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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 225 241
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 -71
Contract jobs citing Kanban 466 349 432
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.19% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.32% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 235 292
10th Percentile £358 £352 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -8.52% +0.93%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £603
90th Percentile £668 £650 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £508
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.71% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £25.81 -
25th Percentile - £26.66 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £37.63 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +99.34% -17.99% -42.65%
75th Percentile - £55.62 £75.00
90th Percentile - £69.33 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £60.61 £45.88
% change year-on-year +23.74% +32.11% -46.02%

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 37,710 26,528 38,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.02% 90.44% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,926 17,086 24,905
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.28% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 926 2,329
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £12.98
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.32 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.51 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.72 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £31.76 £31.25
% change year-on-year -10.26% +1.63% -10.71%

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 21 March 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
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 21 March 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 +3 393 £517 +0.92% 191
UK excluding London -30 223 £475 -3.85% 143
London +5 202 £535 +3.38% 68
Work from Home -56 107 £500 +13.64% 123
North of England -27 68 £475 +18.75% 52
Midlands -23 50 £450 -25.00% 12
South East -53 42 £525 +5.00% 37
North West -7 34 £435 +18.39% 26
West Midlands -38 34 £475 -20.83% 11
Scotland -4 32 £400 -8.57% 6
Yorkshire -41 27 £500 +21.65% 14
South West -16 20 £525 -7.08% 22
East Midlands -18 16 £340 - 1
East of England -15 11 £475 +15.21% 11
North East -7 9 £538 - 12
Wales -9 5 £509 -3.05% 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
1 107 (22.96%) Confluence
2 17 (3.65%) Apache Spark
3 14 (3.00%) CMS
4 7 (1.50%) Apache
5 5 (1.07%) nginx
5 5 (1.07%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 21 (4.51%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.72%) Trello
3 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.43%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.64%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.43%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Shopify
5 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 111 (23.82%) Azure
2 86 (18.45%) AWS
3 59 (12.66%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (7.73%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.87%) GitHub
6 30 (6.44%) GCP
7 22 (4.72%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (3.65%) Miro
9 16 (3.43%) Amazon S3
10 15 (3.22%) Serverless
11 14 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (2.15%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (1.93%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.72%) Figma
15 8 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.93%) Firewall
2 6 (1.29%) HTTP
2 6 (1.29%) Network Security
3 3 (0.64%) BGP
3 3 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.64%) DNS
3 3 (0.64%) FTP
3 3 (0.64%) NGFW
3 3 (0.64%) OSPF
3 3 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.21%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.21%) DHCP
4 1 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.21%) Internet
4 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.21%) SAN
4 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.44%) NoSQL
2 27 (5.79%) Power BI
3 22 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (4.72%) SQL Server
4 20 (4.29%) MongoDB
5 16 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (3.22%) Data Lake
6 15 (3.22%) Hadoop
7 13 (2.79%) Metadata
8 11 (2.36%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.93%) Big Data
10 9 (1.93%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.50%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.50%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.50%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 158 (33.91%) JIRA
2 65 (13.95%) Git
3 41 (8.80%) Jenkins
4 28 (6.01%) GitLab
5 24 (5.15%) Postman
6 16 (3.43%) Cucumber
7 12 (2.58%) Bitbucket
7 12 (2.58%) Mockito
8 11 (2.36%) Selenium
9 9 (1.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (1.93%) JUnit
9 9 (1.93%) Maven
10 8 (1.72%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.29%) TeamCity
13 5 (1.07%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.07%) DbUnit
13 5 (1.07%) jMock
13 5 (1.07%) ScalaTest
13 5 (1.07%) Zephyr
General
1 181 (38.84%) Social Skills
2 110 (23.61%) Finance
3 81 (17.38%) Public Sector
4 76 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (10.73%) Banking
6 20 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (3.43%) Front Office
8 15 (3.22%) Marketing
9 14 (3.00%) Legal
10 12 (2.58%) Retail
11 11 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.93%) Corporate Banking
12 9 (1.93%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.29%) Automotive
