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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 288 397
Rank change year-on-year +93 +109 -40
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 523 204 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 0.83% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 0.91% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 125 90
10th Percentile £360 £400 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £514 £503
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% +2.29% -4.29%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £550
90th Percentile £625 £696 £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 34,677 22,323 31,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.63% 91.22% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,105 14,603 20,624
10th Percentile £321 £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 £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,142 946 2,251
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.41 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £15.97
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +0.69%
75th Percentile £67.96 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.77% +1.04%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +58 260 £520 +1.22% 67
North of England -2 100 £466 -6.80% 23
South East -32 59 £550 +7.00% 47
Midlands -20 56 £493 -8.80% 12
West Midlands -24 43 £493 +1.03% 8
North West -10 42 £380 -25.85% 13
Yorkshire -37 32 £515 +14.44% 4
North East +8 30 £550 +6.02% 6
South West -9 22 £525 -3.67% 13
East of England -12 19 £468 +16.88% 9
East Midlands -17 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 (17.02%) Confluence
2 18 (3.44%) CMS
3 8 (1.53%) 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%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) Traefik
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.34%) Trello
3 6 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.57%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Mingle
6 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 8 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.76%) Magento
2 4 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.38%) Finacle
3 2 (0.38%) Maximo
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Utilities
4 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 157 (30.02%) Azure
2 105 (20.08%) AWS
3 66 (12.62%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (6.31%) OpenShift
5 28 (5.35%) GCP
6 26 (4.97%) GitHub
7 24 (4.59%) Serverless
8 21 (4.02%) Power Platform
9 20 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (3.44%) Azure AKS
11 17 (3.25%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (2.68%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.91%) Figma
13 10 (1.91%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.72%) SaaS
14 9 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 8 (1.53%) Power Automate
16 7 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.15%) Network Security
2 4 (0.76%) Firewall
3 3 (0.57%) 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 18 (3.44%) Power BI
2 15 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.49%) Metadata
4 9 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.53%) Big Data
5 8 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.15%) Tableau
8 5 (0.96%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.96%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.76%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.57%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.38%) Looker
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 175 (33.46%) JIRA
2 69 (13.19%) Git
3 56 (10.71%) Jenkins
4 36 (6.88%) Postman
5 33 (6.31%) SonarQube
6 26 (4.97%) GitLab
7 22 (4.21%) Selenium
8 12 (2.29%) Cucumber
8 12 (2.29%) JUnit
9 10 (1.91%) WebDriver
10 9 (1.72%) REST Assured
11 8 (1.53%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.15%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.15%) Subversion
13 5 (0.96%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.96%) JMeter
13 5 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.76%) MLflow
14 4 (0.76%) Storybook
15 3 (0.57%) git-flow
General
1 221 (42.26%) Social Skills
2 107 (20.46%) Finance
3 81 (15.49%) Public Sector
4 70 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.50%) Banking
6 28 (5.35%) Marketing
7 24 (4.59%) Retail
8 20 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.29%) Retail Banking
11 11 (2.10%) Legal
12 9 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.53%) Front Office
14 6 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.15%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.76%) Local Government
16 4 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 94 (17.97%) Developer
2 70 (13.38%) Senior
3 69 (13.19%) Analyst
4 59 (11.28%) Scrum Master
5 50 (9.56%) Lead
