Sprint Backlog Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Sprint Backlogs
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Sprint Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 119 138
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 +42
Contract jobs citing Sprint Backlog 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.097% 0.049% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.056% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -35.58% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £398 - £588
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £387 £600 £535
% change year-on-year -35.58% +12.15% -17.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Sprint Backlog falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,816 1,793 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.86% 88.67% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,051 1,470
10th Percentile £268 £298 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 54 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.09 £69.03 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £51.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -56.86% -1.85% +38.56%

Sprint Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sprint Backlog relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Sprint Backlog job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Sprint Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Sprint Backlog.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Sprint Backlog

Sprint Backlog
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Berkshire -3 2 £387 -35.58%
Sprint Backlog
South East

Sprint Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Junior DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO