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

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 253 394
Rank change year-on-year +60 +141 -61
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 651 280 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 1.02% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.12% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 196 100
10th Percentile £374 £361 £349
25th Percentile £450 £412 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -3.29% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £673 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 10 2
10th Percentile £55.25 £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% +6.52%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £63.44
90th Percentile - £56.25 £64.38
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +6.52%

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 38,425 24,898 29,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 90.75% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,067 15,953 19,300
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £424 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,400 1,362 1,833
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.21 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.46 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +48 304 £550 +6.80% 78
North of England -18 113 £498 +10.13% 41
South East -11 98 £525 +2.14% 36
Midlands +2 82 £490 +15.24% 31
West Midlands +3 73 £488 -4.88% 19
North East -2 45 £550 +2.33% 13
Yorkshire -19 44 £500 +11.11% 9
North West -50 28 £400 -8.47% 20
South West -13 27 £500 -1.23% 18
East of England +2 26 £460 +15.00% 5
East Midlands -14 8 £454 +13.44% 12
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
1 107 (16.44%) Confluence
2 23 (3.53%) CMS
3 10 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.38%) Apache
4 9 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.23%) SAS
6 5 (0.77%) Documentum
7 4 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.31%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Mendix
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.15%) Traefik
9 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.38%) Trello
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.77%) Notion
5 4 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Mingle
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.77%) Magento
5 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) Primavera
6 2 (0.31%) Workfront
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
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
1 211 (32.41%) Azure
2 119 (18.28%) AWS
3 106 (16.28%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (7.22%) OpenShift
5 39 (5.99%) Power Platform
6 37 (5.68%) GCP
7 33 (5.07%) GitHub
8 29 (4.45%) Serverless
9 23 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (3.38%) Amazon S3
11 20 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.92%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.76%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.76%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.46%) Azure AKS
14 16 (2.46%) Snowflake
15 14 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 14 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.92%) HTTPS
2 5 (0.77%) Firewall
3 4 (0.61%) Network Security
4 2 (0.31%) Broadband
4 2 (0.31%) DNS
4 2 (0.31%) WAN
5 1 (0.15%) 5G
5 1 (0.15%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.15%) DHCP
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) NFC
5 1 (0.15%) NGFW
5 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.15%) SONET
5 1 (0.15%) SSL
5 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.15%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.38%) Power BI
2 16 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.30%) Metadata
3 15 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (1.54%) Big Data
4 10 (1.54%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.08%) BigQuery
6 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.77%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.61%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.61%) Tableau
9 3 (0.46%) Looker
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.46%) Redis
9 3 (0.46%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 212 (32.57%) JIRA
2 81 (12.44%) Git
3 58 (8.91%) Jenkins
4 43 (6.61%) SonarQube
5 37 (5.68%) Postman
6 20 (3.07%) Selenium
7 18 (2.76%) GitLab
8 14 (2.15%) JUnit
9 8 (1.23%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.23%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.08%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.08%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.92%) JMeter
12 5 (0.77%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.77%) Subversion
13 4 (0.61%) Maven
14 3 (0.46%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.46%) git-flow
14 3 (0.46%) Gradle
14 3 (0.46%) Mockito
General
1 288 (44.24%) Social Skills
2 132 (20.28%) Finance
3 97 (14.90%) Public Sector
4 92 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (7.68%) Retail
6 43 (6.61%) Banking
7 38 (5.84%) Marketing
8 22 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.84%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.69%) Legal
13 9 (1.38%) Front Office
13 9 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.38%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.23%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.08%) Billing
