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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 229 244
Rank change year-on-year -30 +15 -78
Contract jobs citing Kanban 461 336 439
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.16% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.28% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 227 291
10th Percentile £358 £354 £375
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -9.30% +1.42%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £506
% change year-on-year -2.56% -3.66% +1.20%
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 38,313 26,307 38,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.58% 90.51% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,289 17,086 24,815
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 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £485 £500
% change year-on-year - -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 967 2,341
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.24 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.85 £31.08 £31.65
% change year-on-year +12.13% -1.80% -12.39%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +1 391 £513 +2.50% 194
UK excluding London -37 226 £475 -2.56% 143
London +12 198 £529 +3.17% 66
Work from Home -60 104 £500 +12.74% 116
North of England -34 68 £456 +14.00% 51
Midlands -21 51 £450 -21.74% 11
South East -55 42 £525 +5.00% 41
North West -15 35 £431 +17.35% 24
West Midlands -35 35 £475 -17.39% 11
Scotland -5 33 £405 -10.11% 5
Yorkshire -47 26 £500 +21.65% 15
South West -15 20 £525 -7.08% 22
East Midlands -19 16 £340 -
East of England -21 12 £475 - 10
North East -5 9 £450 - 12
Wales -11 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
1 105 (22.78%) Confluence
2 17 (3.69%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.47%) CMS
4 8 (1.74%) Apache
5 5 (1.08%) nginx
5 5 (1.08%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 22 (4.77%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.52%) Trello
3 6 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.43%) Sketch
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.43%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 107 (23.21%) Azure
2 86 (18.66%) AWS
3 56 (12.15%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (7.81%) Power Platform
5 31 (6.72%) GCP
5 31 (6.72%) GitHub
6 22 (4.77%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (3.90%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.25%) Miro
8 15 (3.25%) Serverless
9 13 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (2.82%) Amazon SQS
9 13 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.95%) AWS KMS
11 9 (1.95%) Route 53
12 8 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (1.74%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.95%) Firewall
2 7 (1.52%) HTTP
3 6 (1.30%) Network Security
4 3 (0.65%) BGP
4 3 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (0.65%) DNS
4 3 (0.65%) FTP
4 3 (0.65%) NGFW
4 3 (0.65%) OSPF
4 3 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) Fibre Channel
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 30 (6.51%) NoSQL
2 28 (6.07%) Power BI
3 23 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (4.77%) SQL Server
5 20 (4.34%) MongoDB
6 17 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (3.25%) Hadoop
9 14 (3.04%) Data Lake
10 12 (2.60%) Big Data
11 11 (2.39%) DynamoDB
11 11 (2.39%) Metadata
11 11 (2.39%) Relational Database
12 10 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (1.52%) BigQuery
14 7 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.52%) Tableau
15 6 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 150 (32.54%) JIRA
2 64 (13.88%) Git
3 42 (9.11%) Jenkins
4 28 (6.07%) GitLab
5 25 (5.42%) Postman
6 14 (3.04%) Cucumber
6 14 (3.04%) Mockito
7 11 (2.39%) JUnit
7 11 (2.39%) Maven
7 11 (2.39%) Selenium
8 10 (2.17%) Bitbucket
9 9 (1.95%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.52%) DbUnit
11 7 (1.52%) jMock
12 6 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.30%) TeamCity
13 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (1.08%) ScalaTest
13 5 (1.08%) Zephyr
General
1 180 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 107 (23.21%) Finance
3 83 (18.00%) Public Sector
4 77 (16.70%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (10.85%) Banking
6 20 (4.34%) Marketing
7 17 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.25%) Front Office
8 15 (3.25%) Legal
9 11 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.39%) Retail
10 9 (1.95%) Corporate Banking
10 9 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.95%) Retail Banking
11 8 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.30%) Automotive
12 6 (1.30%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.87%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 75 (16.27%) Analyst
2 56 (12.15%) Developer
3 50 (10.85%) Scrum Master
4 48 (10.41%) Business Analyst
5 47 (10.20%) Project Manager
6 46 (9.98%) Senior
7 39 (8.46%) Lead
8 37 (8.03%) Delivery Manager
9 32 (6.94%) Java Developer
