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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 276 393
Rank change year-on-year +74 +117 -44
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 521 200 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.27% 0.82% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 0.90% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 122 90
10th Percentile £360 £391 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £514 £503
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +2.29% -4.29%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £550
90th Percentile £625 £699 £672
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £500
% change year-on-year - +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 2
10th Percentile £55.50 £49.25 £52.63
25th Percentile £62.50 - £54.69
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -14.89% -9.62%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £62.19
90th Percentile - £55.75 £63.88
UK median hourly rate £69.25 £51.25 £58.75
% change year-on-year +35.12% -12.77% -9.62%

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 34,792 22,163 31,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.27% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,183 14,469 20,624
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -0.88% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 960 2,252
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.93
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.20 £15.99
Median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.17 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.90% -21.86% +0.13%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +63 259 £525 - 45
North of England +4 98 £466 -5.14% 18
South East -35 59 £550 +7.00% 41
Midlands -22 57 £493 -8.80% 12
West Midlands -19 44 £493 +1.03% 8
North West -13 42 £380 -24.00% 13
North East +4 30 £550 +6.02% 3
Yorkshire -37 30 £515 +14.44% 2
South West -22 22 £525 -0.71% 10
East of England -12 19 £468 +16.88% 8
East Midlands -19 12 £413 -38.89% 4
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 89 (17.08%) Confluence
2 19 (3.65%) CMS
3 8 (1.54%) SAS
4 6 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.96%) Apache
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) Drupal
6 2 (0.38%) nginx
6 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) Traefik
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.34%) Trello
3 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.58%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) Notion
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.96%) Magento
3 4 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.38%) Finacle
4 2 (0.38%) Maximo
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Utilities
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 156 (29.94%) Azure
2 104 (19.96%) AWS
3 66 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (6.33%) OpenShift
5 27 (5.18%) GCP
6 24 (4.61%) GitHub
7 23 (4.41%) Serverless
8 20 (3.84%) Power Platform
9 19 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (3.07%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.07%) Azure AKS
12 14 (2.69%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.92%) Figma
14 10 (1.92%) Snowflake
15 9 (1.73%) SaaS
15 9 (1.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 8 (1.54%) Power Automate
17 7 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.15%) Network Security
2 4 (0.77%) Firewall
3 3 (0.58%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.38%) DNS
4 2 (0.38%) SMS
5 1 (0.19%) 5G
5 1 (0.19%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.19%) DHCP
5 1 (0.19%) HTTP
5 1 (0.19%) NFC
5 1 (0.19%) NGFW
5 1 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.19%) SONET
5 1 (0.19%) SSL
5 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.26%) Power BI
2 15 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.50%) Metadata
4 9 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.54%) Big Data
5 8 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.96%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.96%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.96%) Tableau
9 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.77%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.58%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.38%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 176 (33.78%) JIRA
2 69 (13.24%) Git
3 55 (10.56%) Jenkins
4 36 (6.91%) Postman
5 33 (6.33%) SonarQube
6 25 (4.80%) GitLab
7 22 (4.22%) Selenium
8 12 (2.30%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.11%) JUnit
10 10 (1.92%) WebDriver
11 9 (1.73%) REST Assured
12 8 (1.54%) Cypress.io
13 7 (1.34%) Subversion
14 6 (1.15%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.96%) JMeter
16 4 (0.77%) Artifactory
16 4 (0.77%) MLflow
16 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
16 4 (0.77%) Storybook
17 3 (0.58%) git-flow
General
1 221 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 106 (20.35%) Finance
3 80 (15.36%) Public Sector
4 70 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.53%) Banking
6 30 (5.76%) Marketing
7 26 (4.99%) Retail
8 19 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.30%) Retail Banking
11 11 (2.11%) Legal
12 10 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.54%) Front Office
14 6 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.96%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.77%) Back Office
16 4 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (17.08%) Developer
