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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 211 215
Rank change year-on-year -27 +4 -24
Contract jobs citing Kanban 569 404 448
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.23% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.36% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 288 320
10th Percentile £377 £340 £365
25th Percentile £425 £407 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £497 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% -5.33% +1.94%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £593
90th Percentile £650 £677 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +3.99% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 4
10th Percentile £34.20 £38.85 £50.87
25th Percentile £47.24 £51.00 £58.35
Median hourly rate £69.75 £75.00 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +7.91% -13.13%
75th Percentile £74.69 £77.50 £75.88
90th Percentile £77.00 £78.25 £78.35
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 45,167 29,748 33,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.91% 90.41% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,886 18,653 21,488
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
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 2,759 1,659 1,873
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.47 £17.30 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.05 £40.94
% change year-on-year +90.72% -43.70% +3.38%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -26 481 £517 +3.34% 254
UK excluding London -9 273 £489 +3.99% 152
London -18 245 £548 +1.62% 124
Work from Home -45 146 £521 +15.74% 157
North of England -35 81 £494 +16.31% 57
Midlands -22 61 £467 +3.74% 16
West Midlands -16 56 £475 -5.00% 10
South East -43 49 £600 +21.46% 36
Scotland +1 43 £463 -6.94% 9
North West -37 32 £538 +31.10% 31
Yorkshire -58 25 £500 +11.86% 15
North East -16 24 £450 -20.00% 12
South West -32 19 £483 +0.26% 21
East of England 0 16 £425 -10.53% 5
Wales -13 4 £513 +7.89% 8
East Midlands -17 4 £402 +12.29% 6
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
1 131 (23.02%) Confluence
2 21 (3.69%) CMS
3 19 (3.34%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.93%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.05%) Apache
6 6 (1.05%) SAS
7 5 (0.88%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.70%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.18%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 24 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.58%) Trello
4 7 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.70%) Notion
6 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.41%) Magento
2 5 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.53%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.53%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.35%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.35%) Shopify
6 1 (0.18%) Primavera
6 1 (0.18%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.18%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 196 (34.45%) Azure
2 149 (26.19%) AWS
3 101 (17.75%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (8.08%) Power Platform
5 44 (7.73%) Amazon S3
6 38 (6.68%) GCP
7 28 (4.92%) Serverless
8 25 (4.39%) Amazon SQS
9 23 (4.04%) GitHub
10 20 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
12 17 (2.99%) AWS KMS
13 16 (2.81%) Route 53
13 16 (2.81%) Snowflake
14 15 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (2.64%) Miro
15 10 (1.76%) Firebase
15 10 (1.76%) SaaS
16 9 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.76%) Network Security
2 7 (1.23%) Firewall
3 4 (0.70%) MQTT
4 3 (0.53%) NGFW
5 2 (0.35%) DNS
5 2 (0.35%) FTP
5 2 (0.35%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) BGP
6 1 (0.18%) DHCP
6 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.18%) MPLS
6 1 (0.18%) OSPF
6 1 (0.18%) RS-232
6 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.18%) SONET
6 1 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.98%) NoSQL
3 33 (5.80%) Power BI
4 30 (5.27%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (5.27%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.22%) MongoDB
6 22 (3.87%) Amazon Aurora
7 20 (3.51%) SQL Server
8 16 (2.81%) DynamoDB
9 13 (2.28%) Tableau
10 12 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.76%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.76%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (1.58%) Big Data
12 9 (1.58%) Looker
13 7 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 194 (34.09%) JIRA
2 81 (14.24%) Jenkins
3 66 (11.60%) Git
4 37 (6.50%) GitLab
5 24 (4.22%) Postman
5 24 (4.22%) SonarQube
6 19 (3.34%) JUnit
6 19 (3.34%) Selenium
7 18 (3.16%) Maven
7 18 (3.16%) Mockito
8 12 (2.11%) DbUnit
9 11 (1.93%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.93%) jMock
10 10 (1.76%) fastlane
11 9 (1.58%) Android Studio
11 9 (1.58%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (1.58%) Subversion
12 8 (1.41%) Cucumber
12 8 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
12 8 (1.41%) Xcode
General
1 245 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 151 (26.54%) Public Sector
3 136 (23.90%) Finance
4 107 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.91%) Banking
6 41 (7.21%) Marketing
7 24 (4.22%) Retail
8 23 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (2.11%) Legal
12 11 (1.93%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.76%) Front Office
14 7 (1.23%) Local Government
15 6 (1.05%) Automotive
15 6 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.88%) Games
16 5 (0.88%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (17.05%) Analyst
2 73 (12.83%) Developer
3 59 (10.37%) Scrum Master
3 59 (10.37%) Senior
4 56 (9.84%) Delivery Manager
5 53 (9.31%) Business Analyst
6 48 (8.44%) Lead
7 36 (6.33%) Project Manager
8 32 (5.62%) Data Engineer
8 32 (5.62%) Product Owner
9 28 (4.92%) Java Developer
10 26 (4.57%) Technical Analyst
11 22 (3.87%) Architect
12 17 (2.99%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 16 (2.81%) Product Manager
13 16 (2.81%) Senior Developer
14 14 (2.46%) Agile Coach
14 14 (2.46%) Systems Analyst
15 13 (2.28%) Security Engineer
16 12 (2.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.73%) RESTful
2 41 (7.21%) REST
3 39 (6.85%) Spring
4 37 (6.50%) Spring Boot
5 23 (4.04%) Kafka
6 22 (3.87%) AngularJS
6 22 (3.87%) Node.js
7 19 (3.34%) ActiveMQ
7 19 (3.34%) SOAP
7 19 (3.34%) Web Services
8 18 (3.16%) Hibernate
8 18 (3.16%) JPA
8 18 (3.16%) JSON
9 16 (2.81%) CSS
9 16 (2.81%) HTML
9 16 (2.81%) Spring Batch
9 16 (2.81%) Spring Cloud
9 16 (2.81%) Spring Integration
10 15 (2.64%) .NET
11 14 (2.46%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 159 (27.94%) Product Ownership
2 45 (7.91%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
4 20 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.64%) Virtual Team
7 13 (2.28%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.11%) Life Science
8 12 (2.11%) PMI
9 11 (1.93%) NHS
10 9 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.23%) Replication
12 7 (1.23%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.05%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.05%) Wiki
14 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.85%) Linux
2 14 (2.46%) Android
3 10 (1.76%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.76%) Unix
4 9 (1.58%) Windows
5 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (95.96%) Agile
2 499 (87.70%) Scrum
3 225 (39.54%) DevOps
4 188 (33.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 166 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 151 (26.54%) CI/CD
7 133 (23.37%) Sprint Planning
8 127 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
9 114 (20.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 94 (16.52%) User Stories
11 91 (15.99%) Decision-Making
11 91 (15.99%) Microservices
12 90 (15.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 82 (14.41%) Sprint Retrospective
14 80 (14.06%) Acceptance Criteria
14 80 (14.06%) TDD
15 79 (13.88%) Roadmaps
16 74 (13.01%) Analytics
16 74 (13.01%) Test Automation
17 67 (11.78%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.80%) SQL
2 95 (16.70%) Java
3 79 (13.88%) Python
4 34 (5.98%) JavaScript
5 26 (4.57%) TypeScript
6 21 (3.69%) C#
7 14 (2.46%) Kotlin
8 13 (2.28%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.11%) Shell Script
10 11 (1.93%) Scala
11 8 (1.41%) Swift
12 7 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.23%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.05%) Bash
13 6 (1.05%) Bicep
14 5 (0.88%) R
15 4 (0.70%) Perl
15 4 (0.70%) Rust
16 3 (0.53%) C++
16 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 119 (20.91%) SC Cleared
3 64 (11.25%) Degree
4 41 (7.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (4.39%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.16%) PMP
7 17 (2.99%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.46%) CISSP
8 14 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.23%) CSPO
11 6 (1.05%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.05%) CISM
11 6 (1.05%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.88%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.88%) IIBA
12 5 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (13.71%) QA
2 34 (5.98%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.99%) WCAG
4 16 (2.81%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.46%) PMO
6 13 (2.28%) GDPR
7 11 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.76%) GxP
9 9 (1.58%) NIST
10 8 (1.41%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 5 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.88%) SLA
12 4 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.70%) NCSC
12 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 55 (9.67%) Docker
2 9 (1.58%) Postfix
3 7 (1.23%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (8.08%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.62%) Grafana
3 27 (4.75%) Terraform
4 11 (1.93%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.41%) Kibana
6 7 (1.23%) Ansible
7 6 (1.05%) Puppet
8 4 (0.70%) Podman
9 3 (0.53%) CASB
9 3 (0.53%) Foglight
10 2 (0.35%) Argo
10 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.35%) Rancher
11 1 (0.18%) PTC Integrity
11 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.62%) Oracle
3 24 (4.22%) Atlassian
4 20 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.16%) SAP
6 17 (2.99%) Google
7 16 (2.81%) Splunk
8 15 (2.64%) Databricks
8 15 (2.64%) Jaspersoft
8 15 (2.64%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.46%) Dynatrace
10 13 (2.28%) IBM
11 7 (1.23%) Bloomberg
11 7 (1.23%) Refinitiv
11 7 (1.23%) Workday
12 6 (1.05%) CA Agile Central
13 5 (0.88%) Apple
13 5 (0.88%) BMC
13 5 (0.88%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.88%) Spotify