Kanban Contracts

Kanban
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Kanban skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kanban over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 216 183
Rank change year-on-year -7 -33 -56
Contract jobs citing Kanban 370 477 802
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.10% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.29% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 330 555
10th Percentile £340 £374 £409
25th Percentile £411 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £574 £598 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -6.47% +0.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £28.55 - £63.00
25th Percentile £39.38 £45.88 £68.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £67.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.88% -16.25% +60.00%
75th Percentile £76.25 £74.75 £87.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £77.00 £91.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £67.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +11.94% -7.59% +3.57%

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 28,883 36,949 50,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.68% 85.32% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,181 23,576 35,000
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,432 2,509 1,726
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £12.28
25th Percentile £17.42 £16.12 £16.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.18
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -1.77% +46.83%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kanban as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kanban.

Daily rate trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Kanban.

Hourly rate trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Top 16 Contract 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 July 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 -13 286 £500 -9.09% 1,251
London -4 171 £525 -4.55% 558
UK excluding London -2 145 £470 -6.47% 772
Work from Home -1 131 £440 -12.00% 651
North of England +2 45 £410 -25.45% 218
Scotland -2 34 £450 -2.70% 45
South East +2 31 £494 -9.07% 163
Yorkshire +8 28 £450 -18.18% 85
Midlands +22 22 £483 -3.50% 110
North West +7 16 £400 +8.11% 126
West Midlands +14 14 £500 -21.57% 62
East Midlands +3 8 £393 +8.65% 48
South West +30 6 £538 -7.33% 109
Wales +7 6 £488 -2.99% 24
East of England +22 1 £475 -13.64% 89
North East -4 1 £563 +19.36% 8

Kanban
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 58 (15.68%) Confluence
2 9 (2.43%) CMS
3 5 (1.35%) Apache
3 5 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.08%) Drupal
4 4 (1.08%) WordPress
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.27%) JBoss
7 1 (0.27%) Mule
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.27%) Smallworld
Applications
1 18 (4.86%) Trello
2 13 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) CATIA
6 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Endur
2 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.54%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.27%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.27%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.27%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 114 (30.81%) Azure
2 92 (24.86%) AWS
3 56 (15.14%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (9.46%) GCP
5 30 (8.11%) GitHub
6 28 (7.57%) Serverless
7 26 (7.03%) Power Platform
8 19 (5.14%) Amazon S3
8 19 (5.14%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (3.51%) IaaS
12 11 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.97%) SaaS
13 10 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (2.70%) Route 53
14 9 (2.43%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (2.16%) AWS KMS
15 8 (2.16%) Datadog
16 7 (1.89%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.43%) DNS
2 5 (1.35%) Firewall
2 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.08%) DHCP
3 4 (1.08%) Internet
3 4 (1.08%) NAS
3 4 (1.08%) SAN
3 4 (1.08%) SSL
4 3 (0.81%) Broadband
5 2 (0.54%) HTTP
5 2 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.54%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) WAN
6 1 (0.27%) AMQP
6 1 (0.27%) DSL
6 1 (0.27%) GPON
6 1 (0.27%) LAN
6 1 (0.27%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.27%) Wireless
6 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (11.08%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (5.41%) NoSQL
3 18 (4.86%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.59%) Power BI
5 16 (4.32%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.24%) DynamoDB
6 12 (3.24%) MySQL
7 10 (2.70%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (2.70%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.70%) Tableau
8 8 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.35%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.35%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (1.35%) Spotfire
10 4 (1.08%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.08%) Redis
10 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.81%) Big Data
11 3 (0.81%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 134 (36.22%) JIRA
2 80 (21.62%) Git
3 62 (16.76%) Jenkins
4 22 (5.95%) Postman
5 19 (5.14%) GitLab
6 18 (4.86%) Selenium
7 15 (4.05%) JUnit
8 13 (3.51%) Bitbucket
9 12 (3.24%) Bitbucket Server
10 11 (2.97%) Cypress.io
11 10 (2.70%) JMeter
11 10 (2.70%) Maven
11 10 (2.70%) SonarQube
12 9 (2.43%) Subversion
13 8 (2.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (2.16%) DbUnit
13 8 (2.16%) jMock
13 8 (2.16%) Mockito
13 8 (2.16%) SoapUI
13 8 (2.16%) SpecFlow
General
1 156 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 86 (23.24%) Finance
3 56 (15.14%) Public Sector
4 54 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.92%) Banking
6 11 (2.97%) Front Office
7 10 (2.70%) Legal
8 9 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.43%) Retail
8 9 (2.43%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.16%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.16%) Marketing
10 7 (1.89%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.54%) Advertising
13 2 (0.54%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 90 (24.32%) Developer
2 51 (13.78%) Analyst
3 33 (8.92%) Business Analyst
4 32 (8.65%) Project Manager
5 30 (8.11%) Senior
6 26 (7.03%) Lead
7 25 (6.76%) Scrum Master
8 23 (6.22%) Delivery Manager
9 17 (4.59%) Architect
10 16 (4.32%) Python Developer
11 15 (4.05%) Java Developer
12 14 (3.78%) Software Developer
13 12 (3.24%) Software Engineer
14 11 (2.97%) Technical Manager
15 10 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
15 10 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
15 10 (2.70%) Senior Developer
16 9 (2.43%) Agile Delivery Manager
16 9 (2.43%) IT Project Manager
16 9 (2.43%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.54%) REST
2 32 (8.65%) .NET
3 30 (8.11%) CSS
4 29 (7.84%) RESTful
5 28 (7.57%) AngularJS
6 27 (7.30%) Spring
7 25 (6.76%) React
7 25 (6.76%) SOAP
8 23 (6.22%) HTML
8 23 (6.22%) Kafka
9 21 (5.68%) Spring Boot
10 19 (5.14%) Web Services
11 15 (4.05%) Middleware
12 13 (3.51%) Playwright
13 12 (3.24%) .NET Core
13 12 (3.24%) GraphQL
13 12 (3.24%) JSON
14 10 (2.70%) ActiveMQ
14 10 (2.70%) Node.js
14 10 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 76 (20.54%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.95%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.24%) Virtual Team
5 11 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (2.70%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.16%) Derivative
7 8 (2.16%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.62%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.35%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.73%) Linux
2 14 (3.78%) Windows
3 7 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.62%) Unix
5 5 (1.35%) Android
6 3 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (94.05%) Agile
2 320 (86.49%) Scrum
3 127 (34.32%) DevOps
4 121 (32.70%) CI/CD
5 108 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (23.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (18.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (18.11%) Microservices
9 62 (16.76%) Test Automation
10 61 (16.49%) TDD
11 59 (15.95%) Project Management
12 54 (14.59%) Roadmaps
13 53 (14.32%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 49 (13.24%) Sprint Planning
15 46 (12.43%) Continuous Integration
16 42 (11.35%) Decision-Making
17 41 (11.08%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (10.81%) BDD
18 40 (10.81%) User Experience
19 38 (10.27%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (21.89%) Java
2 75 (20.27%) Python
3 67 (18.11%) SQL
4 61 (16.49%) JavaScript
5 41 (11.08%) C#
6 29 (7.84%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.22%) PowerShell
8 21 (5.68%) C++
9 16 (4.32%) Go
10 14 (3.78%) Groovy
11 10 (2.70%) Bash
12 9 (2.43%) PHP
13 8 (2.16%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.89%) Scala
15 6 (1.62%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.62%) Ruby
16 5 (1.35%) Bicep
17 3 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.54%) RPG
Qualifications
1 49 (13.24%) Degree
2 34 (9.19%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.30%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.78%) CISSP
6 13 (3.51%) CISM
7 10 (2.70%) PMP
8 9 (2.43%) ISTQB
9 8 (2.16%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.16%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.62%) CISA
10 6 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.54%) CSPO
12 2 (0.54%) IBM Certification
12 2 (0.54%) ISEB
12 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.35%) QA
2 26 (7.03%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.97%) NIST
5 7 (1.89%) GDPR
6 6 (1.62%) COBIT
6 6 (1.62%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.35%) PMO
8 4 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.81%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.81%) WCAG
10 2 (0.54%) GRC
10 2 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 49 (13.24%) Docker
2 9 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.16%) Postfix
4 7 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (1.08%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.08%) vSphere
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
Systems Management
1 36 (9.73%) Kubernetes
2 31 (8.38%) Terraform
3 25 (6.76%) Ansible
4 18 (4.86%) Grafana
5 17 (4.59%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.70%) Puppet
7 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.62%) RSA Archer
8 4 (1.08%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.08%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.08%) vRealize
9 3 (0.81%) SCCM
10 2 (0.54%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.54%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.27%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 38 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.86%) Oracle
3 15 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.51%) Google
5 12 (3.24%) Atlassian
6 11 (2.97%) Splunk
7 10 (2.70%) SAP
8 9 (2.43%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.16%) CA Agile Central
9 8 (2.16%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (1.89%) BeyondTrust
10 7 (1.89%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.89%) Databricks
10 7 (1.89%) Thycotic
11 6 (1.62%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.62%) IBM
12 5 (1.35%) Rapid7
12 5 (1.35%) VMware
13 4 (1.08%) Dynatrace
13 4 (1.08%) HP