2 70 (13.44%) Analyst
3 69 (13.24%) Senior
4 59 (11.32%) Scrum Master
5 49 (9.40%) Lead
6 46 (8.83%) Business Analyst
7 45 (8.64%) Product Owner
8 43 (8.25%) Delivery Manager
9 30 (5.76%) Project Manager
10 28 (5.37%) Senior Manager
11 26 (4.99%) Java Developer
12 22 (4.22%) Software Engineer
13 18 (3.45%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 18 (3.45%) Architect
14 17 (3.26%) Product Manager
15 16 (3.07%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (2.88%) Technical Manager
17 14 (2.69%) Java Engineer
17 14 (2.69%) Technical Analyst
18 13 (2.50%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (8.64%) REST
2 39 (7.49%) React
3 38 (7.29%) AngularJS
4 35 (6.72%) RESTful
5 24 (4.61%) Quarkus
6 20 (3.84%) Node.js
7 17 (3.26%) JSON
8 15 (2.88%) .NET
8 15 (2.88%) CSS
9 14 (2.69%) Spring
10 13 (2.50%) HTML
10 13 (2.50%) Playwright
11 11 (2.11%) Spring Boot
12 9 (1.73%) CSS3
12 9 (1.73%) HTML5
12 9 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (1.73%) OAuth
12 9 (1.73%) pytest
12 9 (1.73%) SOAP
13 8 (1.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 185 (35.51%) Product Ownership
2 50 (9.60%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.65%) Virtual Team
4 16 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.11%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.15%) Distributed Applications
11 6 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.15%) Life Science
11 6 (1.15%) NHS
11 6 (1.15%) PMI
12 5 (0.96%) FMCG
12 5 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.96%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.96%) Unix
2 4 (0.77%) Linux
2 4 (0.77%) VMS
3 2 (0.38%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) Android
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (93.28%) Agile
2 270 (51.82%) Scrum
3 249 (47.79%) Sprint Retrospective
4 172 (33.01%) DevOps
5 161 (30.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 148 (28.41%) Sprint Review
7 147 (28.21%) CI/CD
8 137 (26.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 129 (24.76%) User Stories
10 121 (23.22%) Backlog Refinement
11 104 (19.96%) Roadmaps
11 104 (19.96%) Test Automation
12 95 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
13 94 (18.04%) Acceptance Criteria
14 88 (16.89%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 85 (16.31%) Backlog Management
16 81 (15.55%) Kanban
17 75 (14.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 71 (13.63%) SDLC
19 69 (13.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 78 (14.97%) Java
2 60 (11.52%) Python
3 49 (9.40%) SQL
4 39 (7.49%) JavaScript
5 27 (5.18%) C#
6 25 (4.80%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.34%) Apex Code
7 7 (1.34%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.15%) Bicep
9 4 (0.77%) Groovy
10 3 (0.58%) C++
11 2 (0.38%) Bash
11 2 (0.38%) Go
11 2 (0.38%) Korn
11 2 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.38%) Ruby
11 2 (0.38%) SOQL
11 2 (0.38%) SOSL
12 1 (0.19%) R
12 1 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 145 (27.83%) Security Cleared
2 120 (23.03%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.49%) Degree
4 20 (3.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.26%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.50%) PMP
8 12 (2.30%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.11%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.15%) CBAP
10 6 (1.15%) IIBA
11 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.77%) CISM
11 4 (0.77%) CISSP
11 4 (0.77%) ISEB
11 4 (0.77%) SAFe Agilist
12 2 (0.38%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.38%) GPEN
12 2 (0.38%) OSCE
12 2 (0.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (18.23%) QA
2 34 (6.53%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.99%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.73%) GDPR
5 7 (1.34%) NIST
6 6 (1.15%) GRC
6 6 (1.15%) SLA
7 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.96%) PMO
7 5 (0.96%) WCAG
8 4 (0.77%) GxP
8 4 (0.77%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.38%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) Basel III
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 40 (7.68%) Docker
2 3 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Ceph
3 1 (0.19%) HDFS
3 1 (0.19%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.19%) Squid
3 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.19%) Varnish
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (13.63%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.49%) Terraform
3 28 (5.37%) Argo
4 12 (2.30%) Ansible
5 10 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.73%) Grafana
7 4 (0.77%) Nagios
8 3 (0.58%) Istio
8 3 (0.58%) Puppet
9 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.19%) CASB
10 1 (0.19%) Kibana
10 1 (0.19%) Rancher
10 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 37 (7.10%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.14%) ServiceNow
3 22 (4.22%) Red Hat
3 22 (4.22%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.65%) Databricks
5 14 (2.69%) Oracle
6 12 (2.30%) SAP
7 11 (2.11%) ForgeRock
7 11 (2.11%) Okta
8 9 (1.73%) Adobe
9 6 (1.15%) Guidewire
9 6 (1.15%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.77%) VMware
11 3 (0.58%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.58%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.58%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.58%) Google
11 3 (0.58%) Progress
11 3 (0.58%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.38%) OpenAI