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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 259 390
Rank change year-on-year +64 +131 -47
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 643 281 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 1.02% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.12% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 196 100
10th Percentile £365 £361 £349
25th Percentile £450 £412 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -3.29% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £659 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 10 2
10th Percentile £55.00 £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 38,369 25,044 29,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 90.72% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,058 16,057 19,314
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £423 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,388 1,359 1,834
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.56 £51.77 £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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +52 300 £547 +6.21% 76
North of England -22 110 £495 +9.57% 43
South East -15 95 £525 +2.14% 37
Midlands +1 81 £490 +15.24% 30
West Midlands +3 72 £488 -4.88% 19
North East -1 43 £550 +2.33% 15
Yorkshire -26 43 £500 +11.11% 9
North West -51 28 £400 -8.47% 20
East of England +4 27 £460 +15.00% 6
South West -18 27 £500 -1.23% 17
East Midlands -14 8 £454 +13.44% 11
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
1 105 (16.33%) Confluence
2 23 (3.58%) CMS
3 10 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.40%) Apache
4 9 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.24%) SAS
6 5 (0.78%) Documentum
7 4 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.31%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Mendix
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) Traefik
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.40%) Trello
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.78%) Notion
5 4 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) Mingle
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.78%) Magento
5 3 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.16%) Shopify
7 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 210 (32.66%) Azure
2 118 (18.35%) AWS
3 105 (16.33%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (6.84%) OpenShift
5 39 (6.07%) Power Platform
6 37 (5.75%) GCP
7 33 (5.13%) GitHub
8 29 (4.51%) Serverless
9 23 (3.58%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (3.42%) Amazon S3
11 20 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.95%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.80%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.80%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.49%) Snowflake
15 15 (2.33%) Azure AKS
16 14 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (2.18%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (2.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.93%) HTTPS
2 5 (0.78%) Firewall
3 4 (0.62%) Network Security
4 2 (0.31%) Broadband
4 2 (0.31%) DNS
4 2 (0.31%) WAN
5 1 (0.16%) 5G
5 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.16%) DHCP
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) NFC
5 1 (0.16%) NGFW
5 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.16%) SONET
5 1 (0.16%) SSL
5 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.16%) VPN
5 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.42%) Power BI
2 15 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.33%) Metadata
2 15 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.18%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (1.56%) Big Data
5 9 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.09%) BigQuery
7 6 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.78%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.78%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.62%) Tableau
10 3 (0.47%) Looker
10 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.47%) Redis
10 3 (0.47%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 207 (32.19%) JIRA
2 79 (12.29%) Git
3 56 (8.71%) Jenkins
4 40 (6.22%) SonarQube
5 37 (5.75%) Postman
6 20 (3.11%) Selenium
7 18 (2.80%) GitLab
8 13 (2.02%) JUnit
9 8 (1.24%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.09%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.09%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.09%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.93%) JMeter
12 5 (0.78%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.78%) Subversion
13 3 (0.47%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.47%) git-flow
13 3 (0.47%) Gradle
13 3 (0.47%) Maven
13 3 (0.47%) Protractor
General
1 282 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 129 (20.06%) Finance
3 96 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 92 (14.31%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (7.62%) Retail
6 42 (6.53%) Banking
7 38 (5.91%) Marketing
8 22 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.87%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.71%) Legal
14 9 (1.40%) Front Office
14 9 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.40%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.24%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.09%) Billing
