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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 337 402
Rank change year-on-year +115 +65 -15
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 382 183 168
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 0.60% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 0.68% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 105 98
10th Percentile £355 £400 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 6
10th Percentile £32.30 £58.88 £36.13
25th Percentile £44.94 £62.81 £54.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £66.01 £69.29
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% -4.73% +6.59%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.45 £76.31
90th Percentile £87.90 £68.23 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £66.01 £69.29
% change year-on-year -24.25% -4.73% +6.59%

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 27,869 26,864 33,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.46% 87.86% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,747 16,503 22,915
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 957 1,425
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.35 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £43.63
% change year-on-year -23.21% -24.93% +24.64%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 4 December 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 +76 195 £520 -7.56% 38
North of England -9 63 £455 +6.94% 21
Midlands +10 52 £450 -19.64% 21
West Midlands -3 38 £477 -14.91% 15
Yorkshire -18 33 £500 +17.65% 5
South East -2 32 £525 -9.09% 35
North West -4 22 £415 +9.21% 11
South West +7 16 £525 -22.79% 21
East Midlands 0 14 £360 - 6
East of England -10 9 £460 -23.33% 4
North East -5 8 £538 +31.10% 5
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 51 (13.35%) Confluence
2 17 (4.45%) CMS
3 14 (3.66%) SAS
4 6 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.31%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.31%) Appian
5 5 (1.31%) WordPress
6 3 (0.79%) Drupal
6 3 (0.79%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.52%) Apache
7 2 (0.52%) Documentum
7 2 (0.52%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.52%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.52%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Mendix
Applications
1 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.57%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.31%) Trello
6 3 (0.79%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.79%) Sketch
7 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.52%) Primavera
3 2 (0.52%) Workfront
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 95 (24.87%) Azure
2 64 (16.75%) AWS
3 48 (12.57%) GitHub
4 42 (10.99%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (6.81%) GCP
5 26 (6.81%) GitHub Actions
6 25 (6.54%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.97%) OpenShift
8 17 (4.45%) Serverless
9 13 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.40%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (3.14%) Figma
10 12 (3.14%) SaaS
11 11 (2.88%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.62%) Amazon S3
12 10 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (2.62%) Miro
13 9 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.31%) HTTP
2 3 (0.79%) DNS
3 2 (0.52%) SSL
3 2 (0.52%) VPN
4 1 (0.26%) Firewall
4 1 (0.26%) Network Security
4 1 (0.26%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
1 17 (4.45%) Power BI
2 14 (3.66%) NoSQL
3 9 (2.36%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.09%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.57%) Big Data
5 6 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.57%) Tableau
6 5 (1.31%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.31%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.31%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.05%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.05%) DB2
7 4 (1.05%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.05%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.05%) MySQL
8 3 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.79%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.79%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 113 (29.58%) JIRA
2 58 (15.18%) Jenkins
3 49 (12.83%) Git
4 41 (10.73%) GitLab
5 34 (8.90%) Selenium
6 32 (8.38%) Cucumber
7 27 (7.07%) JUnit
8 21 (5.50%) Postman
9 13 (3.40%) SonarQube
10 10 (2.62%) webpack
11 7 (1.83%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.83%) TestRail
11 7 (1.83%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.31%) Babel
12 5 (1.31%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.31%) Robot Framework
12 5 (1.31%) TestNG
12 5 (1.31%) WebDriver
13 4 (1.05%) REST Assured
13 4 (1.05%) TeamCity
General
1 185 (48.43%) Social Skills
2 89 (23.30%) Finance
3 50 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.57%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.90%) Banking
6 22 (5.76%) Marketing
7 17 (4.45%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.14%) Front Office
9 11 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.31%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.05%) Back Office
13 4 (1.05%) Legal
14 3 (0.79%) Retail
