Sprint Planning Job Trends

Sprint Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Sprint Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 421 524
Rank change year-on-year +69 +103 -52
Permanent jobs citing Sprint Planning 531 266 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.54% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.60% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 270 178 248
10th Percentile £42,450 £40,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -13.25%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,515 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.57% +10.00% -13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,444 44,348 79,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 90.06% 82.03%
Number of salaries quoted 50,849 24,963 55,346
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.72%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Sprint Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Sprint Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Sprint Planning job vacancy trend in the UK

Sprint Planning
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Sprint Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Sprint Planning

Sprint Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sprint Planning over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Sprint Planning in the UK

Sprint Planning
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sprint Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 19 July 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +84 448 £65,000 +8.33% 150
UK excluding London +48 294 £57,515 +4.57% 111
Work from Home +168 281 £60,000 +20.00% 70
London +47 209 £82,500 +10.00% 70
North of England +7 75 £55,000 - 23
South East -27 50 £72,500 +11.54% 35
South West -36 46 £55,000 +22.22% 15
Northern Ireland - 44 £77,500 -
Midlands -3 43 £54,000 -4.00% 27
North West +11 38 £65,000 +18.18% 11
West Midlands -2 28 £51,356 -16.15% 16
Yorkshire -27 22 £60,000 -4.00% 9
East of England -5 17 £65,000 +8.33% 5
North East -34 15 £48,250 -8.10% 4
East Midlands -5 14 £60,000 +48.15% 11
Wales -46 14 £57,515 -14.79% 6
Scotland +11 5 £48,500 -11.82% 3

