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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 222 240
Rank change year-on-year -32 +18 -70
Contract jobs citing Kanban 465 342 431
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.18% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.30% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 231 291
10th Percentile £358 £350 £375
25th Percentile £411 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -8.52% +0.93%
75th Percentile £588 £551 £600
90th Percentile £668 £638 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £508
% change year-on-year -2.56% -3.99% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £26.38 -
25th Percentile - £37.56 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £73.23 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% +59.60% -42.65%
75th Percentile - £77.98 £75.00
90th Percentile - £78.58 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year - +63.47% -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 37,733 26,318 38,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.81% 90.56% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,910 17,091 24,889
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £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 £725 £738 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 949 2,344
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.19 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.45 £16.00
Median hourly rate £34.50 £32.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -1.54% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £58.69
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.25 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.52 £31.80
% change year-on-year -4.82% -0.88% -12.28%

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 26 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 26 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 +4 395 £509 +1.75% 194
UK excluding London -31 225 £475 -2.56% 143
London +13 202 £525 +1.45% 66
Work from Home -74 107 £500 +12.74% 116
North of England -25 69 £458 +14.50% 51
Midlands -21 50 £450 -21.74% 11
South East -54 42 £525 +5.00% 41
North West -19 35 £431 +17.35% 24
West Midlands -36 34 £475 -17.39% 11
Scotland -4 32 £400 -9.86% 5
Yorkshire -39 27 £500 +21.65% 15
South West -15 20 £525 -7.08% 22
East Midlands -18 16 £340 -
East of England -18 12 £475 +15.21% 10
North East -4 9 £450 - 12
Wales -12 5 £509 -3.05% 1

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
1 106 (22.80%) Confluence
2 17 (3.66%) Apache Spark
3 14 (3.01%) CMS
4 7 (1.51%) Apache
5 5 (1.08%) nginx
5 5 (1.08%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.43%) 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 22 (4.73%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.51%) Trello
3 6 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.43%) Sketch
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.65%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.43%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 111 (23.87%) Azure
2 86 (18.49%) AWS
3 60 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (7.74%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.88%) GCP
6 31 (6.67%) GitHub
7 22 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (3.66%) Amazon S3
9 15 (3.23%) Miro
9 15 (3.23%) Serverless
10 13 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 11 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
12 10 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.72%) AWS KMS
14 8 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.72%) Figma
14 8 (1.72%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.94%) Firewall
2 6 (1.29%) HTTP
2 6 (1.29%) 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%) NGFW
3 3 (0.65%) OSPF
3 3 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.22%) DHCP
4 1 (0.22%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.22%) Internet
4 1 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.22%) SAN
4 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.45%) NoSQL
2 27 (5.81%) Power BI
3 22 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (4.73%) SQL Server
4 20 (4.30%) MongoDB
5 17 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (3.23%) Hadoop
8 14 (3.01%) Data Lake
9 12 (2.58%) Big Data
9 12 (2.58%) Metadata
10 11 (2.37%) Relational Database
11 10 (2.15%) DynamoDB
11 10 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.72%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (1.51%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 156 (33.55%) JIRA
2 63 (13.55%) Git
3 43 (9.25%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.24%) GitLab
5 23 (4.95%) Postman
6 14 (3.01%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.80%) Mockito
8 11 (2.37%) Bitbucket
8 11 (2.37%) Selenium
9 10 (2.15%) JUnit
9 10 (2.15%) Maven
10 9 (1.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.94%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.29%) DbUnit
12 6 (1.29%) jMock
12 6 (1.29%) TeamCity
13 5 (1.08%) ScalaTest
13 5 (1.08%) Zephyr
14 4 (0.86%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 181 (38.92%) Social Skills
2 110 (23.66%) Finance
3 81 (17.42%) Public Sector
4 77 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (10.75%) Banking
6 20 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (3.87%) Marketing
8 16 (3.44%) Front Office
9 15 (3.23%) Legal
10 12 (2.58%) Retail
11 11 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.94%) Corporate Banking
12 9 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.94%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.29%) Automotive
14 6 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 76 (16.34%) Analyst
2 56 (12.04%) Developer
3 50 (10.75%) Business Analyst
3 50 (10.75%) Scrum Master
4 48 (10.32%) Project Manager
5 46 (9.89%) Senior
6 40 (8.60%) Lead
7 37 (7.96%) Delivery Manager
8 31 (6.67%) Java Developer
9 20 (4.30%) Data Engineer
10 14 (3.01%) Software Engineer
11 13 (2.80%) Product Owner
11 13 (2.80%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (2.37%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 11 (2.37%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.37%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.15%) Security Engineer
14 10 (2.15%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.31%) REST
2 32 (6.88%) Spring
3 27 (5.81%) Spring Boot
4 24 (5.16%) RESTful
5 23 (4.95%) React
6 21 (4.52%) Node.js
7 18 (3.87%) Kafka
8 17 (3.66%) AngularJS
9 16 (3.44%) .NET
10 15 (3.23%) JSON
11 14 (3.01%) Playwright
12 11 (2.37%) HTML
12 11 (2.37%) Web Services
12 11 (2.37%) XML
13 9 (1.94%) CSS
14 8 (1.72%) ActiveMQ
14 8 (1.72%) Hibernate
14 8 (1.72%) JPA
14 8 (1.72%) SOAP
14 8 (1.72%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 121 (26.02%) Product Ownership
2 35 (7.53%) Cloud Native
3 28 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 25 (5.38%) PMI
5 17 (3.66%) Virtual Team
6 15 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.37%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.37%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.51%) NHS
10 7 (1.51%) Wiki
11 6 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.29%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.08%) Derivative
12 5 (1.08%) FMCG
12 5 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.08%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.31%) Linux
2 19 (4.09%) Windows
3 10 (2.15%) Unix
4 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.08%) Android
6 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.86%) VMS
7 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (94.41%) Agile
2 405 (87.10%) Scrum
3 136 (29.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 135 (29.03%) DevOps
5 130 (27.96%) Stakeholder Management
6 124 (26.67%) CI/CD
7 121 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (23.87%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 75 (16.13%) Sprint Planning
10 72 (15.48%) Test Automation
11 70 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 68 (14.62%) Roadmaps
13 66 (14.19%) User Stories
14 64 (13.76%) Microservices
14 64 (13.76%) TDD
15 63 (13.55%) Project Management
16 57 (12.26%) Acceptance Criteria
17 56 (12.04%) Decision-Making
18 52 (11.18%) Analytics
18 52 (11.18%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 90 (19.35%) SQL
2 79 (16.99%) Java
3 62 (13.33%) Python
4 29 (6.24%) C#
5 25 (5.38%) JavaScript
6 17 (3.66%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.23%) 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%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.51%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.29%) Go
11 6 (1.29%) Ruby
12 4 (0.86%) Bicep
12 4 (0.86%) C++
12 4 (0.86%) R
12 4 (0.86%) Swift
Qualifications
1 104 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 74 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 53 (11.40%) Degree
4 34 (7.31%) PMI Certification
5 25 (5.38%) PMP
6 21 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (3.87%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.01%) Master's Degree
10 12 (2.58%) CISSP
11 11 (2.37%) SAFe Agilist
12 8 (1.72%) CBAP
12 8 (1.72%) MBA
13 7 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (1.29%) CISM
14 6 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (1.08%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (1.08%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (18.28%) QA
2 22 (4.73%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.30%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.66%) PMO
5 16 (3.44%) GDPR
6 11 (2.37%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.72%) Basel III
8 8 (1.72%) ISO 8583
8 8 (1.72%) NIST
9 6 (1.29%) PSD2
10 5 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.86%) GRC
11 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.86%) SLA
11 4 (0.86%) WCAG
12 3 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
System Software
1 43 (9.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.08%) 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 44 (9.46%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.67%) Terraform
3 21 (4.52%) Grafana
4 12 (2.58%) Ansible
5 9 (1.94%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.51%) Rancher
7 4 (0.86%) Argo
7 4 (0.86%) Consul
7 4 (0.86%) Packer
8 3 (0.65%) CASB
8 3 (0.65%) Foglight
8 3 (0.65%) Nagios
9 2 (0.43%) RSA Archer
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 52 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.95%) Oracle
3 20 (4.30%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.87%) Atlassian
5 13 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.58%) Splunk
7 11 (2.37%) SAP
8 10 (2.15%) Databricks
9 8 (1.72%) CA Agile Central
9 8 (1.72%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (1.51%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.29%) Cisco
11 6 (1.29%) Spotify
12 4 (0.86%) Okta
12 4 (0.86%) VMware
13 3 (0.65%) Charles River
13 3 (0.65%) Juniper
13 3 (0.65%) Murex
13 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.65%) Sitecore