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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 211 223
Rank change year-on-year -59 +12 -22
Contract jobs citing Kanban 531 420 424
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.27% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.41% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 299 308
10th Percentile £388 £340 £359
25th Percentile £425 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -2.06% -0.39%
75th Percentile £596 £588 £591
90th Percentile £673 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £34.20 £38.85 £63.20
25th Percentile £47.24 £51.00 £64.25
Median hourly rate £69.75 £75.00 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +7.91% -18.24%
75th Percentile £74.69 £77.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £78.25 £74.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £69.50
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.91% -18.24%

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 45,630 29,844 33,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.69% 90.49% 85.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,001 18,599 21,039
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.54%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £728 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,875 1,760 1,727
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.29 £17.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £67.86 £47.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.74 £42.05
% change year-on-year +93.36% -45.93% +12.12%

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 23 August 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 -54 441 £525 +5.00% 160
UK excluding London -37 244 £500 +11.11% 119
London -63 226 £550 - 68
Work from Home -49 135 £525 +12.30% 95
North of England -47 79 £500 +19.05% 40
Midlands -25 47 £467 +9.11% 14
West Midlands -21 42 £475 -5.00% 10
South East -45 42 £600 +23.08% 30
Scotland -9 39 £475 -5.00% 3
North West -34 30 £568 +42.00% 21
North East -16 28 £450 -20.00% 9
Yorkshire -61 21 £500 +11.11% 10
East of England -4 17 £438 -11.26% 4
South West -28 16 £498 +17.06% 24
Wales -19 4 £513 +9.33% 5
East Midlands -25 4 £402 +12.29% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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
1 127 (23.92%) Confluence
2 18 (3.39%) CMS
3 16 (3.01%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.51%) Apache
6 6 (1.13%) SAS
7 5 (0.94%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.69%) Trello
5 5 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.75%) Notion
7 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.51%) Magento
2 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.56%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.56%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.38%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.19%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 183 (34.46%) Azure
2 145 (27.31%) AWS
3 96 (18.08%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (7.53%) Amazon S3
5 36 (6.78%) GCP
5 36 (6.78%) Power Platform
6 32 (6.03%) GitHub
7 25 (4.71%) Serverless
8 21 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (3.77%) Amazon SQS
10 19 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
11 18 (3.39%) Snowflake
12 13 (2.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (2.45%) Miro
12 13 (2.45%) SaaS
13 12 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (2.26%) AWS KMS
14 11 (2.07%) Route 53
15 10 (1.88%) Firebase
16 9 (1.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.88%) Network Security
2 7 (1.32%) Firewall
3 4 (0.75%) MQTT
4 3 (0.56%) NGFW
5 2 (0.38%) DNS
5 2 (0.38%) HTTP
6 1 (0.19%) BGP
6 1 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.19%) MPLS
6 1 (0.19%) OSPF
6 1 (0.19%) RS-232
6 1 (0.19%) RS-422
6 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.19%) SONET
6 1 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.19%) VPN
6 1 (0.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (5.65%) NoSQL
3 28 (5.27%) Power BI
4 25 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (4.52%) MongoDB
6 19 (3.58%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (2.07%) DynamoDB
7 11 (2.07%) Tableau
8 10 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.69%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.51%) Big Data
11 6 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.13%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.94%) Apache Hudi
12 5 (0.94%) Data Hub
12 5 (0.94%) Looker
13 4 (0.75%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.75%) Presto
Development Applications
1 189 (35.59%) JIRA
2 74 (13.94%) Jenkins
3 53 (9.98%) Git
4 36 (6.78%) GitLab
5 22 (4.14%) Postman
6 21 (3.95%) Selenium
7 19 (3.58%) SonarQube
8 14 (2.64%) JUnit
9 13 (2.45%) Maven
9 13 (2.45%) Mockito
10 12 (2.26%) Cypress.io
11 10 (1.88%) fastlane
12 9 (1.69%) Subversion
13 8 (1.51%) DbUnit
13 8 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (1.32%) Bitbucket Server
14 7 (1.32%) Cucumber
14 7 (1.32%) jMock
14 7 (1.32%) Zephyr
15 6 (1.13%) Android Studio
General
1 232 (43.69%) Social Skills
2 146 (27.50%) Public Sector
3 128 (24.11%) Finance
4 99 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (8.66%) Banking
6 41 (7.72%) Marketing
7 26 (4.90%) Retail
8 24 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.07%) Legal
12 11 (2.07%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.88%) Front Office
