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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 235 229
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -90
Contract jobs citing Kanban 439 367 508
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.27% 1.00% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.17% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 263 362
10th Percentile £358 £360 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -5.87% -1.20% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £32.78 £63.20 £54.75
25th Percentile £35.81 £64.25 £64.13
Median hourly rate £41.25 £69.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.65% -18.24% +13.33%
75th Percentile £46.31 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £49.13 £74.20 £91.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £69.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -26.62% -18.24% +13.33%

All Process and 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 31,196 31,430 41,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.11% 86.05% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,528 18,901 27,760
10th Percentile £296 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,021 1,108 1,576
10th Percentile £14.41 £15.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.38 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +26.43%
75th Percentile £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -35.50% -20.90% +50.00%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

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 6 November 2025. 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 +53 374 £500 -0.05% 623
London +51 226 £550 +2.09% 288
UK excluding London -45 164 £465 -5.87% 494
Work from Home -17 112 £505 +7.39% 398
North of England -8 57 £460 -12.38% 96
Yorkshire -5 37 £475 -13.64% 32
Midlands -6 34 £425 -15.00% 36
Scotland -18 28 £525 +13.45% 12
South East -34 24 £465 -7.00% 241
East Midlands +2 20 £360 - 16
North West -12 18 £410 -3.53% 51
West Midlands -18 14 £495 -10.57% 19
South West +10 12 £550 +4.76% 52
Wales 0 5 £469 -8.54% 18
East of England -17 4 £459 +11.27% 33
North East -11 2 £544 +32.62% 13

