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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 236 245
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -82
Contract jobs citing Kanban 451 336 425
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.09% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.21% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 226 307
10th Percentile £358 £363 £388
25th Percentile £413 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% -2.75%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £676 £650 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £25.81 -
25th Percentile - £26.66 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £37.63 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +99.34% -17.99% -42.65%
75th Percentile - £55.62 £62.50
90th Percentile - £69.33 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £60.61 £45.88
% change year-on-year +23.74% +32.11% -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 35,472 27,688 38,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.86% 89.76% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,461 17,051 25,269
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -1.84% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,140 862 2,156
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%
75th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.41% -13.00% -

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 20 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 20 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 0 371 £500 -1.57% 351
UK excluding London -43 205 £475 -5.00% 301
London +27 202 £538 +3.12% 88
Work from Home -47 109 £500 +11.11% 179
North of England -28 54 £458 +4.69% 80
Midlands -15 48 £450 -21.74% 31
Scotland -10 37 £470 +8.36% 7
South East -51 37 £525 +5.00% 103
North West -5 29 £402 +9.54% 42
West Midlands -28 28 £483 -16.09% 18
East Midlands -7 20 £358 - 13
South West -9 19 £525 -7.08% 36
Yorkshire -53 19 £525 +5.00% 30
East of England -20 10 £493 +19.52% 36
North East -8 8 £541 - 8
Wales -4 5 £509 -3.05% 11

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 96 (21.29%) Confluence
2 10 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.22%) CMS
3 9 (2.00%) Apache
4 5 (1.11%) nginx
4 5 (1.11%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.67%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (4.43%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.33%) Trello
3 5 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.44%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Payment Gateway
2 7 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.22%) Finacle
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 102 (22.62%) Azure
2 86 (19.07%) AWS
3 56 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (9.76%) Power Platform
5 34 (7.54%) GitHub
6 33 (7.32%) GCP
7 23 (5.10%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (4.88%) Serverless
9 19 (4.21%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.55%) Miro
11 15 (3.33%) Snowflake
12 14 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (3.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
13 11 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (2.22%) SaaS
15 8 (1.77%) Figma
16 7 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.77%) HTTP
2 5 (1.11%) Firewall
3 3 (0.67%) BGP
3 3 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.67%) DNS
3 3 (0.67%) FTP
3 3 (0.67%) OSPF
3 3 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.44%) Network Security
5 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.22%) Internet
5 1 (0.22%) SAN
5 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.32%) Power BI
2 21 (4.66%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.43%) MongoDB
4 19 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.77%) SQL Server
6 16 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.55%) Metadata
7 15 (3.33%) Data Lake
8 12 (2.66%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (2.22%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (2.00%) Big Data
11 8 (1.77%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.77%) Data Vault
11 8 (1.77%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.77%) Tableau
12 7 (1.55%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 151 (33.48%) JIRA
2 62 (13.75%) Git
3 33 (7.32%) Jenkins
4 26 (5.76%) GitLab
5 19 (4.21%) Postman
6 16 (3.55%) Cucumber
7 12 (2.66%) Bitbucket
8 10 (2.22%) Selenium
9 9 (2.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (2.00%) ERwin
9 9 (2.00%) Mockito
10 8 (1.77%) ER Studio
10 8 (1.77%) PowerDesigner
11 6 (1.33%) JUnit
11 6 (1.33%) Maven
11 6 (1.33%) TeamCity
12 5 (1.11%) ScalaTest
12 5 (1.11%) SonarQube
12 5 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.89%) Zephyr
General
1 174 (38.58%) Social Skills
2 107 (23.73%) Finance
3 73 (16.19%) Public Sector
4 58 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (9.98%) Banking
6 24 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (3.99%) Front Office
8 12 (2.66%) Legal
8 12 (2.66%) Retail
9 11 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.00%) Corporate Banking
10 9 (2.00%) Marketing
10 9 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.00%) Retail Banking
11 6 (1.33%) Automotive
12 5 (1.11%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.89%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.89%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.67%) Aviation
14 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 71 (15.74%) Analyst
2 66 (14.63%) Developer
3 51 (11.31%) Business Analyst
4 48 (10.64%) Senior
5 45 (9.98%) Project Manager
6 42 (9.31%) Scrum Master
7 37 (8.20%) Delivery Manager
8 33 (7.32%) Java Developer
