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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 310 416
Rank change year-on-year +86 +106 -10
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 438 167 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 0.68% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 0.75% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 94 78
10th Percentile £358 £400 £195
25th Percentile £424 £451 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £528 £489
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +7.93% -5.10%
75th Percentile £575 £610 £549
90th Percentile £643 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £528 £490
% change year-on-year -5.21% +7.65% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 1
10th Percentile £51.25 £65.13 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £65.31 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +26.19% -19.23%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.75 £68.38 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -3.70% +28.57% -19.23%

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 31,979 22,196 32,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.71% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,491 14,461 21,766
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 1,970 819 2,143
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.08 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.63
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.20% -8.24%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +57 223 £515 -2.30% 91
North of England -13 73 £418 -20.38% 48
Midlands -20 59 £481 -10.90% 26
West Midlands -19 49 £490 -10.91% 10
South East -24 44 £525 +7.80% 65
North West +2 39 £388 -32.31% 15
South West -3 24 £525 -5.41% 22
Yorkshire -45 20 £500 +17.65% 13
North East +4 14 £513 -1.20% 20
East Midlands -26 10 £413 -8.33% 15
East of England -19 5 £475 +18.75% 31
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 73 (16.67%) Confluence
2 20 (4.57%) SAS
3 15 (3.42%) CMS
4 4 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.68%) Apache
5 3 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.68%) WordPress
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.46%) Appian
6 2 (0.46%) Drupal
6 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.46%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.23%) Mendix
7 1 (0.23%) nginx
7 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Adobe XD
1 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.14%) Trello
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.68%) Sketch
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Mingle
6 1 (0.23%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.46%) Finacle
2 2 (0.46%) Maximo
2 2 (0.46%) Primavera
2 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 113 (25.80%) Azure
2 80 (18.26%) AWS
3 55 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (8.22%) OpenShift
5 29 (6.62%) GitHub
6 25 (5.71%) GCP
7 24 (5.48%) Power Platform
7 24 (5.48%) Serverless
8 22 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (3.65%) Figma
11 15 (3.42%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.51%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.28%) SaaS
14 9 (2.05%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.83%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.83%) PowerApps
16 7 (1.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.14%) Network Security
2 3 (0.68%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.46%) Firewall
3 2 (0.46%) HTTP
3 2 (0.46%) SMS
4 1 (0.23%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.23%) DHCP
4 1 (0.23%) DNS
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.57%) Power BI
2 15 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.51%) Metadata
4 8 (1.83%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.83%) Tableau
5 7 (1.60%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.60%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.37%) Big Data
6 6 (1.37%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.91%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.91%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.91%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.68%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.68%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 2 (0.46%) Looker
Development Applications
1 139 (31.74%) JIRA
2 59 (13.47%) Jenkins
3 58 (13.24%) Git
4 42 (9.59%) GitLab
5 39 (8.90%) Selenium
6 27 (6.16%) JUnit
7 25 (5.71%) Postman
8 24 (5.48%) SonarQube
9 18 (4.11%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.28%) Cypress.io
10 10 (2.28%) REST Assured
10 10 (2.28%) WebDriver
11 6 (1.37%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.14%) TestRail
13 4 (0.91%) MLflow
13 4 (0.91%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.91%) Subversion
14 3 (0.68%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.68%) JMeter
General
1 221 (50.46%) Social Skills
2 102 (23.29%) Finance
3 74 (16.89%) Public Sector
4 67 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (8.22%) Banking
6 18 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (3.65%) Marketing
8 15 (3.42%) Front Office
9 14 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.97%) Retail
11 12 (2.74%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.28%) Retail Banking
14 7 (1.60%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.60%) Legal
15 6 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.14%) Corporate Banking
