Sprint Backlog Contracts in the UK excluding London

Sprint Backlogs
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 421 489
Rank change year-on-year +51 +68 -60
Contract jobs citing Sprint Backlog 18 26 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.11% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.12% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 10
10th Percentile £396 £413 £457
25th Percentile £498 £479 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £526
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +5.65% +16.94%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £697
90th Percentile £588 £625 £739
UK median daily rate £548 £544 £575
% change year-on-year +0.69% -5.43% +24.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £68.00 - £46.72
UK median hourly rate £68.00 - £46.72

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,480 21,395 27,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.68% 89.58% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,444 14,842 19,202
10th Percentile £250 £256 £231
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,054 1,309 1,355
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.24 £15.63 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.36
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Sprint Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Sprint Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Sprint Backlog in the UK excluding London

Sprint Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sprint Backlog in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Sprint Backlog in the UK excluding London

Sprint Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sprint Backlog in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sprint Backlog in the UK excluding London

Sprint Backlog
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sprint Backlog in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Sprint Backlog in the UK excluding London

Sprint Backlog
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +10 9 £545 -1.98% 4
North of England +31 5 £550 -
North West +30 5 £550 -
Scotland +41 3 £318 -
Midlands +30 1 £588 - 2
West Midlands +20 1 £588 - 2
Sprint Backlog
UK

Sprint Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) ClearCase
1 2 (11.11%) ClearQuest
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
1 5 (27.78%) Senior Software Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Pega Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Scrum Master
2 3 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Data Scientist
3 2 (11.11%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Network Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Network Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) JSON
1 5 (27.78%) REST
2 3 (16.67%) .NET
2 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 3 (16.67%) CSS
2 3 (16.67%) HTML
2 3 (16.67%) XHTML
3 2 (11.11%) Swagger
3 2 (11.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (16.67%) Low-Code
3 2 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Agile
2 11 (61.11%) Scrum
3 8 (44.44%) OO
4 7 (38.89%) Mentoring
4 7 (38.89%) QMS
4 7 (38.89%) Quality Management
5 6 (33.33%) Kanban
5 6 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 5 (27.78%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (27.78%) Product Backlog
6 5 (27.78%) Prototyping
6 5 (27.78%) Rapid Prototyping
7 4 (22.22%) API Development
7 4 (22.22%) API Management
7 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
8 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
8 3 (16.67%) OOD
8 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
8 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
8 3 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) C
1 5 (27.78%) C#
1 5 (27.78%) C++
1 5 (27.78%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) Java
2 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 12 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) IBM
2 3 (16.67%) Nintex
2 3 (16.67%) Pega
2 3 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (11.11%) HP