15 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 109 (16.74%) Developer
2 85 (13.06%) Senior
3 81 (12.44%) Analyst
4 80 (12.29%) Scrum Master
5 64 (9.83%) Lead
6 62 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
7 56 (8.60%) Product Owner
8 53 (8.14%) Business Analyst
9 42 (6.45%) Java Developer
10 39 (5.99%) Project Manager
11 30 (4.61%) Senior Manager
12 29 (4.45%) Product Manager
13 27 (4.15%) Architect
14 24 (3.69%) Software Engineer
15 23 (3.53%) Technical Analyst
16 22 (3.38%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 20 (3.07%) Technical Manager
18 19 (2.92%) Java Engineer
19 18 (2.76%) SC Cleared Java Developer
20 17 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (9.68%) REST
2 50 (7.68%) AngularJS
3 41 (6.30%) RESTful
4 38 (5.84%) Quarkus
5 31 (4.76%) React
6 26 (3.99%) Spring
7 25 (3.84%) .NET
8 23 (3.53%) Spring Boot
9 22 (3.38%) JSON
10 15 (2.30%) Kafka
10 15 (2.30%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (2.15%) Node.js
11 14 (2.15%) SOAP
12 13 (2.00%) Middleware
13 11 (1.69%) HTML
13 11 (1.69%) PySpark
14 9 (1.38%) OAuth
14 9 (1.38%) XML
15 8 (1.23%) Hibernate
15 8 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 257 (39.48%) Product Ownership
2 62 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (2.92%) Virtual Team
5 18 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.84%) Life Science
9 11 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.38%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.38%) FMCG
10 9 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.38%) NHS
11 8 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.23%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.69%) Windows
2 8 (1.23%) Linux
3 3 (0.46%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) Android
4 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.31%) VMS
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (93.24%) Agile
2 338 (51.92%) Scrum
3 271 (41.63%) Sprint Retrospective
4 238 (36.56%) DevOps
5 214 (32.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 202 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 182 (27.96%) Sprint Review
8 179 (27.50%) CI/CD
9 176 (27.04%) User Stories
10 170 (26.11%) Backlog Refinement
11 128 (19.66%) Test Automation
12 123 (18.89%) Acceptance Criteria
13 113 (17.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 111 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
15 110 (16.90%) Roadmaps
16 109 (16.74%) Software Engineering
17 108 (16.59%) Kanban
18 107 (16.44%) Backlog Management
19 94 (14.44%) Backlog Prioritisation
20 93 (14.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 108 (16.59%) Java
2 66 (10.14%) SQL
3 55 (8.45%) Python
4 42 (6.45%) JavaScript
5 36 (5.53%) C#
6 18 (2.76%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.30%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.92%) Bicep
9 5 (0.77%) Groovy
10 4 (0.61%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.61%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.46%) C++
12 2 (0.31%) Bash
12 2 (0.31%) Korn
12 2 (0.31%) R
12 2 (0.31%) SOQL
12 2 (0.31%) SOSL
13 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.15%) Scala
13 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 200 (30.72%) Security Cleared
2 166 (25.50%) SC Cleared
3 47 (7.22%) Degree
4 24 (3.69%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.61%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.30%) PMP
8 9 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.77%) CISSP
11 5 (0.77%) CSPO
12 4 (0.61%) CISM
12 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.61%) SAFe Agilist
13 3 (0.46%) IIBA
13 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (18.59%) QA
2 43 (6.61%) Accessibility
3 37 (5.68%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.30%) GDPR
5 11 (1.69%) PMO
6 10 (1.54%) GRC
7 9 (1.38%) GxP
8 7 (1.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (1.08%) NIST
8 7 (1.08%) SLA
8 7 (1.08%) WCAG
9 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.61%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.15%) PERC
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (7.22%) Docker
2 9 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Ceph
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.15%) Squid
5 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.15%) Varnish
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 90 (13.82%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.91%) Terraform
3 41 (6.30%) Argo
4 12 (1.84%) Ansible
5 9 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.23%) Grafana
7 4 (0.61%) Puppet
8 3 (0.46%) Istio
9 2 (0.31%) Nagios
9 2 (0.31%) Packer
10 1 (0.15%) Kibana
10 1 (0.15%) Nessus
10 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 60 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.84%) Red Hat
3 37 (5.68%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.22%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.23%) SAP
6 20 (3.07%) Oracle
7 19 (2.92%) Databricks
8 13 (2.00%) Okta
9 12 (1.84%) ForgeRock
10 11 (1.69%) Adobe
11 10 (1.54%) Google
12 8 (1.23%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.77%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.77%) VMware
14 3 (0.46%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.46%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.46%) PagerDuty
14 3 (0.46%) Progress
14 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.46%) Zscaler
188 Sprint Planning jobs in England