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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 238 217
Rank change year-on-year -15 -21 -36
Contract jobs citing Kanban 484 318 469
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.11% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.22% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 226 318
10th Percentile £360 £340 £377
25th Percentile £425 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £548
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -10.96% +4.29%
75th Percentile £590 £550 £600
90th Percentile £638 £638 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £475 £520
% change year-on-year +0.11% -8.65% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £39.85 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £61.00 £53.00 £45.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £74.11 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +10.62% -15.19%
75th Percentile - £78.23 £74.75
90th Percentile £77.40 £78.61 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - +11.94% -4.29%

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 41,181 26,010 36,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 91.03% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,765 16,696 23,578
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,462 1,066 2,486
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.73 £17.92 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £27.45 £36.02
Median % change year-on-year +52.79% -23.80% -2.64%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £25.15 £37.75
% change year-on-year +69.72% -33.38% +7.86%

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 27 May 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 27 May 2026.

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 27 May 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 -2 402 £516 +0.65% 201
UK excluding London -10 254 £476 +0.11% 150
London -21 186 £550 +4.76% 69
Work from Home -48 121 £500 +13.64% 137
North of England -34 72 £450 +12.50% 59
Midlands -20 65 £465 -7.00% 15
West Midlands -20 53 £475 -6.13% 9
South East -36 49 £575 +15.00% 32
Scotland +1 41 £469 +4.22% 4
North West -21 34 £450 +15.38% 30
Yorkshire -44 27 £460 +15.00% 15
South West -21 17 £475 -15.93% 11
East of England -16 14 £475 +0.05% 14
North East -13 13 £450 -20.00% 14
East Midlands -23 11 £354 -1.12% 6
Northern Ireland +1 1 - - 7

