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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 254 391
Rank change year-on-year +54 +137 -28
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 605 272 151
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 1.00% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.10% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 184 96
10th Percentile £363 £371 £333
25th Percentile £446 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £567
90th Percentile £650 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 10 2
10th Percentile £58.50 £48.50 £57.13
25th Percentile £62.50 £49.06 £58.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +11.36%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £63.44
90th Percentile £71.50 £56.25 £64.38
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +11.36%

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 38,320 24,760 31,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.73% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,128 15,919 20,389
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,284 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.08 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -5.96%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.81 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £72.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +47 287 £525 +0.82% 112
North of England -27 105 £491 +4.74% 46
South East -20 90 £525 +2.44% 41
Midlands -9 68 £492 +15.76% 30
West Midlands -23 58 £492 +9.33% 14
North East +4 41 £550 +4.76% 12
Yorkshire -34 34 £515 +3.00% 13
North West -50 34 £400 -10.16% 22
East of England +1 26 £460 +15.00% 7
South West -16 22 £475 -7.32% 32
East Midlands -15 9 £413 +3.13% 15
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
1 104 (17.19%) Confluence
2 24 (3.97%) CMS
3 8 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.32%) SAS
4 6 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.83%) Documentum
6 4 (0.66%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) Mendix
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) Traefik
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.99%) Trello
4 4 (0.66%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.66%) Notion
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Mingle
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.83%) Magento
4 2 (0.33%) Finacle
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.33%) Primavera
4 2 (0.33%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
5 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 189 (31.24%) Azure
2 106 (17.52%) AWS
3 96 (15.87%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (7.11%) OpenShift
5 28 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 25 (4.13%) GCP
6 25 (4.13%) GitHub
7 23 (3.80%) Serverless
8 19 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (2.98%) Amazon S3
10 16 (2.64%) Entra ID
10 16 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (2.48%) Azure AKS
12 14 (2.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 13 (2.15%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.98%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.98%) SaaS
14 12 (1.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 11 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.83%) Firewall
2 4 (0.66%) Network Security
3 3 (0.50%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.33%) DNS
4 2 (0.33%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) 5G
5 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.17%) Broadband
5 1 (0.17%) DHCP
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) NFC
5 1 (0.17%) NGFW
5 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.17%) SONET
5 1 (0.17%) SSL
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.17%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.14%) Power BI
2 16 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.15%) Metadata
4 12 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.82%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (1.65%) Big Data
7 8 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.99%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.99%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.83%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.83%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.83%) Tableau
11 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.50%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.50%) Redis
12 3 (0.50%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 201 (33.22%) JIRA
2 75 (12.40%) Git
3 57 (9.42%) Jenkins
4 40 (6.61%) Postman
4 40 (6.61%) SonarQube
5 24 (3.97%) GitLab
6 23 (3.80%) Selenium
7 13 (2.15%) JUnit
8 10 (1.65%) WebDriver
9 9 (1.49%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.49%) REST Assured
10 7 (1.16%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.16%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.99%) JMeter
12 5 (0.83%) Subversion
13 3 (0.50%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.50%) git-flow
13 3 (0.50%) Gradle
13 3 (0.50%) Maven
13 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 262 (43.31%) Social Skills
2 121 (20.00%) Finance
3 88 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (13.22%) Public Sector
5 46 (7.60%) Retail
6 41 (6.78%) Banking
7 35 (5.79%) Marketing
8 20 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.82%) Legal
