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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 227 214
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 -37
Contract jobs citing Kanban 541 349 478
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.14% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.26% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 238 333
10th Percentile £363 £347 £367
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -8.09% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £590
90th Percentile £661 £679 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £470 £503
% change year-on-year +1.70% -6.47% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £43.38 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £63.56 £48.75 £45.88
Median hourly rate £73.75 £63.00 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.06% -5.97% -16.25%
75th Percentile £75.00 £76.88 £74.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £78.13 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - +11.94% -7.59%

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 43,435 27,782 37,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.96% 90.94% 85.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,037 17,554 23,597
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £414 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -4.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 2,605 1,350 2,559
10th Percentile £14.74 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.44 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +2.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.95 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +75.84% -34.42% +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 29 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 29 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Top 17 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 29 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 +11 450 £505 +1.00% 134
UK excluding London +8 277 £478 +1.70% 97
London -21 216 £550 +3.29% 57
Work from Home -46 135 £500 +13.64% 68
North of England -23 82 £455 +13.63% 32
Midlands -20 59 £467 -3.25% 14
West Midlands -22 51 £475 -5.00% 13
South East -42 49 £575 +16.40% 27
Scotland +7 47 £466 +3.50% 3
North West -22 36 £494 +23.44% 17
Yorkshire -40 27 £500 +25.00% 8
North East -18 19 £450 -20.00% 7
East of England -9 18 £475 - 7
South West -23 18 £475 -11.63% 10
East Midlands -13 7 £401 +2.17% 1
Wales -18 4 £513 +1.23% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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
1 126 (23.29%) Confluence
2 26 (4.81%) CMS
3 23 (4.25%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.66%) Apache
4 9 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.11%) SAS
5 6 (1.11%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.74%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.18%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 17 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.96%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.66%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.29%) Trello
6 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.55%) Notion
8 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Magento
2 4 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.37%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.37%) Shopify
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.18%) Primavera
5 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 172 (31.79%) Azure
2 141 (26.06%) AWS
3 87 (16.08%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (7.58%) Amazon S3
5 40 (7.39%) Power Platform
6 33 (6.10%) GCP
7 28 (5.18%) GitHub
8 26 (4.81%) Serverless
9 25 (4.62%) Amazon SQS
10 20 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 19 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (2.96%) AWS KMS
13 16 (2.96%) Route 53
14 15 (2.77%) Miro
15 11 (2.03%) SaaS
15 11 (2.03%) Snowflake
16 10 (1.85%) Firebase
17 9 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.03%) Network Security
2 10 (1.85%) Firewall
3 6 (1.11%) HTTP
4 4 (0.74%) MQTT
5 3 (0.55%) BGP
5 3 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.55%) NGFW
5 3 (0.55%) OSPF
5 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.37%) DNS
7 1 (0.18%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.18%) DHCP
7 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.18%) RS-232
7 1 (0.18%) RS-422
7 1 (0.18%) SAN
7 1 (0.18%) SONET
7 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.21%) NoSQL
2 34 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (5.55%) Power BI
4 28 (5.18%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.44%) MongoDB
6 22 (4.07%) SQL Server
7 21 (3.88%) Amazon Aurora
8 18 (3.33%) Relational Database
9 16 (2.96%) DynamoDB
10 13 (2.40%) Big Data
10 13 (2.40%) Hadoop
11 12 (2.22%) Data Lake
12 11 (2.03%) Tableau
13 10 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.29%) Metadata
14 7 (1.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (1.11%) Looker
16 5 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 177 (32.72%) JIRA
2 69 (12.75%) Jenkins
3 67 (12.38%) Git
4 31 (5.73%) Postman
5 30 (5.55%) GitLab
6 20 (3.70%) Selenium
6 20 (3.70%) SonarQube
7 18 (3.33%) Mockito
8 17 (3.14%) Maven
9 16 (2.96%) JUnit
10 12 (2.22%) DbUnit
11 11 (2.03%) jMock
12 10 (1.85%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.85%) fastlane
13 9 (1.66%) Android Studio
13 9 (1.66%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (1.48%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.48%) Xcode
15 6 (1.11%) Subversion
General
1 226 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 132 (24.40%) Public Sector
3 122 (22.55%) Finance
4 103 (19.04%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.87%) Banking
6 35 (6.47%) Marketing
7 23 (4.25%) Retail
8 17 (3.14%) Legal
9 16 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.66%) Automotive
12 9 (1.66%) Front Office
12 9 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.92%) Aviation
13 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.92%) Local Government
13 5 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 95 (17.56%) Analyst
2 71 (13.12%) Developer
3 58 (10.72%) Scrum Master
4 57 (10.54%) Senior
5 54 (9.98%) Business Analyst
6 49 (9.06%) Delivery Manager
7 40 (7.39%) Lead
8 36 (6.65%) Project Manager
9 30 (5.55%) Data Engineer
10 29 (5.36%) Java Developer
11 27 (4.99%) Product Owner
12 23 (4.25%) Technical Analyst
13 22 (4.07%) Architect
14 15 (2.77%) Software Engineer
15 14 (2.59%) Senior Developer
15 14 (2.59%) Systems Analyst
16 13 (2.40%) Security Engineer
17 12 (2.22%) Agile Coach
17 12 (2.22%) Product Manager
17 12 (2.22%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.06%) RESTful
2 38 (7.02%) Spring
3 36 (6.65%) REST
4 34 (6.28%) Spring Boot
5 21 (3.88%) Node.js
6 20 (3.70%) AngularJS
7 19 (3.51%) .NET
7 19 (3.51%) Kafka
7 19 (3.51%) Web Services
8 17 (3.14%) HTML
8 17 (3.14%) SOAP
9 16 (2.96%) ActiveMQ
9 16 (2.96%) CSS
9 16 (2.96%) Hibernate
9 16 (2.96%) JPA
9 16 (2.96%) React
9 16 (2.96%) Spring Batch
9 16 (2.96%) Spring Integration
10 15 (2.77%) AWS CDK
10 15 (2.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 158 (29.21%) Product Ownership
2 41 (7.58%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.99%) Onboarding
4 23 (4.25%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.14%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.40%) Mobile App
9 11 (2.03%) PMI
10 10 (1.85%) Life Science
11 9 (1.66%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.29%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.29%) NHS
13 7 (1.29%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.11%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.11%) Wiki
15 5 (0.92%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.84%) Linux
2 12 (2.22%) Android
3 10 (1.85%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.66%) Unix
4 9 (1.66%) Windows
5 6 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (96.30%) Agile
2 471 (87.06%) Scrum
3 204 (37.71%) DevOps
4 160 (29.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 153 (28.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 151 (27.91%) CI/CD
7 120 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (20.89%) Sprint Planning
9 104 (19.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 87 (16.08%) Microservices
11 84 (15.53%) User Stories
12 83 (15.34%) Decision-Making
13 79 (14.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 77 (14.23%) TDD
15 76 (14.05%) Test Automation
16 72 (13.31%) Roadmaps
17 71 (13.12%) Sprint Retrospective
18 69 (12.75%) Acceptance Criteria
19 68 (12.57%) Analytics
20 62 (11.46%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 113 (20.89%) SQL
2 94 (17.38%) Java
3 76 (14.05%) Python
4 36 (6.65%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.44%) C#
6 20 (3.70%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.59%) Shell Script
8 12 (2.22%) Kotlin
9 10 (1.85%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.66%) Scala
11 8 (1.48%) Swift
12 7 (1.29%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.11%) Go
13 6 (1.11%) Perl
14 5 (0.92%) R
15 4 (0.74%) Bash
15 4 (0.74%) Bicep
15 4 (0.74%) C++
15 4 (0.74%) Rust
Qualifications
1 140 (25.88%) Security Cleared
2 113 (20.89%) SC Cleared
3 56 (10.35%) Degree
4 31 (5.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.88%) PMI Certification
6 20 (3.70%) PMP
7 16 (2.96%) DV Cleared
8 15 (2.77%) CISSP
9 13 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.48%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.11%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.11%) CISM
12 6 (1.11%) SAFe Agilist
13 5 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.92%) CSPO
13 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (14.23%) QA
2 33 (6.10%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.14%) GDPR
4 15 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.59%) PMO
6 13 (2.40%) WCAG
7 11 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.66%) NIST
9 8 (1.48%) GxP
10 7 (1.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 5 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.92%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.92%) SLA
12 4 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.74%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.74%) NCSC
12 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (9.24%) Docker
2 9 (1.66%) Postfix
3 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.55%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.37%) vSphere
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.91%) Grafana
3 27 (4.99%) Terraform
4 11 (2.03%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.85%) Ansible
6 5 (0.92%) Kibana
7 4 (0.74%) Podman
7 4 (0.74%) Puppet
8 3 (0.55%) CASB
8 3 (0.55%) Foglight
9 2 (0.37%) Rancher
10 1 (0.18%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.18%) PTC Integrity
10 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) vMotion
10 1 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 51 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.10%) Oracle
3 26 (4.81%) Atlassian
4 18 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 17 (3.14%) Splunk
6 15 (2.77%) Jaspersoft
7 14 (2.59%) Databricks
7 14 (2.59%) Dynatrace
7 14 (2.59%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.40%) Google
8 13 (2.40%) SAP
9 8 (1.48%) IBM
10 7 (1.29%) Bloomberg
10 7 (1.29%) Refinitiv
11 6 (1.11%) CA Agile Central
11 6 (1.11%) Cisco
11 6 (1.11%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.92%) Apple
12 5 (0.92%) New Relic
12 5 (0.92%) VMware