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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 255 409
Rank change year-on-year +56 +154 -47
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 583 260 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.33% 0.99% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.08% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 171 96
10th Percentile £363 £367 £345
25th Percentile £447 £425 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -0.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £566
90th Percentile £650 £690 £650
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 10 1
10th Percentile £58.13 £48.50 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £49.06 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +18.18%
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% +18.18%

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 37,549 23,970 31,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 91.01% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,634 15,421 20,733
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,193 2,304
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -

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 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 4 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 4 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 +51 283 £525 - 83
North of England -24 100 £488 +7.26% 37
South East -9 81 £560 +9.27% 39
Midlands -18 64 £492 +15.76% 22
West Midlands -25 54 £492 +9.33% 13
North East +2 40 £550 +4.76% 3
North West -39 33 £397 -10.95% 23
Yorkshire -36 31 £517 +10.84% 11
East of England -6 25 £460 +15.00% 10
South West -15 22 £475 -6.17% 16
East Midlands -16 9 £413 +3.13% 9
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 95 (16.30%) Confluence
2 23 (3.95%) CMS
3 8 (1.37%) SAS
4 6 (1.03%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.86%) Documentum
6 4 (0.69%) Apache
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%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) Mendix
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) Traefik
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.03%) Trello
4 4 (0.69%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.69%) Notion
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Mingle
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.86%) Magento
4 4 (0.69%) 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
6 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 182 (31.22%) Azure
2 100 (17.15%) AWS
3 91 (15.61%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (7.20%) OpenShift
5 27 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 22 (3.77%) GCP
7 21 (3.60%) GitHub
7 21 (3.60%) Serverless
8 17 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (2.74%) Amazon S3
9 16 (2.74%) Entra ID
10 15 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (2.57%) Azure AKS
11 14 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 13 (2.23%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.06%) SaaS
14 11 (1.89%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 9 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.86%) Firewall
2 4 (0.69%) Network Security
3 3 (0.51%) 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%) Broadband
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 (3.26%) Power BI
2 15 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.23%) Metadata
4 10 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (1.72%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.20%) Big Data
6 7 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
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 4 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.51%) Redis
11 2 (0.34%) MySQL
11 2 (0.34%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 191 (32.76%) JIRA
2 74 (12.69%) Git
3 54 (9.26%) Jenkins
4 40 (6.86%) Postman
5 39 (6.69%) SonarQube
6 23 (3.95%) GitLab
6 23 (3.95%) Selenium
7 12 (2.06%) JUnit
8 11 (1.89%) WebDriver
9 9 (1.54%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.54%) REST Assured
10 7 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.86%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.86%) JMeter
11 5 (0.86%) Subversion
12 3 (0.51%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.51%) git-flow
12 3 (0.51%) MLflow
12 3 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.34%) Storybook
General
1 244 (41.85%) Social Skills
2 115 (19.73%) Finance
3 79 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (13.21%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.55%) Retail
6 40 (6.86%) Banking
7 34 (5.83%) Marketing
8 19 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.89%) Legal
12 10 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.37%) Retail Banking
14 7 (1.20%) Front Office
14 7 (1.20%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.03%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.03%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 91 (15.61%) Developer
2 73 (12.52%) Scrum Master
2 73 (12.52%) Senior
3 72 (12.35%) Analyst
4 54 (9.26%) Product Owner
5 53 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
5 53 (9.09%) Lead
6 44 (7.55%) Business Analyst
7 37 (6.35%) Java Developer
8 35 (6.00%) Project Manager
9 28 (4.80%) Senior Manager
10 27 (4.63%) Architect
11 26 (4.46%) Product Manager
12 23 (3.95%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.26%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 19 (3.26%) Java Engineer
14 18 (3.09%) Technical Analyst
14 18 (3.09%) Technical Manager
15 17 (2.92%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 16 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.26%) REST
2 46 (7.89%) AngularJS
3 34 (5.83%) Quarkus
3 34 (5.83%) React
3 34 (5.83%) RESTful
4 19 (3.26%) .NET
5 18 (3.09%) JSON
5 18 (3.09%) Spring
6 16 (2.74%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (2.57%) Node.js
7 15 (2.57%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.06%) Middleware
9 11 (1.89%) CSS
9 11 (1.89%) HTML
10 10 (1.72%) Kafka
10 10 (1.72%) SOAP
11 9 (1.54%) OAuth
11 9 (1.54%) Playwright
11 9 (1.54%) PySpark
12 8 (1.37%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 223 (38.25%) Product Ownership
2 50 (8.58%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.60%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.89%) Life Science
10 9 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.54%) FMCG
10 9 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
11 7 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.20%) NHS
12 6 (1.03%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.03%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.72%) Windows
2 6 (1.03%) Linux
3 3 (0.51%) Unix
3 3 (0.51%) 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
1 543 (93.14%) Agile
2 302 (51.80%) Scrum
3 264 (45.28%) Sprint Retrospective
4 201 (34.48%) DevOps
5 188 (32.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 164 (28.13%) Sprint Review
7 159 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 155 (26.59%) CI/CD
9 148 (25.39%) User Stories
10 143 (24.53%) Backlog Refinement
11 113 (19.38%) Acceptance Criteria
11 113 (19.38%) Test Automation
12 104 (17.84%) Roadmaps
13 102 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
14 96 (16.47%) Backlog Management
14 96 (16.47%) Kanban
15 95 (16.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 90 (15.44%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 83 (14.24%) SDLC
17 83 (14.24%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 93 (15.95%) Java
2 56 (9.61%) Python
3 53 (9.09%) SQL
4 36 (6.17%) JavaScript
5 33 (5.66%) C#
6 22 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.23%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.86%) Bicep
8 5 (0.86%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.69%) Groovy
10 3 (0.51%) 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%) ABAP
12 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.17%) VBA
12 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 173 (29.67%) Security Cleared
2 144 (24.70%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.86%) Degree
4 20 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.92%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.74%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.40%) PMP
9 8 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.86%) CISSP
10 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
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%) IIBA
11 4 (0.69%) SAFe Agilist
12 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.34%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.34%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (18.87%) QA
2 36 (6.17%) Accessibility
3 32 (5.49%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.23%) GDPR
5 9 (1.54%) GxP
6 8 (1.37%) GRC
7 7 (1.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (1.20%) SLA
8 6 (1.03%) NIST
8 6 (1.03%) PMO
9 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.86%) WCAG
10 4 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.17%) NCSC
12 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.17%) PERC
12 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (6.86%) 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 83 (14.24%) Kubernetes
2 44 (7.55%) Terraform
3 38 (6.52%) Argo
4 12 (2.06%) Ansible
5 9 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.37%) Grafana
7 4 (0.69%) Puppet
8 3 (0.51%) 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 42 (7.20%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.17%) ServiceNow
3 34 (5.83%) Red Hat
4 33 (5.66%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.26%) Oracle
5 19 (3.26%) SAP
6 16 (2.74%) Databricks
7 13 (2.23%) Okta
8 12 (2.06%) Adobe
8 12 (2.06%) ForgeRock
9 7 (1.20%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.03%) VMware
11 5 (0.86%) Google
12 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.51%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.51%) PagerDuty
12 3 (0.51%) Progress
12 3 (0.51%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.51%) Splunk
13 2 (0.34%) Ping Identity