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

 6 months to
18 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 251 405
Rank change year-on-year +58 +154 -43
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 632 271 152
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.40% 1.00% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.10% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 187 98
10th Percentile £363 £364 £336
25th Percentile £447 £420 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £575
90th Percentile £650 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 10 2
10th Percentile £55.88 £48.50 £57.13
25th Percentile £62.50 £49.06 £58.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +11.36%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £63.44
90th Percentile £71.13 £56.25 £64.38
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +11.36%

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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +51 292 £533 +3.40% 67
North of England -22 111 £481 +2.61% 21
South East -2 93 £525 +2.14% 36
Midlands -10 74 £487 +14.50% 26
West Midlands -13 64 £487 +8.14% 16
Yorkshire -16 42 £500 - 7
North East +2 41 £550 +4.76% 4
North West -51 32 £400 -8.47% 11
East of England +4 27 £460 +15.00% 5
South West -16 27 £503 -0.74% 15
East Midlands -13 9 £413 +3.13% 10
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
1 109 (17.25%) Confluence
2 24 (3.80%) CMS
3 8 (1.27%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.27%) SAS
3 8 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.95%) Apache
5 5 (0.79%) Documentum
6 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.16%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) Mendix
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.16%) Traefik
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.42%) Trello
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.63%) Notion
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Mingle
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.79%) Magento
4 3 (0.47%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.32%) Primavera
5 2 (0.32%) Workfront
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 210 (33.23%) Azure
2 116 (18.35%) AWS
3 107 (16.93%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (6.65%) OpenShift
5 35 (5.54%) GCP
6 30 (4.75%) Power Platform
7 29 (4.59%) GitHub
8 26 (4.11%) Serverless
9 21 (3.32%) Amazon S3
9 21 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.01%) Entra ID
11 17 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (2.37%) Azure AKS
12 15 (2.37%) Power Automate
12 15 (2.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (2.37%) Snowflake
13 14 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (2.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 13 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) Firewall
1 5 (0.79%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.63%) Network Security
3 2 (0.32%) Broadband
3 2 (0.32%) DNS
3 2 (0.32%) WAN
4 1 (0.16%) 5G
4 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.16%) DHCP
4 1 (0.16%) Intranet
4 1 (0.16%) NFC
4 1 (0.16%) NGFW
4 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.16%) SONET
4 1 (0.16%) SSL
4 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.16%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.16%) Power BI
2 17 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.37%) Metadata
4 14 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.06%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (1.58%) Big Data
7 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.95%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.95%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.79%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.63%) Tableau
12 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.47%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.47%) Redis
12 3 (0.47%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.32%) Looker
Development Applications
1 209 (33.07%) JIRA
2 79 (12.50%) Git
3 57 (9.02%) Jenkins
4 41 (6.49%) Postman
5 39 (6.17%) SonarQube
6 23 (3.64%) Selenium
7 22 (3.48%) GitLab
8 13 (2.06%) JUnit
9 10 (1.58%) WebDriver
10 9 (1.42%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.42%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.11%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.11%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.95%) JMeter
13 5 (0.79%) Subversion
14 3 (0.47%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.47%) git-flow
14 3 (0.47%) Gradle
14 3 (0.47%) Maven
14 3 (0.47%) Protractor
General
1 278 (43.99%) Social Skills
2 126 (19.94%) Finance
3 93 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (14.40%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.75%) Retail
6 40 (6.33%) Banking
7 38 (6.01%) Marketing
8 22 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.74%) Legal
13 11 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.27%) Front Office
15 8 (1.27%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.11%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (15.35%) Developer
2 84 (13.29%) Analyst
3 80 (12.66%) Scrum Master
4 79 (12.50%) Senior
5 61 (9.65%) Delivery Manager
6 59 (9.34%) Lead
7 55 (8.70%) Product Owner
8 54 (8.54%) Business Analyst
9 39 (6.17%) Java Developer
10 38 (6.01%) Project Manager
11 31 (4.91%) Senior Manager
12 29 (4.59%) Product Manager
13 26 (4.11%) Architect
14 24 (3.80%) Technical Analyst
15 23 (3.64%) Software Engineer
16 21 (3.32%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 20 (3.16%) Technical Manager
18 19 (3.01%) Java Engineer
19 18 (2.85%) SC Cleared Java Developer
20 16 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (8.86%) REST
2 44 (6.96%) AngularJS
3 39 (6.17%) RESTful
4 34 (5.38%) Quarkus
5 33 (5.22%) React
6 23 (3.64%) Spring
7 21 (3.32%) .NET
7 21 (3.32%) JSON
8 20 (3.16%) Spring Boot
9 18 (2.85%) Lightning Web Components
10 13 (2.06%) Kafka
10 13 (2.06%) Node.js
11 12 (1.90%) Middleware
12 11 (1.74%) HTML
13 10 (1.58%) PySpark
14 9 (1.42%) CSS
14 9 (1.42%) OAuth
14 9 (1.42%) SOAP
14 9 (1.42%) XML
15 8 (1.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 252 (39.87%) Product Ownership
2 58 (9.18%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.48%) Virtual Team
4 20 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.53%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.90%) Life Science
10 11 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.58%) FMCG
12 9 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.27%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (1.27%) NHS
14 7 (1.11%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.11%) Distributed Applications
14 7 (1.11%) Operational Technology
15 6 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.58%) Windows
2 7 (1.11%) Linux
3 3 (0.47%) Unix
3 3 (0.47%) VMS
4 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (93.67%) Agile
2 328 (51.90%) Scrum
3 275 (43.51%) Sprint Retrospective
4 234 (37.03%) DevOps
5 213 (33.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 189 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 177 (28.01%) CI/CD
8 175 (27.69%) Sprint Review
9 169 (26.74%) User Stories
10 165 (26.11%) Backlog Refinement
11 128 (20.25%) Acceptance Criteria
12 122 (19.30%) Test Automation
13 115 (18.20%) Problem-Solving
14 111 (17.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 106 (16.77%) Kanban
15 106 (16.77%) Roadmaps
16 104 (16.46%) Backlog Management
17 100 (15.82%) Software Engineering
18 96 (15.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
19 88 (13.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 103 (16.30%) Java
2 60 (9.49%) SQL
3 55 (8.70%) Python
4 39 (6.17%) JavaScript
5 35 (5.54%) C#
6 20 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.37%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.79%) Bicep
8 5 (0.79%) Groovy
8 5 (0.79%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.47%) C++
9 3 (0.47%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.32%) Korn
10 2 (0.32%) R
10 2 (0.32%) SOQL
10 2 (0.32%) SOSL
11 1 (0.16%) Bash
11 1 (0.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 193 (30.54%) Security Cleared
2 161 (25.47%) SC Cleared
3 47 (7.44%) Degree
4 22 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.85%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.37%) PMP
9 9 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.27%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.79%) CISSP
12 5 (0.79%) CSPO
12 5 (0.79%) SAFe Agilist
13 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.63%) CISM
13 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.47%) IIBA
14 3 (0.47%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (18.35%) QA
2 40 (6.33%) Accessibility
3 37 (5.85%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.37%) GDPR
5 10 (1.58%) PMO
6 9 (1.42%) GRC
6 9 (1.42%) GxP
7 7 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (1.11%) NIST
7 7 (1.11%) SLA
7 7 (1.11%) WCAG
8 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.63%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.16%) GMP
11 1 (0.16%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (7.28%) Docker
2 9 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) Ceph
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.16%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.16%) Squid
5 1 (0.16%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.16%) Varnish
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 85 (13.45%) Kubernetes
2 43 (6.80%) Terraform
3 38 (6.01%) Argo
4 12 (1.90%) Ansible
5 9 (1.42%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.27%) Grafana
7 4 (0.63%) Puppet
8 3 (0.47%) Nagios
9 2 (0.32%) Istio
9 2 (0.32%) Packer
9 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.16%) Kibana
10 1 (0.16%) Nessus
10 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 49 (7.75%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.01%) Salesforce
3 35 (5.54%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.38%) Red Hat
5 22 (3.48%) SAP
6 19 (3.01%) Databricks
6 19 (3.01%) Oracle
7 13 (2.06%) Okta
8 12 (1.90%) ForgeRock
9 11 (1.74%) Adobe
10 7 (1.11%) Google
10 7 (1.11%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.95%) VMware
12 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.47%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.47%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.47%) Progress
13 3 (0.47%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.47%) Splunk
13 3 (0.47%) Zscaler
145 Sprint Planning jobs in England