Sprint Backlog Contracts

Sprint Backlogs
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Sprint Backlog skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sprint Backlog over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 674 779
Rank change year-on-year +106 +105 -127
Contract jobs citing Sprint Backlog 30 38 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.064% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.071% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 18 40
10th Percentile £410 £413 £415
25th Percentile £470 £464 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -6.09% +24.66%
75th Percentile £575 £601 £678
90th Percentile £723 £625 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £556 £526
% change year-on-year -1.08% +5.65% +16.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £68.00 - £46.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.00 - £46.72

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Sprint Backlog 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 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
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% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

Sprint Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sprint Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sprint Backlog in the UK

Sprint Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Sprint Backlog in the UK

Sprint Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sprint Backlog over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sprint Backlog in the UK

Sprint Backlog
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Sprint Backlog in the UK

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Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sprint Backlog within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +119 22 £550 +1.85% 12
UK excluding London +40 18 £550 -1.08% 8
Work from Home +124 10 £503 +5.79% 4
South East +8 9 £545 -3.02% 4
London +95 6 £663 +32.50% 3
North of England +34 5 £550 - 1
North West +31 5 £550 - 1
Scotland +40 3 £318 -
West Midlands +28 1 £588 -
Midlands +26 1 £588 -

Sprint Backlog
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 3 (10.00%) IIS
2 1 (3.33%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Maximo
2 1 (3.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
1 3 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle CX
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
1 1 (3.33%) HTTP
1 1 (3.33%) HTTPS
1 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.33%) Kerberos
1 1 (3.33%) Network Security
1 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (3.33%) MySQL
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) JIRA
2 3 (10.00%) ClearCase
2 3 (10.00%) ClearQuest
3 2 (6.67%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Billing
3 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (16.67%) Analyst
1 5 (16.67%) Scrum Master
1 5 (16.67%) Senior
1 5 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
1 5 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Customer Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Pega Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Product Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Software Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Software Product Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Data Scientist
4 2 (6.67%) Product Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Product Owner
4 2 (6.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.00%) JSON
2 5 (16.67%) REST
3 4 (13.33%) ADO
4 3 (10.00%) .NET
4 3 (10.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (10.00%) CSS
4 3 (10.00%) HTML
4 3 (10.00%) XHTML
4 3 (10.00%) YAML
5 2 (6.67%) Swagger
6 1 (3.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 4 (13.33%) Onboarding
1 4 (13.33%) Product Ownership
1 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.00%) Low-Code
3 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Unix
2 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (90.00%) Agile
2 14 (46.67%) Scrum
3 9 (30.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 9 (30.00%) OO
3 9 (30.00%) Product Backlog
4 8 (26.67%) Kanban
4 8 (26.67%) QMS
4 8 (26.67%) Quality Management
5 7 (23.33%) Backlog Management
5 7 (23.33%) Mentoring
5 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 5 (16.67%) Prototyping
7 5 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
8 4 (13.33%) API Development
8 4 (13.33%) API Management
8 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
8 4 (13.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 4 (13.33%) Systems Analysis
8 4 (13.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) Python
2 6 (20.00%) C
2 6 (20.00%) C++
3 5 (16.67%) C#
4 4 (13.33%) Java
5 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) SC Cleared
1 13 (43.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (23.33%) Degree
3 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) CCNP
4 1 (3.33%) CEH
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CISSP
4 1 (3.33%) GCIA
4 1 (3.33%) GCIH
4 1 (3.33%) GIAC
4 1 (3.33%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Genesys
2 4 (13.33%) SAP
3 3 (10.00%) HP
3 3 (10.00%) IBM
3 3 (10.00%) Nintex
3 3 (10.00%) Pega
4 2 (6.67%) Oracle
5 1 (3.33%) Ariba
5 1 (3.33%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.33%) Avaya
5 1 (3.33%) Sparx