Kanban
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Kanban skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 355 233 242
Rank change year-on-year -122 +9 -100
Permanent jobs citing Kanban 398 1,237 1,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.26% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.46% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 248 897 739
10th Percentile £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year - -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,875 £91,524 £95,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kanban.

Salary trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -111 372 £65,000 +1.44% 498
UK excluding London -103 253 £57,500 -4.17% 328
Work from Home -92 179 £60,000 -4.00% 325
London +12 157 £80,000 +10.34% 255
South East -25 87 £60,000 - 118
North of England -104 52 £56,000 -20.00% 110
East of England +22 33 £65,000 +18.18% 34
Midlands +8 30 £48,000 -18.30% 24
South West +7 30 £60,000 +11.02% 36
North West -90 28 £57,500 -17.86% 77
West Midlands -3 25 £48,000 -20.00% 14
Yorkshire +1 21 £56,000 -6.67% 26
Scotland +103 13 £59,500 +13.33% 7
Wales +33 8 £52,796 +17.32% 12
East Midlands +30 5 £53,750 +2.38% 9
North East +19 3 £43,848 -37.36% 9

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 31 (7.79%) Confluence
2 12 (3.02%) JBoss
2 12 (3.02%) Red Hat Fuse
3 6 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.01%) Cloud Foundry
5 3 (0.75%) Apache
5 3 (0.75%) IIS
5 3 (0.75%) nginx
6 2 (0.50%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.76%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.76%) Trello
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) Revit
6 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (2.26%) NetSuite
2 8 (2.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.50%) Endur
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 2 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) Eikon
4 1 (0.25%) RMDS
4 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 207 (52.01%) AWS
2 158 (39.70%) Azure
3 74 (18.59%) Amazon EKS
4 73 (18.34%) Serverless
5 54 (13.57%) AWS CloudFormation
6 38 (9.55%) AWS Lambda
7 37 (9.30%) GCP
8 31 (7.79%) SaaS
9 26 (6.53%) Amazon ECS
10 19 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (4.77%) Power Platform
11 18 (4.52%) Amazon EC2
12 17 (4.27%) GitHub
12 17 (4.27%) PaaS
13 11 (2.76%) IaaS
14 10 (2.51%) Boomi
15 9 (2.26%) Amazon S3
15 9 (2.26%) Miro
16 7 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
17 6 (1.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.51%) Firewall
2 5 (1.26%) Network Security
3 2 (0.50%) BGP
3 2 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.50%) EIGRP
3 2 (0.50%) FCoE
3 2 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.50%) NX-OS
3 2 (0.50%) Value-Added Service
3 2 (0.50%) VPN
3 2 (0.50%) Wireless
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) Internet
4 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (16.33%) Elasticsearch
2 49 (12.31%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (10.80%) Relational Database
4 34 (8.54%) DynamoDB
5 27 (6.78%) SQL Server
6 24 (6.03%) MongoDB
6 24 (6.03%) NoSQL
7 19 (4.77%) Power BI
8 17 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (4.02%) RDBMS
10 9 (2.26%) MySQL
11 7 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.51%) Apache Cassandra
12 6 (1.51%) Couchbase
13 4 (1.01%) Power Query
13 4 (1.01%) Redis
14 3 (0.75%) Big Data
14 3 (0.75%) Tableau
15 2 (0.50%) GIS
15 2 (0.50%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 75 (18.84%) JIRA
2 55 (13.82%) Git
3 48 (12.06%) Jenkins
4 40 (10.05%) JUnit
5 29 (7.29%) JMeter
6 18 (4.52%) Mockito
7 16 (4.02%) GitLab
8 14 (3.52%) Selenium
9 11 (2.76%) Cypress.io
10 9 (2.26%) Gatling
10 9 (2.26%) Postman
11 7 (1.76%) Maven
11 7 (1.76%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.76%) SonarQube
12 6 (1.51%) Burp Suite
13 5 (1.26%) DbUnit
13 5 (1.26%) jMock
13 5 (1.26%) Visual Studio
14 4 (1.01%) TestCafe
14 4 (1.01%) TestNG
General
1 109 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (16.08%) Finance
4 54 (13.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (12.56%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.52%) Banking
6 18 (4.52%) Retail
7 14 (3.52%) Marketing
8 9 (2.26%) Publishing
9 8 (2.01%) Games
9 8 (2.01%) iGaming
9 8 (2.01%) Legal
10 7 (1.76%) Back Office
10 7 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.51%) Advertising
11 6 (1.51%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.26%) Front Office
12 5 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.01%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 174 (43.72%) Developer
2 94 (23.62%) Senior
3 73 (18.34%) Software Developer
4 52 (13.07%) Senior Developer
5 35 (8.79%) Java Developer
6 33 (8.29%) Architect
7 27 (6.78%) Software Engineer
8 26 (6.53%) .NET Developer
9 23 (5.78%) Lead
10 22 (5.53%) Full-Stack Developer
11 21 (5.28%) Delivery Manager
11 21 (5.28%) Senior Software Developer
12 19 (4.77%) Analyst
12 19 (4.77%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (3.77%) Product Owner
14 13 (3.27%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 12 (3.02%) Project Manager
16 11 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
16 11 (2.76%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 9 (2.26%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (27.39%) Node.js
2 99 (24.87%) .NET
3 73 (18.34%) React
4 59 (14.82%) REST
5 49 (12.31%) Pandas
6 46 (11.56%) GraphQL
7 44 (11.06%) RESTful
8 42 (10.55%) Web Services
9 41 (10.30%) HTML
10 35 (8.79%) Spring
11 31 (7.79%) Spring Boot
12 28 (7.04%) .NET Core
12 28 (7.04%) AngularJS
12 28 (7.04%) CSS
13 26 (6.53%) Apache Camel
14 22 (5.53%) ASP.NET Web API
15 20 (5.03%) ActiveMQ
16 19 (4.77%) Hibernate
16 19 (4.77%) SOAP
17 16 (4.02%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.31%) Cyberattack
2 40 (10.05%) Product Ownership
3 36 (9.05%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.27%) Mobile App
6 12 (3.02%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.76%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.51%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.51%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.01%) Mobile Games
9 8 (2.01%) Sports Betting
10 7 (1.76%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.26%) PKI
11 5 (1.26%) PMI
11 5 (1.26%) Social Media
12 4 (1.01%) IVR
12 4 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.75%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 67 (16.83%) Linux
2 50 (12.56%) Android
3 4 (1.01%) Windows
4 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.50%) Unix
4 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.25%) Debian
5 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (87.69%) Agile
2 266 (66.83%) Scrum
3 159 (39.95%) CI/CD
4 118 (29.65%) Microservices
5 109 (27.39%) Software Engineering
6 105 (26.38%) DevOps
7 85 (21.36%) Secure Coding
8 84 (21.11%) Containerisation
9 80 (20.10%) Collaborative Working
10 76 (19.10%) Full-Stack Development
11 68 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 68 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
12 65 (16.33%) TDD
13 64 (16.08%) OOP
14 62 (15.58%) Design Patterns
15 61 (15.33%) OO
16 60 (15.08%) Test Automation
17 58 (14.57%) BDD
17 58 (14.57%) Project Management
18 57 (14.32%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 119 (29.90%) JavaScript
2 117 (29.40%) Java
3 108 (27.14%) Python
4 81 (20.35%) SQL
5 69 (17.34%) TypeScript
6 59 (14.82%) C#
6 59 (14.82%) Go
7 52 (13.07%) C++
8 49 (12.31%) Rust
9 16 (4.02%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.51%) Bash
10 6 (1.51%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.51%) Scala
11 3 (0.75%) Ruby
12 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Ada
13 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.25%) PHP
13 1 (0.25%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 117 (29.40%) Security Cleared
2 69 (17.34%) DV Cleared
3 53 (13.32%) SC Cleared
4 41 (10.30%) Degree
5 15 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.27%) ISTQB
7 11 (2.76%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.76%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.51%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.26%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.01%) CSPO
13 3 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.75%) CISSP
13 3 (0.75%) PMP
13 3 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.50%) MBA
14 2 (0.50%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.25%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.04%) QA
2 12 (3.02%) SLA
3 11 (2.76%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.51%) GDPR
5 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.50%) EMIR
6 2 (0.50%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.50%) MiFID
6 2 (0.50%) PMO
6 2 (0.50%) SEPA
6 2 (0.50%) WCAG
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.25%) DO-254
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 115 (28.89%) Docker
2 6 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.01%) vSphere
4 2 (0.50%) Postfix
4 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 118 (29.65%) Kubernetes
2 78 (19.60%) Terraform
3 76 (19.10%) Ansible
4 18 (4.52%) Kibana
5 9 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.01%) Grafana
7 7 (1.76%) Puppet
8 6 (1.51%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.26%) Argo
10 4 (1.01%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.50%) Istio
12 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (11.56%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.53%) Google
3 17 (4.27%) Splunk
4 16 (4.02%) Oracle
5 14 (3.52%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.27%) Dynatrace
7 12 (3.02%) VMware
8 10 (2.51%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.51%) IBM
10 5 (1.26%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (1.01%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.01%) Databricks
11 4 (1.01%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.75%) Adobe
12 3 (0.75%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.75%) Murex
13 2 (0.50%) Calypso
13 2 (0.50%) Charles River
13 2 (0.50%) Cisco
13 2 (0.50%) SAP