8 33 (7.32%) Lead
9 15 (3.33%) Data Engineer
9 15 (3.33%) Software Engineer
10 14 (3.10%) Senior Manager
11 13 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (2.66%) Agile Project Manager
12 12 (2.66%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
14 10 (2.22%) Data Modeller
14 10 (2.22%) Product Owner
15 9 (2.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (8.65%) REST
2 29 (6.43%) React
3 27 (5.99%) Spring
4 26 (5.76%) Spring Boot
5 20 (4.43%) Kafka
6 19 (4.21%) RESTful
7 18 (3.99%) JSON
7 18 (3.99%) Node.js
8 17 (3.77%) .NET
8 17 (3.77%) AngularJS
9 15 (3.33%) HTML
10 13 (2.88%) CSS
11 12 (2.66%) Playwright
12 11 (2.44%) AWS CDK
12 11 (2.44%) XML
13 9 (2.00%) PyTorch
13 9 (2.00%) Web Services
14 8 (1.77%) FIX Protocol
15 7 (1.55%) FastAPI
15 7 (1.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 114 (25.28%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.54%) PMI
3 23 (5.10%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.88%) Cloud Native
5 21 (4.66%) Data Structures
6 19 (4.21%) Virtual Team
7 17 (3.77%) Algorithms
8 14 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (3.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (2.88%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.77%) Derivative
11 7 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.55%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.55%) Wiki
12 6 (1.33%) NHS
13 5 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.11%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.11%) FMCG
13 5 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.43%) Linux
2 21 (4.66%) Windows
3 11 (2.44%) Unix
4 7 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.89%) Android
5 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.44%) VMS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (94.90%) Agile
2 396 (87.80%) Scrum
3 136 (30.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 116 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (25.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 115 (25.50%) DevOps
6 112 (24.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 108 (23.95%) CI/CD
8 67 (14.86%) Roadmaps
8 67 (14.86%) Test Automation
8 67 (14.86%) User Stories
9 66 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 66 (14.63%) TDD
10 63 (13.97%) Sprint Planning
11 56 (12.42%) Microservices
12 55 (12.20%) Analytics
13 53 (11.75%) Project Management
14 51 (11.31%) Decision-Making
15 48 (10.64%) Acceptance Criteria
16 46 (10.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 81 (17.96%) Java
2 75 (16.63%) SQL
3 57 (12.64%) Python
4 33 (7.32%) C#
5 31 (6.87%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.21%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.33%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.77%) Perl
8 8 (1.77%) Scala
9 7 (1.55%) Bash
9 7 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.55%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.55%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.55%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.33%) C++
10 6 (1.33%) Go
10 6 (1.33%) Ruby
11 4 (0.89%) Bicep
12 3 (0.67%) R
12 3 (0.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 90 (19.96%) Security Cleared
2 66 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 50 (11.09%) Degree
4 29 (6.43%) PMI Certification
5 23 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (3.55%) PMP
7 15 (3.33%) DV Cleared
7 15 (3.33%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.22%) SAFe Agilist
10 9 (2.00%) CISSP
11 8 (1.77%) CBAP
11 8 (1.77%) MBA
12 7 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.55%) CISM
12 7 (1.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (1.11%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.11%) CISA
13 5 (1.11%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (18.63%) QA
2 29 (6.43%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.21%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.88%) GDPR
5 11 (2.44%) PMO
6 10 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.77%) Basel III
7 8 (1.77%) ISO 8583
7 8 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.33%) PSD2
9 5 (1.11%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (1.11%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (1.11%) NIST
10 4 (0.89%) GRC
10 4 (0.89%) WCAG
11 3 (0.67%) COBIT
11 3 (0.67%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.44%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 42 (9.31%) Docker
2 3 (0.67%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.44%) Postfix
3 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.44%) vSphere
4 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.21%) Terraform
3 24 (5.32%) Grafana
4 13 (2.88%) Ansible
5 7 (1.55%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.11%) Rancher
7 4 (0.89%) Argo
7 4 (0.89%) Consul
7 4 (0.89%) Packer
8 3 (0.67%) Nagios
8 3 (0.67%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.22%) Podman
9 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.22%) vMotion
9 1 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 50 (11.09%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.32%) Oracle
3 15 (3.33%) Atlassian
3 15 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.44%) Databricks
4 11 (2.44%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.22%) SAP
6 8 (1.77%) CA Agile Central
7 6 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.33%) Spotify
8 5 (1.11%) Sparx
8 5 (1.11%) Splunk
9 4 (0.89%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.89%) Cisco
9 4 (0.89%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (0.89%) VMware
10 3 (0.67%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.67%) Informatica
10 3 (0.67%) Juniper
10 3 (0.67%) PagerDuty