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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 333 395
Rank change year-on-year +98 +62 -3
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 367 176 185
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.22% 0.57% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 0.66% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 104 109
10th Percentile £354 £365 £308
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £633 £605
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £503
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.45% -4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 9
10th Percentile £43.45 £58.88 £45.20
25th Percentile £46.88 £62.81 £54.00
Median hourly rate £51.25 £66.01 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.36% -3.64% +1.48%
75th Percentile £55.94 £67.45 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.90 £68.23 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £66.01 £68.50
% change year-on-year -22.36% -3.64% +1.48%

All Process and 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 27,183 26,639 35,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.25% 86.82% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,253 16,245 24,094
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £47.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.94 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 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
London +91 186 £525 -6.67% 125
North of England -3 64 £450 +5.88% 47
Midlands +3 49 £445 -20.54% 26
West Midlands -5 34 £483 -13.71% 22
Yorkshire -27 30 £500 +17.65% 12
South East +2 29 £525 -9.09% 56
North West +1 27 £418 +14.38% 28
East Midlands -2 15 £363 - 4
South West +13 14 £544 - 26
East of England -13 9 £460 -23.33% 3
North East -4 7 £538 +31.10% 7
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 47 (12.81%) Confluence
2 17 (4.63%) CMS
3 14 (3.81%) SAS
4 5 (1.36%) Appian
4 5 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.36%) WordPress
5 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.54%) Documentum
6 2 (0.54%) Drupal
6 2 (0.54%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.54%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
6 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.09%) Trello
7 3 (0.82%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.82%) Sketch
8 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.54%) Primavera
3 2 (0.54%) Workfront
4 1 (0.27%) Endur
4 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 86 (23.43%) Azure
2 61 (16.62%) AWS
3 44 (11.99%) GitHub
4 35 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (6.27%) GCP
6 21 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
6 21 (5.72%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.63%) Serverless
8 16 (4.36%) OpenShift
9 14 (3.81%) SaaS
10 13 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.27%) Figma
12 10 (2.72%) Amazon S3
12 10 (2.72%) Miro
12 10 (2.72%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.45%) Power Automate
14 8 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.18%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) HTTP
1 4 (1.09%) SSL
2 3 (0.82%) DNS
3 2 (0.54%) VPN
4 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (4.09%) NoSQL
3 13 (3.54%) Power BI
4 9 (2.45%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.18%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.91%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.36%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.36%) MySQL
7 5 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 5 (1.36%) Tableau
8 4 (1.09%) Big Data
8 4 (1.09%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.09%) DB2
9 3 (0.82%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.82%) Metadata
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.54%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.54%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 106 (28.88%) JIRA
2 51 (13.90%) Jenkins
3 44 (11.99%) Git
4 38 (10.35%) GitLab
5 33 (8.99%) Selenium
6 29 (7.90%) Cucumber
7 26 (7.08%) JUnit
8 19 (5.18%) Postman
9 12 (3.27%) SonarQube
10 10 (2.72%) webpack
11 6 (1.63%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.63%) TestRail
11 6 (1.63%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.36%) Babel
12 5 (1.36%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.36%) Robot Framework
12 5 (1.36%) TestNG
12 5 (1.36%) WebDriver
13 4 (1.09%) REST Assured
13 4 (1.09%) TeamCity
General
1 173 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 84 (22.89%) Finance
3 51 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 37 (10.08%) Banking
6 20 (5.45%) Marketing
7 14 (3.81%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.27%) Front Office
9 11 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.36%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.09%) Back Office
