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 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 223 228
Rank change year-on-year -44 +5 -20
Contract jobs citing Kanban 513 403 422
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.23% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.36% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 287 316
10th Percentile £388 £340 £363
25th Percentile £425 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £596 £588
90th Percentile £675 £699 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +7.56% -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% -4.14%

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 45,746 29,585 32,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.53% 90.40% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,951 18,359 20,597
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,952 1,757 1,558
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.43
25th Percentile £17.62 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.94
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.43% +2.73%
75th Percentile £67.89 £45.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +87.80% -47.37% +11.25%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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 7 September 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 -43 423 £520 +4.00% 490
UK excluding London -25 241 £484 +7.56% 292
London -65 211 £550 - 249
Work from Home -35 137 £520 +4.00% 251
North of England -58 75 £477 +12.69% 100
Midlands -32 50 £475 +10.98% 39
West Midlands -14 45 £475 -5.00% 31
South East -51 42 £600 +23.71% 51
Scotland -15 39 £475 -5.00% 20
North East -11 29 £450 -20.00% 13
North West -47 28 £550 +37.50% 60
Yorkshire -64 18 £500 +11.11% 27
East of England -4 17 £438 -11.26% 14
South West -35 14 £498 +17.06% 49
Wales -16 4 £513 +9.33% 9
East Midlands -26 4 £402 +12.29% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 12

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
1 129 (25.15%) Confluence
2 16 (3.12%) CMS
3 13 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.75%) Apache
6 6 (1.17%) SAS
7 5 (0.97%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 27 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.56%) Trello
5 6 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.78%) Notion
7 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Magento
2 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.58%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.39%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.39%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.19%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 180 (35.09%) Azure
2 144 (28.07%) AWS
3 97 (18.91%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (7.41%) Power Platform
5 37 (7.21%) Amazon S3
6 36 (7.02%) GCP
7 34 (6.63%) GitHub
8 24 (4.68%) Serverless
9 20 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (3.51%) Amazon SQS
10 18 (3.51%) Snowflake
11 15 (2.92%) SaaS
12 12 (2.34%) Miro
13 11 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (1.95%) AWS KMS
14 10 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.17%) Network Security
2 4 (0.78%) MQTT
3 3 (0.58%) Firewall
3 3 (0.58%) HTTP
4 2 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) AMQP
5 1 (0.19%) BGP
5 1 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.19%) MPLS
5 1 (0.19%) OSPF
5 1 (0.19%) RS-232
5 1 (0.19%) RS-422
5 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.19%) SONET
5 1 (0.19%) SSL
5 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (5.46%) Power BI
3 26 (5.07%) MongoDB
4 25 (4.87%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.68%) NoSQL
6 20 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (3.31%) Amazon Aurora
8 16 (3.12%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.14%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.14%) Tableau
10 9 (1.75%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.56%) Big Data
11 8 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.36%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.97%) Apache Hudi
13 5 (0.97%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.97%) Data Hub
13 5 (0.97%) Looker
14 4 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (0.78%) Presto
Development Applications
1 193 (37.62%) JIRA
2 77 (15.01%) Jenkins
3 55 (10.72%) Git
4 37 (7.21%) GitLab
5 23 (4.48%) SonarQube
6 21 (4.09%) Selenium
7 20 (3.90%) Postman
8 18 (3.51%) JUnit
8 18 (3.51%) Maven
9 17 (3.31%) Mockito
10 12 (2.34%) Cypress.io
11 10 (1.95%) fastlane
12 9 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (1.75%) Subversion
13 7 (1.36%) DbUnit
13 7 (1.36%) Zephyr
14 6 (1.17%) Android Studio
14 6 (1.17%) Bitbucket Server
14 6 (1.17%) Cucumber
14 6 (1.17%) jMock
General
1 230 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 146 (28.46%) Public Sector
3 122 (23.78%) Finance
4 98 (19.10%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (7.80%) Banking
5 40 (7.80%) Marketing
6 28 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (4.87%) Retail
8 21 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (1.95%) Legal
11 10 (1.95%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.36%) Front Office
13 5 (0.97%) Games
13 5 (0.97%) Local Government
13 5 (0.97%) Military
13 5 (0.97%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (17.74%) Analyst