15 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.52%) Automotive
15 2 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 73 (19.11%) Developer
2 51 (13.35%) Analyst
3 39 (10.21%) Scrum Master
4 38 (9.95%) Business Analyst
5 37 (9.69%) Product Owner
6 29 (7.59%) Senior
7 28 (7.33%) Lead
8 19 (4.97%) Java Developer
9 15 (3.93%) Project Manager
10 13 (3.40%) Test Specialist
11 11 (2.88%) Architect
12 10 (2.62%) Tester
13 9 (2.36%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (2.36%) Software Engineer
14 8 (2.09%) Data Engineer
14 8 (2.09%) Product Manager
14 8 (2.09%) QA Engineer
14 8 (2.09%) Technical Analyst
15 7 (1.83%) Delivery Manager
15 7 (1.83%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (14.66%) REST
2 40 (10.47%) React
3 35 (9.16%) RESTful
4 24 (6.28%) AngularJS
5 23 (6.02%) HTML
6 22 (5.76%) CSS
7 18 (4.71%) Node.js
8 15 (3.93%) Spring
9 14 (3.66%) Spring Boot
10 13 (3.40%) .NET
10 13 (3.40%) pytest
11 12 (3.14%) JSON
12 11 (2.88%) Kafka
12 11 (2.88%) SOAP
12 11 (2.88%) Vue
13 10 (2.62%) HTML5
13 10 (2.62%) XML
14 9 (2.36%) Next.js
14 9 (2.36%) Playwright
15 8 (2.09%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 130 (34.03%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.19%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.14%) Virtual Team
5 11 (2.88%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.83%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.31%) NHS
8 5 (1.31%) PMI
8 5 (1.31%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.05%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.05%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.79%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.36%) Windows
2 8 (2.09%) Unix
3 6 (1.57%) Linux
4 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.52%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) Android
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (90.05%) Agile
2 196 (51.31%) Scrum
3 183 (47.91%) Sprint Retrospective
4 126 (32.98%) DevOps
5 120 (31.41%) CI/CD
6 109 (28.53%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (25.13%) Sprint Review
8 91 (23.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 88 (23.04%) Test Automation
10 86 (22.51%) User Stories
11 79 (20.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 78 (20.42%) Backlog Refinement
13 65 (17.02%) Roadmaps
14 60 (15.71%) Kanban
15 58 (15.18%) Analytics
16 55 (14.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 54 (14.14%) Backlog Management
18 51 (13.35%) Microservices
19 50 (13.09%) Acceptance Criteria
20 48 (12.57%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 73 (19.11%) Python
2 65 (17.02%) Java
3 55 (14.40%) JavaScript
4 50 (13.09%) SQL
5 28 (7.33%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.50%) C#
7 6 (1.57%) Bicep
7 6 (1.57%) Go
8 4 (1.05%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.05%) Bash
8 4 (1.05%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.79%) PHP
9 3 (0.79%) Ruby
9 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.79%) XPath
10 2 (0.52%) VBA
11 1 (0.26%) C++
11 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (21.99%) Security Cleared
2 72 (18.85%) SC Cleared
3 33 (8.64%) Degree
4 11 (2.88%) Master's Degree
4 11 (2.88%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.83%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.83%) PMP
6 6 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.05%) CSPO
8 3 (0.79%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.79%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.79%) MBA
9 2 (0.52%) CISSP
9 2 (0.52%) GPEN
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.52%) OSCP
9 2 (0.52%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.26%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (22.25%) QA
2 26 (6.81%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.19%) GDPR
4 11 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.88%) WCAG
5 7 (1.83%) GRC
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.05%) NIST
6 4 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.05%) PSD2
7 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.79%) HL7
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.26%) MiFID
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) RMADS
9 1 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 54 (14.14%) Docker
2 5 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 53 (13.87%) Kubernetes
2 29 (7.59%) Terraform
3 17 (4.45%) Ansible
4 10 (2.62%) Grafana
5 8 (2.09%) Argo
5 8 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.52%) Istio
7 2 (0.52%) Kibana
8 1 (0.26%) CASB
8 1 (0.26%) linkerd
8 1 (0.26%) Nagios
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) Rancher
Vendors
1 58 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.02%) Salesforce
3 14 (3.66%) Oracle
4 13 (3.40%) Google
5 11 (2.88%) Databricks
6 10 (2.62%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.09%) Adobe
7 8 (2.09%) Cisco
8 5 (1.31%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.31%) Splunk
8 5 (1.31%) Veracode
9 4 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.05%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.05%) SAP
10 3 (0.79%) Amplitude
10 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.79%) IBM
10 3 (0.79%) Okta
10 3 (0.79%) Progress
10 3 (0.79%) Sitecore