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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 240 213
Rank change year-on-year -7 -27 -36
Contract jobs citing Kanban 489 319 473
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.10% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.21% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 227 324
10th Percentile £361 £340 £377
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -8.52% +2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £565 £600
90th Percentile £638 £653 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £506
% change year-on-year - -6.13% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £39.85 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £61.00 £53.00 £45.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £74.11 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +10.62% -16.25%
75th Percentile - £78.23 £74.75
90th Percentile £77.40 £78.61 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - +11.94% -16.25%

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 41,283 26,327 36,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.64% 90.98% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,781 16,819 23,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,472 1,115 2,532
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.84% -23.32% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.05 £74.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 June 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 2 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

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 June 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 +7 406 £501 -2.34% 225
UK excluding London -4 255 £475 - 164
London -21 188 £550 +1.85% 89
Work from Home -40 123 £500 +13.64% 144
North of England -37 76 £450 +12.50% 60
Midlands -11 62 £462 -7.60% 15
West Midlands -23 51 £475 -5.00% 9
South East -38 48 £575 +15.00% 35
Scotland -1 41 £469 +4.22% 6
North West -22 34 £450 +13.92% 30
Yorkshire -52 28 £480 +20.00% 16
South West -18 17 £475 -15.93% 12
North East -11 16 £450 -20.00% 14
East of England -20 15 £475 - 11
East Midlands -21 10 £371 +3.63% 6
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 13

