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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 230 334
Rank change year-on-year +34 +104 +23
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 662 320 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 1.16% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.28% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 231 121
10th Percentile £400 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £625
90th Percentile £694 £690 £674
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 13 3
10th Percentile £56.25 £43.65 £58.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 £60.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% -5.11%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £66.01
90th Percentile - £56.00 £66.62
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% -5.11%

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 38,948 25,051 28,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.90% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,873 15,912 17,703
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,701 1,483 1,330
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.73 £66.58
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +25 315 £550 +5.77% 281
North of England -31 107 £500 +16.28% 78
Midlands +20 105 £475 +18.45% 32
West Midlands +33 99 £475 +5.56% 20
South East -5 93 £525 - 52
Yorkshire -10 48 £500 +17.30% 24
North East -4 45 £530 -1.40% 17
East of England -14 24 £460 - 18
South West -28 24 £508 +1.50% 27
North West -65 18 £448 +7.83% 37
East Midlands -25 5 £448 +23.59% 11
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
1 134 (20.24%) Confluence
2 17 (2.57%) CMS
3 13 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.66%) Apache
5 10 (1.51%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.76%) Documentum
8 3 (0.45%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.30%) nginx
9 2 (0.30%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.15%) Traefik
10 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.21%) Trello
5 6 (0.91%) Notion
6 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.76%) Magento
5 3 (0.45%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.30%) Primavera
6 2 (0.30%) Workfront
7 1 (0.15%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 213 (32.18%) Azure
2 127 (19.18%) AWS
3 113 (17.07%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (6.95%) Power Platform
5 43 (6.50%) GitHub
6 39 (5.89%) OpenShift
7 34 (5.14%) Serverless
8 33 (4.98%) GCP
9 26 (3.93%) Amazon S3
10 24 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
11 22 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 21 (3.17%) PowerApps
13 20 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (3.02%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.57%) Amazon ECS
15 16 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (2.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.45%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.30%) Broadband
3 2 (0.30%) SAN
3 2 (0.30%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) NFC
4 1 (0.15%) NGFW
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.15%) SONET
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.78%) Power BI
2 24 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (3.47%) Relational Database
4 21 (3.17%) SQL Server
5 20 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.42%) Metadata
7 10 (1.51%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.36%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (1.21%) Big Data
10 7 (1.06%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.91%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.76%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.60%) Delta Lake
13 4 (0.60%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.60%) MySQL
13 4 (0.60%) Redis
13 4 (0.60%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 235 (35.50%) JIRA
2 78 (11.78%) Git
3 58 (8.76%) Jenkins
4 48 (7.25%) SonarQube
5 29 (4.38%) Postman
6 15 (2.27%) Maven
7 14 (2.11%) JUnit
8 11 (1.66%) GitLab
8 11 (1.66%) Mockito
9 9 (1.36%) Bitbucket
9 9 (1.36%) Selenium
10 6 (0.91%) JMeter
11 5 (0.76%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.76%) Subversion
12 4 (0.60%) Gradle
13 3 (0.45%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.45%) Protractor
13 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.45%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 308 (46.53%) Social Skills
2 141 (21.30%) Finance
3 126 (19.03%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (17.07%) Public Sector
5 48 (7.25%) Retail
6 47 (7.10%) Banking
7 31 (4.68%) Marketing
8 29 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.81%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.51%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.36%) Front Office
12 9 (1.36%) Legal
12 9 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.21%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.06%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (19.03%) Developer
2 104 (15.71%) Senior
3 87 (13.14%) Analyst
4 85 (12.84%) Scrum Master
5 73 (11.03%) Lead
6 66 (9.97%) Delivery Manager
7 59 (8.91%) Business Analyst
8 49 (7.40%) Product Owner
9 46 (6.95%) Java Developer
10 39 (5.89%) Project Manager
11 32 (4.83%) Product Manager
12 31 (4.68%) Senior Manager
13 27 (4.08%) Senior Developer
14 26 (3.93%) Architect
15 23 (3.47%) Technical Manager
16 21 (3.17%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 18 (2.72%) Technical Leader
18 17 (2.57%) Technical Analyst
19 16 (2.42%) Java Engineer
19 16 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (12.39%) REST
2 56 (8.46%) AngularJS
3 50 (7.55%) RESTful
4 45 (6.80%) Terraform
5 35 (5.29%) Spring
5 35 (5.29%) Spring Boot
6 34 (5.14%) Quarkus
7 31 (4.68%) .NET
8 26 (3.93%) JSON
8 26 (3.93%) React
9 24 (3.63%) SOAP
10 18 (2.72%) HTML
10 18 (2.72%) Web Services
11 17 (2.57%) Kafka
11 17 (2.57%) Node.js
12 13 (1.96%) Hibernate
12 13 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (1.96%) PySpark
13 11 (1.66%) CSS
13 11 (1.66%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 265 (40.03%) Product Ownership
2 77 (11.63%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (3.63%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.47%) Virtual Team
6 15 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.51%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.51%) NHS
11 9 (1.36%) Life Science
12 8 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.21%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.21%) FMCG
12 8 (1.21%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.76%) Derivative
14 5 (0.76%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.81%) Windows
2 10 (1.51%) Linux
3 4 (0.60%) Android
3 4 (0.60%) Unix
4 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 622 (93.96%) Agile
2 361 (54.53%) Scrum
3 264 (39.88%) Sprint Retrospective
4 249 (37.61%) DevOps
5 238 (35.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 224 (33.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 206 (31.12%) Backlog Refinement
8 193 (29.15%) User Stories
9 191 (28.85%) CI/CD
10 177 (26.74%) Sprint Review
11 143 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
12 135 (20.39%) Test Automation
13 127 (19.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 124 (18.73%) Acceptance Criteria
15 120 (18.13%) Software Engineering
16 118 (17.82%) Kanban
17 117 (17.67%) Backlog Management
18 113 (17.07%) Roadmaps
19 104 (15.71%) SDLC
20 94 (14.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 111 (16.77%) Java
2 77 (11.63%) SQL
3 56 (8.46%) Python
4 54 (8.16%) JavaScript
5 40 (6.04%) C#
6 30 (4.53%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.96%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.76%) Bicep
8 5 (0.76%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.60%) Groovy
9 4 (0.60%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.45%) C++
10 3 (0.45%) Korn
11 2 (0.30%) Bash
11 2 (0.30%) R
12 1 (0.15%) ABAP
12 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 211 (31.87%) Security Cleared
2 171 (25.83%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.04%) Degree
4 31 (4.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.57%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.27%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.81%) PMP
10 8 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.91%) CSPO
11 6 (0.91%) SAFe Agilist
12 5 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.60%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.45%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (19.18%) QA
2 41 (6.19%) Data Quality
3 38 (5.74%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.81%) PMO
5 10 (1.51%) GDPR
6 9 (1.36%) GRC
7 7 (1.06%) WCAG
8 6 (0.91%) GxP
9 5 (0.76%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.45%) NIST
10 3 (0.45%) SLA
11 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.15%) HL7
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.15%) PERC
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (9.06%) Docker
2 9 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.15%) Ceph
5 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.15%) Squid
5 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 76 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.44%) Argo
3 13 (1.96%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.81%) Grafana
5 8 (1.21%) Ansible
6 4 (0.60%) Puppet
7 3 (0.45%) Istio
8 2 (0.30%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) Nagios
9 1 (0.15%) Nessus
9 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 72 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.04%) ServiceNow
3 34 (5.14%) Red Hat
4 32 (4.83%) Salesforce
5 23 (3.47%) Databricks
6 19 (2.87%) SAP
7 17 (2.57%) Oracle
8 10 (1.51%) Adobe
8 10 (1.51%) Google
8 10 (1.51%) Okta
9 8 (1.21%) ForgeRock
10 7 (1.06%) Informatica
10 7 (1.06%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.06%) VMware
11 6 (0.91%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.60%) Splunk
13 3 (0.45%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.45%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.45%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.45%) Zscaler