Sprint Planning Contract Job Trends in England

Sprint Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Sprint Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 231 367
Rank change year-on-year +42 +136 -10
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 657 310 161
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 1.12% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.23% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 219 109
10th Percentile £392 £351 £350
25th Percentile £450 £405 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -2.72% -2.56%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £696 £672
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 12 3
10th Percentile £56.25 £46.50 £58.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 £60.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £66.01
90th Percentile - £56.13 £66.62
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,995 25,146 28,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.11% 90.84% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,229 16,020 18,598
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,544 1,434 1,645
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.60 £50.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -39.40% -1.19%

Sprint Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Sprint Planning job vacancy trend in England

Sprint Planning
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sprint Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sprint Planning

Sprint Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sprint Planning in England over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Sprint Planning in England

Sprint Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sprint Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sprint Planning

Sprint Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Sprint Planning in England over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Sprint Planning in England

Sprint Planning
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London +45 307 £550 +5.62% 236
North of England -26 105 £500 +11.11% 59
South East -15 97 £525 +2.14% 54
Midlands +11 91 £475 +18.16% 34
West Midlands +18 82 £475 -7.32% 21
North East -5 44 £550 +4.76% 17
Yorkshire -25 44 £500 +35.14% 14
South West -27 29 £503 -0.74% 28
East of England -1 26 £460 +3.95% 12
North West -62 21 £423 -3.32% 28
East Midlands -21 8 £454 +25.17% 13
Sprint Planning
UK

Sprint Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 117 (17.81%) Confluence
2 21 (3.20%) CMS
3 12 (1.83%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.37%) Apache
4 9 (1.37%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.07%) SAS
6 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.76%) Documentum
7 2 (0.30%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) Traefik
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.22%) Trello
5 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.91%) Notion
6 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Mingle
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.76%) Magento
4 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) Primavera
5 2 (0.30%) Workfront
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 216 (32.88%) Azure
2 121 (18.42%) AWS
3 110 (16.74%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (7.00%) OpenShift
4 46 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.78%) GCP
6 37 (5.63%) GitHub
7 34 (5.18%) Serverless
8 25 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.50%) Amazon S3
10 21 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (3.04%) Power Automate
11 20 (3.04%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.89%) Entra ID
13 17 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 17 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (2.44%) Azure AKS
14 16 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (2.28%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (2.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.76%) Firewall
2 4 (0.61%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.46%) Network Security
4 2 (0.30%) Broadband
4 2 (0.30%) WAN
5 1 (0.15%) 5G
5 1 (0.15%) DNS
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) NFC
5 1 (0.15%) NGFW
5 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.15%) SONET
5 1 (0.15%) SSL
5 1 (0.15%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.81%) Power BI
2 17 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.28%) Relational Database
3 15 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.13%) Metadata
5 9 (1.37%) Big Data
6 8 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.07%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.07%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.76%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.61%) Redis
10 3 (0.46%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.46%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.46%) Tableau
11 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 223 (33.94%) JIRA
2 77 (11.72%) Git
3 57 (8.68%) Jenkins
4 43 (6.54%) SonarQube
5 34 (5.18%) Postman
6 17 (2.59%) Selenium
7 16 (2.44%) GitLab
8 13 (1.98%) JUnit
9 8 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.22%) JMeter
10 7 (1.07%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.91%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.91%) Maven
12 5 (0.76%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.76%) Subversion
13 4 (0.61%) Gradle
14 3 (0.46%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.46%) Protractor
14 3 (0.46%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 296 (45.05%) Social Skills
2 131 (19.94%) Finance
3 109 (16.59%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (15.07%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.37%) Retail
6 45 (6.85%) Banking
7 37 (5.63%) Marketing
8 24 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.52%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.37%) Legal
15 8 (1.22%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.07%) Billing
16 7 (1.07%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 116 (17.66%) Developer
2 90 (13.70%) Senior
3 89 (13.55%) Analyst
4 78 (11.87%) Scrum Master
5 66 (10.05%) Lead
6 61 (9.28%) Business Analyst
7 60 (9.13%) Delivery Manager
8 53 (8.07%) Product Owner
9 42 (6.39%) Java Developer
9 42 (6.39%) Project Manager
10 31 (4.72%) Product Manager
10 31 (4.72%) Senior Manager
11 25 (3.81%) Architect
12 22 (3.35%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (3.35%) Technical Manager
13 21 (3.20%) Technical Analyst
14 20 (3.04%) Software Engineer
15 19 (2.89%) Senior Developer
16 18 (2.74%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 17 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (10.20%) REST
2 49 (7.46%) AngularJS
3 41 (6.24%) RESTful
4 37 (5.63%) Quarkus
5 28 (4.26%) Spring
6 26 (3.96%) .NET
6 26 (3.96%) React
7 25 (3.81%) Spring Boot
8 23 (3.50%) JSON
9 16 (2.44%) Kafka
9 16 (2.44%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (2.28%) Node.js
11 14 (2.13%) SOAP
12 12 (1.83%) Middleware
12 12 (1.83%) PySpark
13 11 (1.67%) HTML
14 9 (1.37%) OAuth
14 9 (1.37%) Web Services
14 9 (1.37%) XML
15 8 (1.22%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 263 (40.03%) Product Ownership
2 65 (9.89%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.20%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (2.59%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.83%) Life Science
8 11 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.52%) NHS
10 9 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.37%) FMCG
11 8 (1.22%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.22%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.22%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.07%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.07%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (0.91%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.83%) Windows
2 10 (1.52%) Linux
3 5 (0.76%) Unix
4 2 (0.30%) Android
4 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (93.30%) Agile
2 346 (52.66%) Scrum
3 267 (40.64%) Sprint Retrospective
4 249 (37.90%) DevOps
5 225 (34.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 218 (33.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 188 (28.61%) User Stories
8 186 (28.31%) Backlog Refinement
9 182 (27.70%) Sprint Review
10 178 (27.09%) CI/CD
11 135 (20.55%) Acceptance Criteria
12 131 (19.94%) Test Automation
13 125 (19.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 121 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
15 115 (17.50%) Software Engineering
16 113 (17.20%) Kanban
17 109 (16.59%) Roadmaps
18 108 (16.44%) Backlog Management
19 97 (14.76%) SDLC
20 92 (14.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 106 (16.13%) Java
2 70 (10.65%) SQL
3 48 (7.31%) Python
4 44 (6.70%) JavaScript
5 37 (5.63%) C#
6 19 (2.89%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.44%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.76%) Bicep
8 5 (0.76%) Groovy
9 4 (0.61%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.46%) C++
11 2 (0.30%) Bash
11 2 (0.30%) Korn
11 2 (0.30%) SOQL
11 2 (0.30%) SOSL
12 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 213 (32.42%) Security Cleared
2 175 (26.64%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.09%) Degree
4 27 (4.11%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.59%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.28%) PMP
8 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.91%) CSPO
12 5 (0.76%) CISSP
12 5 (0.76%) IIBA
13 4 (0.61%) CISM
13 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.61%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.61%) SAFe Agilist
14 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (19.63%) QA
2 38 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 36 (5.48%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.13%) GDPR
5 11 (1.67%) PMO
6 10 (1.52%) GRC
7 9 (1.37%) GxP
8 7 (1.07%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (1.07%) NIST
8 7 (1.07%) SLA
9 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.76%) WCAG
11 4 (0.61%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.15%) GMP
13 1 (0.15%) HL7
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.15%) PERC
13 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (7.15%) Docker
2 9 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Ceph
5 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.15%) Squid
5 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 85 (12.94%) Kubernetes
2 43 (6.54%) Terraform
3 39 (5.94%) Argo
4 11 (1.67%) Ansible
5 7 (1.07%) Grafana
5 7 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.61%) Puppet
7 3 (0.46%) Istio
8 2 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Nagios
9 1 (0.15%) Nessus
9 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 68 (10.35%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.94%) ServiceNow
3 37 (5.63%) Red Hat
4 33 (5.02%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.35%) SAP
6 18 (2.74%) Databricks
6 18 (2.74%) Oracle
7 14 (2.13%) Okta
8 12 (1.83%) ForgeRock
9 11 (1.67%) Google
10 10 (1.52%) Adobe
11 7 (1.07%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.76%) VMware
13 4 (0.61%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.61%) Splunk
14 3 (0.46%) PagerDuty
14 3 (0.46%) Progress
14 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.46%) Zscaler
409 Sprint Planning jobs in England