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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 233 366
Rank change year-on-year +39 +133 +5
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 652 320 171
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 1.16% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.28% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 228 114
10th Percentile £400 £350 £355
25th Percentile £450 £406 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £625
90th Percentile £693 £692 £675
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.72% -3.97%
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% +1.17%
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% +1.17%

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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +32 310 £550 +5.62% 61
North of England -34 104 £500 +11.11% 39
South East -4 95 £525 - 10
Midlands +3 90 £481 +20.01% 22
West Midlands +14 82 £475 -7.32% 11
North East -3 45 £550 +2.33% 15
Yorkshire -32 44 £500 +17.30% 11
East of England -4 27 £460 - 4
South West -22 26 £505 -0.25% 27
North West -61 19 £445 +3.49% 13
East Midlands -21 7 £454 +25.95% 10
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
1 113 (17.33%) Confluence
2 21 (3.22%) CMS
3 13 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.38%) Apache
4 9 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.77%) Documentum
6 3 (0.46%) SAS
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.31%) nginx
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 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.07%) Trello
5 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.92%) 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 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.77%) Magento
5 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) Primavera
6 2 (0.31%) Workfront
7 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 213 (32.67%) Azure
2 114 (17.48%) AWS
2 114 (17.48%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 41 (6.29%) OpenShift
5 36 (5.52%) GitHub
6 33 (5.06%) GCP
7 32 (4.91%) Serverless
8 24 (3.68%) Amazon S3
9 22 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (3.22%) PowerApps
11 20 (3.07%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
12 18 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (2.30%) Entra ID
15 15 (2.30%) Snowflake
16 14 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
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 (3.68%) Power BI
2 18 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.30%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.15%) Metadata
5 13 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.38%) Big Data
7 8 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (1.23%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.23%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.07%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.61%) Redis
12 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.46%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.46%) MySQL
12 3 (0.46%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 218 (33.44%) JIRA
2 70 (10.74%) Git
3 47 (7.21%) Jenkins
4 42 (6.44%) SonarQube
5 34 (5.21%) Postman
6 11 (1.69%) GitLab
6 11 (1.69%) Selenium
7 9 (1.38%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.92%) JMeter
8 6 (0.92%) JUnit
8 6 (0.92%) Maven
9 5 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.77%) Subversion
10 4 (0.61%) Gradle
10 4 (0.61%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.46%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.46%) Protractor
11 3 (0.46%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 300 (46.01%) Social Skills
2 139 (21.32%) Finance
3 114 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (16.26%) Public Sector
5 53 (8.13%) Retail
6 47 (7.21%) Banking
7 35 (5.37%) Marketing
8 23 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.38%) Legal
13 9 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.23%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.23%) Front Office
15 7 (1.07%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 117 (17.94%) Developer
2 95 (14.57%) Senior
3 90 (13.80%) Analyst
4 81 (12.42%) Scrum Master
5 67 (10.28%) Lead
6 62 (9.51%) Business Analyst
7 59 (9.05%) Delivery Manager
8 51 (7.82%) Product Owner
9 39 (5.98%) Project Manager
10 37 (5.67%) Java Developer
11 31 (4.75%) Senior Manager
12 30 (4.60%) Product Manager
13 26 (3.99%) Architect
14 22 (3.37%) Senior Developer
15 21 (3.22%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 21 (3.22%) Technical Manager
16 20 (3.07%) Technical Analyst
17 18 (2.76%) Java Engineer
17 18 (2.76%) Software Engineer
18 17 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (11.50%) REST
2 50 (7.67%) AngularJS
3 45 (6.90%) Terraform
4 39 (5.98%) RESTful
5 36 (5.52%) Quarkus
6 29 (4.45%) .NET
7 26 (3.99%) React
8 25 (3.83%) JSON
9 23 (3.53%) Spring
9 23 (3.53%) Spring Boot
10 19 (2.91%) SOAP
11 17 (2.61%) Kafka
12 16 (2.45%) Lightning Web Components
13 14 (2.15%) HTML
13 14 (2.15%) Node.js
14 13 (1.99%) PySpark
15 11 (1.69%) Middleware
16 9 (1.38%) ADO
16 9 (1.38%) XML
17 8 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 266 (40.80%) Product Ownership
2 65 (9.97%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.22%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.22%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.84%) Life Science
8 10 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.53%) NHS
9 9 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.38%) FMCG
10 8 (1.23%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.07%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.07%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.92%) Derivative
12 6 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.84%) Windows
2 10 (1.53%) Linux
3 5 (0.77%) Unix
4 4 (0.61%) Android
5 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (93.56%) Agile
2 346 (53.07%) Scrum
3 261 (40.03%) Sprint Retrospective
4 248 (38.04%) DevOps
5 227 (34.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 216 (33.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 194 (29.75%) Backlog Refinement
8 189 (28.99%) User Stories
9 185 (28.37%) Sprint Review
10 171 (26.23%) CI/CD
11 132 (20.25%) Acceptance Criteria
12 129 (19.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 128 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
14 125 (19.17%) Test Automation
15 113 (17.33%) Kanban
16 112 (17.18%) Software Engineering
17 110 (16.87%) Backlog Management
17 110 (16.87%) Roadmaps
18 94 (14.42%) SDLC
19 90 (13.80%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 101 (15.49%) Java
2 76 (11.66%) SQL
3 52 (7.98%) Python
4 51 (7.82%) JavaScript
5 40 (6.13%) C#
6 19 (2.91%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.45%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.77%) Bicep
8 5 (0.77%) Groovy
8 5 (0.77%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.46%) C++
10 3 (0.46%) Korn
11 2 (0.31%) Bash
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
1 204 (31.29%) Security Cleared
2 166 (25.46%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.13%) Degree
4 25 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (3.83%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.45%) PMI Certification
6 13 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.84%) PMP
8 11 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.92%) CSPO
11 5 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.77%) SAFe Agilist
12 4 (0.61%) CISSP
12 4 (0.61%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.46%) CISM
13 3 (0.46%) IIBA
13 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (19.79%) QA
2 39 (5.98%) Accessibility
2 39 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.99%) PMO
4 12 (1.84%) GDPR
5 10 (1.53%) GRC
6 9 (1.38%) GxP
7 7 (1.07%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (0.92%) NIST
8 6 (0.92%) WCAG
9 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.61%) SLA
11 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.31%) 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 46 (7.06%) Docker
2 9 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) 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 76 (11.66%) Kubernetes
2 38 (5.83%) Argo
3 8 (1.23%) Ansible
4 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.61%) Grafana
5 4 (0.61%) Puppet
6 3 (0.46%) Istio
7 2 (0.31%) Packer
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Nagios
8 1 (0.15%) Nessus
8 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 71 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.44%) ServiceNow
3 36 (5.52%) Red Hat
4 35 (5.37%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.37%) SAP
6 20 (3.07%) Databricks
7 16 (2.45%) Oracle
8 10 (1.53%) Adobe
8 10 (1.53%) Google
8 10 (1.53%) Okta
9 8 (1.23%) ForgeRock
10 7 (1.07%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.61%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (0.61%) Informatica
11 4 (0.61%) Splunk
11 4 (0.61%) VMware
12 3 (0.46%) PagerDuty
12 3 (0.46%) Progress
12 3 (0.46%) Sitecore