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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 268 222
Rank change year-on-year +45 -46 -78
Contract jobs citing Kanban 464 345 510
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.30% 0.95% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.09% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 245 365
10th Percentile £358 £356 £400
25th Percentile £411 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £600
90th Percentile £698 £707 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £503
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.58% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £32.78 - £54.20
25th Percentile £35.81 £27.13 £57.50
Median hourly rate £41.25 £27.25 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.38% -67.94% +30.77%
75th Percentile £46.31 £27.38 -
90th Percentile £49.13 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 - £85.00
% change year-on-year - - +24.83%

All Process and 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 32,027 31,522 40,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.46% 86.80% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,051 18,965 27,382
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,103 1,143 1,561
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.27
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.15 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.69% -26.97% +48.33%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 +50 390 £500 - 195
London +71 232 £550 +3.04% 52
UK excluding London -9 180 £475 -3.06% 175
Work from Home -4 118 £508 +8.21% 164
North of England -11 58 £475 -5.00% 32
Midlands -3 37 £419 -16.25% 19
Yorkshire -7 36 £488 -2.50% 9
Scotland -11 32 £538 +19.57% 10
South East -36 27 £480 -4.00% 61
East Midlands +9 23 £360 - 9
North West -11 18 £400 -5.88% 22
West Midlands -14 14 £470 -15.09% 10
South West +4 13 £544 +3.57% 22
Wales +5 10 £475 -7.32% 9
North East -5 4 £545 +32.93% 1
East of England -18 4 £459 +11.27% 21

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 82 (17.67%) Confluence
2 7 (1.51%) CMS
3 6 (1.29%) Apache
3 6 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.08%) nginx
5 4 (0.86%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.86%) Mule
6 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.43%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.22%) JBoss
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.37%) Trello
4 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.43%) Sketch
8 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.22%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.22%) Finacle
5 1 (0.22%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 119 (25.65%) Azure
2 95 (20.47%) AWS
3 63 (13.58%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (9.91%) GCP
5 43 (9.27%) GitHub
6 34 (7.33%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.82%) Serverless
8 23 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (4.53%) Snowflake
10 17 (3.66%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (3.45%) Miro
12 13 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (2.37%) SaaS
14 10 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.94%) Amazon SQS
16 8 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (1.72%) Figma
16 8 (1.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.08%) DNS
1 5 (1.08%) HTTP
1 5 (1.08%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.86%) AMQP
2 4 (0.86%) DSL
2 4 (0.86%) Firewall
3 3 (0.65%) NAS
3 3 (0.65%) SAN
4 2 (0.43%) SSL
4 2 (0.43%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.43%) VPN
5 1 (0.22%) FTP
5 1 (0.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.82%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (5.60%) Power BI
3 16 (3.45%) Tableau
4 14 (3.02%) NoSQL
5 13 (2.80%) MongoDB
6 11 (2.37%) Snowflake Schema
7 10 (2.16%) Data Vault
7 10 (2.16%) Metadata
7 10 (2.16%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.72%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.51%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.29%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.29%) MySQL
10 6 (1.29%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.08%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 156 (33.62%) JIRA
2 71 (15.30%) Git
3 62 (13.36%) Jenkins
4 28 (6.03%) Postman
5 25 (5.39%) GitLab
6 17 (3.66%) Selenium
7 16 (3.45%) Bitbucket
7 16 (3.45%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.37%) SoapUI
9 10 (2.16%) ERwin
9 10 (2.16%) JUnit
10 9 (1.94%) ER Studio
10 9 (1.94%) PowerDesigner
11 8 (1.72%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.72%) Zephyr
12 7 (1.51%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.51%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.29%) Maven
13 6 (1.29%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.29%) Subversion
General
1 211 (45.47%) Social Skills
2 109 (23.49%) Finance
3 65 (14.01%) Public Sector
4 56 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (7.11%) Banking
6 23 (4.96%) Front Office
7 20 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.37%) Financial Institution
9 11 (2.37%) Retail
10 10 (2.16%) Marketing
10 10 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.29%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.08%) Legal
14 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.86%) Billing
16 3 (0.65%) Local Government
16 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (18.53%) Analyst
2 79 (17.03%) Developer
3 55 (11.85%) Business Analyst
4 46 (9.91%) Senior
5 41 (8.84%) Project Manager
6 34 (7.33%) Delivery Manager
7 33 (7.11%) Scrum Master
8 28 (6.03%) Java Developer
8 28 (6.03%) Lead
9 15 (3.23%) Agile Project Manager
10 13 (2.80%) Architect
10 13 (2.80%) Test Analyst
11 12 (2.59%) Data Modeller
11 12 (2.59%) Senior Manager
11 12 (2.59%) Software Engineer
11 12 (2.59%) Technical Analyst
12 11 (2.37%) Angular Developer
12 11 (2.37%) Python Developer
12 11 (2.37%) Senior Developer
13 10 (2.16%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.64%) REST
2 34 (7.33%) React
3 28 (6.03%) HTML
3 28 (6.03%) Kafka
4 26 (5.60%) CSS
5 25 (5.39%) AngularJS
6 23 (4.96%) Spring
7 22 (4.74%) Spring Boot
8 20 (4.31%) RESTful
9 18 (3.88%) .NET
10 17 (3.66%) Playwright
11 15 (3.23%) SOAP
12 14 (3.02%) OAuth
12 14 (3.02%) Web Services
13 13 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
14 12 (2.59%) JSON
14 12 (2.59%) Middleware
15 11 (2.37%) AWS CDK
15 11 (2.37%) FIX Protocol
15 11 (2.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 90 (19.40%) Product Ownership
2 26 (5.60%) Data Structures
3 24 (5.17%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (4.96%) Cloud Native
5 20 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (4.31%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.88%) Algorithms
7 15 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (3.02%) PMI
8 14 (3.02%) Virtual Team
9 13 (2.80%) Derivative
10 11 (2.37%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.94%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.51%) NHS
14 6 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.29%) FMCG
15 5 (1.08%) Reinsurance
16 4 (0.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.68%) Linux
2 20 (4.31%) Windows
3 10 (2.16%) Unix
4 7 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.86%) VMS
6 3 (0.65%) Android
6 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (96.34%) Agile
2 421 (90.73%) Scrum
3 134 (28.88%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (26.94%) CI/CD
4 125 (26.94%) DevOps
5 117 (25.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (22.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 100 (21.55%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 80 (17.24%) Test Automation
9 70 (15.09%) Microservices
9 70 (15.09%) User Stories
10 69 (14.87%) Roadmaps
11 66 (14.22%) Sprint Planning
11 66 (14.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (14.22%) TDD
12 52 (11.21%) Project Delivery
13 47 (10.13%) Project Management
14 46 (9.91%) Analytics
15 44 (9.48%) Decision-Making
15 44 (9.48%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 92 (19.83%) Java
2 79 (17.03%) Python
3 64 (13.79%) SQL
4 43 (9.27%) JavaScript
5 37 (7.97%) C#
6 24 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.31%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.09%) C++
9 11 (2.37%) Bash
10 10 (2.16%) Go
11 7 (1.51%) Ruby
12 6 (1.29%) Groovy
13 4 (0.86%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.86%) DataWeave
13 4 (0.86%) Perl
13 4 (0.86%) Scala
13 4 (0.86%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.43%) Korn
14 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 61 (13.15%) Security Cleared
2 53 (11.42%) Degree
3 42 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (4.09%) CISSP
5 19 (4.09%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.66%) CISM
7 11 (2.37%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.16%) CISA
8 10 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.94%) CBAP
9 9 (1.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 8 (1.72%) ISTQB
11 7 (1.51%) PMP
12 5 (1.08%) CSPO
13 4 (0.86%) ISEB
13 4 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.65%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (12.50%) QA
2 20 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.45%) NIST
4 15 (3.23%) PCI DSS
5 14 (3.02%) Accessibility
6 12 (2.59%) GDPR
7 11 (2.37%) PMO
8 9 (1.94%) COBIT
8 9 (1.94%) NIST 800
8 9 (1.94%) PSD2
9 8 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (1.51%) GRC
11 6 (1.29%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.86%) WCAG
13 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.22%) Basel III
14 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 62 (13.36%) Docker
2 7 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.65%) Postfix
3 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.65%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.65%) vSphere
4 2 (0.43%) KVM
Systems Management
1 61 (13.15%) Kubernetes
2 35 (7.54%) Terraform
3 25 (5.39%) Ansible
4 18 (3.88%) Grafana
5 10 (2.16%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.94%) RSA Archer
7 5 (1.08%) Puppet
8 4 (0.86%) Consul
8 4 (0.86%) Packer
8 4 (0.86%) Rancher
9 3 (0.65%) Nagios
9 3 (0.65%) Podman
9 3 (0.65%) SELinux
9 3 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.65%) vRealize
10 2 (0.43%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.43%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.53%) ServiceNow
3 19 (4.09%) Oracle
4 16 (3.45%) Google
5 15 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.02%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.94%) CyberArk
8 8 (1.72%) Alteryx
8 8 (1.72%) BeyondTrust
8 8 (1.72%) CA Agile Central
8 8 (1.72%) Rapid7
8 8 (1.72%) SAP
8 8 (1.72%) Thycotic
9 7 (1.51%) Databricks
10 6 (1.29%) Sparx
10 6 (1.29%) Splunk
11 5 (1.08%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.08%) OneLogin
11 5 (1.08%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.86%) Bloomberg