25.81 -
25th Percentile - £26.66 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £37.63 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +99.34% -17.99% -42.65%
75th Percentile - £55.62 £75.00
90th Percentile - £69.33 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £60.61 £45.88
% change year-on-year +23.74% +32.11% -46.02%

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 35,946 27,398 38,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.59% 90.01% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,812 17,104 25,306
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £412 £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 £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -1.93% -1.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,146 887 2,267
10th Percentile £14.66 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £63.48 £64.50 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.35 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year -20.81% -7.16% -2.26%

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 March 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 1 March 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 +24 388 £519 +1.22% 320
UK excluding London -34 216 £475 -5.00% 288
London +28 207 £533 +3.90% 64
Work from Home -48 108 £500 +10.01% 142
North of England -14 63 £475 +8.57% 88
Midlands -11 51 £450 -23.40% 39
South East -46 38 £525 +5.00% 74
Scotland -6 34 £466 +3.50% 11
North West -18 31 £431 -1.43% 40
West Midlands -28 31 £484 -17.70% 21
Yorkshire -46 26 £500 +8.46% 38
South West -17 21 £525 -7.08% 39
East Midlands -5 20 £358 - 17
East of England -25 9 £513 +24.30% 26
North East -5 8 £541 - 10
Wales -9 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 99 (21.29%) Confluence
2 17 (3.66%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.94%) Apache
3 9 (1.94%) CMS
4 5 (1.08%) nginx
4 5 (1.08%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 20 (4.30%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.51%) Trello
3 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.43%) Sketch
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.43%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 108 (23.23%) Azure
2 94 (20.22%) AWS
3 55 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (8.82%) Power Platform
5 34 (7.31%) GCP
6 31 (6.67%) GitHub
7 21 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (4.09%) Amazon S3
8 19 (4.09%) Serverless
9 16 (3.44%) Miro
10 14 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (3.01%) Amazon SQS
10 14 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (3.01%) Snowflake
11 11 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.15%) SaaS
13 8 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.72%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.72%) Firewall
1 8 (1.72%) HTTP
2 5 (1.08%) Network Security
3 3 (0.65%) BGP
3 3 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.65%) DNS
3 3 (0.65%) FTP
3 3 (0.65%) OSPF
3 3 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.43%) NGFW
5 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.22%) Internet
5 1 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.22%) SAN
5 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.88%) Power BI
2 30 (6.45%) NoSQL
3 22 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.30%) MongoDB
4 20 (4.30%) SQL Server
5 17 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.44%) Metadata
7 15 (3.23%) Data Lake
7 15 (3.23%) Hadoop
8 13 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (2.37%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.37%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (1.94%) Big Data
10 9 (1.94%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.72%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.72%) Tableau
12 7 (1.51%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 152 (32.69%) JIRA
2 65 (13.98%) Git
3 36 (7.74%) Jenkins
4 26 (5.59%) GitLab
5 18 (3.87%) Postman
6 16 (3.44%) Cucumber
7 12 (2.58%) Mockito
8 11 (2.37%) Bitbucket
9 10 (2.15%) Selenium
10 9 (1.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.94%) JUnit
10 9 (1.94%) Maven
11 8 (1.72%) ERwin
11 8 (1.72%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.51%) ER Studio
12 7 (1.51%) PowerDesigner
13 6 (1.29%) TeamCity
14 5 (1.08%) DbUnit
14 5 (1.08%) jMock
14 5 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 173 (37.20%) Social Skills
2 114 (24.52%) Finance
3 76 (16.34%) Public Sector
4 68 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (10.32%) Banking
6 23 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (3.87%) Front Office
8 12 (2.58%) Retail
9 11 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.37%) Legal
10 10 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.94%) Corporate Banking
11 9 (1.94%) Marketing
11 9 (1.94%) Retail Banking
12 6 (1.29%) Automotive
13 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.86%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.65%) Aviation
15 3 (0.65%) Billing
Job Titles
1 70 (15.05%) Analyst
2 62 (13.33%) Developer
3 51 (10.97%) Business Analyst
3 51 (10.97%) Project Manager
4 49 (10.54%) Senior
5 41 (8.82%) Scrum Master
6 39 (8.39%) Delivery Manager
7 38 (8.17%) Lead
8 34 (7.31%) Java Developer
9 21 (4.52%) Data Engineer
10 15 (3.23%) Software Engineer
11 14 (3.01%) Senior Manager
12 12 (2.58%) Agile Project Manager
