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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 232 362
Rank change year-on-year +38 +130 -2
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 648 308 164
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.42% 1.12% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.23% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 219 111
10th Percentile £394 £350 £355
25th Percentile £450 £404 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -3.85% -1.42%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £604
90th Percentile £675 £696 £674
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 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 £71.13 £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 38,841 25,050 28,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.82% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,525
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,450 1,590
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.12
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.87 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.45 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +35 305 £550 +5.11% 160
North of England -39 104 £500 +10.68% 46
South East -21 95 £525 +2.14% 37
Midlands +14 89 £475 +18.45% 34
West Midlands +6 80 £475 -7.32% 21
North East -2 44 £550 +2.33% 17
Yorkshire -25 44 £500 +35.14% 11
South West -21 28 £503 -0.74% 25
East of England -9 26 £460 +3.95% 9
North West -65 20 £400 -8.47% 18
East Midlands -20 8 £454 +25.95% 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
1 114 (17.59%) Confluence
2 20 (3.09%) CMS
3 12 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.39%) Apache
4 9 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.08%) SAS
6 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.77%) Documentum
7 2 (0.31%) 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 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.23%) Trello
5 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.93%) Notion
6 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Mingle
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.77%) Magento
4 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.31%) Primavera
5 2 (0.31%) 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
1 214 (33.02%) Azure
2 119 (18.36%) AWS
3 110 (16.98%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (6.94%) OpenShift
4 45 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 36 (5.56%) GCP
6 35 (5.40%) GitHub
7 33 (5.09%) Serverless
8 24 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.55%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.09%) Power Automate
10 20 (3.09%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.93%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (2.47%) Azure AKS
13 16 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (2.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.77%) Firewall
2 3 (0.46%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.46%) Network Security
3 2 (0.31%) Broadband
3 2 (0.31%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) NFC
4 1 (0.15%) NGFW
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.15%) SONET
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.70%) Power BI
2 17 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.47%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.31%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.01%) Metadata
7 9 (1.39%) Big Data
8 8 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.08%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.08%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.08%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.77%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.62%) Redis
12 3 (0.46%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.46%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.46%) Tableau
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 219 (33.80%) JIRA
2 74 (11.42%) Git
3 55 (8.49%) Jenkins
4 42 (6.48%) SonarQube
5 33 (5.09%) Postman
6 16 (2.47%) GitLab
7 15 (2.31%) Selenium
8 11 (1.70%) JUnit
9 8 (1.23%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.93%) JMeter
10 6 (0.93%) Maven
11 5 (0.77%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.77%) Subversion
11 5 (0.77%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.62%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.62%) Gradle
13 3 (0.46%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.46%) Protractor
13 3 (0.46%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 293 (45.22%) Social Skills
2 133 (20.52%) Finance
3 107 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (15.12%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.49%) Retail
6 45 (6.94%) Banking
7 36 (5.56%) Marketing
8 22 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.39%) Legal
14 7 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.08%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.08%) Front Office
14 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 114 (17.59%) Developer
2 92 (14.20%) Senior
3 87 (13.43%) Analyst
4 78 (12.04%) Scrum Master
5 65 (10.03%) Lead
6 60 (9.26%) Business Analyst
6 60 (9.26%) Delivery Manager
7 53 (8.18%) Product Owner
8 42 (6.48%) Project Manager
9 40 (6.17%) Java Developer
10 31 (4.78%) Product Manager
10 31 (4.78%) Senior Manager
11 25 (3.86%) Architect
12 22 (3.40%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (3.40%) Technical Manager
13 20 (3.09%) Senior Developer
13 20 (3.09%) Technical Analyst
14 19 (2.93%) Software Engineer
15 17 (2.62%) Java Engineer
15 17 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (10.19%) REST
2 48 (7.41%) AngularJS
3 40 (6.17%) RESTful
4 36 (5.56%) Quarkus
5 27 (4.17%) .NET
6 25 (3.86%) React
6 25 (3.86%) Spring
7 24 (3.70%) Spring Boot
8 23 (3.55%) JSON
9 16 (2.47%) Kafka
9 16 (2.47%) Lightning Web Components
10 14 (2.16%) Node.js
10 14 (2.16%) SOAP
11 13 (2.01%) PySpark
12 12 (1.85%) Middleware
13 11 (1.70%) HTML
14 9 (1.39%) XML
15 8 (1.23%) ADO
15 8 (1.23%) OAuth
15 8 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 262 (40.43%) Product Ownership
2 65 (10.03%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.24%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.62%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.85%) Life Science
8 11 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.54%) NHS
10 9 (1.39%) FMCG
11 8 (1.23%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.23%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.93%) Derivative
13 6 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.85%) Windows
2 10 (1.54%) Linux
3 5 (0.77%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) Android
4 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (93.21%) Agile
2 342 (52.78%) Scrum
3 264 (40.74%) Sprint Retrospective
4 249 (38.43%) DevOps
5 224 (34.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 216 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 188 (29.01%) User Stories
8 185 (28.55%) Backlog Refinement
9 180 (27.78%) Sprint Review
10 176 (27.16%) CI/CD
11 133 (20.52%) Acceptance Criteria
12 128 (19.75%) Test Automation
13 124 (19.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 119 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
15 114 (17.59%) Software Engineering
16 112 (17.28%) Kanban
17 108 (16.67%) Backlog Management
17 108 (16.67%) Roadmaps
18 93 (14.35%) SDLC
19 91 (14.04%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 103 (15.90%) Java
2 72 (11.11%) SQL
3 50 (7.72%) Python
4 43 (6.64%) JavaScript
5 38 (5.86%) C#
6 18 (2.78%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.47%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.77%) Bicep
8 5 (0.77%) Groovy
9 4 (0.62%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.62%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.46%) C++
11 2 (0.31%) Bash
11 2 (0.31%) Korn
11 2 (0.31%) SOQL
11 2 (0.31%) 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
1 205 (31.64%) Security Cleared
2 167 (25.77%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.17%) Degree
4 26 (4.01%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.62%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.31%) PMP
8 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.93%) CSPO
11 5 (0.77%) CISSP
12 4 (0.62%) CISM
12 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.62%) IIBA
12 4 (0.62%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.62%) SAFe Agilist
13 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (19.44%) QA
2 37 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 37 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.16%) GDPR
4 11 (1.70%) PMO
5 10 (1.54%) GRC
6 9 (1.39%) GxP
7 7 (1.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (1.08%) NIST
7 7 (1.08%) SLA
8 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.77%) WCAG
10 4 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.15%) GMP
12 1 (0.15%) HL7
12 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.15%) PERC
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (6.94%) Docker
2 9 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) 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 82 (12.65%) Kubernetes
2 44 (6.79%) Terraform
3 38 (5.86%) Argo
4 11 (1.70%) Ansible
5 5 (0.77%) Grafana
5 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.62%) Puppet
7 3 (0.46%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) 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 (10.49%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.02%) ServiceNow
3 36 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 33 (5.09%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.40%) SAP
6 18 (2.78%) Databricks
7 17 (2.62%) Oracle
8 14 (2.16%) Okta
9 12 (1.85%) ForgeRock
10 11 (1.70%) Google
11 10 (1.54%) Adobe
12 7 (1.08%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.77%) VMware
14 4 (0.62%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.62%) CA Agile Central
14 4 (0.62%) Splunk
15 3 (0.46%) PagerDuty
15 3 (0.46%) Progress
15 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
15 3 (0.46%) Zscaler
292 Sprint Planning jobs in England