17 4 (0.91%) Local Government
17 4 (0.91%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 83 (18.95%) Developer
2 56 (12.79%) Analyst
3 48 (10.96%) Scrum Master
4 42 (9.59%) Business Analyst
5 39 (8.90%) Product Owner
5 39 (8.90%) Senior
6 36 (8.22%) Lead
7 24 (5.48%) Java Developer
8 21 (4.79%) Project Manager
9 19 (4.34%) Test Specialist
10 17 (3.88%) Tester
11 16 (3.65%) Architect
11 16 (3.65%) Delivery Manager
12 15 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (3.42%) Software Engineer
13 13 (2.97%) Product Manager
14 11 (2.51%) Senior Manager
14 11 (2.51%) Test Automation Specialist
15 10 (2.28%) Technical Analyst
16 8 (1.83%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (10.73%) REST
2 41 (9.36%) React
3 32 (7.31%) AngularJS
4 29 (6.62%) RESTful
5 22 (5.02%) pytest
6 17 (3.88%) CSS
6 17 (3.88%) Playwright
7 16 (3.65%) JSON
7 16 (3.65%) Spring
8 14 (3.20%) HTML
8 14 (3.20%) Node.js
8 14 (3.20%) Quarkus
9 13 (2.97%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.51%) XML
11 10 (2.28%) .NET
12 9 (2.05%) CSS3
12 9 (2.05%) HTML5
12 9 (2.05%) SOAP
12 9 (2.05%) Web Services
13 8 (1.83%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 157 (35.84%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.48%) Cloud Native
3 13 (2.97%) Algorithms
4 12 (2.74%) Virtual Team
5 11 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.83%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.60%) NHS
10 6 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.37%) PMI
11 5 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.14%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.91%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (0.91%) FMCG
12 4 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.05%) Unix
2 6 (1.37%) Linux
2 6 (1.37%) Windows
3 4 (0.91%) VMS
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (92.69%) Agile
2 226 (51.60%) Scrum
3 209 (47.72%) Sprint Retrospective
4 137 (31.28%) DevOps
5 130 (29.68%) CI/CD
5 130 (29.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 129 (29.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 122 (27.85%) Sprint Review
8 110 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
9 108 (24.66%) User Stories
10 99 (22.60%) Test Automation
11 97 (22.15%) Backlog Refinement
11 97 (22.15%) Roadmaps
12 75 (17.12%) Acceptance Criteria
13 68 (15.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 65 (14.84%) Backlog Management
15 63 (14.38%) Kanban
16 61 (13.93%) Analytics
17 55 (12.56%) SDLC
18 53 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 79 (18.04%) Python
2 69 (15.75%) Java
3 56 (12.79%) JavaScript
4 45 (10.27%) SQL
5 31 (7.08%) TypeScript
6 29 (6.62%) C#
7 6 (1.37%) Go
8 5 (1.14%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.91%) C++
9 4 (0.91%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.68%) Bicep
10 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.68%) Ruby
10 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.68%) XPath
11 2 (0.46%) Korn
11 2 (0.46%) SOQL
11 2 (0.46%) SOSL
12 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 138 (31.51%) Security Cleared
2 120 (27.40%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.68%) Degree
4 17 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.42%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.20%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.28%) PMP
9 8 (1.83%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.37%) CBAP
10 6 (1.37%) IIBA
11 5 (1.14%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.91%) ISEB
13 3 (0.68%) CISM
13 3 (0.68%) CISSP
13 3 (0.68%) SAFe Agilist
14 2 (0.46%) CREST Certified
14 2 (0.46%) CSPO
14 2 (0.46%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (20.32%) QA
2 37 (8.45%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.20%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.28%) WCAG
5 6 (1.37%) GDPR
5 6 (1.37%) GRC
5 6 (1.37%) SLA
6 5 (1.14%) NIST
7 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.68%) GxP
8 3 (0.68%) HL7
8 3 (0.68%) PMO
8 3 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.46%) NCSC
9 2 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.23%) Basel III
10 1 (0.23%) GMP
10 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 53 (12.10%) Docker
2 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) HDFS
3 1 (0.23%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 72 (16.44%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.48%) Terraform
3 20 (4.57%) Argo
4 14 (3.20%) Ansible
5 13 (2.97%) Grafana
6 10 (2.28%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.68%) Kibana
7 3 (0.68%) Nagios
8 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) CASB
9 1 (0.23%) Istio
9 1 (0.23%) Puppet
9 1 (0.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 34 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.02%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.88%) Oracle
4 16 (3.65%) Databricks
5 14 (3.20%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.51%) Adobe
8 10 (2.28%) SAP
9 6 (1.37%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.14%) Google
10 5 (1.14%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.14%) Okta
11 4 (0.91%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.91%) Splunk
12 3 (0.68%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.68%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.68%) Cisco
12 3 (0.68%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.68%) Veracode
12 3 (0.68%) VMware