16 7 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 105 (16.33%) Developer
2 84 (13.06%) Senior
3 81 (12.60%) Analyst
4 80 (12.44%) Scrum Master
5 63 (9.80%) Lead
6 62 (9.64%) Delivery Manager
7 54 (8.40%) Product Owner
8 53 (8.24%) Business Analyst
9 40 (6.22%) Project Manager
10 39 (6.07%) Java Developer
11 31 (4.82%) Senior Manager
12 29 (4.51%) Product Manager
13 26 (4.04%) Architect
14 24 (3.73%) Software Engineer
15 23 (3.58%) Technical Analyst
16 22 (3.42%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 20 (3.11%) Technical Manager
18 19 (2.95%) Java Engineer
19 18 (2.80%) SC Cleared Java Developer
20 16 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.64%) REST
2 46 (7.15%) AngularJS
3 40 (6.22%) RESTful
4 36 (5.60%) Quarkus
5 31 (4.82%) React
6 25 (3.89%) Spring
7 24 (3.73%) .NET
8 22 (3.42%) JSON
8 22 (3.42%) Spring Boot
9 15 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
10 14 (2.18%) Kafka
10 14 (2.18%) Node.js
11 13 (2.02%) Middleware
11 13 (2.02%) SOAP
12 11 (1.71%) PySpark
13 10 (1.56%) HTML
14 9 (1.40%) OAuth
14 9 (1.40%) XML
15 8 (1.24%) ADO
15 8 (1.24%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 252 (39.19%) Product Ownership
2 59 (9.18%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.11%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.87%) Life Science
8 11 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.40%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.40%) FMCG
9 9 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.40%) NHS
10 8 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (1.24%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.09%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.09%) Distributed Applications
12 6 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.56%) Windows
2 8 (1.24%) Linux
3 3 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (93.62%) Agile
2 334 (51.94%) Scrum
3 271 (42.15%) Sprint Retrospective
4 237 (36.86%) DevOps
5 214 (33.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 196 (30.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 179 (27.84%) Sprint Review
8 175 (27.22%) CI/CD
9 173 (26.91%) User Stories
10 168 (26.13%) Backlog Refinement
11 124 (19.28%) Test Automation
12 122 (18.97%) Acceptance Criteria
13 115 (17.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 111 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
14 111 (17.26%) Roadmaps
15 108 (16.80%) Kanban
16 107 (16.64%) Software Engineering
17 105 (16.33%) Backlog Management
18 93 (14.46%) Backlog Prioritisation
19 89 (13.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 105 (16.33%) Java
2 65 (10.11%) SQL
3 55 (8.55%) Python
4 41 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 35 (5.44%) C#
6 17 (2.64%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.33%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.93%) Bicep
9 5 (0.78%) Groovy
10 4 (0.62%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.62%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) Scala
13 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 196 (30.48%) Security Cleared
2 163 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 46 (7.15%) Degree
4 24 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.80%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.49%) PMP
8 15 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.40%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.78%) CISSP
12 5 (0.78%) CSPO
13 4 (0.62%) CISM
13 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.62%) SAFe Agilist
14 3 (0.47%) IIBA
14 3 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (18.51%) QA
2 43 (6.69%) Accessibility
3 38 (5.91%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.33%) GDPR
5 10 (1.56%) PMO
6 9 (1.40%) GRC
6 9 (1.40%) GxP
7 7 (1.09%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (1.09%) NIST
7 7 (1.09%) SLA
7 7 (1.09%) WCAG
8 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.62%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.31%) 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%) PERC
System Software
1 46 (7.15%) Docker
2 9 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) 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 86 (13.37%) Kubernetes
2 44 (6.84%) Terraform
3 39 (6.07%) Argo
4 12 (1.87%) Ansible
5 8 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.09%) Grafana
7 4 (0.62%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) Nagios
8 2 (0.31%) Packer
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) Nessus
9 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 59 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.60%) Red Hat
2 36 (5.60%) ServiceNow
3 34 (5.29%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.27%) SAP
5 20 (3.11%) Databricks
5 20 (3.11%) Oracle
6 13 (2.02%) Okta
7 12 (1.87%) ForgeRock
8 11 (1.71%) Adobe
9 10 (1.56%) Google
10 8 (1.24%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.93%) VMware
12 5 (0.78%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.47%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.47%) Guidewire
13 3 (0.47%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.47%) Progress
13 3 (0.47%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.47%) Zscaler