Kanban Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Kanban
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 179 173
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -37
Contract jobs citing Kanban 130 173 383
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.31% 1.13% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.28% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 131 260
10th Percentile £338 £340 £412
25th Percentile £400 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -2.20% -2.62%
75th Percentile £539 £580 £576
90th Percentile £606 £646 £700
UK median daily rate £494 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -8.52% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £25.63 - £72.50
25th Percentile £26.19 - £80.00
Median hourly rate £27.25 - £85.00
75th Percentile £53.06 - -
90th Percentile £68.48 - £87.50
UK median hourly rate £73.23 £45.88 £80.00
% change year-on-year +59.60% -42.65% +79.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Kanban
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Kanban as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kanban trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Kanban
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Kanban.

Kanban daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Kanban over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Kanban daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Kanban
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Kanban.

Kanban hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Kanban
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Kanban over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Kanban hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Kanban
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 29 (22.31%) Confluence
2 5 (3.85%) CMS
3 4 (3.08%) Apache
3 4 (3.08%) Drupal
3 4 (3.08%) WordPress
4 1 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.15%) Trello
2 1 (0.77%) CATIA
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (36.15%) Azure
2 42 (32.31%) AWS
3 25 (19.23%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (13.08%) Serverless
5 14 (10.77%) GitHub
6 13 (10.00%) Amazon S3
6 13 (10.00%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (10.00%) GCP
7 7 (5.38%) AWS CodePipeline
8 6 (4.62%) OpenShift
9 5 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (3.85%) Miro
9 5 (3.85%) PaaS
9 5 (3.85%) Power Platform
9 5 (3.85%) SaaS
10 4 (3.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (3.08%) AWS CodeDeploy
10 4 (3.08%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.62%) Firewall
2 4 (3.08%) Internet
3 3 (2.31%) SSL
4 2 (1.54%) BGP
4 2 (1.54%) DNS
4 2 (1.54%) HSRP
4 2 (1.54%) IPsec
4 2 (1.54%) MPLS
4 2 (1.54%) Network Security
4 2 (1.54%) OSPF
4 2 (1.54%) SNMP
4 2 (1.54%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.54%) VPN
5 1 (0.77%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.62%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.38%) Relational Database
4 6 (4.62%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.85%) MySQL
6 4 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.08%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.31%) InfluxDB
7 3 (2.31%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.54%) GIS
8 2 (1.54%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.54%) Power BI
8 2 (1.54%) Power Query
8 2 (1.54%) Redis
9 1 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.77%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.77%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (36.15%) JIRA
2 26 (20.00%) Git
3 18 (13.85%) Jenkins
4 11 (8.46%) GitLab
5 9 (6.92%) Cypress.io
5 9 (6.92%) Selenium
6 8 (6.15%) Postman
7 7 (5.38%) JMeter
8 4 (3.08%) Appium
8 4 (3.08%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (3.08%) CircleCI
8 4 (3.08%) Gatling
8 4 (3.08%) NeoLoad
8 4 (3.08%) SpecFlow
8 4 (3.08%) Visual Studio
9 3 (2.31%) Artifactory
9 3 (2.31%) Bitbucket
9 3 (2.31%) NUnit
10 2 (1.54%) Subversion
10 2 (1.54%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 35 (26.92%) Public Sector
3 20 (15.38%) Finance
4 14 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.15%) Banking
6 7 (5.38%) Legal
7 5 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.85%) Marketing
8 4 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Aviation
9 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Electronics
9 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.77%) Advertising
10 1 (0.77%) Automotive
10 1 (0.77%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.77%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (25.38%) Developer
2 18 (13.85%) Analyst
3 16 (12.31%) Business Analyst