2 70 (13.65%) Developer
3 56 (10.92%) Senior
4 52 (10.14%) Scrum Master
5 51 (9.94%) Business Analyst
6 49 (9.55%) Delivery Manager
7 37 (7.21%) Lead
8 32 (6.24%) Project Manager
9 31 (6.04%) Product Owner
10 26 (5.07%) Architect
11 24 (4.68%) Technical Analyst
12 23 (4.48%) Data Engineer
12 23 (4.48%) Java Developer
13 20 (3.90%) Senior Developer
14 19 (3.70%) Product Manager
15 15 (2.92%) Agile Coach
16 13 (2.53%) Systems Analyst
16 13 (2.53%) Technical Manager
17 12 (2.34%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 12 (2.34%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.75%) RESTful
2 40 (7.80%) REST
3 35 (6.82%) Spring
4 34 (6.63%) Spring Boot
5 33 (6.43%) Terraform
6 23 (4.48%) Kafka
7 19 (3.70%) AngularJS
8 18 (3.51%) ActiveMQ
8 18 (3.51%) SOAP
9 17 (3.31%) CSS
9 17 (3.31%) Hibernate
9 17 (3.31%) HTML
9 17 (3.31%) JPA
9 17 (3.31%) Web Services
10 15 (2.92%) Node.js
10 15 (2.92%) Spring Cloud
11 12 (2.34%) AWS CDK
11 12 (2.34%) JSON
12 11 (2.14%) Playwright
12 11 (2.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 158 (30.80%) Product Ownership
2 39 (7.60%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.34%) Life Science
7 12 (2.34%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.14%) PMI
9 10 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.75%) NHS
11 8 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.36%) Replication
13 6 (1.17%) Blog
13 6 (1.17%) Management Information System
14 5 (0.97%) Mainframe
14 5 (0.97%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.85%) Linux
2 12 (2.34%) Android
3 10 (1.95%) Unix
4 7 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.17%) Windows
6 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.19%) VMS
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (97.66%) Agile
2 456 (88.89%) Scrum
3 205 (39.96%) DevOps
4 187 (36.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 157 (30.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 144 (28.07%) Sprint Planning
7 139 (27.10%) CI/CD
8 112 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
9 106 (20.66%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 100 (19.49%) User Stories
11 90 (17.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 82 (15.98%) Decision-Making
12 82 (15.98%) Sprint Retrospective
13 75 (14.62%) Microservices
14 74 (14.42%) Acceptance Criteria
15 73 (14.23%) Roadmaps
16 72 (14.04%) Test Automation
17 71 (13.84%) TDD
18 69 (13.45%) Analytics
19 66 (12.87%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.18%) Java
2 72 (14.04%) SQL
3 61 (11.89%) Python
4 31 (6.04%) JavaScript
5 30 (5.85%) TypeScript
6 19 (3.70%) Scala
7 14 (2.73%) C#
8 13 (2.53%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.75%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.17%) Bash
10 6 (1.17%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.97%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.97%) Swift
12 4 (0.78%) Rust
13 3 (0.58%) C++
13 3 (0.58%) R
14 2 (0.39%) Bicep
14 2 (0.39%) Groovy
14 2 (0.39%) SOQL
15 1 (0.19%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 135 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 110 (21.44%) SC Cleared
3 62 (12.09%) Degree
4 38 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.31%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.56%) PMP
9 7 (1.36%) CSPO
10 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.17%) SAFe Agilist
11 5 (0.97%) CISSP
11 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.78%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.58%) CBAP
13 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.58%) IIBA
13 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (14.04%) QA
2 39 (7.60%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.90%) WCAG
4 14 (2.73%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.95%) GxP
6 8 (1.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 8 (1.56%) PMO
7 6 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.78%) GDPR
8 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.78%) NIST
9 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.39%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.39%) SEPA
10 2 (0.39%) SLA
10 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.19%) GRC
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 50 (9.75%) Docker
2 8 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.97%) Postfix
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (8.19%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.60%) Grafana
3 17 (3.31%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.56%) Ansible
4 8 (1.56%) Kibana
4 8 (1.56%) Puppet
5 4 (0.78%) Podman
6 2 (0.39%) Argo
6 2 (0.39%) Control-M
6 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.19%) Foglight
7 1 (0.19%) logstash
7 1 (0.19%) PTC Integrity
7 1 (0.19%) Rancher
7 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.68%) Oracle
3 23 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.09%) Atlassian
5 17 (3.31%) Google
6 16 (3.12%) Databricks
6 16 (3.12%) Splunk
7 14 (2.73%) Dynatrace
8 13 (2.53%) IBM
9 12 (2.34%) SAP
10 9 (1.75%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.56%) Jaspersoft
12 6 (1.17%) Workday
13 5 (0.97%) Apple
13 5 (0.97%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.97%) BMC
13 5 (0.97%) Refinitiv
14 4 (0.78%) Adobe
14 4 (0.78%) Remedy
14 4 (0.78%) VMware