6 45 (8.60%) Business Analyst
6 45 (8.60%) Product Owner
7 43 (8.22%) Delivery Manager
8 30 (5.74%) Project Manager
9 28 (5.35%) Java Developer
10 27 (5.16%) Senior Manager
11 22 (4.21%) Software Engineer
12 19 (3.63%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 18 (3.44%) Architect
14 17 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
15 16 (3.06%) Product Manager
16 14 (2.68%) Java Engineer
16 14 (2.68%) Technical Analyst
16 14 (2.68%) Technical Manager
17 13 (2.49%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.80%) REST
2 40 (7.65%) AngularJS
3 39 (7.46%) React
4 36 (6.88%) RESTful
5 24 (4.59%) Quarkus
6 20 (3.82%) Node.js
7 16 (3.06%) Spring
8 15 (2.87%) .NET
8 15 (2.87%) CSS
8 15 (2.87%) JSON
9 13 (2.49%) HTML
9 13 (2.49%) Playwright
9 13 (2.49%) Spring Boot
10 9 (1.72%) CSS3
10 9 (1.72%) HTML5
10 9 (1.72%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (1.72%) OAuth
10 9 (1.72%) pytest
10 9 (1.72%) SOAP
11 8 (1.53%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 184 (35.18%) Product Ownership
2 50 (9.56%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.63%) Virtual Team
4 16 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.34%) NHS
11 6 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.15%) Distributed Applications
11 6 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.15%) Life Science
11 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.15%) PMI
12 5 (0.96%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.96%) Linux
1 5 (0.96%) Unix
2 4 (0.76%) VMS
3 3 (0.57%) Windows
4 2 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (92.73%) Agile
2 269 (51.43%) Scrum
3 249 (47.61%) Sprint Retrospective
4 174 (33.27%) DevOps
5 162 (30.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 152 (29.06%) CI/CD
7 148 (28.30%) Sprint Review
8 137 (26.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 125 (23.90%) User Stories
10 119 (22.75%) Backlog Refinement
11 107 (20.46%) Test Automation
12 104 (19.89%) Roadmaps
13 98 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
14 91 (17.40%) Acceptance Criteria
15 87 (16.63%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 85 (16.25%) Backlog Management
17 77 (14.72%) Kanban
18 72 (13.77%) Software Engineering
18 72 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 70 (13.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 81 (15.49%) Java
2 65 (12.43%) Python
3 50 (9.56%) SQL
4 41 (7.84%) JavaScript
5 27 (5.16%) C#
5 27 (5.16%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.34%) Apex Code
6 7 (1.34%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.15%) Bicep
8 4 (0.76%) Groovy
9 3 (0.57%) C++
9 3 (0.57%) Go
9 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.38%) Bash
10 2 (0.38%) Korn
10 2 (0.38%) Ruby
10 2 (0.38%) SOQL
10 2 (0.38%) SOSL
11 1 (0.19%) Scala
11 1 (0.19%) XPath
Qualifications
1 146 (27.92%) Security Cleared
2 121 (23.14%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.27%) Degree
4 18 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.25%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.49%) PMP
7 12 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.10%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.15%) CBAP
9 6 (1.15%) IIBA
10 4 (0.76%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.76%) CISM
10 4 (0.76%) CISSP
10 4 (0.76%) ISEB
10 4 (0.76%) SAFe Agilist
11 2 (0.38%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.38%) GPEN
11 2 (0.38%) OSCE
11 2 (0.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (18.36%) QA
2 34 (6.50%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.97%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.72%) 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 (0.76%) GxP
8 4 (0.76%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (8.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) 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 74 (14.15%) Kubernetes
2 44 (8.41%) Terraform
3 29 (5.54%) Argo
4 14 (2.68%) Ansible
5 10 (1.91%) Grafana
5 10 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.76%) Nagios
7 3 (0.57%) Istio
7 3 (0.57%) Puppet
8 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Kibana
9 1 (0.19%) Rancher
9 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 36 (6.88%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.12%) ServiceNow
3 22 (4.21%) Red Hat
3 22 (4.21%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.63%) Databricks
5 14 (2.68%) Oracle
6 12 (2.29%) SAP
7 11 (2.10%) ForgeRock
7 11 (2.10%) Okta
8 9 (1.72%) Adobe
9 6 (1.15%) Guidewire
9 6 (1.15%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.76%) Google
10 4 (0.76%) VMware
11 3 (0.57%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.57%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.57%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.57%) Progress
11 3 (0.57%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.38%) OpenAI