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

 6 months to
4 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 315 408
Rank change year-on-year +73 +93 -13
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 397 171 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 0.68% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.75% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 94 84
10th Percentile £356 £400 £268
25th Percentile £423 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £489
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +12.02% -6.90%
75th Percentile £569 £625 £562
90th Percentile £646 £700 £671
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £490
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 2
10th Percentile £44.35 £65.13 £53.38
25th Percentile £54.38 £65.31 £56.56
Median hourly rate £60.00 £66.25 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +3.92% -1.92%
75th Percentile £68.13 £67.81 £71.56
90th Percentile £78.45 £68.38 £75.13
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -1.92%

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 31,295 22,746 32,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.36% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,032 14,434 21,722
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £618 £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 1,939 776 2,084
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.38 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 +50 211 £513 -6.10% 90
North of England -13 63 £413 -19.41% 37
Midlands -25 51 £477 -12.57% 13
West Midlands -26 42 £481 -14.49% 7
South East -15 37 £525 +6.28% 62
North West -10 35 £375 -34.50% 12
South West -11 22 £525 -7.08% 28
Yorkshire -50 18 £500 +17.65% 10
North East -5 10 £475 -8.43% 15
East Midlands -22 9 £373 -17.22% 6
East of England -26 2 £525 +7.69% 32
Sprint Planning
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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 73 (18.39%) Confluence
2 19 (4.79%) SAS
3 12 (3.02%) CMS
4 4 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.76%) Appian
5 3 (0.76%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.76%) WordPress
6 2 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.50%) Apache
6 2 (0.50%) Drupal
6 2 (0.50%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.50%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) Documentum
7 1 (0.25%) Mendix
7 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (1.51%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.01%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.01%) Trello
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.76%) Sketch
4 1 (0.25%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.50%) Finacle
2 2 (0.50%) Maximo
2 2 (0.50%) Primavera
3 1 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 102 (25.69%) Azure
2 74 (18.64%) AWS
3 46 (11.59%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (8.56%) OpenShift
5 33 (8.31%) GitHub
6 26 (6.55%) GCP
7 24 (6.05%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (6.05%) Power Platform
8 23 (5.79%) Serverless
9 20 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (3.78%) Figma
11 14 (3.53%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.77%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.52%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.52%) SaaS
14 9 (2.27%) Azure AKS
15 8 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (2.02%) PowerApps
15 8 (2.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 7 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.01%) Network Security
2 3 (0.76%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.50%) Firewall
3 2 (0.50%) HTTP
3 2 (0.50%) SMS
4 1 (0.25%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.25%) DHCP
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.04%) Power BI
2 15 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.02%) Metadata
3 8 (2.02%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.02%) Tableau
4 7 (1.76%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.76%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 5 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.01%) Big Data
6 4 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.01%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.01%) MySQL
7 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.76%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.76%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.50%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.50%) Looker
8 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 125 (31.49%) JIRA
2 60 (15.11%) Jenkins
3 51 (12.85%) Git
4 45 (11.34%) GitLab
5 37 (9.32%) Selenium
6 26 (6.55%) JUnit
7 23 (5.79%) SonarQube
8 21 (5.29%) Postman
9 17 (4.28%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.27%) Cypress.io
10 9 (2.27%) REST Assured
10 9 (2.27%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.26%) Zephyr
12 4 (1.01%) MLflow
12 4 (1.01%) TestRail
13 3 (0.76%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.76%) Robot Framework
13 3 (0.76%) Storybook
13 3 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 196 (49.37%) Social Skills
2 90 (22.67%) Finance
3 66 (16.62%) Public Sector
4 57 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.56%) Banking
6 16 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.78%) Front Office
8 14 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.02%) Marketing
10 11 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.02%) Retail Banking
12 6 (1.51%) Legal
13 5 (1.26%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.01%) Local Government
14 4 (1.01%) Retail
15 3 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 82 (20.65%) Developer
2 49 (12.34%) Analyst
3 39 (9.82%) Business Analyst
4 36 (9.07%) Product Owner
4 36 (9.07%) Senior
5 35 (8.82%) Scrum Master
6 31 (7.81%) Lead
7 25 (6.30%) Java Developer
8 19 (4.79%) Project Manager
8 19 (4.79%) Test Specialist
9 17 (4.28%) Tester
10 16 (4.03%) Architect
11 13 (3.27%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
12 12 (3.02%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.77%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.77%) Test Automation Specialist
14 8 (2.02%) Automation Tester
14 8 (2.02%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.02%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.34%) REST
2 36 (9.07%) React
3 29 (7.30%) AngularJS
4 28 (7.05%) RESTful
5 22 (5.54%) pytest
6 21 (5.29%) JSON
7 19 (4.79%) CSS
8 16 (4.03%) HTML
8 16 (4.03%) Spring
9 15 (3.78%) Node.js
9 15 (3.78%) Playwright
10 13 (3.27%) Spring Boot
10 13 (3.27%) XML
11 12 (3.02%) Quarkus
12 9 (2.27%) Web Services
13 8 (2.02%) CSS3
13 8 (2.02%) HTML5
13 8 (2.02%) Lightning Web Components
13 8 (2.02%) PyTorch
13 8 (2.02%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 131 (33.00%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.54%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.27%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.02%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.76%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.76%) NHS
9 6 (1.51%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.51%) PMI
10 5 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.01%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.01%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.01%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.02%) Unix
2 7 (1.76%) Windows
3 6 (1.51%) Linux
4 4 (1.01%) VMS
5 1 (0.25%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (92.19%) Agile
2 199 (50.13%) Scrum
3 186 (46.85%) Sprint Retrospective
4 125 (31.49%) CI/CD
5 120 (30.23%) DevOps
6 112 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 104 (26.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 103 (25.94%) Sprint Review
9 102 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
10 94 (23.68%) User Stories
11 93 (23.43%) Test Automation
12 87 (21.91%) Roadmaps
13 83 (20.91%) Backlog Refinement
14 65 (16.37%) Acceptance Criteria
15 63 (15.87%) Analytics
16 57 (14.36%) Backlog Management
16 57 (14.36%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 54 (13.60%) Containerisation
18 53 (13.35%) SDLC
19 52 (13.10%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 77 (19.40%) Python
2 62 (15.62%) Java
3 53 (13.35%) JavaScript
4 37 (9.32%) SQL
5 29 (7.30%) TypeScript
6 24 (6.05%) C#
7 7 (1.76%) Go
8 5 (1.26%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.01%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.01%) Bicep
10 3 (0.76%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.76%) Ruby
10 3 (0.76%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.76%) XPath
11 2 (0.50%) Bash
11 2 (0.50%) PHP
12 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.25%) R
12 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 124 (31.23%) Security Cleared
2 108 (27.20%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.82%) Degree
4 14 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.53%) Master's Degree
5 12 (3.02%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.02%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.02%) PMP
8 6 (1.51%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.51%) CBAP
8 6 (1.51%) IIBA
9 5 (1.26%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.01%) ISEB
11 3 (0.76%) GPEN
11 3 (0.76%) OSCP
12 2 (0.50%) CISM
12 2 (0.50%) CISSP
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.50%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (18.89%) QA
2 33 (8.31%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.52%) WCAG
4 8 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.51%) SLA
6 5 (1.26%) GRC
7 4 (1.01%) GDPR
7 4 (1.01%) NIST
8 3 (0.76%) HL7
9 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.50%) NCSC
9 2 (0.50%) PMO
10 1 (0.25%) Basel III
10 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 56 (14.11%) Docker
2 4 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 69 (17.38%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.79%) Terraform
3 18 (4.53%) Ansible
3 18 (4.53%) Argo
4 13 (3.27%) Grafana
5 10 (2.52%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.76%) Kibana
6 3 (0.76%) Nagios
7 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.25%) CASB
8 1 (0.25%) Istio
8 1 (0.25%) Puppet
8 1 (0.25%) Rancher
Vendors
1 33 (8.31%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.54%) Salesforce
3 16 (4.03%) Databricks
4 15 (3.78%) Oracle
4 15 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.02%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.52%) Adobe
7 6 (1.51%) Guidewire
7 6 (1.51%) SAP
8 5 (1.26%) Google
8 5 (1.26%) Okta
8 5 (1.26%) Splunk
9 4 (1.01%) Cisco
9 4 (1.01%) ForgeRock
9 4 (1.01%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.01%) Veracode
10 3 (0.76%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.76%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.76%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.50%) OpenAI
240 Sprint Planning jobs in England