Kanban
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Kanban skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kanban over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 173 138
Rank change year-on-year -46 -35 +15
Contract jobs citing Kanban 472 903 1,757
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 1.53% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.70% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 620 1,119
10th Percentile £363 £415 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% -4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.35% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 51
10th Percentile - £65.00 -
25th Percentile - £70.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £45.88 £80.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% +79.78% -21.24%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £49.63
90th Percentile £78.00 £86.50 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £85.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -46.02% +83.78% -20.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Kanban is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kanban.

Daily rate trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Kanban.

Hourly rate trend for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kanban over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Kanban in the UK

Kanban
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kanban within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -21 388 £550 - 281
London -1 237 £550 -8.33% 116
UK excluding London -65 193 £507 +1.35% 179
Work from Home -5 171 £500 -1.77% 178
South East -7 70 £544 +3.62% 43
North of England +2 41 £480 -12.73% 44
Scotland -48 41 £463 -7.04% 9
North West +8 20 £65 -87.00% 29
Yorkshire +7 18 £550 -2.22% 13
Midlands +20 14 £500 -6.98% 35
South West +9 11 £590 +18.00% 24
Wales +22 9 £508 +23.03% 11
West Midlands +13 9 £538 -10.42% 24
East of England -5 6 £550 +4.76% 18
East Midlands +20 5 £363 -19.44% 11
North East +18 3 £533 +1.43% 2
Northern Ireland +3 1 £640 +60.00%

