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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 243 233
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 -85
Contract jobs citing Kanban 406 323 435
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.02% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.16% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 222 332
10th Percentile £358 £363 £394
25th Percentile £409 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £600
90th Percentile £692 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -1.70% -1.33% +0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £31.21 £52.55
25th Percentile - £37.34 £53.38
Median hourly rate - £50.24 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.29% -23.20%
75th Percentile - £65.69 £59.88
90th Percentile - £73.36 £61.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £73.23 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +30.76% -28.13%

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 31,821 27,941 37,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.79% 88.66% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,057 16,962 24,992
10th Percentile £304 £306 £304
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £744 £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,969 885 1,593
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.62 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.48 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%
75th Percentile £56.00 £61.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.49 £74.82 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.11 £43.90
% change year-on-year -20.86% -31.42% +59.64%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +16 334 £514 -0.72% 441
London +51 195 £545 +1.87% 95
UK excluding London -46 158 £492 -1.70% 410
Work from Home -51 87 £509 +11.76% 188
North of England -15 52 £500 - 88
Midlands -17 36 £400 -27.73% 51
Scotland -18 27 £525 +15.01% 12
Yorkshire -21 27 £500 - 38
South East -46 25 £500 - 124
East Midlands - 25 £358 - 35
North West -16 22 £402 -5.41% 42
South West -15 13 £568 +4.13% 57
West Midlands -32 11 £513 -7.41% 15
Wales 0 5 £509 -1.88% 17
North East -4 5 £545 +29.76% 8
East of England -20 5 £450 +9.09% 64

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 86 (21.18%) Confluence
2 6 (1.48%) Apache
3 5 (1.23%) nginx
4 4 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.99%) CMS
4 4 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.49%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.49%) Mule
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 13 (3.20%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.22%) Trello
4 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.49%) Sketch
7 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.48%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.49%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.25%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 88 (21.67%) Azure
2 71 (17.49%) AWS
3 51 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (9.36%) GitHub
5 35 (8.62%) Power Platform
6 32 (7.88%) GCP
7 22 (5.42%) Serverless
8 20 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (4.19%) Snowflake
10 14 (3.45%) Amazon S3
10 14 (3.45%) Miro
11 13 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.72%) Figma
14 7 (1.72%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.48%) HTTP
2 2 (0.49%) AMQP
2 2 (0.49%) DNS
2 2 (0.49%) DSL
2 2 (0.49%) FTP
2 2 (0.49%) VPN
3 1 (0.25%) Firewall
3 1 (0.25%) Internet
3 1 (0.25%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.65%) Power BI
2 17 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.94%) MongoDB
4 15 (3.69%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.20%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.71%) Metadata
6 11 (2.71%) Snowflake Schema
7 10 (2.46%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.46%) Data Vault
8 8 (1.97%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.97%) Tableau
9 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.99%) Big Data
10 4 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.99%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.99%) MySQL
10 4 (0.99%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.99%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 141 (34.73%) JIRA
2 54 (13.30%) Git
3 40 (9.85%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.40%) GitLab
5 17 (4.19%) Cucumber
6 16 (3.94%) Bitbucket
7 14 (3.45%) Postman
8 12 (2.96%) Selenium
9 10 (2.46%) ERwin
10 9 (2.22%) ER Studio
10 9 (2.22%) PowerDesigner
11 8 (1.97%) TeamCity
12 7 (1.72%) Zephyr
13 6 (1.48%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.48%) REST Assured
14 5 (1.23%) Mockito
14 5 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
15 4 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.99%) ScalaTest
16 3 (0.74%) ScriptRunner
General
1 170 (41.87%) Social Skills
2 98 (24.14%) Finance
3 61 (15.02%) Public Sector
4 45 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (10.10%) Banking
6 20 (4.93%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (4.43%) Front Office
8 10 (2.46%) Retail
9 9 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.22%) Legal
10 8 (1.97%) Corporate Banking
10 8 (1.97%) Marketing
10 8 (1.97%) Retail Banking
11 7 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.99%) Billing
14 4 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (18.72%) Analyst
2 61 (15.02%) Developer
3 53 (13.05%) Business Analyst
4 42 (10.34%) Project Manager
5 37 (9.11%) Senior
6 35 (8.62%) Delivery Manager
7 33 (8.13%) Scrum Master
8 28 (6.90%) Java Developer
9 24 (5.91%) Lead
10 14 (3.45%) Agile Project Manager
11 12 (2.96%) Data Modeller
11 12 (2.96%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.71%) Product Manager
12 11 (2.71%) Senior Manager
12 11 (2.71%) Technical Analyst
13 10 (2.46%) Product Owner
13 10 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (2.22%) DevOps Engineer
14 9 (2.22%) Payments Business Analyst
14 9 (2.22%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.59%) REST
2 28 (6.90%) React
3 21 (5.17%) Kafka
4 19 (4.68%) HTML
5 16 (3.94%) AngularJS
6 15 (3.69%) CSS
6 15 (3.69%) Node.js
7 14 (3.45%) RESTful
7 14 (3.45%) Spring
8 13 (3.20%) Playwright
8 13 (3.20%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.71%) .NET
9 11 (2.71%) AWS CDK
9 11 (2.71%) JSON
10 10 (2.46%) OAuth
11 8 (1.97%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (1.97%) JWT
11 8 (1.97%) PyTorch
11 8 (1.97%) Web Services
12 6 (1.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (23.65%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.42%) PMI
3 21 (5.17%) Data Structures
3 21 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.94%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.69%) Algorithms
6 14 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.96%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.97%) Derivative
9 6 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.48%) FMCG
9 6 (1.48%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.48%) NHS
10 5 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.23%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.23%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.91%) Linux
2 20 (4.93%) Windows
3 13 (3.20%) Unix
4 4 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.49%) Android
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.49%) VMS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (96.55%) Agile
2 374 (92.12%) Scrum
3 115 (28.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 108 (26.60%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 105 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (25.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 100 (24.63%) DevOps
8 93 (22.91%) CI/CD
9 71 (17.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 69 (17.00%) User Stories
11 66 (16.26%) Roadmaps
11 66 (16.26%) Sprint Planning
12 64 (15.76%) Test Automation
13 52 (12.81%) TDD
14 49 (12.07%) Project Management
15 47 (11.58%) Microservices
16 46 (11.33%) Coaching
16 46 (11.33%) Project Delivery
17 45 (11.08%) Analytics
18 42 (10.34%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 74 (18.23%) Java
2 55 (13.55%) SQL
3 53 (13.05%) Python
4 27 (6.65%) JavaScript
5 23 (5.67%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.17%) C#
7 11 (2.71%) Bash
7 11 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.97%) C++
9 7 (1.72%) Ruby
9 7 (1.72%) Scala
10 4 (0.99%) Perl
11 3 (0.74%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.49%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.49%) Go
12 2 (0.49%) Korn
12 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.49%) R
12 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.25%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 63 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.84%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.59%) Degree
4 24 (5.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (5.91%) PMI Certification
5 15 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.45%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.71%) PMP
8 9 (2.22%) CBAP
8 9 (2.22%) SAFe Agilist
9 7 (1.72%) MBA
10 5 (1.23%) CISSP
10 5 (1.23%) CSPO
11 4 (0.99%) CISA
11 4 (0.99%) ISEB
11 4 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.74%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.78%) QA
2 26 (6.40%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.69%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.46%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.22%) PMO
5 9 (2.22%) PSD2
6 8 (1.97%) GDPR
7 7 (1.72%) Basel III
8 6 (1.48%) ISO 8583
9 5 (1.23%) GRC
9 5 (1.23%) NIST
9 5 (1.23%) WCAG
10 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.74%) COBIT
11 3 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.74%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.74%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
System Software
1 46 (11.33%) Docker
2 5 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) KVM
Systems Management
1 50 (12.32%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.16%) Terraform
3 18 (4.43%) Ansible
4 17 (4.19%) Grafana
5 6 (1.48%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.23%) Rancher
7 4 (0.99%) Argo
7 4 (0.99%) Consul
7 4 (0.99%) Nagios
7 4 (0.99%) Packer
7 4 (0.99%) Podman
8 3 (0.74%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.74%) SELinux
9 2 (0.49%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.49%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.25%) Puppet
10 1 (0.25%) SCCM
10 1 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 56 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.17%) Oracle
3 13 (3.20%) Atlassian
3 13 (3.20%) Salesforce
3 13 (3.20%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.46%) Databricks
5 7 (1.72%) CA Agile Central
6 6 (1.48%) Sparx
7 5 (1.23%) Google
7 5 (1.23%) SAP
8 4 (0.99%) OneLogin
8 4 (0.99%) Splunk
8 4 (0.99%) Spotify
9 3 (0.74%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.74%) IBM
9 3 (0.74%) Informatica
9 3 (0.74%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.74%) Rapid7
9 3 (0.74%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.49%) Murex