Kanban Job Trends in England

Kanban
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Kanban skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 313 259
Rank change year-on-year -43 -54 -49
Permanent jobs citing Kanban 279 425 541
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.86% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.96% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 200 225 404
10th Percentile £42,375 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £54,688 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -8.09%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £90,875
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Kanban falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,678 44,368 42,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.92% 90.27% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 25,472 22,014 32,621
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,092
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kanban relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Kanban job vacancy trend in England

Kanban
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kanban.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kanban

Kanban
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kanban in England over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Kanban in England

Kanban
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the England region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +37 123 £85,000 +21.43% 259
North of England +8 50 £62,500 +31.58% 87
South East -62 29 £75,000 -6.25% 216
North West +15 26 £58,750 +25.00% 38
South West -13 26 £57,500 -16.67% 52
Midlands +17 24 £57,500 -8.00% 67
Yorkshire 0 22 £63,250 +17.67% 45
West Midlands +20 15 £62,500 - 34
East of England +10 9 £77,000 +18.46% 93
East Midlands - 9 £55,000 - 29
North East +8 2 £65,000 +48.24% 4
Kanban
UK

Kanban
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 32 (11.47%) Confluence
2 6 (2.15%) Apache
2 6 (2.15%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.15%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.08%) CMS
4 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (3.94%) MS Visio
3 10 (3.58%) Trello
4 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.36%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 104 (37.28%) Azure
2 91 (32.62%) AWS
3 36 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (11.83%) Serverless
5 24 (8.60%) Power Platform
6 22 (7.89%) GCP
7 20 (7.17%) GitHub
7 20 (7.17%) SaaS
8 15 (5.38%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (3.94%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.58%) PaaS
11 8 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.87%) dbt
12 7 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (2.15%) Snowflake
14 5 (1.79%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.66%) Broadband
2 4 (1.43%) Firewall
3 3 (1.08%) AMQP
3 3 (1.08%) Network Security
4 1 (0.36%) DNS
4 1 (0.36%) HTTP
4 1 (0.36%) SSH
4 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 31 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (10.75%) MongoDB
4 27 (9.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (6.81%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (6.45%) Power BI
7 13 (4.66%) Relational Database
8 12 (4.30%) NoSQL
9 9 (3.23%) DB2
10 8 (2.87%) MySQL
11 7 (2.51%) Data Lake
12 6 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (2.15%) Tableau
13 4 (1.43%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.08%) Big Data
14 3 (1.08%) BigQuery
14 3 (1.08%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 54 (19.35%) JIRA
2 43 (15.41%) Jenkins
3 38 (13.62%) Git
4 21 (7.53%) TeamCity
5 14 (5.02%) GitLab
5 14 (5.02%) Selenium
6 11 (3.94%) Cucumber
7 9 (3.23%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.51%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.79%) JMeter
10 4 (1.43%) Postman
10 4 (1.43%) Subversion
11 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.72%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.72%) Crashlytics
12 2 (0.72%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.36%) JUnit
General
1 111 (39.78%) Social Skills
2 78 (27.96%) Finance
3 38 (13.62%) Public Sector
4 27 (9.68%) Marketing
5 24 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (7.89%) Banking
7 15 (5.38%) Telecoms
8 14 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.02%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.94%) Electronics
11 10 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (3.23%) Legal
12 9 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (3.23%) Retail
13 6 (2.15%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.43%) Front Office
14 4 (1.43%) Games
15 3 (1.08%) Back Office
15 3 (1.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 81 (29.03%) Developer
2 47 (16.85%) Senior
3 38 (13.62%) Lead
4 26 (9.32%) .NET Developer
5 24 (8.60%) Analyst
6 22 (7.89%) Software Engineer
7 20 (7.17%) Java Developer
8 17 (6.09%) Business Analyst
9 15 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (5.38%) Project Manager
9 15 (5.38%) Senior Developer
10 14 (5.02%) Delivery Manager
11 13 (4.66%) Product Owner
12 11 (3.94%) Data Engineer
13 10 (3.58%) Senior Manager
13 10 (3.58%) Software Developer
14 9 (3.23%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 7 (2.51%) Backend Developer
15 7 (2.51%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 7 (2.51%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (20.79%) Node.js
2 55 (19.71%) React
3 52 (18.64%) .NET
4 35 (12.54%) AngularJS
5 28 (10.04%) RESTful
6 26 (9.32%) REST
7 25 (8.96%) .NET Core
8 23 (8.24%) Vue
9 22 (7.89%) ASP.NET
9 22 (7.89%) ASP.NET Web API
9 22 (7.89%) CSS
9 22 (7.89%) HTML
9 22 (7.89%) Spring
9 22 (7.89%) Spring Boot
10 20 (7.17%) .NET Framework
10 20 (7.17%) Entity Framework
11 18 (6.45%) ASP.NET MVC
12 15 (5.38%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (4.30%) Akka
14 10 (3.58%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.13%) Product Ownership
2 30 (10.75%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.66%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (4.30%) Over-the-Top Content
4 12 (4.30%) Video\Live Streaming
5 10 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.79%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.43%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.43%) Social Media
9 3 (1.08%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.36%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.51%) Linux
2 4 (1.43%) Android
2 4 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.08%) CentOS
3 3 (1.08%) Debian
3 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.36%) Solaris
4 1 (0.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (96.06%) Agile
2 230 (82.44%) Scrum
3 86 (30.82%) DevOps
4 63 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (22.22%) Microservices
6 61 (21.86%) CI/CD
7 58 (20.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (20.79%) Software Engineering
8 53 (19.00%) Full-Stack Development
9 44 (15.77%) TDD
10 42 (15.05%) Mentoring
10 42 (15.05%) SDLC
11 38 (13.62%) BDD
11 38 (13.62%) Project Management
12 37 (13.26%) Decision-Making
12 37 (13.26%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 36 (12.90%) Coaching
14 35 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (12.19%) Roadmaps
16 31 (11.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 76 (27.24%) JavaScript
1 76 (27.24%) SQL
2 54 (19.35%) Java
3 51 (18.28%) C#
3 51 (18.28%) TypeScript
4 46 (16.49%) Python
5 12 (4.30%) Scala
6 8 (2.87%) Bash
7 5 (1.79%) Go
8 4 (1.43%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.43%) Swift
8 4 (1.43%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.08%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.72%) C
10 2 (0.72%) C++
10 2 (0.72%) Groovy
10 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.72%) VB
10 2 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.83%) Degree
3 32 (11.47%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.66%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.23%) ISTQB
6 9 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.79%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.79%) PMP
9 4 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.72%) CCNA
11 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.72%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.34%) QA
2 7 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.15%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.08%) GDPR
4 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.08%) SLA
4 3 (1.08%) WCAG
5 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.36%) GxP
5 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (16.13%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (15.41%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.45%) Terraform
3 12 (4.30%) Ansible
4 3 (1.08%) Argo
4 3 (1.08%) Puppet
4 3 (1.08%) Rancher
4 3 (1.08%) yum
5 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.36%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 44 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.45%) Atlassian
3 14 (5.02%) SAP
4 10 (3.58%) Google
4 10 (3.58%) Oracle
5 8 (2.87%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.79%) Adobe
7 4 (1.43%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.43%) Pega
7 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.43%) WSO2
8 3 (1.08%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.72%) Anaplan
9 2 (0.72%) Cisco
9 2 (0.72%) HP
9 2 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.36%) Charles River
10 1 (0.36%) EMC
10 1 (0.36%) IBM
10 1 (0.36%) Murex