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Kanban freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Kanban – calculated from 279 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
279
Rank 43 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 18 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
4 %
Rated for 279 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
82 %
14 % fully remote · stated in 96 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Kanban

In demand, but declining.

Kanban is among the most in-demand skills, at rank 43 of 531. Its market share is falling (▼ 18 % vs. the 90 days before).

High demandRank 43 of 531 skills, 279 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 18 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible82 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Kanban – and why do companies hire Kanban freelancers?

The postings that mention Kanban fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

Consulting and design35 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Kanban.
New development29 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with Kanban.
Infrastructure and operations11 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Kanban.
Operations and enhancement10 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with Kanban.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Project Manager (23 %), Backend Developer (22 %), Business Analyst (12 %) and DevOps Engineer (11 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 67 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 18 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 17 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
43 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Kanban are rising: from an average of 15 to 31 per week (+116 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills Kanban is wanted with – and which ones pay off

Scrum appears in 95 % of Kanban postings.

Often named together

Scrum95 %(opens in new tab)Jira43 %(opens in new tab)Confluence32 %(opens in new tab)Git29 %(opens in new tab)Java24 %(opens in new tab)CI/CD23 %(opens in new tab)Agile Methods20 %(opens in new tab)SAFe17 %(opens in new tab)Share of Kanban postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Kanban – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior67 %
Mid-level30 %
Junior3 %

Senior dominates (67 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software45 %
public_sector12 %
logistics11 %
manufacturing9 %
banking_finance7 %

it_software grows the most (+30 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 67 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance75 %
Permanent20 %
Temp agency5 %

Freelance dominates (75 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote68 %
On site18 %
Fully remote14 %

Partly remote dominates (68 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 14 % of postings.

Stated in 96 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main15 %
Köln7 %
Frankfurt7 %
Hamburg6 %
Bayern5 %

Frankfurt am Main grows the most (+70 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 81 % of listings

Project language

German98 %

German dominates (98 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Kanban?

Typical duration12 monthsMedian of the postings that state it. 53 % run 12 months or longer.Basis: 70 postings with this information (25 % of all postings).
Full time required71 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 96 postings with this information (34 % of all postings).

Who posts Kanban projects

FERCHAU GmbH95
mund consulting AG23
Westhouse Consulting GmbH18
iPAXX AG10
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Kanban projects

Frequently asked questions about Kanban freelancing

How many Kanban projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 279 projects and jobs mentioning Kanban were posted. That is around 21 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 18 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Kanban still in demand for freelancers?

Kanban ranks 43 of 531 skills.

Are Kanban projects possible remotely?

82 % of Kanban postings allow remote work. 14 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Kanban freelancer?

Scrum (95 %), Jira (43 %) and Confluence (32 %) are most often required together with Kanban. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Kanban projects?

The 4 most active recruiters account for 52 % of all Kanban postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Kanban. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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