12 12 (2.58%) Product Manager
12 12 (2.58%) Product Owner
13 11 (2.37%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 11 (2.37%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (2.37%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (2.37%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (1.94%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.82%) REST
2 29 (6.24%) Spring
3 27 (5.81%) React
3 27 (5.81%) Spring Boot
4 21 (4.52%) Kafka
4 21 (4.52%) RESTful
5 19 (4.09%) Node.js
6 18 (3.87%) AngularJS
7 17 (3.66%) JSON
8 16 (3.44%) .NET
9 14 (3.01%) HTML
10 13 (2.80%) Playwright
11 12 (2.58%) CSS
11 12 (2.58%) Web Services
12 11 (2.37%) XML
13 9 (1.94%) AWS CDK
14 7 (1.51%) FastAPI
14 7 (1.51%) PyTorch
14 7 (1.51%) SailPoint
14 7 (1.51%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 112 (24.09%) Product Ownership
2 32 (6.88%) Cloud Native
3 26 (5.59%) PMI
4 25 (5.38%) Onboarding
5 21 (4.52%) Virtual Team
6 20 (4.30%) Data Structures
7 17 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (3.44%) Algorithms
9 14 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.80%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.72%) Derivative
13 7 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.51%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.51%) Wiki
14 6 (1.29%) NHS
15 5 (1.08%) Fixed Income
15 5 (1.08%) FMCG
15 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.88%) Linux
2 20 (4.30%) Windows
3 11 (2.37%) Unix
4 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.86%) Android
6 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.43%) VMS
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (94.84%) Agile
2 408 (87.74%) Scrum
3 130 (27.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 127 (27.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 122 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
6 120 (25.81%) DevOps
7 117 (25.16%) CI/CD
8 113 (24.30%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 71 (15.27%) Roadmaps
9 71 (15.27%) Test Automation
10 67 (14.41%) TDD
10 67 (14.41%) User Stories
11 64 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 60 (12.90%) Analytics
12 60 (12.90%) Sprint Planning
13 59 (12.69%) Project Management
14 57 (12.26%) Microservices
15 54 (11.61%) Decision-Making
16 49 (10.54%) Acceptance Criteria
17 48 (10.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 91 (19.57%) SQL
2 81 (17.42%) Java
3 66 (14.19%) Python
4 32 (6.88%) C#
5 28 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 17 (3.66%) TypeScript
7 16 (3.44%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.94%) Bash
8 9 (1.94%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.72%) Perl
9 8 (1.72%) Scala
10 7 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.51%) Go
10 7 (1.51%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.51%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.29%) Ruby
12 5 (1.08%) C++
12 5 (1.08%) R
13 4 (0.86%) Bicep
14 3 (0.65%) Swift
Qualifications
1 97 (20.86%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.27%) SC Cleared
3 53 (11.40%) Degree
4 34 (7.31%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (5.16%) PMP
6 16 (3.44%) DV Cleared
6 16 (3.44%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.80%) CISSP
9 10 (2.15%) SAFe Agilist
10 8 (1.72%) CBAP
10 8 (1.72%) CISM
10 8 (1.72%) MBA
11 7 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 6 (1.29%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.08%) CISA
13 5 (1.08%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (17.20%) QA
2 30 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.09%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.66%) GDPR
5 16 (3.44%) PMO
6 12 (2.58%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.94%) NIST
9 8 (1.72%) Basel III
9 8 (1.72%) ISO 8583
10 6 (1.29%) PSD2
11 5 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.86%) GRC
13 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.65%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.65%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (8.82%) Docker
2 4 (0.86%) Postfix
3 3 (0.65%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.43%) vSphere
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.24%) Terraform
3 24 (5.16%) Grafana
4 13 (2.80%) Ansible
5 8 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.08%) Rancher
7 4 (0.86%) Argo
7 4 (0.86%) Consul
7 4 (0.86%) Packer
7 4 (0.86%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.65%) Nagios
9 2 (0.43%) CASB
10 1 (0.22%) Foglight
10 1 (0.22%) Podman
10 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.22%) Puppet
10 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.22%) vMotion
10 1 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 49 (10.54%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.38%) Oracle
3 17 (3.66%) Atlassian
3 17 (3.66%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.58%) Databricks
4 12 (2.58%) Splunk
5 10 (2.15%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.15%) SAP
6 9 (1.94%) CA Agile Central
7 7 (1.51%) Jaspersoft
7 7 (1.51%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.29%) Spotify
9 5 (1.08%) Cisco
10 4 (0.86%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.86%) Okta
10 4 (0.86%) Sparx
10 4 (0.86%) VMware
11 3 (0.65%) Arista
11 3 (0.65%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.65%) Rapid7