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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 173 132
Rank change year-on-year -30 -41 +23
Contract jobs citing Kanban 474 844 1,756
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.11% 1.48% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.65% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 580 1,104
10th Percentile £381 £413 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.62% -4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £688 £719 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £509 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.70% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 65
10th Percentile - £65.00 -
25th Percentile £45.88 £67.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £67.00 £78.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +75.28% -23.28%
75th Percentile £74.75 £85.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £87.50 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 £75.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -10.67% +3.45% +25.00%

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 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
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% -4.99%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -3 387 £550 - 242
London +6 236 £550 -8.33% 91
UK excluding London -55 194 £509 +1.70% 173
Work from Home -10 171 £506 -0.39% 230
South East +18 66 £544 +3.62% 46
Scotland -36 47 £475 -3.55% 9
North of England +2 40 £550 - 43
Yorkshire +5 21 £550 -2.22% 8
North West 0 17 £563 +12.50% 32
Midlands +18 14 £525 -8.70% 28
South West 0 14 £585 +17.00% 26
West Midlands +17 9 £594 -1.04% 23
Wales +22 6 £503 +21.82% 9
East of England -15 6 £550 +5.77% 16
East Midlands +15 5 £363 -19.44% 5
North East +13 2 £533 +1.43% 3
Northern Ireland 0 1 £640 +60.00% 1

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 52 (10.97%) Confluence
2 6 (1.27%) CMS
3 5 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.84%) Apache
4 4 (0.84%) IIS
4 4 (0.84%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.63%) Drupal
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 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.84%) Trello
5 2 (0.42%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Endur
2 4 (0.84%) 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%) 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
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 119 (25.11%) Azure
2 106 (22.36%) AWS
3 66 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (12.24%) Serverless
5 42 (8.86%) Amazon S3
6 41 (8.65%) AWS Lambda
7 31 (6.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (6.12%) Power Platform
9 28 (5.91%) GitHub
10 25 (5.27%) OpenShift
11 23 (4.85%) GCP
12 22 (4.64%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (3.80%) PaaS
13 18 (3.80%) SaaS
14 16 (3.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (2.32%) PowerApps
18 10 (2.11%) IaaS
19 8 (1.69%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.01%) DNS
2 13 (2.74%) Firewall
3 9 (1.90%) HTTP
3 9 (1.90%) Internet
3 9 (1.90%) SSL
4 7 (1.48%) DHCP
4 7 (1.48%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.48%) VSAN
5 6 (1.27%) VPN
6 4 (0.84%) OpenLDAP
6 4 (0.84%) SNMP
7 3 (0.63%) 5G
7 3 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.63%) FabricPath
7 3 (0.63%) LAN
7 3 (0.63%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.42%) Intranet
8 2 (0.42%) Junos
8 2 (0.42%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 57 (12.03%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (5.27%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.64%) Power BI
6 18 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (3.80%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.59%) Amazon Aurora
8 15 (3.16%) Data Lake
9 14 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (2.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (2.32%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.11%) MySQL
11 10 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 10 (2.11%) Tableau
12 8 (1.69%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 7 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (1.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 117 (24.68%) JIRA
2 71 (14.98%) Git
3 46 (9.70%) Jenkins
4 35 (7.38%) GitLab
5 19 (4.01%) Cypress.io
6 18 (3.80%) Postman
7 17 (3.59%) Selenium
8 13 (2.74%) Visual Studio
9 12 (2.53%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.53%) JUnit
9 12 (2.53%) Sonatype Nexus
10 11 (2.32%) Artifactory
11 10 (2.11%) NUnit
12 9 (1.90%) Subversion
12 9 (1.90%) TeamCity
13 8 (1.69%) Bitbucket
14 6 (1.27%) Gatling
14 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio Team System
15 5 (1.05%) ClearCase
15 5 (1.05%) TestNG
General
1 135 (28.48%) Social Skills
2 110 (23.21%) Finance
3 56 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.17%) Banking
6 25 (5.27%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (4.01%) Marketing
8 15 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.74%) Front Office
10 12 (2.53%) Legal
11 11 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.11%) Advertising
12 10 (2.11%) Electronics
12 10 (2.11%) Retail
12 10 (2.11%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.27%) Back Office
15 6 (1.27%) Investment Banking
16 5 (1.05%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (18.14%) Developer
