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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 295 410
Rank change year-on-year +92 +115 -23
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 494 176 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.29% 0.73% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 0.80% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 100 84
10th Percentile £363 £400 £268
25th Percentile £425 £450 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £604 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 2
10th Percentile £53.00 £65.13 £52.63
25th Percentile £60.00 £65.31 £54.69
Median hourly rate £67.50 £66.25 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% +12.77% -7.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.81 £62.19
90th Percentile £73.41 £68.38 £63.88
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year - +14.89% -7.84%

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 32,913 22,023 32,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.03% 90.83% 86.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,101 14,513 21,559
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,010 854 2,155
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.00 £15.92
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.88 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +65 246 £517 -4.16% 58
North of England +2 89 £427 -17.78% 40
Midlands -13 60 £490 -10.09% 14
South East -23 54 £525 +6.28% 31
West Midlands -22 48 £492 -12.53% 10
North West -3 40 £390 -28.88% 14
South West -7 26 £525 -3.67% 16
North East +10 25 £550 +6.02% 18
Yorkshire -39 25 £500 +17.65% 8
East Midlands -23 12 £413 -8.33% 3
East of England -25 10 £475 +18.75% 16
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 77 (15.59%) Confluence
2 20 (4.05%) SAS
3 17 (3.44%) CMS
4 4 (0.81%) Apache
4 4 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.61%) nginx
5 3 (0.61%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.61%) WordPress
6 2 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.40%) Drupal
6 2 (0.40%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.40%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.20%) Mendix
7 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.20%) Traefik
Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.21%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.21%) Trello
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.61%) Sketch
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Mingle
6 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.40%) Finacle
3 2 (0.40%) Maximo
3 2 (0.40%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 126 (25.51%) Azure
2 91 (18.42%) AWS
3 58 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (8.91%) OpenShift
5 30 (6.07%) GitHub
6 28 (5.67%) GCP
7 26 (5.26%) Serverless
8 25 (5.06%) Power Platform
9 22 (4.45%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (4.45%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (3.44%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.24%) Figma
12 12 (2.43%) Azure AKS
13 11 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.23%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.23%) Power Automate
14 10 (2.02%) SaaS
15 8 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.62%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.01%) Network Security
2 3 (0.61%) Firewall
2 3 (0.61%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.40%) DNS
3 2 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.40%) SMS
4 1 (0.20%) 5G
4 1 (0.20%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.20%) DHCP
4 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.20%) SSL
4 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.25%) Power BI
2 16 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.04%) Metadata
4 9 (1.82%) Tableau
5 8 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.62%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.62%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.42%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.42%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.21%) Big Data
7 6 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.81%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.81%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.61%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.61%) MySQL
10 3 (0.61%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 153 (30.97%) JIRA
2 68 (13.77%) Git
3 66 (13.36%) Jenkins
4 41 (8.30%) GitLab
5 37 (7.49%) Selenium
6 32 (6.48%) Postman
7 31 (6.28%) SonarQube
8 28 (5.67%) JUnit
9 17 (3.44%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.02%) Cypress.io
10 10 (2.02%) REST Assured
10 10 (2.02%) WebDriver
11 6 (1.21%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.01%) Artifactory
12 5 (1.01%) Bitbucket
12 5 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (1.01%) TestRail
13 4 (0.81%) MLflow
13 4 (0.81%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 234 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 106 (21.46%) Finance
3 79 (15.99%) Public Sector
4 68 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.69%) Banking
6 19 (3.85%) Marketing
7 18 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.04%) Front Office
8 15 (3.04%) Retail
9 13 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.23%) Retail Banking
10 11 (2.23%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.82%) Legal
12 8 (1.62%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.21%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.81%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.81%) Local Government