10 19 (4.12%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.04%) Software Engineer
12 13 (2.82%) Product Owner
13 12 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (2.60%) Technical Analyst
14 11 (2.39%) Product Manager
14 11 (2.39%) Senior Developer
15 10 (2.17%) Security Engineer
15 10 (2.17%) Senior Manager
15 10 (2.17%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.59%) REST
2 33 (7.16%) Spring
3 28 (6.07%) Spring Boot
4 24 (5.21%) RESTful
5 23 (4.99%) React
6 21 (4.56%) Node.js
7 18 (3.90%) AngularJS
7 18 (3.90%) Kafka
8 15 (3.25%) JSON
9 14 (3.04%) .NET
9 14 (3.04%) Playwright
10 12 (2.60%) HTML
10 12 (2.60%) Web Services
11 11 (2.39%) XML
12 10 (2.17%) CSS
13 9 (1.95%) ActiveMQ
13 9 (1.95%) Hibernate
13 9 (1.95%) JPA
13 9 (1.95%) SOAP
13 9 (1.95%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 123 (26.68%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 28 (6.07%) Onboarding
4 25 (5.42%) PMI
5 17 (3.69%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.60%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.39%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.52%) Wiki
12 6 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.30%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.30%) NHS
12 6 (1.30%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.08%) FMCG
13 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.08%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.08%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.87%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.38%) Linux
2 18 (3.90%) Windows
3 10 (2.17%) Unix
4 7 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.87%) Android
5 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.87%) VMS
6 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (94.36%) Agile
2 402 (87.20%) Scrum
3 134 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 132 (28.63%) DevOps
5 129 (27.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 121 (26.25%) CI/CD
7 119 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (24.08%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 78 (16.92%) Sprint Planning
10 69 (14.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 69 (14.97%) Test Automation
11 68 (14.75%) Roadmaps
12 66 (14.32%) Microservices
13 65 (14.10%) TDD
14 64 (13.88%) User Stories
15 62 (13.45%) Project Management
16 58 (12.58%) Acceptance Criteria
17 56 (12.15%) Decision-Making
18 52 (11.28%) Analytics
18 52 (11.28%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 88 (19.09%) SQL
2 80 (17.35%) Java
3 62 (13.45%) Python
4 27 (5.86%) C#
5 25 (5.42%) JavaScript
6 17 (3.69%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.04%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.95%) Bash
8 9 (1.95%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.74%) Perl
9 8 (1.74%) Scala
10 7 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.52%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.52%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.30%) Go
11 6 (1.30%) Ruby
12 4 (0.87%) Bicep
12 4 (0.87%) R
12 4 (0.87%) Swift
13 3 (0.65%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 108 (23.43%) Security Cleared
2 77 (16.70%) SC Cleared
3 52 (11.28%) Degree
4 34 (7.38%) PMI Certification
5 25 (5.42%) PMP
6 21 (4.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (4.12%) DV Cleared
8 14 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.04%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.60%) CISSP
10 11 (2.39%) SAFe Agilist
11 8 (1.74%) MBA
12 7 (1.52%) CBAP
12 7 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.30%) CISM
13 6 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (1.08%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (18.44%) QA
2 21 (4.56%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.69%) PMO
5 16 (3.47%) GDPR
6 11 (2.39%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.74%) Basel III
8 8 (1.74%) ISO 8583
8 8 (1.74%) NIST
9 6 (1.30%) PSD2
10 5 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.87%) GRC
11 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.87%) SLA
11 4 (0.87%) WCAG
12 3 (0.65%) NCSC
System Software
1 44 (9.54%) Docker
2 6 (1.30%) 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 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.72%) Terraform
3 23 (4.99%) Grafana
4 12 (2.60%) Ansible
5 10 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.52%) Rancher
7 4 (0.87%) Argo
7 4 (0.87%) Consul
7 4 (0.87%) 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 51 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.99%) Oracle
3 20 (4.34%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.90%) Atlassian
5 14 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.60%) Splunk
7 10 (2.17%) SAP
8 9 (1.95%) Databricks
8 9 (1.95%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (1.74%) CA Agile Central
10 7 (1.52%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.30%) Cisco
11 6 (1.30%) Spotify
12 4 (0.87%) Okta
12 4 (0.87%) VMware
13 3 (0.65%) Arista
13 3 (0.65%) Juniper
13 3 (0.65%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.65%) Sitecore