2 71 (14.98%) Senior
3 49 (10.34%) Analyst
4 34 (7.17%) Scrum Master
5 33 (6.96%) Lead
5 33 (6.96%) Project Manager
6 32 (6.75%) Delivery Manager
7 27 (5.70%) Software Engineer
8 26 (5.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 25 (5.27%) Business Analyst
10 20 (4.22%) Architect
11 19 (4.01%) Consultant
12 18 (3.80%) Data Engineer
12 18 (3.80%) Test Engineer
13 17 (3.59%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 16 (3.38%) Java Developer
15 15 (3.16%) Senior Software Engineer
16 14 (2.95%) Full Stack Developer
16 14 (2.95%) Product Owner
17 13 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.17%) .NET
1 34 (7.17%) AWS CDK
2 33 (6.96%) React
3 30 (6.33%) HTML
4 27 (5.70%) Node.js
5 26 (5.49%) AngularJS
6 25 (5.27%) CSS
6 25 (5.27%) REST
7 24 (5.06%) Web Services
8 23 (4.85%) XML
9 19 (4.01%) JSON
9 19 (4.01%) Spring
10 14 (2.95%) GraphQL
10 14 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
11 13 (2.74%) Kafka
11 13 (2.74%) Spring Boot
12 11 (2.32%) Jest
12 11 (2.32%) RESTful
13 10 (2.11%) LDAP
13 10 (2.11%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.19%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (2.95%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.95%) Hedge funds
5 12 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.32%) Derivative
6 11 (2.32%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.32%) Replication
7 10 (2.11%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.90%) Fixed Income
8 9 (1.90%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.69%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.48%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.27%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 53 (11.18%) Linux
2 22 (4.64%) Windows
3 17 (3.59%) Unix
4 6 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.84%) Android
7 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.21%) VMS
9 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (91.56%) Agile
2 385 (81.22%) Scrum
3 146 (30.80%) DevOps
4 103 (21.73%) CI/CD
5 96 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (17.30%) Test Automation
7 78 (16.46%) TDD
8 72 (15.19%) Project Management
9 70 (14.77%) Microservices
10 64 (13.50%) Roadmaps
11 63 (13.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 60 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
12 60 (12.66%) Software Engineering
13 56 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 46 (9.70%) Mentoring
14 46 (9.70%) Waterfall
15 45 (9.49%) BDD
15 45 (9.49%) Continuous Integration
16 44 (9.28%) Migration
17 43 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 96 (20.25%) Java
2 94 (19.83%) Python
3 88 (18.57%) SQL
4 67 (14.14%) JavaScript
5 53 (11.18%) TypeScript
6 44 (9.28%) C#
7 23 (4.85%) PowerShell
8 21 (4.43%) C++
9 20 (4.22%) Bash
9 20 (4.22%) C
10 12 (2.53%) Scala
10 12 (2.53%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.11%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.90%) Go
12 9 (1.90%) XPath
13 7 (1.48%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.48%) XQuery
14 6 (1.27%) Perl
15 5 (1.05%) Bicep
15 5 (1.05%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 75 (15.82%) Security Cleared
2 63 (13.29%) SC Cleared
3 60 (12.66%) Degree
4 24 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.32%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.11%) PMP
7 7 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.84%) CSPO
9 4 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.63%) ISEB
10 3 (0.63%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.21%) APMP
12 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.21%) CBAP
12 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (9.07%) QA
2 22 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.53%) PMO
4 5 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.05%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.84%) GDPR
5 4 (0.84%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.84%) PSD2
6 3 (0.63%) 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 65 (13.71%) Docker
2 16 (3.38%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.69%) vSphere
5 6 (1.27%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.42%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 56 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 54 (11.39%) Terraform
3 45 (9.49%) Ansible
4 35 (7.38%) Grafana
5 15 (3.16%) Puppet
6 10 (2.11%) Progress Chef
7 9 (1.90%) Kibana
7 9 (1.90%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.48%) HP ALM
10 6 (1.27%) VxRail
11 5 (1.05%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.63%) Netcool
13 2 (0.42%) logstash
13 2 (0.42%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.42%) Rancher
13 2 (0.42%) TIBCO Hawk
14 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.21%) Salt
14 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.76%) Oracle
3 22 (4.64%) SAP
3 22 (4.64%) VMware
4 19 (4.01%) Google
4 19 (4.01%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.95%) Databricks
5 14 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.74%) Splunk
7 12 (2.53%) Cisco
8 10 (2.11%) Dell
9 9 (1.90%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.27%) CA Agile Central
10 6 (1.27%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.05%) HP
11 5 (1.05%) Sybase
12 4 (0.84%) Commvault
12 4 (0.84%) Greenplum
12 4 (0.84%) Netezza
12 4 (0.84%) Teradata