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
1 106 (21.90%) Confluence
2 24 (4.96%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.75%) CMS
4 9 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.65%) Apache
6 6 (1.24%) SAS
7 4 (0.83%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.83%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (3.93%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.45%) Trello
4 6 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.41%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.83%) Magento
2 2 (0.41%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.41%) Shopify
3 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 144 (29.75%) Azure
2 122 (25.21%) AWS
3 68 (14.05%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (9.09%) Amazon S3
5 41 (8.47%) Power Platform
6 29 (5.99%) GCP
7 28 (5.79%) Serverless
8 26 (5.37%) Amazon SQS
9 25 (5.17%) GitHub
10 23 (4.75%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (4.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 18 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (3.31%) AWS KMS
14 16 (3.31%) Route 53
15 14 (2.89%) Miro
16 12 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (2.27%) Snowflake
18 10 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
18 10 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.65%) Firewall
1 8 (1.65%) HTTP
1 8 (1.65%) Network Security
2 3 (0.62%) BGP
2 3 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (0.62%) NGFW
2 3 (0.62%) OSPF
2 3 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.41%) DNS
3 2 (0.41%) FTP
3 2 (0.41%) MQTT
4 1 (0.21%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.21%) DHCP
4 1 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.21%) SAN
4 1 (0.21%) SONET
4 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.26%) NoSQL
2 37 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (6.82%) Power BI
4 31 (6.40%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (5.37%) MongoDB
6 24 (4.96%) SQL Server
7 21 (4.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 18 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (3.51%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.89%) Big Data
10 14 (2.89%) Data Lake
10 14 (2.89%) Hadoop
10 14 (2.89%) Relational Database
11 11 (2.27%) Tableau
12 10 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (1.65%) Metadata
14 7 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.24%) Looker
Development Applications
1 150 (30.99%) JIRA
2 66 (13.64%) Git
3 58 (11.98%) Jenkins
4 32 (6.61%) GitLab
5 26 (5.37%) Postman
6 20 (4.13%) Mockito
7 18 (3.72%) SonarQube
8 17 (3.51%) Maven
9 16 (3.31%) JUnit
10 13 (2.69%) Selenium
11 12 (2.48%) DbUnit
12 11 (2.27%) jMock
13 9 (1.86%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (1.86%) Cypress.io
13 9 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (1.45%) Android Studio
15 6 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (1.24%) Bitbucket
15 6 (1.24%) Cucumber
15 6 (1.24%) fastlane
General
1 198 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 107 (22.11%) Public Sector
3 106 (21.90%) Finance
4 87 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (8.06%) Banking
6 31 (6.40%) Marketing
7 18 (3.72%) Legal
8 17 (3.51%) Retail
9 13 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.07%) Front Office
12 8 (1.65%) Automotive
12 8 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
13 7 (1.45%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.03%) Local Government
14 5 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.83%) Aviation
15 4 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (16.94%) Analyst
2 64 (13.22%) Developer
3 58 (11.98%) Senior
4 50 (10.33%) Business Analyst
5 45 (9.30%) Scrum Master
6 43 (8.88%) Delivery Manager
6 43 (8.88%) Lead
7 42 (8.68%) Project Manager
8 32 (6.61%) Data Engineer
8 32 (6.61%) Java Developer
9 18 (3.72%) Technical Analyst
10 17 (3.51%) Architect
11 14 (2.89%) Senior Developer
11 14 (2.89%) Senior Manager
11 14 (2.89%) Software Engineer
12 13 (2.69%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 13 (2.69%) Product Owner
12 13 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (2.48%) Agile Coach
13 12 (2.48%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.26%) RESTful
2 38 (7.85%) Spring
3 35 (7.23%) REST
4 32 (6.61%) Spring Boot
5 22 (4.55%) Node.js
6 19 (3.93%) AngularJS
6 19 (3.93%) Web Services
7 18 (3.72%) Kafka
7 18 (3.72%) React
8 17 (3.51%) HTML
8 17 (3.51%) SOAP
9 16 (3.31%) .NET
9 16 (3.31%) ActiveMQ
9 16 (3.31%) AWS CDK
9 16 (3.31%) Hibernate
9 16 (3.31%) JPA
9 16 (3.31%) JSON
9 16 (3.31%) Spring Batch
9 16 (3.31%) Spring Integration
10 15 (3.10%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 126 (26.03%) Product Ownership
2 39 (8.06%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.75%) Greenfield Project
3 23 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.51%) PMI
6 13 (2.69%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.86%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.45%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.24%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.24%) Life Science
10 6 (1.24%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.24%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.24%) Wiki
11 5 (1.03%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.03%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.03%) NHS
11 5 (1.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.64%) Linux
2 12 (2.48%) Unix
2 12 (2.48%) Windows
3 10 (2.07%) Android
4 8 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (95.25%) Agile
2 425 (87.81%) Scrum
3 165 (34.09%) DevOps
4 136 (28.10%) CI/CD
5 133 (27.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 129 (26.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 105 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (19.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 93 (19.21%) Sprint Planning
10 80 (16.53%) Microservices
11 76 (15.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 66 (13.64%) TDD
13 65 (13.43%) Test Automation
14 63 (13.02%) Decision-Making
14 63 (13.02%) Migration
15 62 (12.81%) User Stories
16 60 (12.40%) Project Management
16 60 (12.40%) Roadmaps
17 57 (11.78%) Acceptance Criteria
17 57 (11.78%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 106 (21.90%) SQL
2 86 (17.77%) Java
3 71 (14.67%) Python
4 35 (7.23%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.55%) C#
6 20 (4.13%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.48%) Shell Script
8 11 (2.27%) Kotlin
9 9 (1.86%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.86%) Scala
10 7 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.45%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.24%) Go
11 6 (1.24%) Perl
11 6 (1.24%) Swift
12 5 (1.03%) Bash
12 5 (1.03%) R
13 4 (0.83%) Bicep
14 3 (0.62%) C++
14 3 (0.62%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 122 (25.21%) Security Cleared
2 95 (19.63%) SC Cleared
3 54 (11.16%) Degree
4 29 (5.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (5.37%) PMI Certification
6 24 (4.96%) PMP
7 17 (3.51%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.48%) CISSP
8 12 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.27%) Master's Degree
10 10 (2.07%) SAFe Agilist
11 7 (1.45%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.45%) MBA
12 6 (1.24%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.03%) CISM
13 5 (1.03%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (14.26%) QA
2 31 (6.40%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.93%) GDPR
5 13 (2.69%) PMO
6 10 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.07%) WCAG
7 9 (1.86%) NIST
8 7 (1.45%) Basel III
9 5 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (1.03%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.03%) SLA
10 4 (0.83%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.83%) NCSC
10 4 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 49 (10.12%) Docker
2 9 (1.86%) Postfix
3 4 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.62%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) vSphere
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.82%) Grafana
3 27 (5.58%) Terraform
4 12 (2.48%) Ansible
5 11 (2.27%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.03%) Kibana
7 3 (0.62%) CASB
7 3 (0.62%) Foglight
7 3 (0.62%) Podman
7 3 (0.62%) Puppet
7 3 (0.62%) Rancher
8 2 (0.41%) Argo
9 1 (0.21%) Nagios
9 1 (0.21%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.21%) vMotion
9 1 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 49 (10.12%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.99%) Oracle
3 18 (3.72%) Atlassian
4 17 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.31%) Databricks
6 15 (3.10%) Jaspersoft
6 15 (3.10%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.10%) Splunk
7 11 (2.27%) SAP
8 8 (1.65%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.45%) Bloomberg
9 7 (1.45%) Refinitiv
10 6 (1.24%) Cisco
10 6 (1.24%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.03%) Google
11 5 (1.03%) Spotify
12 4 (0.83%) CA Agile Central
12 4 (0.83%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.83%) Okta
12 4 (0.83%) VMware