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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 240 256
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 -103
Contract jobs citing Kanban 411 328 420
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.06% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.19% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 219 312
10th Percentile £358 £359 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% -5.66% -2.57%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £666 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.19% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £25.81 -
25th Percentile - £26.66 £45.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £37.63 £52.94
Median % change year-on-year +99.34% -28.93% -32.05%
75th Percentile - £55.62 £65.63
90th Percentile - £69.33 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £60.61 £52.94
% change year-on-year +23.74% +14.49% -37.72%

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 34,038 27,619 38,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.15% 89.27% 87.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,556 16,812 25,649
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £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 £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -3.34% -0.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,054 864 2,107
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £61.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.29 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.10% -10.60% +20.69%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +2 331 £513 +0.05% 195
UK excluding London -34 181 £475 -5.00% 147
London +18 180 £550 +3.29% 71
Work from Home -63 87 £500 +11.11% 151
North of England -22 55 £475 -5.00% 50
Midlands -24 37 £425 -24.04% 12
Scotland -7 34 £500 +12.68% 3
South East -49 30 £500 - 53
North West -8 26 £400 +0.82% 31
Yorkshire -37 24 £500 - 17
East Midlands -6 22 £358 -
South West -14 15 £550 -0.90% 9
West Midlands -35 15 £501 -10.55% 12
East of England -21 10 £493 +19.52% 19
North East -7 7 £545 - 2
Wales +1 5 £509 -3.05% 3

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 93 (22.63%) Confluence
2 9 (2.19%) Apache
3 8 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.95%) CMS
4 5 (1.22%) nginx
5 4 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (4.38%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.46%) Trello
5 5 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.49%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.46%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.49%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.24%) Finacle
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 93 (22.63%) Azure
2 76 (18.49%) AWS
3 53 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (8.52%) GCP
4 35 (8.52%) GitHub
5 32 (7.79%) Power Platform
6 22 (5.35%) GitHub Actions
7 19 (4.62%) Serverless
8 17 (4.14%) Snowflake
9 15 (3.65%) Amazon S3
10 14 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.41%) Miro
11 11 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.19%) SaaS
13 8 (1.95%) Figma
14 7 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.70%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.70%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.95%) HTTP
2 5 (1.22%) Firewall
3 3 (0.73%) BGP
3 3 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.73%) DNS
3 3 (0.73%) OSPF
3 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.49%) FTP
4 2 (0.49%) Network Security
5 1 (0.24%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.24%) DHCP
5 1 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.24%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.33%) Power BI
2 20 (4.87%) NoSQL
3 16 (3.89%) MongoDB
4 15 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (3.41%) Metadata
6 13 (3.16%) Snowflake Schema
7 11 (2.68%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.43%) BigQuery
8 10 (2.43%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.43%) Data Vault
9 9 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.19%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.95%) Big Data
11 7 (1.70%) Hadoop
11 7 (1.70%) Tableau
12 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.97%) MySQL
12 4 (0.97%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.73%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 144 (35.04%) JIRA
2 50 (12.17%) Git
3 32 (7.79%) Jenkins
4 24 (5.84%) GitLab
5 18 (4.38%) Postman
6 17 (4.14%) Cucumber
7 13 (3.16%) Bitbucket
8 12 (2.92%) Selenium
9 10 (2.43%) ERwin
10 9 (2.19%) ER Studio
10 9 (2.19%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (1.70%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.46%) Zephyr
13 5 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (1.22%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.22%) JMeter
13 5 (1.22%) Mockito
13 5 (1.22%) ScalaTest
14 3 (0.73%) REST Assured
General
1 160 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 95 (23.11%) Finance
3 66 (16.06%) Public Sector
4 46 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (10.22%) Banking
6 22 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (4.38%) Front Office
8 11 (2.68%) Legal
8 11 (2.68%) Retail
9 9 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.95%) Corporate Banking
10 8 (1.95%) Marketing
10 8 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.95%) Retail Banking
11 5 (1.22%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.22%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.73%) Automotive
13 3 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (18.00%) Analyst
2 61 (14.84%) Developer
3 49 (11.92%) Business Analyst
4 44 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 44 (10.71%) Senior
5 37 (9.00%) Delivery Manager
6 34 (8.27%) Scrum Master
7 29 (7.06%) Java Developer
8 27 (6.57%) Lead
9 15 (3.65%) Agile Project Manager
10 14 (3.41%) Senior Manager
11 13 (3.16%) Product Manager
11 13 (3.16%) Software Engineer
12 12 (2.92%) Data Modeller
12 12 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (2.68%) Technical Analyst
13 11 (2.68%) Test Analyst
14 10 (2.43%) Agile Scrum Master
14 10 (2.43%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.00%) REST
2 30 (7.30%) React
3 21 (5.11%) RESTful
4 20 (4.87%) Kafka
4 20 (4.87%) Spring
5 18 (4.38%) Spring Boot
6 17 (4.14%) HTML
7 15 (3.65%) Node.js
8 14 (3.41%) .NET
8 14 (3.41%) CSS
8 14 (3.41%) JSON
9 12 (2.92%) AngularJS
10 11 (2.68%) AWS CDK
10 11 (2.68%) Playwright
11 9 (2.19%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.95%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (1.95%) OAuth
13 7 (1.70%) JWT
13 7 (1.70%) Web Services
14 6 (1.46%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 111 (27.01%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.84%) PMI
4 22 (5.35%) Data Structures
5 18 (4.38%) Cloud Native
5 18 (4.38%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.89%) Algorithms
7 14 (3.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 13 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.19%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.95%) Derivative
12 7 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.70%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.46%) FMCG
14 5 (1.22%) Fixed Income
14 5 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.22%) NHS
14 5 (1.22%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.22%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.11%) Linux
2 19 (4.62%) Windows
3 10 (2.43%) Unix
4 3 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.49%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (97.08%) Agile
2 372 (90.51%) Scrum
3 121 (29.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 116 (28.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 110 (26.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 101 (24.57%) DevOps
6 101 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (22.14%) CI/CD
8 70 (17.03%) User Stories
9 66 (16.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 64 (15.57%) Roadmaps
10 64 (15.57%) Sprint Planning
11 63 (15.33%) Test Automation
12 52 (12.65%) Analytics
12 52 (12.65%) TDD
13 51 (12.41%) Project Management
14 46 (11.19%) Coaching
15 45 (10.95%) Acceptance Criteria
15 45 (10.95%) Project Delivery
16 42 (10.22%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.76%) Java
2 61 (14.84%) SQL
3 53 (12.90%) Python
4 29 (7.06%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.84%) C#
6 21 (5.11%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.68%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.95%) Scala
9 7 (1.70%) Bash
10 6 (1.46%) C++
10 6 (1.46%) Ruby
11 5 (1.22%) Go
12 4 (0.97%) Perl
13 3 (0.73%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.73%) R
13 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.49%) Korn
14 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 72 (17.52%) Security Cleared
2 50 (12.17%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.44%) Degree
4 28 (6.81%) PMI Certification
5 27 (6.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.65%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.65%) PMP
7 14 (3.41%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.43%) SAFe Agilist
10 9 (2.19%) CBAP
11 7 (1.70%) MBA
12 6 (1.46%) CISSP
13 5 (1.22%) CISA
13 5 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.97%) CSPO
14 4 (0.97%) ISEB
14 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (17.03%) QA
2 30 (7.30%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.62%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.92%) GDPR
4 12 (2.92%) PMO
5 10 (2.43%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.19%) PSD2
7 7 (1.70%) Basel III
8 6 (1.46%) ISO 8583
9 5 (1.22%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (1.22%) GRC
9 5 (1.22%) NIST
9 5 (1.22%) WCAG
10 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.73%) COBIT
11 3 (0.73%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.73%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
System Software
1 34 (8.27%) Docker
2 3 (0.73%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.49%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (10.22%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.84%) Terraform
3 20 (4.87%) Grafana
4 16 (3.89%) Ansible
5 7 (1.70%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.22%) Rancher
7 4 (0.97%) Argo
7 4 (0.97%) Consul
7 4 (0.97%) Packer
8 3 (0.73%) Nagios
8 3 (0.73%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.24%) Podman
9 1 (0.24%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.24%) vMotion
9 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 46 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.60%) Oracle
3 13 (3.16%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.92%) Atlassian
4 12 (2.92%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.68%) Databricks
6 7 (1.70%) CA Agile Central
7 6 (1.46%) Sparx
8 5 (1.22%) SAP
8 5 (1.22%) Splunk
9 4 (0.97%) Cisco
9 4 (0.97%) Google
9 4 (0.97%) Spotify
9 4 (0.97%) VMware
10 3 (0.73%) Arista
10 3 (0.73%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.73%) OneLogin
10 3 (0.73%) PagerDuty
10 3 (0.73%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.73%) Rapid7