13 10 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.32%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.16%) Front Office
15 7 (1.16%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.99%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (15.54%) Developer
2 77 (12.73%) Senior
3 76 (12.56%) Analyst
4 75 (12.40%) Scrum Master
5 57 (9.42%) Lead
6 55 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
6 55 (9.09%) Product Owner
7 48 (7.93%) Business Analyst
8 39 (6.45%) Java Developer
9 35 (5.79%) Project Manager
10 30 (4.96%) Senior Manager
11 27 (4.46%) Product Manager
12 26 (4.30%) Architect
13 23 (3.80%) Software Engineer
14 20 (3.31%) Technical Analyst
15 19 (3.14%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 19 (3.14%) Java Engineer
15 19 (3.14%) Technical Manager
16 17 (2.81%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 16 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.93%) REST
2 47 (7.77%) AngularJS
3 37 (6.12%) RESTful
4 35 (5.79%) Quarkus
4 35 (5.79%) React
5 21 (3.47%) Spring
6 19 (3.14%) .NET
6 19 (3.14%) JSON
7 18 (2.98%) Spring Boot
8 17 (2.81%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (2.48%) Node.js
10 13 (2.15%) HTML
10 13 (2.15%) Kafka
11 12 (1.98%) Middleware
11 12 (1.98%) PySpark
12 11 (1.82%) CSS
13 9 (1.49%) OAuth
13 9 (1.49%) Playwright
13 9 (1.49%) SOAP
14 8 (1.32%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 234 (38.68%) Product Ownership
2 55 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.31%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.82%) Life Science
8 10 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.32%) FMCG
10 8 (1.32%) NHS
11 7 (1.16%) Distributed Applications
11 7 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.99%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.83%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.65%) Windows
2 6 (0.99%) Linux
3 3 (0.50%) Unix
3 3 (0.50%) VMS
4 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (93.55%) Agile
2 315 (52.07%) Scrum
3 275 (45.45%) Sprint Retrospective
4 212 (35.04%) DevOps
5 199 (32.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 172 (28.43%) Sprint Review
7 168 (27.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 164 (27.11%) CI/CD
9 154 (25.45%) User Stories
10 151 (24.96%) Backlog Refinement
11 119 (19.67%) Acceptance Criteria
12 118 (19.50%) Test Automation
13 109 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
14 106 (17.52%) Roadmaps
15 100 (16.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 99 (16.36%) Kanban
17 97 (16.03%) Backlog Management
18 91 (15.04%) Backlog Prioritisation
19 88 (14.55%) Software Engineering
20 87 (14.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 102 (16.86%) Java
2 58 (9.59%) Python
2 58 (9.59%) SQL
3 41 (6.78%) JavaScript
4 33 (5.45%) C#
5 21 (3.47%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.31%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.83%) Bicep
7 5 (0.83%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.66%) Groovy
9 3 (0.50%) C++
9 3 (0.50%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.33%) Korn
10 2 (0.33%) R
10 2 (0.33%) SOQL
10 2 (0.33%) SOSL
11 1 (0.17%) Bash
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.17%) PHP
11 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 185 (30.58%) Security Cleared
2 153 (25.29%) SC Cleared
3 45 (7.44%) Degree
4 23 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (3.14%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.64%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.31%) PMP
9 8 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.99%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.83%) CISSP
12 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.66%) CISM
12 4 (0.66%) CSPO
12 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.66%) IIBA
12 4 (0.66%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (18.84%) QA
2 39 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 35 (5.79%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.15%) GDPR
5 9 (1.49%) GxP
5 9 (1.49%) PMO
6 8 (1.32%) GRC
7 7 (1.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (1.16%) SLA
8 6 (0.99%) NIST
9 5 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.83%) WCAG
10 4 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.17%) GMP
12 1 (0.17%) NCSC
12 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (7.44%) Docker
2 6 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Ceph
4 1 (0.17%) HDFS
4 1 (0.17%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.17%) Squid
4 1 (0.17%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.17%) Varnish
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 87 (14.38%) Kubernetes
2 44 (7.27%) Terraform
3 39 (6.45%) Argo
4 12 (1.98%) Ansible
5 9 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.32%) Grafana
7 4 (0.66%) Puppet
8 3 (0.50%) Nagios
9 2 (0.33%) Istio
9 2 (0.33%) Packer
9 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 44 (7.27%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.79%) Red Hat
2 35 (5.79%) Salesforce
2 35 (5.79%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.14%) Databricks
3 19 (3.14%) Oracle
3 19 (3.14%) SAP
4 13 (2.15%) Okta
5 12 (1.98%) Adobe
5 12 (1.98%) ForgeRock
6 7 (1.16%) MuleSoft
7 6 (0.99%) VMware
8 5 (0.83%) Google
9 4 (0.66%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.50%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (0.50%) PagerDuty
10 3 (0.50%) Progress
10 3 (0.50%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.50%) Splunk
11 2 (0.33%) OutSystems