14 6 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 76 (16.31%) Analyst
2 57 (12.23%) Developer
3 52 (11.16%) Business Analyst
4 48 (10.30%) Project Manager
4 48 (10.30%) Scrum Master
5 44 (9.44%) Senior
6 39 (8.37%) Lead
7 36 (7.73%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (6.87%) Java Developer
9 20 (4.29%) Data Engineer
10 15 (3.22%) Software Engineer
11 13 (2.79%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (2.79%) Product Owner
11 13 (2.79%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (2.36%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 11 (2.36%) Product Manager
14 10 (2.15%) Security Engineer
14 10 (2.15%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.15%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.94%) REST
2 31 (6.65%) Spring
3 27 (5.79%) Spring Boot
4 24 (5.15%) React
5 23 (4.94%) RESTful
6 21 (4.51%) Node.js
7 20 (4.29%) Kafka
8 17 (3.65%) .NET
8 17 (3.65%) AngularJS
9 15 (3.22%) JSON
9 15 (3.22%) Playwright
10 11 (2.36%) HTML
10 11 (2.36%) Web Services
10 11 (2.36%) XML
11 9 (1.93%) CSS
12 7 (1.50%) ActiveMQ
12 7 (1.50%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (1.50%) Hibernate
12 7 (1.50%) JPA
12 7 (1.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 120 (25.75%) Product Ownership
2 35 (7.51%) Cloud Native
3 27 (5.79%) Onboarding
4 25 (5.36%) PMI
5 17 (3.65%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.36%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.50%) NHS
10 7 (1.50%) Wiki
11 6 (1.29%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.07%) Derivative
12 5 (1.07%) FMCG
12 5 (1.07%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.07%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.30%) Linux
2 20 (4.29%) Windows
3 11 (2.36%) Unix
4 7 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.07%) Android
6 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.86%) VMS
7 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (94.64%) Agile
2 407 (87.34%) Scrum
3 135 (28.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 134 (28.76%) DevOps
5 127 (27.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 126 (27.04%) CI/CD
7 121 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (24.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 75 (16.09%) Test Automation
10 73 (15.67%) Sprint Planning
11 70 (15.02%) Roadmaps
11 70 (15.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 69 (14.81%) User Stories
13 67 (14.38%) TDD
14 65 (13.95%) Microservices
15 62 (13.30%) Project Management
16 58 (12.45%) Acceptance Criteria
17 56 (12.02%) Decision-Making
18 54 (11.59%) Analytics
19 53 (11.37%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 92 (19.74%) SQL
2 80 (17.17%) Java
3 62 (13.30%) Python
4 30 (6.44%) C#
5 25 (5.36%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.86%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.22%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.93%) Bash
8 9 (1.93%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.72%) Perl
9 8 (1.72%) Scala
10 7 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.50%) Go
10 7 (1.50%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.29%) Ruby
12 4 (0.86%) Bicep
12 4 (0.86%) C++
12 4 (0.86%) R
12 4 (0.86%) Swift
Qualifications
1 103 (22.10%) Security Cleared
2 74 (15.88%) SC Cleared
3 52 (11.16%) Degree
4 34 (7.30%) PMI Certification
5 25 (5.36%) PMP
6 23 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (3.65%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.00%) Master's Degree
10 11 (2.36%) CISSP
10 11 (2.36%) SAFe Agilist
11 8 (1.72%) CBAP
11 8 (1.72%) MBA
12 7 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.29%) CISM
13 6 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (1.07%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (1.07%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (18.03%) QA
2 22 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.51%) Accessibility
4 16 (3.43%) GDPR
4 16 (3.43%) PMO
5 11 (2.36%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.72%) Basel III
7 8 (1.72%) ISO 8583
7 8 (1.72%) NIST
8 6 (1.29%) PSD2
9 5 (1.07%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (1.07%) WCAG
10 4 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.86%) GRC
10 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.86%) SLA
11 3 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 43 (9.23%) Docker
2 4 (0.86%) Postfix
3 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.43%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (9.44%) Kubernetes
2 32 (6.87%) Terraform
3 20 (4.29%) Grafana
4 13 (2.79%) Ansible
5 8 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.50%) Rancher
7 4 (0.86%) Argo
7 4 (0.86%) Consul
7 4 (0.86%) Packer
8 3 (0.64%) CASB
8 3 (0.64%) Foglight
8 3 (0.64%) Nagios
9 2 (0.43%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.21%) Podman
10 1 (0.21%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.21%) Puppet
10 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.21%) vMotion
10 1 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 52 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.15%) Oracle
3 20 (4.29%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.86%) Atlassian
5 12 (2.58%) Splunk
6 11 (2.36%) Databricks
6 11 (2.36%) SAP
7 10 (2.15%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.93%) CA Agile Central
9 7 (1.50%) Jaspersoft
9 7 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.29%) Cisco
10 6 (1.29%) Spotify
11 4 (0.86%) Okta
11 4 (0.86%) VMware
12 3 (0.64%) Charles River
12 3 (0.64%) Juniper
12 3 (0.64%) Murex
12 3 (0.64%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.64%) Sitecore