Sprint Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Sprint Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Sprint Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sprint Planning over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 339 307
Rank change year-on-year +96 -32 -20
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 91 55 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.27% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.31% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 34 103
10th Percentile £400 £65 £364
25th Percentile £425 £321 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.49% -6.58% -
75th Percentile £584 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £614 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £74.58 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £58.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Sprint Planning 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Sprint Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Sprint Planning in the UK excluding London

Sprint Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Sprint Planning in the UK excluding London

Sprint Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sprint Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sprint Planning in the UK excluding London

Sprint Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Sprint Planning in the UK excluding London

Sprint Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Sprint Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Sprint Planning in the UK excluding London

Sprint Planning
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 Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East +50 29 £513 +10.97% 59
North of England +18 23 £506 +125.00% 37
Midlands +21 14 £550 +25.71% 21
North West +11 13 £513 +688.46% 21
West Midlands +16 11 £563 +7.14% 13
Scotland +16 11 £470 -18.26% 4
South West +36 8 £545 +70.31% 23
Yorkshire +14 8 £425 -22.73% 12
East of England +36 3 £400 +60.00% 16
East Midlands +13 2 £675 +82.43% 8
North East -4 2 £519 -2.58% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £625 - 1
Wales - 1 £331 - 10
Sprint Planning
UK

Sprint Planning
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 23 (25.27%) Confluence
2 3 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.10%) Apache
3 1 (1.10%) Appian
3 1 (1.10%) IIS
3 1 (1.10%) nginx
3 1 (1.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) iTrent
2 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.08%) Azure
2 11 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (8.79%) Power Platform
4 7 (7.69%) AWS
5 6 (6.59%) SaaS
6 4 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.30%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.20%) Azure Stack
8 2 (2.20%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.10%) Azure API Management
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.10%) IaaS
9 1 (1.10%) Oracle CX
9 1 (1.10%) Serverless
9 1 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.49%) Firewall
2 3 (3.30%) Broadband
3 2 (2.20%) DNS
3 2 (2.20%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.10%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.20%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.20%) Power BI
3 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.10%) Big Data
4 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.10%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.10%) Metadata
4 1 (1.10%) MySQL
4 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.10%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (36.26%) JIRA
2 18 (19.78%) Git
3 6 (6.59%) GitLab
3 6 (6.59%) Postman
3 6 (6.59%) Selenium
4 5 (5.49%) Jenkins
4 5 (5.49%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (4.40%) Cypress.io
5 4 (4.40%) Visual Studio
6 3 (3.30%) JMeter
6 3 (3.30%) REST Assured
6 3 (3.30%) TestNG
6 3 (3.30%) Travis CI
7 2 (2.20%) Balsamiq
7 2 (2.20%) Moq
7 2 (2.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.10%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.10%) ERwin
8 1 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (1.10%) WebDriver
General
1 44 (48.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (18.68%) Public Sector
3 14 (15.38%) Finance
4 6 (6.59%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.30%) Automotive
5 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.30%) Marketing
6 2 (2.20%) Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Electronics
7 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Retail
7 1 (1.10%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) Developer
2 14 (15.38%) Senior
3 11 (12.09%) Project Manager
3 11 (12.09%) Scrum Master
4 8 (8.79%) Analyst
4 8 (8.79%) Business Analyst
5 7 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
5 7 (7.69%) Technical Manager
6 6 (6.59%) Product Owner
7 5 (5.49%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 5 (5.49%) Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (5.49%) Senior Developer
7 5 (5.49%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Consultant
8 4 (4.40%) Lead
8 4 (4.40%) ServiceNow Developer
9 3 (3.30%) Data Business Analyst
9 3 (3.30%) IT Project Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.29%) CSS
2 10 (10.99%) RESTful
3 9 (9.89%) HTML
4 8 (8.79%) AngularJS
4 8 (8.79%) React
5 6 (6.59%) .NET
6 5 (5.49%) REST
7 4 (4.40%) JSON
7 4 (4.40%) Next.js
7 4 (4.40%) XML
7 4 (4.40%) YAML
8 3 (3.30%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.30%) ASP.NET
8 3 (3.30%) Vue
9 2 (2.20%) Bootstrap
9 2 (2.20%) Hibernate
9 2 (2.20%) Spring
9 2 (2.20%) Spring Boot
9 2 (2.20%) Web Services
9 2 (2.20%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 27 (29.67%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.40%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.20%) CMDB
4 2 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.20%) Digital TV
4 2 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.20%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.20%) STB
5 1 (1.10%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.10%) CUDA
5 1 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.49%) Linux
2 2 (2.20%) Windows
3 1 (1.10%) AIX
3 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.10%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (87.91%) Agile
2 40 (43.96%) Scrum
3 37 (40.66%) Sprint Retrospective
4 30 (32.97%) DevOps
5 26 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (26.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (24.18%) CI/CD
7 22 (24.18%) Sprint Review
8 20 (21.98%) Test Automation
9 19 (20.88%) Backlog Refinement
9 19 (20.88%) Project Management
10 18 (19.78%) User Stories
11 17 (18.68%) Backlog Management
11 17 (18.68%) Roadmaps
12 16 (17.58%) Product Backlog
13 15 (16.48%) Coaching
13 15 (16.48%) Kanban
13 15 (16.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (14.29%) User Experience
15 12 (13.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.09%) Python
2 10 (10.99%) JavaScript
3 9 (9.89%) TypeScript
4 8 (8.79%) Bash
4 8 (8.79%) C#
5 6 (6.59%) Java
6 4 (4.40%) SQL
7 2 (2.20%) C++
8 1 (1.10%) C
8 1 (1.10%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.10%) Rust
8 1 (1.10%) Swift
8 1 (1.10%) VB
8 1 (1.10%) VB6
Qualifications
1 16 (17.58%) Degree
2 12 (13.19%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.30%) CEH
5 3 (3.30%) CISSP
5 3 (3.30%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.20%) CCNA
6 2 (2.20%) CCNP
6 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.10%) APMP
7 1 (1.10%) CSPO
7 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.29%) QA
2 6 (6.59%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.30%) GRC
4 2 (2.20%) NCSC
5 1 (1.10%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (1.10%) ISO 26262
5 1 (1.10%) PMO
5 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Docker
2 2 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.59%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.49%) Ansible
3 3 (3.30%) Kibana
4 1 (1.10%) Puppet
4 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (19.78%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.40%) Fortinet
3 4 (4.40%) Infoblox
4 3 (3.30%) Oracle
4 3 (3.30%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.30%) Virgin Media
5 2 (2.20%) Databricks
5 2 (2.20%) Palantir
5 2 (2.20%) SAP
6 1 (1.10%) Adobe
6 1 (1.10%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.10%) BMC
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco
6 1 (1.10%) Informatica
6 1 (1.10%) Nokia
6 1 (1.10%) Remedy
6 1 (1.10%) Siemens
6 1 (1.10%) VMware
6 1 (1.10%) Wind River