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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 178 175
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -37
Contract jobs citing Kanban 132 171 356
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.35% 1.13% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.29% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 128 239
10th Percentile £330 £386 £406
25th Percentile £400 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -1.57% -3.24%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £575
90th Percentile £603 £647 £678
UK median daily rate £494 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -9.36% +3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £25.63 - £72.50
25th Percentile £26.19 £69.50 £80.00
Median hourly rate £27.25 £72.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.15% -15.29% +91.01%
75th Percentile £53.06 £74.50 -
90th Percentile £68.48 - £87.50
UK median hourly rate £73.23 £67.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +9.29% -16.25% +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 8,923 13,268 22,513
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.32% 88.01% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,140 8,896 15,904
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £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 £769 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 573 519
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.03 £18.63
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £36.45 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £65.25 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.20 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%

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 9 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 9 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 28 (21.21%) Confluence
2 5 (3.79%) CMS
3 4 (3.03%) Apache
3 4 (3.03%) Drupal
3 4 (3.03%) WordPress
4 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Trello
2 1 (0.76%) CATIA
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 49 (37.12%) Azure
2 43 (32.58%) AWS
3 27 (20.45%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (12.88%) Serverless
5 13 (9.85%) Amazon S3
5 13 (9.85%) AWS CloudFormation
5 13 (9.85%) AWS Lambda
5 13 (9.85%) GCP
5 13 (9.85%) GitHub
6 7 (5.30%) AWS CodePipeline
7 6 (4.55%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (3.79%) Miro
8 5 (3.79%) SaaS
9 4 (3.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 4 (3.03%) AWS CodeBuild
9 4 (3.03%) AWS CodeDeploy
9 4 (3.03%) AWS Step Functions
9 4 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.55%) Firewall
2 4 (3.03%) Internet
3 3 (2.27%) SSL
4 2 (1.52%) BGP
4 2 (1.52%) DNS
4 2 (1.52%) HSRP
4 2 (1.52%) IPsec
4 2 (1.52%) MPLS
4 2 (1.52%) Network Security
4 2 (1.52%) OSPF
4 2 (1.52%) SNMP
4 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.52%) VPN
5 1 (0.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.15%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.30%) Relational Database
4 6 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.79%) MySQL
6 4 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.03%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.27%) InfluxDB
7 3 (2.27%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.52%) GIS
8 2 (1.52%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.52%) Redis
9 1 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.76%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.76%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.76%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.76%) Power BI
9 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (34.85%) JIRA
2 28 (21.21%) Git
3 19 (14.39%) Jenkins
4 11 (8.33%) GitLab
5 9 (6.82%) Cypress.io
5 9 (6.82%) Selenium
6 8 (6.06%) Postman
7 7 (5.30%) JMeter
8 4 (3.03%) Appium
8 4 (3.03%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (3.03%) CircleCI
8 4 (3.03%) Gatling
8 4 (3.03%) NeoLoad
8 4 (3.03%) SpecFlow
9 3 (2.27%) Artifactory
9 3 (2.27%) Bitbucket
9 3 (2.27%) NUnit
9 3 (2.27%) Subversion
9 3 (2.27%) Visual Studio
10 2 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 42 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 34 (25.76%) Public Sector
3 20 (15.15%) Finance
4 14 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.06%) Banking
6 7 (5.30%) Legal
7 5 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.03%) Marketing
8 4 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Aviation
9 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Electronics
9 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.76%) Advertising
10 1 (0.76%) Automotive
10 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.76%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (26.52%) Developer
2 17 (12.88%) Analyst
3 16 (12.12%) Business Analyst
4 10 (7.58%) Lead
4 10 (7.58%) Project Manager
5 9 (6.82%) Delivery Manager
6 8 (6.06%) .NET Developer
6 8 (6.06%) Scrum Master
6 8 (6.06%) Senior
6 8 (6.06%) Software Developer
7 7 (5.30%) Test Engineer
8 5 (3.79%) Agile Business Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 5 (3.79%) AWS Engineer
8 5 (3.79%) Python Developer
8 5 (3.79%) Software Engineer
9 4 (3.03%) AWS Developer
9 4 (3.03%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.03%) Developer in Test
9 4 (3.03%) PHP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.88%) CSS
2 13 (9.85%) .NET
2 13 (9.85%) AWS CDK
3 12 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 12 (9.09%) RESTful
4 11 (8.33%) HTML
4 11 (8.33%) React
4 11 (8.33%) REST
5 9 (6.82%) Playwright
6 8 (6.06%) .NET Core
7 7 (5.30%) .NET Framework
7 7 (5.30%) Node.js
7 7 (5.30%) SOAP
8 6 (4.55%) Django
8 6 (4.55%) Spring Boot
8 6 (4.55%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (3.79%) Ajax
9 5 (3.79%) ASP.NET
9 5 (3.79%) Play Framework
10 4 (3.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (24.24%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.79%) Legacy Code
3 5 (3.79%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.27%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.52%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.52%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.76%) PKI
7 1 (0.76%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.09%) Linux
2 5 (3.79%) Unix
3 4 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.03%) Windows
4 3 (2.27%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.76%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (96.21%) Agile
2 112 (84.85%) Scrum
3 51 (38.64%) CI/CD
4 49 (37.12%) DevOps
5 29 (21.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (20.45%) Sprint Planning
8 25 (18.94%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 25 (18.94%) Test Automation
9 23 (17.42%) TDD
10 22 (16.67%) Project Management
11 20 (15.15%) Sprint Retrospective
12 19 (14.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (14.39%) Microservices
12 19 (14.39%) Roadmaps
13 18 (13.64%) User Experience
14 16 (12.12%) Coaching
15 15 (11.36%) Project Delivery
16 14 (10.61%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.97%) Python
2 27 (20.45%) JavaScript
3 25 (18.94%) Java
4 18 (13.64%) TypeScript
5 16 (12.12%) SQL
6 15 (11.36%) C#
7 11 (8.33%) Bash
8 8 (6.06%) PHP
9 7 (5.30%) C++
10 6 (4.55%) Ruby
11 5 (3.79%) Groovy
11 5 (3.79%) Scala
12 4 (3.03%) PowerShell
12 4 (3.03%) Shell Script
13 3 (2.27%) Bicep
14 2 (1.52%) VBA
14 2 (1.52%) VBScript
15 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.76%) Perl
15 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 18 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.30%) Degree
3 4 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.27%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.27%) PMP
5 2 (1.52%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.52%) CCNP
5 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.52%) ISEB
5 2 (1.52%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.76%) CFA
6 1 (0.76%) CSPO
6 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.91%) Accessibility
2 13 (9.85%) QA
3 3 (2.27%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.76%) PMO
4 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (14.39%) Docker
2 2 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.76%) KVM
3 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (12.88%) Kubernetes
2 14 (10.61%) Terraform
3 9 (6.82%) Grafana
4 8 (6.06%) Ansible
5 3 (2.27%) Kibana
5 3 (2.27%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.52%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.52%) Puppet
7 1 (0.76%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.76%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.76%) Nagios
7 1 (0.76%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 12 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.55%) Oracle
3 4 (3.03%) Zend
4 3 (2.27%) Imperva
4 3 (2.27%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.27%) Splunk
5 2 (1.52%) Cisco
5 2 (1.52%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.52%) F5
5 2 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.52%) SAP
6 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.76%) Commvault
6 1 (0.76%) Google
6 1 (0.76%) HP
6 1 (0.76%) IBM
6 1 (0.76%) NetApp
6 1 (0.76%) New Relic
6 1 (0.76%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.76%) VMware