Sprint Retrospective Job Trends

Sprint Retrospectives
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Sprint Retrospective skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 536 570
Rank change year-on-year +65 +34 +89
Permanent jobs citing Sprint Retrospective 178 179 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.32% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.36% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 84 62 102
10th Percentile £42,875 £42,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £52,240
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% -9.62% -3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £69,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,125 £72,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £58,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.53% -9.62% +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Sprint Retrospective 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 48,662 49,693 47,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.06% 89.92% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,549 24,753 35,968
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,565 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -3.83%

Sprint Retrospective
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Sprint Retrospective job vacancy trend in the UK

Sprint Retrospective
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Sprint Retrospective

Sprint Retrospective
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sprint Retrospective over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Sprint Retrospective in the UK

Sprint Retrospective
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sprint Retrospective within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +32 110 £55,500 -5.53% 257
Work from Home +106 107 £65,000 - 41
England +4 100 £65,000 +8.33% 264
Scotland +63 61 £45,000 - 11
London +65 52 £80,000 +28.00% 40
South East -8 23 £55,000 -15.38% 67
South West +11 11 £62,500 +4.17% 27
North of England +1 9 £65,000 +39.78% 54
Midlands +28 6 £50,000 -16.67% 43
West Midlands +26 6 £50,000 -16.67% 21
North West +5 3 £65,000 +39.78% 27
Yorkshire +2 3 £68,750 +50.27% 23
North East - 3 £57,500 - 4
Wales 0 1 £41,500 -9.78% 11

Sprint Retrospective
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 33 (18.54%) Confluence
2 6 (3.37%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.56%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (5.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 10 (5.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Sketch
3 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.37%) Shopify
2 1 (0.56%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.56%) Primavera
2 1 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (61.80%) Azure
2 86 (48.31%) Azure DevOps
3 66 (37.08%) GitHub
4 41 (23.03%) GitHub Copilot
5 29 (16.29%) Serverless
6 27 (15.17%) Snowflake
7 19 (10.67%) AWS
7 19 (10.67%) dbt
7 19 (10.67%) SaaS
8 18 (10.11%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (8.99%) Power Platform
10 13 (7.30%) Azure App Service
10 13 (7.30%) Entra ID
10 13 (7.30%) PaaS
11 12 (6.74%) Salesforce Einstein
12 10 (5.62%) Figma
12 10 (5.62%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (5.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 9 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (3.93%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.37%) DHCP
1 6 (3.37%) DNS
1 6 (3.37%) Firewall
1 6 (3.37%) NAS
1 6 (3.37%) SAN
1 6 (3.37%) TCP/IP
1 6 (3.37%) VLAN
1 6 (3.37%) Wireless
2 1 (0.56%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.56%) HTTP
2 1 (0.56%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.56%) RFID
2 1 (0.56%) SMS
2 1 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (20.79%) SQL Server
2 27 (15.17%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (12.36%) NoSQL
4 15 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (8.43%) Relational Database
5 14 (7.87%) Snowflake Schema
6 9 (5.06%) DB2
6 9 (5.06%) Power BI
7 8 (4.49%) Tableau
8 4 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.12%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.12%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.56%) DocumentDB
10 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 57 (32.02%) JIRA
2 29 (16.29%) Git
3 21 (11.80%) Selenium
4 18 (10.11%) Jenkins
5 14 (7.87%) Cypress.io
6 11 (6.18%) Cucumber
7 9 (5.06%) Bitbucket
7 9 (5.06%) TeamCity
8 8 (4.49%) WebDriver
9 6 (3.37%) GitLab
10 5 (2.81%) JUnit
11 2 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (1.12%) JMeter
11 2 (1.12%) Mockito
11 2 (1.12%) Robot Framework
11 2 (1.12%) Storybook
11 2 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (1.12%) TestRail
12 1 (0.56%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.56%) Gradle
General
1 109 (61.24%) Social Skills
2 83 (46.63%) Finance
3 51 (28.65%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (14.04%) Marketing
5 16 (8.99%) Law
6 14 (7.87%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.06%) Banking
8 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.49%) Legal
9 4 (2.25%) Front Office
10 2 (1.12%) Advertising
10 2 (1.12%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (35.39%) Developer
2 51 (28.65%) Senior
3 20 (11.24%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (10.11%) .NET Developer
4 18 (10.11%) Analyst
5 16 (8.99%) Lead
5 16 (8.99%) Software Developer
6 15 (8.43%) Java Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Azure Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Lead .NET Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Lead Developer
8 12 (6.74%) SaaS Developer
9 11 (6.18%) Senior Developer
10 9 (5.06%) Product Owner
11 8 (4.49%) Business Analyst
12 7 (3.93%) Agile Java Developer
12 7 (3.93%) Developer in Test
12 7 (3.93%) Project Manager
12 7 (3.93%) Scrum Master
12 7 (3.93%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (22.47%) React
1 40 (22.47%) RESTful
2 34 (19.10%) .NET
3 32 (17.98%) REST
4 26 (14.61%) HTML
5 25 (14.04%) SOAP
6 24 (13.48%) CSS
7 23 (12.92%) Lightning Web Components
8 20 (11.24%) Node.js
9 14 (7.87%) .NET Framework
9 14 (7.87%) ASP.NET Web API
9 14 (7.87%) Elastic Stack
9 14 (7.87%) Entity Framework
9 14 (7.87%) Playwright
9 14 (7.87%) Razor View Engine
10 13 (7.30%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 11 (6.18%) AngularJS
11 11 (6.18%) Express.js
12 9 (5.06%) Gherkin
12 9 (5.06%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 68 (38.20%) Product Ownership
2 25 (14.04%) Cloud Native
3 19 (10.67%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (8.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (5.06%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.06%) Onboarding
6 8 (4.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.81%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.56%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.56%) IoT
9 1 (0.56%) OTC Derivatives
9 1 (0.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (100.00%) Agile
2 177 (99.44%) Sprint Planning
3 105 (58.99%) DevOps
4 103 (57.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (52.81%) CI/CD
6 87 (48.88%) Test Automation
7 63 (35.39%) Coaching
8 60 (33.71%) Scrum
9 57 (32.02%) Asset Management
10 55 (30.90%) AI
11 54 (30.34%) Mentoring
11 54 (30.34%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (24.72%) Clean Code
13 41 (23.03%) Data Modelling
13 41 (23.03%) Full-Stack Development
13 41 (23.03%) User Experience
14 32 (17.98%) Backlog Refinement
15 30 (16.85%) Analytics
15 30 (16.85%) Code Quality
15 30 (16.85%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 53 (29.78%) SQL
2 29 (16.29%) JavaScript
3 28 (15.73%) Java
4 24 (13.48%) C#
4 24 (13.48%) TypeScript
5 23 (12.92%) Apex Code
6 19 (10.67%) Python
7 4 (2.25%) Bicep
7 4 (2.25%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.69%) Bash
8 3 (1.69%) C++
9 2 (1.12%) Delphi
10 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.56%) RPG
10 1 (0.56%) Scala
10 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (19.10%) Degree
2 29 (16.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (8.43%) Security Cleared
4 13 (7.30%) Master's Degree
5 11 (6.18%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.25%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.12%) CCNA
7 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.56%) CBAP
8 1 (0.56%) CSPO
8 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMP
8 1 (0.56%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (22.47%) QA
2 27 (15.17%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.25%) PMO
4 2 (1.12%) GDPR
4 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.12%) WCAG
5 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) MiFID
System Software
1 17 (9.55%) Docker
2 13 (7.30%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.37%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (8.99%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.25%) Grafana
3 2 (1.12%) Kibana
3 2 (1.12%) Nessus
3 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (20.22%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.48%) Salesforce
3 11 (6.18%) Atlassian
4 6 (3.37%) Apple
4 6 (3.37%) LogicMonitor
4 6 (3.37%) Palo Alto
4 6 (3.37%) VMware
5 4 (2.25%) Charles River
5 4 (2.25%) Google
5 4 (2.25%) Oracle
6 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.12%) Cisco
7 2 (1.12%) Databricks
7 2 (1.12%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.12%) SendGrid
7 2 (1.12%) Splunk
8 1 (0.56%) Adobe
8 1 (0.56%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.56%) IBM
8 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft