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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 236 359
Rank change year-on-year +19 +123 +29
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 623 337 174
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.33% 1.19% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.30% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 249 112
10th Percentile £363 £353 £365
25th Percentile £440 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +3.96%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £602
90th Percentile £716 £705 £673
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 13 2
10th Percentile £55.00 £43.30 £57.33
25th Percentile £61.25 £46.25 £58.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £62.26
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -19.69% -10.14%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £64.95
90th Percentile £70.75 £56.25 £66.19
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £62.26
% change year-on-year +40.00% -19.69% -10.14%

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.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,860 25,825 27,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.91% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,043 16,388 16,768
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £640
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,134 1,632 1,057
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £37.82 £25.15 £41.16
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% -38.89% -7.52%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.19 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £37.02 £25.08 £38.50
% change year-on-year +47.64% -34.87% -10.81%

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 22 October 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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +16 326 £528 +0.48% 206
Midlands +10 100 £469 +10.35% 44
West Midlands +21 98 £469 -4.29% 23
South East -5 85 £500 -4.76% 50
North of England -43 85 £481 +6.94% 68
Yorkshire -27 36 £500 - 24
North East -9 34 £350 -34.88% 12
South West -20 21 £505 -4.94% 29
East of England -15 16 £460 - 18
North West -61 16 £448 +6.55% 32
East Midlands -26 1 £401 +11.31% 21
Sprint Planning
UK

Sprint Planning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile94.9%591
2Scrum54.4%339
3Sprint Retrospective38.5%240
4Stakeholder Management38.0%237
5Continuous Improvement37.6%234
6DevOps36.9%230
7Backlog Refinement34.0%212
8CI/CD29.7%185
8User Stories29.7%185
10Sprint Review26.6%166
11Problem-Solving23.8%148
12Test Automation20.7%129
13Acceptance Criteria19.9%124
14Stakeholder Engagement18.6%116
15Backlog Management17.8%111
16Roadmaps17.7%110
17Software Engineering17.2%107
18Kanban17.0%106
19SDLC16.9%105
20Scaled Agile Framework15.4%96