Kanban Job Trends in the North West

Kanban
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Kanban skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 198 164
Rank change year-on-year +19 -34 -3
Permanent jobs citing Kanban 69 38 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.61% 0.74% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.80% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 46 34 92
10th Percentile £45,211 £42,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,313 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £64,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.86% +7.69% -6.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,012 4,729 8,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 71.14% 91.86% 79.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,163 2,289 5,985
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,950 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,100 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Kanban job vacancy trend in the North West

Kanban
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Kanban.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Kanban

Kanban
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kanban in the North West over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Kanban in the North West

Kanban
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Manchester +16 60 £70,000 +27.27% 31
Merseyside -14 4 £56,250 -16.67% 1
Cheshire +6 2 £60,250 -10.74% 1
Lancashire - 2 £58,750 - 9
Kanban
England

Kanban
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 20 (28.99%) Confluence
2 4 (5.80%) GeoServer
3 3 (4.35%) Apache
3 3 (4.35%) Apache Spark
4 2 (2.90%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.45%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 38 (55.07%) Azure
2 20 (28.99%) AWS
3 17 (24.64%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (18.84%) Serverless
5 6 (8.70%) GCP
6 5 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (4.35%) OpenShift
8 2 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.45%) Firebase
9 1 (1.45%) GitHub
9 1 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (1.45%) Miro
9 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) AMQP
2 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) Geospatial Data
1 4 (5.80%) GIS
1 4 (5.80%) QGIS
1 4 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (4.35%) Big Data
2 3 (4.35%) Cloudera CDH
2 3 (4.35%) Hadoop
2 3 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.35%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.90%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.45%) Power BI
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (36.23%) JIRA
2 9 (13.04%) GitLab
3 8 (11.59%) JUnit
3 8 (11.59%) Spock
4 7 (10.14%) Jenkins
5 5 (7.25%) Git
6 3 (4.35%) Maven
7 2 (2.90%) MSTest
7 2 (2.90%) NUnit
8 1 (1.45%) IntelliJ
General
1 25 (36.23%) Finance
2 13 (18.84%) Games
3 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
5 8 (11.59%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (8.70%) Banking
7 4 (5.80%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Back Office
9 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Delivery Manager
2 14 (20.29%) Software Engineer
3 11 (15.94%) Developer
3 11 (15.94%) Senior
4 9 (13.04%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 7 (10.14%) Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Business Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Lead
6 6 (8.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Lead Software Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Scrum Master
6 6 (8.70%) Software Delivery Manager
6 6 (8.70%) Software Manager
7 5 (7.25%) Java Developer
8 4 (5.80%) Business Consultant
8 4 (5.80%) Consultant
8 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Geospatial Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.74%) Node.js
2 14 (20.29%) .NET
2 14 (20.29%) Spring
3 11 (15.94%) AngularJS
4 7 (10.14%) REST
5 6 (8.70%) Spring Boot
6 4 (5.80%) Leaflet
6 4 (5.80%) OpenLayers
6 4 (5.80%) PostGIS
6 4 (5.80%) React
7 3 (4.35%) gRPC
7 3 (4.35%) Material-UI
7 3 (4.35%) OpenAPI
7 3 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (4.35%) Swagger
7 3 (4.35%) Web Services
8 2 (2.90%) ASP.NET
8 2 (2.90%) CSS
8 2 (2.90%) HTML
8 2 (2.90%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.09%) Product Ownership
2 8 (11.59%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (11.59%) Private Cloud
3 6 (8.70%) PMI
4 5 (7.25%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.80%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.35%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.90%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.90%) Social Network
7 2 (2.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.25%) Linux
2 3 (4.35%) CentOS
2 3 (4.35%) Debian
2 3 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (4.35%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.90%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (97.10%) Agile
2 61 (88.41%) Scrum
3 30 (43.48%) DevOps
4 28 (40.58%) Coaching
5 26 (37.68%) CI/CD
6 24 (34.78%) TDD
7 21 (30.43%) Full-Stack Development
7 21 (30.43%) Roadmaps
8 20 (28.99%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 20 (28.99%) Software Engineering
9 19 (27.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (27.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (26.09%) Microservices
11 15 (21.74%) Decision-Making
12 14 (20.29%) SDLC
12 14 (20.29%) Software Delivery
13 12 (17.39%) Fintech
14 11 (15.94%) AI
14 11 (15.94%) Mentoring
14 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 25 (36.23%) JavaScript
2 24 (34.78%) Java
3 17 (24.64%) Python
4 8 (11.59%) TypeScript
5 7 (10.14%) SQL
6 5 (7.25%) C#
6 5 (7.25%) Groovy
7 1 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) PMI Certification
1 6 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) Degree
2 5 (7.25%) DV Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) CSPO
3 2 (2.90%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.45%) CIPD
4 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.45%) GRC
2 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (15.94%) Terraform
2 7 (10.14%) Kubernetes
3 6 (8.70%) Ansible
4 3 (4.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) AppDynamics
1 8 (11.59%) Splunk
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.35%) Google
3 3 (4.35%) Red Hat
3 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.35%) SaltStack
4 2 (2.90%) Facebook
4 2 (2.90%) Pega
4 2 (2.90%) WSO2
5 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow