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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 303 405
Rank change year-on-year +93 +102 -14
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 497 179 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 0.73% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 0.81% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 104 84
10th Percentile £359 £400 £268
25th Percentile £425 £453 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £575 £604 £575
90th Percentile £643 £697 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
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% -9.62%
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% -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 33,286 22,141 32,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.92% 90.87% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,341 14,591 21,484
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 2,040 863 2,161
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.45 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.10 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £31.52 £33.00
% change year-on-year +13.29% -4.48% -11.53%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +63 244 £517 -3.87% 58
North of England -5 90 £427 -18.76% 40
Midlands -15 62 £492 -9.72% 14
South East -20 54 £525 +4.32% 31
West Midlands -15 50 £492 -12.53% 10
North West -14 40 £390 -31.83% 14
Yorkshire -39 26 £500 +17.65% 8
North East +10 25 £550 +6.02% 18
South West -8 25 £525 -3.67% 16
East of England -21 12 £475 +18.75% 16
East Midlands -22 12 £413 -8.33% 3
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 79 (15.90%) Confluence
2 22 (4.43%) SAS
3 17 (3.42%) CMS
4 4 (0.80%) Apache
4 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.60%) nginx
5 3 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.60%) 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 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.21%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.21%) Trello
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) 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 (0.60%) 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
1 127 (25.55%) Azure
2 93 (18.71%) AWS
3 60 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (8.85%) OpenShift
5 30 (6.04%) GitHub
6 27 (5.43%) GCP
6 27 (5.43%) Serverless
7 25 (5.03%) Power Platform
8 23 (4.63%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (3.62%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.22%) Figma
12 12 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (2.41%) Azure AKS
13 11 (2.21%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.21%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.81%) SaaS
15 8 (1.61%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.01%) Network Security
2 3 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.60%) 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 (4.23%) Power BI
2 16 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.02%) Metadata
4 9 (1.81%) Tableau
5 8 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.61%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.61%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.41%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (1.21%) Big Data
7 6 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.01%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.60%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.60%) MySQL
10 3 (0.60%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 157 (31.59%) JIRA
2 68 (13.68%) Git
3 66 (13.28%) Jenkins
4 41 (8.25%) GitLab
5 37 (7.44%) Selenium
6 32 (6.44%) Postman
7 31 (6.24%) SonarQube
8 28 (5.63%) JUnit
9 17 (3.42%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.01%) Cypress.io
10 10 (2.01%) REST Assured
10 10 (2.01%) 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 (0.80%) MLflow
13 4 (0.80%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.80%) Subversion
General
1 237 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 106 (21.33%) Finance
3 79 (15.90%) Public Sector
4 68 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.65%) Banking
6 19 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.62%) Marketing
8 16 (3.22%) Retail
9 15 (3.02%) Front Office
10 13 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.21%) Retail Banking
12 10 (2.01%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.81%) Legal
14 8 (1.61%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.21%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.80%) Local Government
17 4 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 96 (19.32%) Developer
2 60 (12.07%) Analyst
3 51 (10.26%) Scrum Master
4 49 (9.86%) Senior
5 44 (8.85%) Business Analyst
6 42 (8.45%) Lead
7 40 (8.05%) Product Owner
8 27 (5.43%) Java Developer
9 24 (4.83%) Delivery Manager
10 23 (4.63%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.23%) Software Engineer
12 19 (3.82%) Architect
12 19 (3.82%) Test Specialist
13 17 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (3.42%) Tester
14 16 (3.22%) Senior Manager
15 14 (2.82%) Product Manager
16 12 (2.41%) DevOps Engineer
16 12 (2.41%) Java Engineer
17 11 (2.21%) Test Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (11.87%) REST
2 44 (8.85%) React
3 41 (8.25%) AngularJS
4 36 (7.24%) RESTful
5 22 (4.43%) pytest
5 22 (4.43%) Quarkus
6 17 (3.42%) CSS
6 17 (3.42%) JSON
6 17 (3.42%) Node.js
6 17 (3.42%) Playwright
6 17 (3.42%) Spring
7 14 (2.82%) HTML
7 14 (2.82%) Spring Boot
8 11 (2.21%) .NET
8 11 (2.21%) SOAP
9 9 (1.81%) Middleware
9 9 (1.81%) Web Services
9 9 (1.81%) XML
10 8 (1.61%) HTML5
10 8 (1.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 172 (34.61%) Product Ownership
2 38 (7.65%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.62%) Virtual Team
5 12 (2.41%) Algorithms
5 12 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.81%) NHS
9 8 (1.61%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.41%) 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 (2.21%) Unix
2 8 (1.61%) Linux
3 6 (1.21%) Windows
4 4 (0.80%) VMS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (91.95%) Agile
2 249 (50.10%) Scrum
3 227 (45.67%) Sprint Retrospective
4 159 (31.99%) DevOps
5 147 (29.58%) CI/CD
6 145 (29.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 144 (28.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 137 (27.57%) Sprint Review
9 119 (23.94%) User Stories
10 117 (23.54%) Test Automation
11 113 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
12 104 (20.93%) Backlog Refinement
13 99 (19.92%) Roadmaps
14 84 (16.90%) Acceptance Criteria
15 77 (15.49%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 72 (14.49%) Backlog Management
17 69 (13.88%) Analytics
17 69 (13.88%) Kanban
18 67 (13.48%) SDLC
19 66 (13.28%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.70%) Java
1 83 (16.70%) Python
2 56 (11.27%) JavaScript
3 50 (10.06%) SQL
4 33 (6.64%) TypeScript
5 30 (6.04%) C#
6 6 (1.21%) Apex Code
6 6 (1.21%) Go
6 6 (1.21%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.80%) C++
8 3 (0.60%) Bicep
8 3 (0.60%) Groovy
8 3 (0.60%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.60%) Ruby
8 3 (0.60%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.60%) XPath
9 2 (0.40%) Bash
9 2 (0.40%) Korn
9 2 (0.40%) SOQL
9 2 (0.40%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 161 (32.39%) Security Cleared
2 137 (27.57%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.85%) Degree
4 18 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.22%) PMI Certification
6 15 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.82%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.41%) PMP
9 11 (2.21%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.21%) CBAP
10 6 (1.21%) IIBA
11 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.80%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.80%) CISM
12 4 (0.80%) CISSP
12 4 (0.80%) ISEB
13 3 (0.60%) SAFe Agilist
14 2 (0.40%) CREST Certified
14 2 (0.40%) CSPO
14 2 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (19.92%) QA
2 38 (7.65%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.01%) WCAG
5 9 (1.81%) GDPR
6 7 (1.41%) NIST
7 6 (1.21%) SLA
8 5 (1.01%) GRC
8 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.80%) GxP
9 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.60%) HL7
10 3 (0.60%) PMO
11 2 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.40%) NCSC
11 2 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.20%) Basel III
12 1 (0.20%) GMP
12 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 59 (11.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.80%) 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 88 (17.71%) Kubernetes
2 32 (6.44%) Terraform
3 29 (5.84%) Argo
4 16 (3.22%) Ansible
5 14 (2.82%) Grafana
6 11 (2.21%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.80%) Nagios
8 3 (0.60%) Istio
8 3 (0.60%) Kibana
8 3 (0.60%) 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 36 (7.24%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.83%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.02%) Red Hat
4 19 (3.82%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.42%) Databricks
5 17 (3.42%) Oracle
6 12 (2.41%) Adobe
7 11 (2.21%) SAP
8 7 (1.41%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.41%) Okta
9 6 (1.21%) ForgeRock
9 6 (1.21%) Google
9 6 (1.21%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.01%) Splunk
11 4 (0.80%) VMware
12 3 (0.60%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.60%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.60%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.60%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.60%) Talend