Kanban Job Trends in the West Midlands

Kanban
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Kanban skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 171 149
Rank change year-on-year +6 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing Kanban 15 27 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.29% 0.62% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.69% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 25
10th Percentile £52,500 £36,563 £46,650
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £68,125 £66,563 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -4.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,343 3,932 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.57% 90.66% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,243 1,772 2,527
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Kanban
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Kanban job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Kanban
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Kanban

Kanban
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kanban in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Kanban in the West Midlands

Kanban
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +19 6 £57,500 -8.00% 1
Warwickshire +24 3 £65,000 +18.18%
Solihull - 1 £90,000 -
Kanban
England

Kanban
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Trello
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) Asana
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Agile Scrum Master
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Scrum Master
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Business Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Business Development Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Development Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Lead Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Lead Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Software Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Software Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Development Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Software Development Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (13.33%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (6.67%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (66.67%) Scrum
3 7 (46.67%) DevOps
4 6 (40.00%) Project Management
5 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (33.33%) SDLC
6 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (26.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (20.00%) Coaching
7 3 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (20.00%) Software Architecture
7 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
8 2 (13.33%) Migration
8 2 (13.33%) Product Management
8 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft