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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 264 417
Rank change year-on-year +64 +153 -59
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 580 236 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 0.94% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.03% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 154 91
10th Percentile £361 £387 £340
25th Percentile £440 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.15% +2.50% -5.21%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK median daily rate £517 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.43% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 9 1
10th Percentile £58.13 £48.25 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +13.04%
75th Percentile - £55.00 -
90th Percentile £71.88 £56.25 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +13.04%

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 37,051 22,942 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.33% 91.40% 85.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,408 14,828 20,735
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £416 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.78% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,328 1,099 2,362
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.76
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.48
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +52 285 £533 +1.43% 49
North of England -16 102 £488 +2.74% 26
South East -20 75 £560 +9.27% 26
Midlands -18 63 £492 +22.39% 11
West Midlands -16 52 £492 +12.46% 7
North East +1 40 £550 +4.76% 8
North West -30 36 £380 -18.98% 15
Yorkshire -37 30 £518 +11.08% 3
East of England -4 24 £460 +15.00% 6
South West -26 23 £475 -6.17% 17
East Midlands -17 10 £407 +1.69% 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 93 (16.03%) Confluence
2 22 (3.79%) CMS
3 8 (1.38%) SAS
4 5 (0.86%) Apache
4 5 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.52%) Documentum
7 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.34%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) Mendix
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) Traefik
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.03%) Trello
4 4 (0.69%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.69%) Notion
5 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Mingle
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.86%) Magento
4 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.34%) Finacle
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.34%) Primavera
5 2 (0.34%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
6 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 179 (30.86%) Azure
2 108 (18.62%) AWS
3 87 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (6.90%) OpenShift
5 26 (4.48%) Serverless
6 25 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.14%) GCP
8 23 (3.97%) GitHub
9 22 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.28%) Amazon S3
11 16 (2.76%) Entra ID
11 16 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (2.59%) Azure AKS
13 14 (2.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (2.24%) Snowflake
15 12 (2.07%) SaaS
16 11 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 9 (1.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.86%) Firewall
2 4 (0.69%) Network Security
3 3 (0.52%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.34%) DNS
4 2 (0.34%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) 5G
5 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.17%) DHCP
5 1 (0.17%) NFC
5 1 (0.17%) NGFW
5 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.17%) SONET
5 1 (0.17%) SSL
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.17%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.28%) Power BI
2 18 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.41%) Metadata
4 10 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (1.72%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.21%) Big Data
6 7 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.03%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.03%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.86%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.86%) Tableau
9 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.52%) Redis
10 2 (0.34%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.34%) Looker
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 193 (33.28%) JIRA
2 73 (12.59%) Git
3 52 (8.97%) Jenkins
4 41 (7.07%) SonarQube
5 40 (6.90%) Postman
6 24 (4.14%) Selenium
7 23 (3.97%) GitLab
8 12 (2.07%) JUnit
8 12 (2.07%) WebDriver
9 10 (1.72%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.55%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.55%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.86%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.86%) JMeter
11 5 (0.86%) Subversion
12 4 (0.69%) Storybook
13 3 (0.52%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.52%) git-flow
13 3 (0.52%) MLflow
13 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 242 (41.72%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.31%) Finance
3 80 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 43 (7.41%) Retail
5 42 (7.24%) Banking
6 31 (5.34%) Marketing
7 18 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.90%) Legal
10 10 (1.72%) Retail Banking
11 9 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.21%) Front Office
12 7 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.21%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.03%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 95 (16.38%) Developer
2 74 (12.76%) Analyst
3 72 (12.41%) Senior
4 71 (12.24%) Scrum Master
5 56 (9.66%) Lead
6 53 (9.14%) Delivery Manager
7 52 (8.97%) Product Owner
8 45 (7.76%) Business Analyst
9 35 (6.03%) Java Developer
9 35 (6.03%) Project Manager
10 28 (4.83%) Senior Manager
11 25 (4.31%) Product Manager
12 23 (3.97%) Architect
12 23 (3.97%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.28%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 18 (3.10%) Java Engineer
14 18 (3.10%) Technical Analyst
14 18 (3.10%) Technical Manager
15 17 (2.93%) Full-Stack Developer
15 17 (2.93%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (8.62%) REST
2 48 (8.28%) AngularJS
3 39 (6.72%) React
4 35 (6.03%) RESTful
5 34 (5.86%) Quarkus
6 19 (3.28%) .NET
7 18 (3.10%) JSON
7 18 (3.10%) Spring
8 17 (2.93%) Node.js
9 15 (2.59%) Spring Boot
10 14 (2.41%) CSS
11 13 (2.24%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (2.07%) HTML
12 12 (2.07%) Playwright
13 11 (1.90%) OAuth
14 10 (1.72%) Kafka
14 10 (1.72%) Middleware
15 9 (1.55%) CSS3
15 9 (1.55%) HTML5
15 9 (1.55%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 213 (36.72%) Product Ownership
2 53 (9.14%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.62%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.72%) Life Science
10 9 (1.55%) FMCG
10 9 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.21%) Distributed Applications
11 7 (1.21%) NHS
12 6 (1.03%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (0.86%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.38%) Windows
2 4 (0.69%) Linux
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
3 3 (0.52%) VMS
4 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (92.93%) Agile
2 299 (51.55%) Scrum
3 264 (45.52%) Sprint Retrospective
4 194 (33.45%) DevOps
5 187 (32.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 159 (27.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 157 (27.07%) Sprint Review
8 153 (26.38%) CI/CD
9 146 (25.17%) User Stories
10 138 (23.79%) Backlog Refinement
11 115 (19.83%) Test Automation
12 111 (19.14%) Acceptance Criteria
13 102 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
13 102 (17.59%) Roadmaps
14 98 (16.90%) Backlog Management
15 94 (16.21%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 93 (16.03%) Kanban
17 90 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 83 (14.31%) SDLC
19 82 (14.14%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 90 (15.52%) Java
2 59 (10.17%) Python
3 53 (9.14%) SQL
4 39 (6.72%) JavaScript
5 33 (5.69%) C#
6 27 (4.66%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.72%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.86%) Bicep
8 5 (0.86%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.69%) Groovy
10 3 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.34%) Korn
11 2 (0.34%) R
11 2 (0.34%) SOQL
11 2 (0.34%) SOSL
12 1 (0.17%) Bash
12 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.17%) Scala
12 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 170 (29.31%) Security Cleared
2 145 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.38%) Degree
4 20 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.76%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.41%) PMP
8 13 (2.24%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.86%) CISSP
11 4 (0.69%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.69%) CISM
11 4 (0.69%) CSPO
11 4 (0.69%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.69%) SAFe Agilist
12 3 (0.52%) IIBA
13 2 (0.34%) CBAP
13 2 (0.34%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (18.97%) QA
2 36 (6.21%) Accessibility
3 32 (5.52%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.24%) GDPR
5 9 (1.55%) SLA
6 8 (1.38%) GRC
6 8 (1.38%) GxP
7 6 (1.03%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 6 (1.03%) NIST
8 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.86%) WCAG
9 4 (0.69%) PMO
9 4 (0.69%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.34%) NCSC
10 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.17%) GMP
11 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (7.07%) Docker
2 6 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Ceph
4 1 (0.17%) HDFS
4 1 (0.17%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.17%) Squid
4 1 (0.17%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.17%) Varnish
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 80 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.24%) Terraform
3 38 (6.55%) Argo
4 12 (2.07%) Ansible
5 7 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.03%) Grafana
7 4 (0.69%) Puppet
8 3 (0.52%) Nagios
9 2 (0.34%) Istio
9 2 (0.34%) Packer
9 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 41 (7.07%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.21%) ServiceNow
3 34 (5.86%) Red Hat
4 30 (5.17%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.10%) Oracle
5 18 (3.10%) SAP
6 16 (2.76%) Databricks
7 13 (2.24%) Okta
8 12 (2.07%) ForgeRock
9 10 (1.72%) Adobe
10 6 (1.03%) VMware
11 5 (0.86%) Google
11 5 (0.86%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.69%) Guidewire
13 3 (0.52%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.52%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.52%) Progress
13 3 (0.52%) Sitecore
14 2 (0.34%) Cognizant