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
1 109 (22.29%) Confluence
2 24 (4.91%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.70%) CMS
4 9 (1.84%) Apache
4 9 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.23%) SAS
6 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.82%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.43%) Trello
4 6 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.41%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.82%) Magento
2 2 (0.41%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.41%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) Primavera
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 147 (30.06%) Azure
2 124 (25.36%) AWS
3 72 (14.72%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (9.00%) Amazon S3
5 40 (8.18%) Power Platform
6 29 (5.93%) GCP
7 27 (5.52%) GitHub
7 27 (5.52%) Serverless
8 26 (5.32%) Amazon SQS
9 23 (4.70%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (4.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 19 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (3.27%) AWS KMS
13 16 (3.27%) Route 53
14 14 (2.86%) Miro
15 12 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (2.25%) Snowflake
17 10 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
17 10 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.64%) Firewall
1 8 (1.64%) HTTP
1 8 (1.64%) Network Security
2 3 (0.61%) BGP
2 3 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (0.61%) NGFW
2 3 (0.61%) OSPF
2 3 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.41%) DNS
3 2 (0.41%) FTP
3 2 (0.41%) MQTT
4 1 (0.20%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.20%) DHCP
4 1 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.20%) SAN
4 1 (0.20%) SONET
4 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.18%) NoSQL
2 38 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (6.54%) Power BI
4 31 (6.34%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (5.32%) MongoDB
6 24 (4.91%) SQL Server
7 21 (4.29%) Amazon Aurora
8 19 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (3.48%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.86%) Big Data
10 14 (2.86%) Data Lake
10 14 (2.86%) Hadoop
10 14 (2.86%) Relational Database
11 11 (2.25%) Tableau
12 10 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (1.64%) Metadata
14 7 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.23%) Looker
Development Applications
1 154 (31.49%) JIRA
2 65 (13.29%) Git
3 61 (12.47%) Jenkins
4 33 (6.75%) GitLab
5 26 (5.32%) Postman
6 20 (4.09%) Mockito
7 18 (3.68%) SonarQube
8 17 (3.48%) Maven
9 16 (3.27%) JUnit
10 15 (3.07%) Selenium
11 12 (2.45%) DbUnit
12 11 (2.25%) jMock
13 9 (1.84%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (1.84%) Cypress.io
13 9 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (1.64%) Android Studio
14 8 (1.64%) Cucumber
15 7 (1.43%) fastlane
16 6 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 6 (1.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 202 (41.31%) Social Skills
2 110 (22.49%) Public Sector
3 104 (21.27%) Finance
4 89 (18.20%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (8.18%) Banking
6 31 (6.34%) Marketing
7 18 (3.68%) Legal
8 17 (3.48%) Retail
9 14 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.04%) Front Office
11 10 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.64%) Automotive
13 7 (1.43%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.02%) Aviation
15 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.02%) Local Government
15 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (16.97%) Analyst
2 66 (13.50%) Developer
3 61 (12.47%) Senior
4 51 (10.43%) Business Analyst
5 46 (9.41%) Scrum Master
6 44 (9.00%) Delivery Manager
7 43 (8.79%) Lead
8 40 (8.18%) Project Manager
9 32 (6.54%) Data Engineer
9 32 (6.54%) Java Developer
10 18 (3.68%) Technical Analyst
11 17 (3.48%) Architect
12 15 (3.07%) Software Engineer
13 14 (2.86%) Product Owner
13 14 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (2.86%) Senior Developer
13 14 (2.86%) Senior Manager
14 12 (2.45%) Agile Coach
14 12 (2.45%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (2.45%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.59%) RESTful
2 39 (7.98%) Spring
3 36 (7.36%) REST
4 33 (6.75%) Spring Boot
5 22 (4.50%) Node.js
6 20 (4.09%) AngularJS
6 20 (4.09%) Web Services
7 19 (3.89%) Kafka
8 18 (3.68%) React
9 17 (3.48%) HTML
9 17 (3.48%) SOAP
10 16 (3.27%) .NET
10 16 (3.27%) ActiveMQ
10 16 (3.27%) AWS CDK
10 16 (3.27%) Hibernate
10 16 (3.27%) JPA
10 16 (3.27%) JSON
10 16 (3.27%) Spring Batch
10 16 (3.27%) Spring Integration
11 15 (3.07%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 131 (26.79%) Product Ownership
2 40 (8.18%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
3 23 (4.70%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.07%) PMI
6 14 (2.86%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.64%) Life Science
11 7 (1.43%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.23%) NHS
12 6 (1.23%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.23%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.23%) Wiki
13 5 (1.02%) Mainframe
13 5 (1.02%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.57%) Linux
2 12 (2.45%) Unix
2 12 (2.45%) Windows
3 11 (2.25%) Android
4 8 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (95.30%) Agile
2 428 (87.53%) Scrum
3 171 (34.97%) DevOps
4 141 (28.83%) CI/CD
5 137 (28.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 129 (26.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 107 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
8 97 (19.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 97 (19.84%) Sprint Planning
9 81 (16.56%) Microservices
10 76 (15.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 70 (14.31%) TDD
12 69 (14.11%) Test Automation
13 66 (13.50%) Decision-Making
14 64 (13.09%) Migration
15 63 (12.88%) User Stories
16 62 (12.68%) Roadmaps
17 60 (12.27%) Sprint Retrospective
18 59 (12.07%) Acceptance Criteria
19 57 (11.66%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 107 (21.88%) SQL
2 90 (18.40%) Java
3 71 (14.52%) Python
4 36 (7.36%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.50%) C#
6 21 (4.29%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.45%) Kotlin
7 12 (2.45%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.84%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.64%) Scala
10 7 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.43%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.23%) Go
11 6 (1.23%) Perl
11 6 (1.23%) Swift
12 5 (1.02%) Bash
12 5 (1.02%) R
13 4 (0.82%) Bicep
14 3 (0.61%) C++
14 3 (0.61%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 121 (24.74%) Security Cleared
2 95 (19.43%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.43%) Degree
4 31 (6.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (4.91%) PMI Certification
6 22 (4.50%) PMP
7 15 (3.07%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.45%) CISSP
10 10 (2.04%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.84%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (1.43%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.23%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.23%) MBA
14 5 (1.02%) CISM
14 5 (1.02%) CSPO
14 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (14.72%) QA
2 32 (6.54%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.89%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.89%) GDPR
4 14 (2.86%) PMO
5 11 (2.25%) WCAG
6 10 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.64%) NIST
8 6 (1.23%) Basel III
9 5 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.02%) SLA
10 4 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.82%) GxP
10 4 (0.82%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.82%) NCSC
10 4 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (9.82%) Docker
2 9 (1.84%) Postfix
3 4 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.75%) Grafana
3 27 (5.52%) Terraform
4 11 (2.25%) Ansible
4 11 (2.25%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.02%) Kibana
6 3 (0.61%) CASB
6 3 (0.61%) Foglight
6 3 (0.61%) Rancher
7 2 (0.41%) Argo
7 2 (0.41%) Podman
7 2 (0.41%) Puppet
8 1 (0.20%) Nagios
8 1 (0.20%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.20%) vMotion
8 1 (0.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 48 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.34%) Oracle
3 18 (3.68%) Atlassian
4 17 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.27%) Databricks
6 15 (3.07%) Jaspersoft
6 15 (3.07%) Splunk
7 14 (2.86%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.25%) SAP
9 9 (1.84%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.43%) Bloomberg
10 7 (1.43%) Google
10 7 (1.43%) Refinitiv
11 6 (1.23%) Cisco
11 6 (1.23%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.02%) Spotify
13 4 (0.82%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.82%) CyberArk
13 4 (0.82%) Okta
13 4 (0.82%) VMware