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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 222 231
Rank change year-on-year -46 +9 -26
Contract jobs citing Kanban 508 410 426
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.25% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.39% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 292 310
10th Percentile £388 £340 £356
25th Percentile £425 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -1.09% +1.00%
75th Percentile £597 £589 £590
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.89% -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 45,367 29,590 33,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.58% 90.44% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,794 18,422 20,982
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% -3.67%
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 2,879 1,766 1,695
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.86
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £67.89 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +6.25%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -51 418 £515 +3.00% 157
UK excluding London -24 235 £490 +8.89% 100
London -63 212 £550 - 76
Work from Home -57 130 £515 +7.85% 83
North of England -65 74 £494 +17.56% 36
Midlands -34 44 £459 +7.24% 13
South East -49 41 £600 +23.08% 14
Scotland -9 40 £475 -4.43% 2
West Midlands -31 39 £475 -5.00% 10
North East -14 28 £450 -20.00% 10
North West -44 27 £563 +40.63% 16
Yorkshire -63 19 £500 +11.11% 10
East of England -10 17 £438 -11.26% 4
South West -33 15 £498 +17.06% 26
Wales -15 4 £513 +9.33% 4
East Midlands -25 4 £402 +12.29% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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
1 123 (24.21%) Confluence
2 18 (3.54%) CMS
3 14 (2.76%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.57%) Apache
6 6 (1.18%) SAS
7 5 (0.98%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.38%) Trello
6 5 (0.98%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.79%) Notion
8 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Magento
2 4 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.59%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.59%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.39%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.39%) Shopify
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
5 1 (0.20%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.20%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 175 (34.45%) Azure
2 137 (26.97%) AWS
3 93 (18.31%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (7.48%) Amazon S3
5 36 (7.09%) GCP
5 36 (7.09%) Power Platform
6 32 (6.30%) GitHub
7 25 (4.92%) Serverless
8 21 (4.13%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (3.54%) Amazon SQS
10 18 (3.54%) Snowflake
11 13 (2.56%) SaaS
12 12 (2.36%) Miro
13 11 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.97%) AWS KMS
14 10 (1.97%) Firebase
15 9 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.57%) Network Security
2 5 (0.98%) Firewall
3 4 (0.79%) MQTT
4 3 (0.59%) HTTP
5 2 (0.39%) DNS
5 2 (0.39%) NGFW
6 1 (0.20%) AMQP
6 1 (0.20%) BGP
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.20%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.20%) MPLS
6 1 (0.20%) OSPF
6 1 (0.20%) RS-232
6 1 (0.20%) RS-422
6 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.20%) SONET
6 1 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.20%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (5.51%) Power BI
3 26 (5.12%) NoSQL
4 24 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.72%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (3.35%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (2.17%) Tableau
8 10 (1.97%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.77%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.77%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.57%) Big Data
10 8 (1.57%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.98%) Apache Hudi
12 5 (0.98%) Data Hub
12 5 (0.98%) Looker
13 4 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (0.79%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.79%) Presto
Development Applications
1 183 (36.02%) JIRA
2 72 (14.17%) Jenkins
3 51 (10.04%) Git
4 36 (7.09%) GitLab
5 22 (4.33%) Postman
6 20 (3.94%) Selenium
7 17 (3.35%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.36%) JUnit
9 11 (2.17%) Cypress.io
9 11 (2.17%) Maven
9 11 (2.17%) Mockito
10 10 (1.97%) fastlane
11 9 (1.77%) Subversion
12 8 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
13 7 (1.38%) Cucumber
13 7 (1.38%) DbUnit
13 7 (1.38%) Zephyr
14 6 (1.18%) Android Studio
14 6 (1.18%) Bitbucket Server
14 6 (1.18%) jMock
General
1 229 (45.08%) Social Skills
2 140 (27.56%) Public Sector
3 120 (23.62%) Finance
4 96 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (8.46%) Banking
6 41 (8.07%) Marketing
7 26 (5.12%) Retail
8 23 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.17%) Legal
12 11 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.57%) Front Office
14 5 (0.98%) Games
14 5 (0.98%) Local Government
14 5 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.98%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.79%) Aviation
15 4 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (18.11%) Analyst
2 63 (12.40%) Developer
3 55 (10.83%) Scrum Master
4 51 (10.04%) Business Analyst
5 50 (9.84%) Senior
6 47 (9.25%) Delivery Manager
7 34 (6.69%) Lead
8 32 (6.30%) Product Owner
9 31 (6.10%) Project Manager
10 26 (5.12%) Architect
11 25 (4.92%) Technical Analyst
12 24 (4.72%) Data Engineer
13 19 (3.74%) Product Manager
14 18 (3.54%) Java Developer
15 15 (2.95%) Agile Coach
16 14 (2.76%) Senior Developer
16 14 (2.76%) Systems Analyst
17 12 (2.36%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 12 (2.36%) Technical Manager
18 11 (2.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.27%) RESTful
2 35 (6.89%) REST
3 30 (5.91%) Spring
3 30 (5.91%) Terraform
4 28 (5.51%) Spring Boot
5 22 (4.33%) Kafka
6 16 (3.15%) CSS
6 16 (3.15%) HTML
7 15 (2.95%) Node.js
8 13 (2.56%) AngularJS
8 13 (2.56%) AWS CDK
9 12 (2.36%) ActiveMQ
9 12 (2.36%) JSON
9 12 (2.36%) SOAP
9 12 (2.36%) Web Services
10 11 (2.17%) Hibernate
10 11 (2.17%) JPA
10 11 (2.17%) Playwright
11 10 (1.97%) React
11 10 (1.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 159 (31.30%) Product Ownership
2 32 (6.30%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.36%) Life Science
6 12 (2.36%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.17%) PMI
7 11 (2.17%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.77%) NHS
10 8 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.38%) Replication
12 5 (0.98%) Blog
12 5 (0.98%) Mainframe
12 5 (0.98%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.98%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.91%) Linux
2 12 (2.36%) Android
3 9 (1.77%) Unix
4 7 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.98%) Windows
6 2 (0.39%) VMS
7 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (97.64%) Agile
2 452 (88.98%) Scrum
3 203 (39.96%) DevOps
4 184 (36.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 150 (29.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 137 (26.97%) Sprint Planning
7 134 (26.38%) CI/CD
8 109 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
9 107 (21.06%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 93 (18.31%) User Stories
11 90 (17.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 82 (16.14%) Decision-Making
13 80 (15.75%) Sprint Retrospective
14 75 (14.76%) Acceptance Criteria
15 73 (14.37%) Roadmaps
16 72 (14.17%) Microservices
17 68 (13.39%) Test Automation
18 66 (12.99%) Analytics
18 66 (12.99%) TDD
19 62 (12.20%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 79 (15.55%) Java
2 78 (15.35%) SQL
3 65 (12.80%) Python
4 30 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.72%) TypeScript
6 18 (3.54%) Scala
7 14 (2.76%) C#
8 11 (2.17%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.77%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.98%) Bash
11 5 (0.98%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.98%) Swift
12 4 (0.79%) Rust
13 3 (0.59%) C++
13 3 (0.59%) R
14 2 (0.39%) Bicep
14 2 (0.39%) Groovy
14 2 (0.39%) SOQL
15 1 (0.20%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 132 (25.98%) Security Cleared
2 106 (20.87%) SC Cleared
3 62 (12.20%) Degree
4 37 (7.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (3.74%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.35%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.97%) PMP
9 8 (1.57%) CSPO
10 6 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.18%) SAFe Agilist
11 5 (0.98%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.98%) CISSP
11 5 (0.98%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.59%) CBAP
12 3 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.59%) IIBA
12 3 (0.59%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.39%) QA
2 37 (7.28%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.54%) WCAG
4 13 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.97%) GxP
6 9 (1.77%) PMO
7 8 (1.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.18%) NIST
9 5 (0.98%) GDPR
10 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.59%) SLA
11 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.39%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.39%) SEPA
11 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 44 (8.66%) Docker
2 7 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.98%) Postfix
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.10%) Grafana
3 10 (1.97%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.77%) Ansible
5 8 (1.57%) Kibana
5 8 (1.57%) Puppet
6 4 (0.79%) Podman
7 2 (0.39%) Argo
7 2 (0.39%) CASB
7 2 (0.39%) Control-M
7 2 (0.39%) Foglight
7 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.39%) Rancher
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 50 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.92%) Oracle
3 23 (4.53%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.94%) Atlassian
5 18 (3.54%) Splunk
6 17 (3.35%) Databricks
6 17 (3.35%) Google
7 14 (2.76%) Dynatrace
7 14 (2.76%) SAP
8 13 (2.56%) IBM
9 11 (2.17%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.57%) Jaspersoft
11 5 (0.98%) Apple
11 5 (0.98%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.98%) BMC
11 5 (0.98%) Refinitiv
11 5 (0.98%) Workday
12 4 (0.79%) Adobe
12 4 (0.79%) Remedy
12 4 (0.79%) Tenable