Sprint Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 50 (9.42%) Confluence
2 14 (2.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.45%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.88%) SAS
5 5 (0.94%) Camunda
6 4 (0.75%) CMS
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.56%) WordPress
8 2 (0.38%) Apache
8 2 (0.38%) nginx
8 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.19%) CICS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 53 (9.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (1.32%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.94%) Trello
4 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 39 (7.34%) Workfront
2 34 (6.40%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 168 (31.64%) Azure
2 111 (20.90%) AWS
3 73 (13.75%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (9.98%) GitHub
4 53 (9.98%) iPaaS
5 38 (7.16%) SaaS
6 22 (4.14%) Power Platform
7 21 (3.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 20 (3.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 19 (3.58%) GCP
10 15 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (2.64%) Serverless
12 13 (2.45%) Figma
13 12 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (2.26%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.88%) Power Automate
15 8 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 94 (17.70%) Broadband
2 6 (1.13%) 5G
3 4 (0.75%) Kerberos
3 4 (0.75%) NAS
4 3 (0.56%) DHCP
4 3 (0.56%) DNS
4 3 (0.56%) Firewall
5 2 (0.38%) HTTP
5 2 (0.38%) MQTT
5 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.98%) Metadata
2 19 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (3.39%) MySQL
4 10 (1.88%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.88%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.32%) Big Data
7 7 (1.32%) Power BI
8 6 (1.13%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.56%) Power Query
9 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.56%) Tableau
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.38%) Redis
11 1 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 88 (16.57%) JIRA
2 71 (13.37%) Git
3 17 (3.20%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.45%) JUnit
5 11 (2.07%) GitLab
5 11 (2.07%) Mockito
6 10 (1.88%) Postman
7 9 (1.69%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.69%) Maven
7 9 (1.69%) Selenium
8 6 (1.13%) Claude Code
8 6 (1.13%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.94%) JMeter
9 5 (0.94%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.56%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.38%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.38%) minitest
12 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 137 (25.80%) Social Skills
2 116 (21.85%) Marketing
3 86 (16.20%) Finance
4 62 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (10.36%) Legal
6 39 (7.34%) Law
7 36 (6.78%) Public Sector
8 28 (5.27%) Legal Technology
9 26 (4.90%) Banking
10 20 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.26%) Retail
13 10 (1.88%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.13%) Electronics
16 3 (0.56%) Advertising
16 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.56%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 150 (28.25%) Senior
2 139 (26.18%) Developer
3 89 (16.76%) Senior Developer
4 64 (12.05%) Product Owner
5 43 (8.10%) Software Engineer
6 42 (7.91%) Product Manager
7 40 (7.53%) Lead
8 35 (6.59%) Scrum Master
9 34 (6.40%) Campaign Manager
10 29 (5.46%) Engineering Manager
11 27 (5.08%) Senior Manager
12 26 (4.90%) Analyst
13 23 (4.33%) Delivery Manager
13 23 (4.33%) Full-Stack Developer
14 21 (3.95%) Salesforce Developer
15 20 (3.77%) Business Analyst
15 20 (3.77%) Cloud Developer
15 20 (3.77%) Senior Salesforce Developer
16 19 (3.58%) Software Developer
17 18 (3.39%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (14.31%) .NET
2 62 (11.68%) REST
3 60 (11.30%) React
4 29 (5.46%) Spring
4 29 (5.46%) Vue
5 27 (5.08%) CSS
6 26 (4.90%) HTML
6 26 (4.90%) Lightning Web Components
7 24 (4.52%) Node.js
8 23 (4.33%) RESTful
8 23 (4.33%) SOAP
8 23 (4.33%) Spring Boot
9 19 (3.58%) AngularJS
10 15 (2.82%) Playwright
11 13 (2.45%) Blazor
12 10 (1.88%) .NET Framework
12 10 (1.88%) Kafka
13 9 (1.69%) ASP.NET
14 8 (1.51%) JWT
14 8 (1.51%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 223 (42.00%) Product Ownership
2 88 (16.57%) Marketing Technology
2 88 (16.57%) Over-the-Top Content
2 88 (16.57%) Social Media
3 29 (5.46%) Cloud Native
4 23 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.82%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.88%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.88%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.32%) Life Science
10 6 (1.13%) Clustering
10 6 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.13%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.13%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.82%) Linux
2 6 (1.13%) Windows
3 5 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.38%) Android
5 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (87.19%) Agile
2 212 (39.92%) CI/CD
3 211 (39.74%) Sprint Retrospective
4 202 (38.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 188 (35.40%) Roadmaps
6 169 (31.83%) User Stories
7 146 (27.50%) Scrum
8 138 (25.99%) DevOps
9 129 (24.29%) Workflow
10 123 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
10 123 (23.16%) Product Backlog
11 120 (22.60%) Software Engineering
12 118 (22.22%) Decision-Making
13 106 (19.96%) Microservices
14 102 (19.21%) Product Vision
15 100 (18.83%) Acceptance Criteria
15 100 (18.83%) Customer Experience
16 98 (18.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 94 (17.70%) Product Requirements
18 88 (16.57%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 88 (16.57%) C#
2 65 (12.24%) JavaScript
3 59 (11.11%) Java
4 52 (9.79%) Python
5 51 (9.60%) SQL
6 48 (9.04%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.90%) Apex Code
8 21 (3.95%) SOQL
9 13 (2.45%) Bash
10 9 (1.69%) PHP
10 9 (1.69%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.69%) Ruby
11 7 (1.32%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.75%) C
12 4 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.75%) Groovy
13 3 (0.56%) C++
14 2 (0.38%) Rust
15 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 63 (11.86%) Security Cleared
2 47 (8.85%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.53%) Degree
4 18 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.94%) ISTQB
7 5 (0.94%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.75%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.75%) PMP
9 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.38%) CBAP
10 2 (0.38%) CSPO
10 2 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.19%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (19.77%) QA
2 24 (4.52%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.32%) GDPR
3 7 (1.32%) PMO
4 6 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.13%) WCAG
5 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.38%) GRC
6 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.38%) SLA
7 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (6.97%) Docker
2 12 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (6.59%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.77%) Terraform
3 12 (2.26%) Ansible
4 5 (0.94%) Grafana
5 3 (0.56%) Kibana
5 3 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.38%) logstash
7 1 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 88 (16.57%) Adobe
2 48 (9.04%) Microsoft
3 36 (6.78%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.45%) Oracle
5 11 (2.07%) Databricks
6 9 (1.69%) Google
7 8 (1.51%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.32%) Workday
9 4 (0.75%) SAP
9 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.56%) VMware
11 2 (0.38%) Automation Anywhere
11 2 (0.38%) Cognizant
11 2 (0.38%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.38%) Pega
11 2 (0.38%) Planon
11 2 (0.38%) UiPath
12 1 (0.19%) New Relic
12 1 (0.19%) Progress
12 1 (0.19%) Remedy