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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 233 242
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 -83
Contract jobs citing Kanban 458 333 422
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.10% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.23% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 224 305
10th Percentile £358 £364 £388
25th Percentile £413 £414 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.10% -2.29%
75th Percentile £588 £577 £600
90th Percentile £675 £654 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.19% -0.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
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% -32.99%
75th Percentile - £55.62 £71.88
90th Percentile - £69.33 £77.50
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 35,552 27,150 38,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.77% 89.86% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,564 16,816 25,267
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 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 854 2,192
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £33.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.91% -2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £60.90 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.43 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.81% -9.26% -

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 24 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 24 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 +23 381 £519 +1.22% 189
UK excluding London -25 210 £475 -5.00% 155
London +29 205 £535 +1.90% 59
Work from Home -39 108 £500 +9.53% 137
North of England -28 58 £475 +1.33% 52
Midlands -18 50 £450 -21.74% 15
South East -46 39 £525 +5.00% 57
Scotland -2 34 £466 +4.96% 3
West Midlands -35 30 £483 -16.09% 14
North West -13 29 £421 -3.77% 28
Yorkshire -40 23 £525 +5.00% 20
East Midlands -10 20 £358 - 1
South West -12 20 £525 -7.08% 18
East of England -17 9 £513 +24.30% 9
North East -7 8 £541 - 4
Wales -6 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 96 (20.96%) Confluence
2 14 (3.06%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.97%) Apache
3 9 (1.97%) CMS
4 5 (1.09%) nginx
4 5 (1.09%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 20 (4.37%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.31%) Trello
3 5 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.44%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.09%) 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%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 109 (23.80%) Azure
2 91 (19.87%) AWS
3 57 (12.45%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (9.61%) Power Platform
5 34 (7.42%) GCP
6 33 (7.21%) GitHub
7 22 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (4.15%) Serverless
9 18 (3.93%) Amazon S3
10 15 (3.28%) Miro
10 15 (3.28%) Snowflake
11 14 (3.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (2.84%) Amazon SQS
13 11 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (2.18%) SaaS
15 8 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.75%) Figma
16 7 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.75%) HTTP
2 6 (1.31%) Firewall
3 3 (0.66%) BGP
3 3 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.66%) DNS
3 3 (0.66%) FTP
3 3 (0.66%) Network Security
3 3 (0.66%) OSPF
3 3 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.22%) DHCP
4 1 (0.22%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.22%) Internet
4 1 (0.22%) SAN
4 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.21%) Power BI
2 25 (5.46%) NoSQL
3 21 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.37%) MongoDB
4 20 (4.37%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.49%) Metadata
6 15 (3.28%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.62%) Hadoop
7 12 (2.62%) Snowflake Schema
8 11 (2.40%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.97%) Big Data
10 8 (1.75%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.75%) Data Vault
10 8 (1.75%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.75%) Tableau
11 7 (1.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 153 (33.41%) JIRA
2 66 (14.41%) Git
3 35 (7.64%) Jenkins
4 26 (5.68%) GitLab
5 18 (3.93%) Postman
6 16 (3.49%) Cucumber
7 12 (2.62%) Bitbucket
8 11 (2.40%) Mockito
9 10 (2.18%) Selenium
10 9 (1.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.97%) ERwin
11 8 (1.75%) ER Studio
11 8 (1.75%) JUnit
11 8 (1.75%) Maven
11 8 (1.75%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (1.53%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.31%) TeamCity
14 5 (1.09%) Cypress.io
14 5 (1.09%) ScalaTest
14 5 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 173 (37.77%) Social Skills
2 109 (23.80%) Finance
3 73 (15.94%) Public Sector
4 63 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (9.61%) Banking
6 24 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (3.71%) Front Office
8 12 (2.62%) Retail
9 11 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.40%) Legal
10 10 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.97%) Corporate Banking
11 9 (1.97%) Retail Banking
12 8 (1.75%) Marketing
13 6 (1.31%) Automotive
14 5 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.66%) Aviation
16 3 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 71 (15.50%) Analyst
2 65 (14.19%) Developer
3 52 (11.35%) Business Analyst
4 51 (11.14%) Senior
5 45 (9.83%) Project Manager
6 41 (8.95%) Delivery Manager
7 40 (8.73%) Scrum Master
8 35 (7.64%) Lead
9 34 (7.42%) Java Developer
10 19 (4.15%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.49%) Software Engineer
12 14 (3.06%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.84%) Agile Project Manager
13 13 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (2.62%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.62%) Product Manager
15 11 (2.40%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (2.40%) Technical Analyst
16 10 (2.18%) Data Modeller
16 10 (2.18%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (9.17%) REST
2 29 (6.33%) React
3 28 (6.11%) Spring
4 27 (5.90%) Spring Boot
5 21 (4.59%) Kafka
6 20 (4.37%) RESTful
7 19 (4.15%) AngularJS
7 19 (4.15%) Node.js
8 18 (3.93%) JSON
9 16 (3.49%) .NET
10 15 (3.28%) HTML
11 13 (2.84%) CSS
11 13 (2.84%) Playwright
12 11 (2.40%) Web Services
12 11 (2.40%) XML
13 9 (1.97%) AWS CDK
14 8 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
15 7 (1.53%) FastAPI
15 7 (1.53%) OAuth
15 7 (1.53%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 111 (24.24%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.33%) Cloud Native
3 26 (5.68%) PMI
4 25 (5.46%) Onboarding
5 21 (4.59%) Data Structures
6 20 (4.37%) Virtual Team
7 17 (3.71%) Algorithms
8 15 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.84%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.75%) Derivative
12 7 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.53%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.53%) Wiki
13 5 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.09%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.09%) FMCG
13 5 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.77%) Linux
2 21 (4.59%) Windows
3 11 (2.40%) Unix
4 7 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.87%) Android
6 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.44%) VMS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (94.76%) Agile
2 401 (87.55%) Scrum
3 131 (28.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 122 (26.64%) DevOps
4 122 (26.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
6 114 (24.89%) CI/CD
7 110 (24.02%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 71 (15.50%) Roadmaps
9 70 (15.28%) Test Automation
10 69 (15.07%) TDD
11 67 (14.63%) User Stories
12 63 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 60 (13.10%) Analytics
13 60 (13.10%) Sprint Planning
14 56 (12.23%) Microservices
15 53 (11.57%) Project Management
16 52 (11.35%) Decision-Making
17 49 (10.70%) Acceptance Criteria
18 47 (10.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 84 (18.34%) SQL
2 81 (17.69%) Java
3 61 (13.32%) Python
4 32 (6.99%) C#
5 30 (6.55%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.93%) TypeScript
7 17 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.97%) Bash
8 9 (1.97%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.75%) Perl
9 8 (1.75%) Scala
10 7 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.53%) Go
10 7 (1.53%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.53%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.31%) C++
11 6 (1.31%) Ruby
12 4 (0.87%) Bicep
12 4 (0.87%) R
13 3 (0.66%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 94 (20.52%) Security Cleared
2 69 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 56 (12.23%) Degree
4 31 (6.77%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (3.93%) PMP
7 16 (3.49%) DV Cleared
7 16 (3.49%) Master's Degree
8 15 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.62%) CISSP
10 10 (2.18%) SAFe Agilist
11 8 (1.75%) CBAP
11 8 (1.75%) CISM
11 8 (1.75%) MBA
12 7 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 6 (1.31%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.09%) CISA
14 5 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (17.69%) QA
2 29 (6.33%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.15%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.28%) GDPR
5 14 (3.06%) PMO
6 10 (2.18%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.75%) Basel III
7 8 (1.75%) ISO 8583
7 8 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.53%) NIST
9 6 (1.31%) PSD2
10 5 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (1.09%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.87%) GRC
12 3 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.66%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.66%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.66%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (8.95%) Docker
2 3 (0.66%) Postfix
2 3 (0.66%) VMware NSX
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 45 (9.83%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.33%) Terraform
3 23 (5.02%) Grafana
4 13 (2.84%) Ansible
5 7 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.09%) Rancher
7 4 (0.87%) Argo
7 4 (0.87%) Consul
7 4 (0.87%) Packer
8 3 (0.66%) Nagios
8 3 (0.66%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.22%) Foglight
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 51 (11.14%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.46%) Oracle
3 16 (3.49%) Atlassian
3 16 (3.49%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.62%) Databricks
5 11 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.18%) SAP
7 9 (1.97%) CA Agile Central
7 9 (1.97%) Splunk
8 7 (1.53%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.31%) Jaspersoft
9 6 (1.31%) Spotify
10 5 (1.09%) Cisco
10 5 (1.09%) Sparx
11 4 (0.87%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.87%) VMware
12 3 (0.66%) Arista
12 3 (0.66%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.66%) PagerDuty
12 3 (0.66%) Rapid7