4 10 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 9 (6.92%) Delivery Manager
5 9 (6.92%) Lead
6 8 (6.15%) Scrum Master
6 8 (6.15%) Senior
6 8 (6.15%) Software Developer
7 7 (5.38%) Test Engineer
8 6 (4.62%) .NET Developer
9 5 (3.85%) Agile Business Analyst
9 5 (3.85%) Agile Delivery Manager
9 5 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (3.85%) Python Developer
9 5 (3.85%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.08%) AWS Developer
10 4 (3.08%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.08%) Developer in Test
10 4 (3.08%) PHP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.08%) CSS
2 13 (10.00%) AWS CDK
3 12 (9.23%) AngularJS
4 11 (8.46%) .NET
4 11 (8.46%) HTML
4 11 (8.46%) React
4 11 (8.46%) RESTful
5 9 (6.92%) Playwright
6 8 (6.15%) REST
7 7 (5.38%) Node.js
7 7 (5.38%) SOAP
8 6 (4.62%) .NET Core
8 6 (4.62%) Django
8 6 (4.62%) Play Framework
8 6 (4.62%) Spring Boot
8 6 (4.62%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (3.85%) .NET Framework
9 5 (3.85%) Ajax
9 5 (3.85%) ASP.NET
10 4 (3.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (25.38%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.15%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.85%) Legacy Code
3 5 (3.85%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.08%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.31%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.54%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.54%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.77%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.23%) Linux
2 5 (3.85%) Unix
3 4 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.08%) Windows
4 3 (2.31%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.77%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (96.92%) Agile
2 110 (84.62%) Scrum
3 48 (36.92%) CI/CD
4 47 (36.15%) DevOps
5 29 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (20.77%) Sprint Planning
8 25 (19.23%) Test Automation
9 23 (17.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 22 (16.92%) Project Management
11 20 (15.38%) Sprint Retrospective
11 20 (15.38%) TDD
12 19 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (14.62%) Roadmaps
13 18 (13.85%) Microservices
13 18 (13.85%) User Experience
14 16 (12.31%) Coaching
15 15 (11.54%) Project Delivery
16 14 (10.77%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.31%) Python
2 27 (20.77%) JavaScript
3 24 (18.46%) Java
4 18 (13.85%) TypeScript
5 17 (13.08%) SQL
6 13 (10.00%) C#
7 11 (8.46%) Bash
8 8 (6.15%) PHP
9 7 (5.38%) C++
10 6 (4.62%) Ruby
10 6 (4.62%) Scala
11 5 (3.85%) Groovy
12 4 (3.08%) PowerShell
12 4 (3.08%) Shell Script
13 3 (2.31%) Bicep
14 2 (1.54%) VBA
14 2 (1.54%) VBScript
15 1 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.77%) Perl
15 1 (0.77%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (13.85%) SC Cleared
1 18 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.62%) Degree
3 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.31%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.31%) PMP
4 2 (1.54%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.54%) CCNP
4 2 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.54%) ISEB
4 2 (1.54%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.77%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.77%) CFA
5 1 (0.77%) CSPO
5 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.15%) Accessibility
2 13 (10.00%) QA
3 3 (2.31%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.77%) PMO
4 1 (0.77%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (13.85%) Docker
2 2 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.77%) KVM
3 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (13.08%) Kubernetes
2 14 (10.77%) Terraform
3 9 (6.92%) Grafana
4 8 (6.15%) Ansible
5 3 (2.31%) Kibana
5 3 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.54%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.54%) Puppet
7 1 (0.77%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.77%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.77%) Nagios
7 1 (0.77%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 12 (9.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.62%) Oracle
3 4 (3.08%) Zend
4 3 (2.31%) Imperva
4 3 (2.31%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.31%) Splunk
5 2 (1.54%) Cisco
5 2 (1.54%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.54%) F5
5 2 (1.54%) Google
5 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.54%) SAP
6 1 (0.77%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.77%) Commvault
6 1 (0.77%) HP
6 1 (0.77%) IBM
6 1 (0.77%) Mercator
6 1 (0.77%) NetApp
6 1 (0.77%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.77%) VMware