13 4 (1.09%) Legal
14 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.82%) Retail
15 2 (0.54%) Automotive
15 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.54%) Law
15 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (18.53%) Developer
2 49 (13.35%) Analyst
3 44 (11.99%) Scrum Master
4 37 (10.08%) Business Analyst
5 32 (8.72%) Product Owner
6 31 (8.45%) Lead
7 27 (7.36%) Senior
8 17 (4.63%) Java Developer
9 14 (3.81%) Project Manager
10 13 (3.54%) Test Specialist
11 10 (2.72%) Architect
12 9 (2.45%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (2.45%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.18%) Product Manager
13 8 (2.18%) Tester
14 7 (1.91%) Delivery Manager
14 7 (1.91%) QA Engineer
14 7 (1.91%) Software Engineer
14 7 (1.91%) Technical Analyst
14 7 (1.91%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (16.08%) REST
2 39 (10.63%) React
3 34 (9.26%) RESTful
4 24 (6.54%) HTML
5 23 (6.27%) CSS
6 21 (5.72%) AngularJS
7 16 (4.36%) Node.js
8 14 (3.81%) .NET
8 14 (3.81%) Spring
8 14 (3.81%) Spring Boot
9 13 (3.54%) pytest
9 13 (3.54%) SOAP
10 11 (3.00%) HTML5
10 11 (3.00%) JSON
11 10 (2.72%) Kafka
11 10 (2.72%) Next.js
11 10 (2.72%) Vue
12 9 (2.45%) Jest
12 9 (2.45%) Web Services
13 8 (2.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 130 (35.42%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.54%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.54%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.27%) Virtual Team
4 11 (3.00%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.36%) PMI
8 5 (1.36%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.09%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.82%) IoT
10 3 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.18%) Windows
2 7 (1.91%) Unix
3 4 (1.09%) Linux
4 3 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.27%) VMS
5 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (90.46%) Agile
2 197 (53.68%) Scrum
3 175 (47.68%) Sprint Retrospective
4 114 (31.06%) DevOps
5 107 (29.16%) CI/CD
6 104 (28.34%) Problem-Solving
7 95 (25.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 84 (22.89%) Sprint Review
9 83 (22.62%) Test Automation
10 79 (21.53%) User Stories
11 75 (20.44%) Backlog Refinement
12 68 (18.53%) Stakeholder Management
13 58 (15.80%) Kanban
14 57 (15.53%) Roadmaps
15 53 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 52 (14.17%) Backlog Management
17 51 (13.90%) Analytics
18 47 (12.81%) SDLC
18 47 (12.81%) User Experience
19 46 (12.53%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.62%) Python
2 59 (16.08%) Java
3 53 (14.44%) JavaScript
4 49 (13.35%) SQL
5 25 (6.81%) TypeScript
6 22 (5.99%) C#
7 5 (1.36%) Bicep
8 4 (1.09%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.09%) Go
8 4 (1.09%) PHP
9 3 (0.82%) Bash
9 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.82%) VBA
10 2 (0.54%) XPath
11 1 (0.27%) C++
11 1 (0.27%) Korn
11 1 (0.27%) Ruby
11 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 68 (18.53%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.17%) Degree
4 11 (3.00%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.91%) PMP
8 6 (1.63%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.36%) CSPO
10 3 (0.82%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.54%) CISSP
11 2 (0.54%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.27%) OCA
12 1 (0.27%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (21.80%) QA
2 28 (7.63%) Accessibility
3 15 (4.09%) GDPR
4 11 (3.00%) WCAG
5 10 (2.72%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.91%) GRC
7 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.36%) NIST
9 4 (1.09%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.09%) PSD2
10 3 (0.82%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.54%) HL7
11 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.27%) MiFID
12 1 (0.27%) RMADS
12 1 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (13.08%) Docker
2 5 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (12.26%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.54%) Terraform
3 13 (3.54%) Ansible
4 10 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.63%) Grafana
6 5 (1.36%) Argo
7 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.54%) Kibana
9 1 (0.27%) Istio
9 1 (0.27%) linkerd
Vendors
1 52 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.27%) Salesforce
3 16 (4.36%) Oracle
4 12 (3.27%) Google
5 9 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.18%) Adobe
7 7 (1.91%) Cisco
7 7 (1.91%) Databricks
8 5 (1.36%) Veracode
9 4 (1.09%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.09%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.09%) Splunk
10 3 (0.82%) Amplitude
10 3 (0.82%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.82%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.82%) Okta
10 3 (0.82%) Progress
10 3 (0.82%) SAP
10 3 (0.82%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.54%) OneLogin