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 47 (9.96%) Confluence
2 7 (1.48%) OpenStack
3 6 (1.27%) CMS
4 4 (0.85%) Apache
4 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.64%) Drupal
5 3 (0.64%) IIS
6 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.42%) Mule
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.21%) JBoss
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 21 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.64%) Trello
6 2 (0.42%) Mingle
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Endur
1 7 (1.48%) Primavera
2 4 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.42%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.42%) Maximo
3 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.42%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.42%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (24.36%) Azure
2 100 (21.19%) AWS
3 63 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (12.08%) Serverless
5 37 (7.84%) Amazon S3
5 37 (7.84%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (5.72%) AWS CloudFormation
6 27 (5.72%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.30%) GitHub
8 23 (4.87%) OpenShift
9 22 (4.66%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (4.66%) GCP
10 17 (3.60%) PaaS
11 16 (3.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (3.18%) SaaS
13 13 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (2.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (2.12%) IaaS
15 10 (2.12%) PowerApps
16 9 (1.91%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.81%) DNS
2 14 (2.97%) Firewall
3 9 (1.91%) HTTP
3 9 (1.91%) SSL
4 8 (1.69%) Internet
4 8 (1.69%) PPP
5 7 (1.48%) DHCP
5 7 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.48%) VPN
5 7 (1.48%) VSAN
6 4 (0.85%) OpenLDAP
7 3 (0.64%) 5G
7 3 (0.64%) FabricPath
7 3 (0.64%) LAN
7 3 (0.64%) NX-OS
7 3 (0.64%) SNMP
8 2 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) Intranet
8 2 (0.42%) Junos
8 2 (0.42%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (11.23%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.72%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (5.30%) MongoDB
5 21 (4.45%) Power BI
6 18 (3.81%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (3.81%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.18%) Data Lake
8 14 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (2.75%) Amazon Aurora
10 12 (2.54%) Relational Database
11 11 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (2.12%) MySQL
12 10 (2.12%) Tableau
13 9 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.69%) Big Data
14 8 (1.69%) Oracle Database
15 7 (1.48%) Apache Cassandra
15 7 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 115 (24.36%) JIRA
2 73 (15.47%) Git
3 47 (9.96%) Jenkins
4 34 (7.20%) GitLab
5 21 (4.45%) Cypress.io
6 16 (3.39%) Postman
7 15 (3.18%) Selenium
8 12 (2.54%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.33%) JUnit
9 11 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (2.33%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.91%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.91%) NUnit
10 9 (1.91%) Subversion
11 8 (1.69%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.48%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.27%) Gatling
13 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio Team System
14 5 (1.06%) Mockito
14 5 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
General
1 138 (29.24%) Social Skills
2 107 (22.67%) Finance
3 58 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.42%) Banking
6 24 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (3.81%) Marketing
8 16 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.54%) Electronics
10 12 (2.54%) Front Office
11 11 (2.33%) Advertising
11 11 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.12%) Retail
13 9 (1.91%) Legal
13 9 (1.91%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.48%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.27%) Back Office
15 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.85%) Games
Job Titles
1 89 (18.86%) Developer
2 71 (15.04%) Senior
3 47 (9.96%) Analyst
4 37 (7.84%) Project Manager
5 36 (7.63%) Lead
6 30 (6.36%) Scrum Master
7 29 (6.14%) Business Analyst
7 29 (6.14%) Delivery Manager
8 24 (5.08%) Software Engineer
9 22 (4.66%) DevOps Engineer
10 20 (4.24%) Java Developer
11 18 (3.81%) Architect
11 18 (3.81%) Data Engineer
12 17 (3.60%) Consultant
13 16 (3.39%) Full Stack Developer
13 16 (3.39%) Test Engineer
14 15 (3.18%) Product Owner
14 15 (3.18%) Senior Software Engineer
15 14 (2.97%) Agile Delivery Manager
16 13 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.99%) .NET
2 32 (6.78%) HTML
3 30 (6.36%) React
4 29 (6.14%) REST
5 28 (5.93%) AngularJS
5 28 (5.93%) Web Services
6 27 (5.72%) AWS CDK
6 27 (5.72%) Node.js
7 26 (5.51%) CSS
8 25 (5.30%) XML
9 20 (4.24%) JSON
10 19 (4.03%) Spring
11 14 (2.97%) RESTful
12 13 (2.75%) GraphQL
12 13 (2.75%) RabbitMQ
12 13 (2.75%) Spring Boot
13 12 (2.54%) Jest
14 11 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
14 11 (2.33%) Kafka
14 11 (2.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 71 (15.04%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.03%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.97%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.97%) Hedge funds
5 12 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.33%) Derivative
6 11 (2.33%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.33%) Replication
7 10 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.12%) Fixed Income
7 10 (2.12%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.69%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.69%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.48%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.27%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 54 (11.44%) Linux
2 21 (4.45%) Windows
3 16 (3.39%) Unix
4 5 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.85%) Android
5 4 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (91.10%) Agile
2 381 (80.72%) Scrum
3 144 (30.51%) DevOps
4 97 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (19.92%) CI/CD
6 77 (16.31%) TDD
7 75 (15.89%) Microservices
8 73 (15.47%) Test Automation
9 72 (15.25%) Project Management
10 60 (12.71%) Roadmaps
10 60 (12.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 58 (12.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (11.86%) Software Engineering
13 53 (11.23%) Infrastructure as Code
14 47 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (9.96%) Mentoring
15 46 (9.75%) BDD
16 45 (9.53%) Continuous Integration
16 45 (9.53%) Migration
17 44 (9.32%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 94 (19.92%) Java
2 90 (19.07%) Python
3 84 (17.80%) SQL
4 75 (15.89%) JavaScript
5 46 (9.75%) C#
6 45 (9.53%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.66%) C++
7 22 (4.66%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.24%) Bash
8 20 (4.24%) C
9 13 (2.75%) Scala
9 13 (2.75%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.33%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.91%) Go
11 9 (1.91%) XPath
12 8 (1.69%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.48%) XQuery
14 6 (1.27%) Bicep
14 6 (1.27%) Perl
15 4 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 73 (15.47%) SC Cleared
3 72 (15.25%) Degree
4 26 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.54%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.33%) PMP
7 8 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.85%) CSPO
9 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.64%) ISEB
10 3 (0.64%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.42%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.21%) CBAP
12 1 (0.21%) SANS
12 1 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.69%) QA
2 20 (4.24%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.54%) PMO
4 7 (1.48%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.85%) GDPR
5 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.85%) PSD2
6 3 (0.64%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.42%) GRC
7 2 (0.42%) GxP
7 2 (0.42%) IFRS
7 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.21%) SEPA
8 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (13.14%) Docker
2 17 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.69%) vSphere
6 6 (1.27%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.42%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 54 (11.44%) Terraform
2 52 (11.02%) Kubernetes
3 45 (9.53%) Ansible
4 31 (6.57%) Grafana
5 13 (2.75%) Puppet
6 9 (1.91%) Kibana
6 9 (1.91%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.69%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.48%) HP ALM
9 6 (1.27%) VxRail
10 5 (1.06%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.64%) Netcool
12 2 (0.42%) logstash
12 2 (0.42%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.42%) SCCM
12 2 (0.42%) TIBCO Hawk
13 1 (0.21%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.21%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.17%) Oracle
3 23 (4.87%) SAP
4 20 (4.24%) Google
4 20 (4.24%) VMware
5 15 (3.18%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.97%) Databricks
7 13 (2.75%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.54%) Splunk
9 11 (2.33%) Atlassian
9 11 (2.33%) Cisco
10 10 (2.12%) Dell
11 6 (1.27%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.06%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (1.06%) HP
12 5 (1.06%) Sybase
13 4 (0.85%) Okta
13 4 (0.85%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.85%) Roku
13 4 (0.85%) Sparx