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 78 (17.77%) Confluence
2 7 (1.59%) CMS
3 6 (1.37%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.14%) Apache
4 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.14%) nginx
5 4 (0.91%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.91%) Mule
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.23%) JBoss
8 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.73%) Trello
4 11 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (1.14%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.46%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.46%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.46%) Shopify
6 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.23%) Finacle
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MRS
6 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 115 (26.20%) Azure
2 91 (20.73%) AWS
3 62 (14.12%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (9.79%) GCP
5 39 (8.88%) GitHub
6 36 (8.20%) Power Platform
7 26 (5.92%) Serverless
8 20 (4.56%) Snowflake
9 19 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (4.10%) Amazon S3
10 18 (4.10%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (3.64%) Miro
12 13 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.96%) SaaS
13 11 (2.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (2.05%) Power Automate
15 9 (2.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.14%) Firewall
1 5 (1.14%) HTTP
1 5 (1.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.91%) AMQP
2 4 (0.91%) DNS
2 4 (0.91%) DSL
3 3 (0.68%) NAS
3 3 (0.68%) SAN
3 3 (0.68%) VPN
4 2 (0.46%) SSL
4 2 (0.46%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.23%) Internet
5 1 (0.23%) LAN
5 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (5.69%) Power BI
3 16 (3.64%) Tableau
4 13 (2.96%) MongoDB
5 12 (2.73%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.28%) Data Vault
6 10 (2.28%) Metadata
6 10 (2.28%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (2.05%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.05%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.59%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.59%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.37%) MySQL
11 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.91%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.68%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 155 (35.31%) JIRA
2 71 (16.17%) Git
3 59 (13.44%) Jenkins
4 22 (5.01%) GitLab
4 22 (5.01%) Postman
5 17 (3.87%) Selenium
6 15 (3.42%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.51%) JUnit
7 11 (2.51%) SoapUI
8 10 (2.28%) ERwin
9 9 (2.05%) Cucumber
9 9 (2.05%) ER Studio
9 9 (2.05%) PowerDesigner
10 8 (1.82%) Artifactory
11 7 (1.59%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.59%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.59%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.59%) Subversion
11 7 (1.59%) Zephyr
12 6 (1.37%) Maven
General
1 201 (45.79%) Social Skills
2 103 (23.46%) Finance
3 66 (15.03%) Public Sector
4 52 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.83%) Banking
6 22 (5.01%) Front Office
7 19 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.73%) Retail
9 11 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.51%) Marketing
9 11 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.28%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.14%) Legal
12 5 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.68%) Billing
13 3 (0.68%) Local Government
13 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (18.68%) Analyst
2 79 (18.00%) Developer
3 53 (12.07%) Business Analyst
4 48 (10.93%) Senior
5 37 (8.43%) Delivery Manager
5 37 (8.43%) Project Manager
6 32 (7.29%) Scrum Master
7 28 (6.38%) Java Developer
8 27 (6.15%) Lead
9 15 (3.42%) Agile Project Manager
10 14 (3.19%) Architect
11 12 (2.73%) Data Modeller
11 12 (2.73%) Senior Manager
11 12 (2.73%) Test Analyst
12 11 (2.51%) Angular Developer
12 11 (2.51%) Python Developer
12 11 (2.51%) Senior Developer
12 11 (2.51%) Technical Analyst
13 10 (2.28%) Software Engineer
13 10 (2.28%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (12.30%) REST
2 32 (7.29%) React
3 28 (6.38%) Kafka
4 27 (6.15%) HTML
5 25 (5.69%) AngularJS
5 25 (5.69%) CSS
6 22 (5.01%) Spring
6 22 (5.01%) Spring Boot
7 21 (4.78%) RESTful
8 18 (4.10%) .NET
9 16 (3.64%) SOAP
10 15 (3.42%) Web Services
11 14 (3.19%) OAuth
11 14 (3.19%) RabbitMQ
12 12 (2.73%) JSON
12 12 (2.73%) Middleware
13 11 (2.51%) FIX Protocol
14 10 (2.28%) .NET Core
14 10 (2.28%) JWT
14 10 (2.28%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 78 (17.77%) Product Ownership
2 26 (5.92%) Data Structures
3 24 (5.47%) Greenfield Project
4 21 (4.78%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (4.10%) Algorithms
6 15 (3.42%) Derivative
6 15 (3.42%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.96%) Fixed Income
8 13 (2.96%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.05%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.59%) NHS
10 7 (1.59%) PMI
11 6 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.37%) FMCG
12 5 (1.14%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.38%) Linux
2 18 (4.10%) Windows
3 9 (2.05%) Unix
4 7 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.68%) Android
5 3 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.46%) VMS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (95.67%) Agile
2 396 (90.21%) Scrum
3 130 (29.61%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (26.65%) DevOps
5 115 (26.20%) CI/CD
6 110 (25.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 101 (23.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 88 (20.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 72 (16.40%) Microservices
10 69 (15.72%) Test Automation
11 67 (15.26%) Roadmaps
11 67 (15.26%) TDD
11 67 (15.26%) User Stories
12 64 (14.58%) Sprint Planning
13 56 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 49 (11.16%) Project Management
15 45 (10.25%) Project Delivery
16 44 (10.02%) Analytics
16 44 (10.02%) BDD
17 43 (9.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 87 (19.82%) Java
2 79 (18.00%) Python
3 63 (14.35%) SQL
4 44 (10.02%) JavaScript
5 36 (8.20%) C#
6 23 (5.24%) PowerShell
7 21 (4.78%) TypeScript
8 19 (4.33%) C++
9 13 (2.96%) Go
10 11 (2.51%) Bash
11 8 (1.82%) Groovy
12 4 (0.91%) DataWeave
12 4 (0.91%) Perl
12 4 (0.91%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.68%) Scala
14 2 (0.46%) Bicep
14 2 (0.46%) Korn
14 2 (0.46%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (11.62%) Degree
1 51 (11.62%) Security Cleared
2 37 (8.43%) SC Cleared
3 25 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (4.33%) CISSP
5 18 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (3.87%) CISM
7 11 (2.51%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.28%) CISA
9 9 (2.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 9 (2.05%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.82%) ISTQB
11 7 (1.59%) CBAP
11 7 (1.59%) PMP
12 6 (1.37%) DV Cleared
13 5 (1.14%) CSPO
14 4 (0.91%) ISEB
14 4 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.68%) AWS Certification
16 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (10.25%) QA
2 20 (4.56%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.42%) NIST
4 14 (3.19%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.96%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.73%) GDPR
7 10 (2.28%) PMO
8 9 (2.05%) COBIT
8 9 (2.05%) NIST 800
9 8 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (1.59%) GRC
10 7 (1.59%) PSD2
11 4 (0.91%) ISO 8583
11 4 (0.91%) WCAG
12 3 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.23%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 61 (13.90%) Docker
2 7 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.91%) Postfix
4 3 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.68%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.68%) vSphere
5 2 (0.46%) KVM
Systems Management
1 57 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.74%) Terraform
3 27 (6.15%) Ansible
4 18 (4.10%) Grafana
5 11 (2.51%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.05%) RSA Archer
7 7 (1.59%) Puppet
8 4 (0.91%) Consul
8 4 (0.91%) Packer
9 3 (0.68%) Podman
9 3 (0.68%) SELinux
9 3 (0.68%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.68%) vRealize
10 2 (0.46%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.46%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.46%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.46%) Nagios
10 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (13.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.10%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.87%) Oracle
4 16 (3.64%) Google
5 15 (3.42%) Atlassian
5 15 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.05%) CyberArk
6 9 (2.05%) SAP
7 8 (1.82%) Alteryx
7 8 (1.82%) BeyondTrust
7 8 (1.82%) CA Agile Central
7 8 (1.82%) Databricks
7 8 (1.82%) Rapid7
7 8 (1.82%) Thycotic
8 6 (1.37%) Sparx
9 5 (1.14%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.14%) OneLogin
9 5 (1.14%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.91%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.91%) IBM