14 4 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 94 (19.03%) Developer
2 61 (12.35%) Analyst
3 51 (10.32%) Scrum Master
4 50 (10.12%) Senior
5 45 (9.11%) Business Analyst
6 42 (8.50%) Lead
7 40 (8.10%) Product Owner
8 27 (5.47%) Java Developer
9 24 (4.86%) Delivery Manager
10 22 (4.45%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.25%) Software Engineer
12 19 (3.85%) Architect
12 19 (3.85%) Test Specialist
13 17 (3.44%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (3.44%) Tester
14 15 (3.04%) Product Manager
14 15 (3.04%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
15 12 (2.43%) Java Engineer
16 11 (2.23%) Test Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (11.94%) REST
2 43 (8.70%) React
3 41 (8.30%) AngularJS
4 35 (7.09%) RESTful
5 22 (4.45%) pytest
5 22 (4.45%) Quarkus
6 17 (3.44%) CSS
6 17 (3.44%) JSON
6 17 (3.44%) Playwright
7 16 (3.24%) Node.js
7 16 (3.24%) Spring
8 14 (2.83%) HTML
9 13 (2.63%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.23%) .NET
10 11 (2.23%) SOAP
11 9 (1.82%) Middleware
11 9 (1.82%) Web Services
11 9 (1.82%) XML
12 8 (1.62%) CSS3
12 8 (1.62%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 171 (34.62%) Product Ownership
2 37 (7.49%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.83%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.63%) Algorithms
5 12 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.82%) NHS
9 8 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.62%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.21%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.21%) PMI
12 5 (1.01%) Distributed Applications
12 5 (1.01%) FMCG
12 5 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.01%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.23%) Unix
2 8 (1.62%) Linux
3 6 (1.21%) Windows
4 4 (0.81%) VMS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (91.90%) Agile
2 250 (50.61%) Scrum
3 228 (46.15%) Sprint Retrospective
4 154 (31.17%) DevOps
5 146 (29.55%) CI/CD
6 144 (29.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 141 (28.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 137 (27.73%) Sprint Review
9 119 (24.09%) User Stories
10 117 (23.68%) Test Automation
11 114 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
12 104 (21.05%) Backlog Refinement
13 102 (20.65%) Roadmaps
14 85 (17.21%) Acceptance Criteria
15 74 (14.98%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 73 (14.78%) Backlog Management
17 68 (13.77%) Kanban
18 67 (13.56%) Analytics
18 67 (13.56%) SDLC
19 65 (13.16%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.80%) Python
2 82 (16.60%) Java
3 56 (11.34%) JavaScript
4 50 (10.12%) SQL
5 32 (6.48%) TypeScript
6 30 (6.07%) C#
7 6 (1.21%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.21%) Go
7 6 (1.21%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.81%) C++
9 3 (0.61%) Bicep
9 3 (0.61%) Groovy
9 3 (0.61%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.61%) Ruby
9 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.61%) XPath
10 2 (0.40%) Bash
10 2 (0.40%) Korn
10 2 (0.40%) SOQL
10 2 (0.40%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 160 (32.39%) Security Cleared
2 136 (27.53%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.89%) Degree
4 18 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.04%) Master's Degree
5 15 (3.04%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.23%) PMP
8 6 (1.21%) CBAP
8 6 (1.21%) IIBA
9 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.81%) CISM
10 4 (0.81%) CISSP
10 4 (0.81%) ISEB
11 3 (0.61%) SAFe Agilist
12 2 (0.40%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.40%) CSPO
12 2 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (20.04%) QA
2 37 (7.49%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.25%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.02%) WCAG
5 8 (1.62%) GDPR
6 6 (1.21%) GRC
6 6 (1.21%) NIST
6 6 (1.21%) SLA
7 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.81%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.61%) GxP
9 3 (0.61%) HL7
9 3 (0.61%) PMO
10 2 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.40%) NCSC
10 2 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.20%) Basel III
11 1 (0.20%) GMP
11 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 58 (11.74%) Docker
2 4 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Ceph
3 1 (0.20%) HDFS
3 1 (0.20%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.20%) Squid
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.20%) Varnish
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 87 (17.61%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.28%) Terraform
3 29 (5.87%) Argo
4 16 (3.24%) Ansible
5 14 (2.83%) Grafana
6 11 (2.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.81%) Nagios
8 3 (0.61%) Istio
8 3 (0.61%) Kibana
8 3 (0.61%) Puppet
9 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.20%) CASB
10 1 (0.20%) Rancher
10 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 35 (7.09%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.86%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.05%) Red Hat
4 18 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.44%) Databricks
5 17 (3.44%) Oracle
6 12 (2.43%) Adobe
7 11 (2.23%) SAP
8 7 (1.42%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.42%) Okta
9 6 (1.21%) ForgeRock
9 6 (1.21%) Google
9 6 (1.21%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.81%) Splunk
10 4 (0.81%) VMware
11 3 (0.61%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.61%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.61%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.61%) Talend