14 6 (1.13%) Local Government
15 5 (0.94%) Games
15 5 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.94%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.75%) Aviation
16 4 (0.75%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (17.51%) Analyst
2 66 (12.43%) Developer
3 55 (10.36%) Scrum Master
4 54 (10.17%) Senior
5 52 (9.79%) Business Analyst
5 52 (9.79%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (6.97%) Lead
6 37 (6.97%) Project Manager
7 33 (6.21%) Product Owner
8 27 (5.08%) Architect
9 25 (4.71%) Data Engineer
9 25 (4.71%) Technical Analyst
10 20 (3.77%) Java Developer
11 19 (3.58%) Product Manager
12 15 (2.82%) Agile Coach
12 15 (2.82%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 15 (2.82%) Senior Developer
13 14 (2.64%) Systems Analyst
14 12 (2.26%) Senior Manager
14 12 (2.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.10%) RESTful
2 38 (7.16%) REST
3 32 (6.03%) Spring
4 31 (5.84%) Terraform
5 30 (5.65%) Spring Boot
6 23 (4.33%) Kafka
7 16 (3.01%) CSS
7 16 (3.01%) HTML
7 16 (3.01%) Node.js
8 15 (2.82%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.64%) ActiveMQ
9 14 (2.64%) SOAP
9 14 (2.64%) Web Services
10 13 (2.45%) AWS CDK
10 13 (2.45%) Hibernate
10 13 (2.45%) JPA
11 12 (2.26%) JSON
11 12 (2.26%) Playwright
12 11 (2.07%) Spring Batch
12 11 (2.07%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 162 (30.51%) Product Ownership
2 41 (7.72%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.26%) Life Science
8 12 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.26%) PMI
9 10 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.88%) NHS
10 8 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.32%) Replication
12 6 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.94%) Mainframe
13 5 (0.94%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.65%) Linux
2 12 (2.26%) Android
3 9 (1.69%) Unix
4 7 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.94%) Windows
6 2 (0.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (97.55%) Agile
2 474 (89.27%) Scrum
3 211 (39.74%) DevOps
4 190 (35.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 151 (28.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 142 (26.74%) CI/CD
7 137 (25.80%) Sprint Planning
8 114 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
9 112 (21.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 95 (17.89%) User Stories
11 92 (17.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 86 (16.20%) Decision-Making
13 81 (15.25%) Sprint Retrospective
14 78 (14.69%) Acceptance Criteria
15 77 (14.50%) Roadmaps
16 75 (14.12%) Microservices
17 72 (13.56%) Test Automation
18 70 (13.18%) TDD
19 69 (12.99%) Analytics
20 61 (11.49%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (16.20%) SQL
2 85 (16.01%) Java
3 73 (13.75%) Python
4 30 (5.65%) JavaScript
5 25 (4.71%) TypeScript
6 18 (3.39%) Scala
7 14 (2.64%) C#
8 12 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.69%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.32%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.13%) Bash
12 5 (0.94%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.94%) R
12 5 (0.94%) Swift
13 4 (0.75%) Rust
14 3 (0.56%) C++
15 2 (0.38%) Bicep
15 2 (0.38%) Go
15 2 (0.38%) Groovy
15 2 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 136 (25.61%) Security Cleared
2 108 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 66 (12.43%) Degree
4 37 (6.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (4.52%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.39%) DV Cleared
7 16 (3.01%) PMP
8 15 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.51%) CISSP
9 8 (1.51%) CSPO
10 7 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.13%) SAFe Agilist
12 5 (0.94%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.75%) IIBA
13 4 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.56%) CBAP
14 3 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.56%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.99%) QA
2 38 (7.16%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.39%) WCAG
4 14 (2.64%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.26%) PMO
6 10 (1.88%) GxP
7 8 (1.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 8 (1.51%) NIST
8 7 (1.32%) GDPR
8 7 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.13%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.56%) SLA
12 2 (0.38%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (9.04%) Docker
2 8 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.13%) Postfix
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.21%) Grafana
3 11 (2.07%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.51%) Ansible
4 8 (1.51%) Kibana
4 8 (1.51%) Puppet
5 4 (0.75%) Podman
6 3 (0.56%) CASB
7 2 (0.38%) Argo
7 2 (0.38%) Control-M
7 2 (0.38%) Foglight
7 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.38%) Rancher
8 1 (0.19%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.90%) Oracle
3 23 (4.33%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.95%) Atlassian
5 19 (3.58%) Splunk
6 17 (3.20%) Databricks
6 17 (3.20%) Google
7 14 (2.64%) Dynatrace
7 14 (2.64%) SAP
8 13 (2.45%) IBM
9 11 (2.07%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.88%) Jaspersoft
11 7 (1.32%) Bloomberg
11 7 (1.32%) Refinitiv
12 5 (0.94%) Apple
12 5 (0.94%) BMC
12 5 (0.94%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (0.94%) Workday
13 4 (0.75%) New Relic
13 4 (0.75%) Talend