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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 316 442
Rank change year-on-year +85 +126 -53
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 420 170 128
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 0.69% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.76% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 96 79
10th Percentile £356 £400 £213
25th Percentile £422 £450 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £528 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +8.21% -5.71%
75th Percentile £569 £607 £549
90th Percentile £647 £700 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -4.85%
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 31,861 22,379 32,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.57% 86.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,379 14,469 21,822
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £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 1,986 803 2,148
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +42 216 £514 -2.10% 82
North of England -15 68 £413 -20.39% 40
Midlands -11 57 £479 -11.34% 14
West Midlands -26 47 £481 -12.50% 9
North West -2 38 £384 -32.97% 16
South East -32 38 £525 +6.28% 56
South West -9 24 £525 -5.41% 22
Yorkshire -46 18 £500 +17.65% 8
North East -3 12 £513 -1.20% 16
East Midlands -21 10 £413 -8.33% 4
East of England -25 5 £475 +18.75% 23
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 72 (17.14%) Confluence
2 20 (4.76%) SAS
3 14 (3.33%) CMS
4 4 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.71%) WordPress
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) Appian
6 2 (0.48%) Drupal
6 2 (0.48%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.48%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Mendix
7 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.95%) Trello
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.71%) Sketch
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.24%) Mingle
6 1 (0.24%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) Finacle
2 2 (0.48%) Maximo
2 2 (0.48%) Primavera
3 1 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 103 (24.52%) Azure
2 75 (17.86%) AWS
3 50 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (8.57%) OpenShift
5 31 (7.38%) GitHub
6 25 (5.95%) GCP
6 25 (5.95%) Serverless
7 24 (5.71%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (5.24%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (3.81%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.81%) Figma
10 11 (2.62%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.38%) SaaS
12 9 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.90%) Azure AKS
13 8 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.90%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.19%) Network Security
2 3 (0.71%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
3 2 (0.48%) HTTP
3 2 (0.48%) SMS
4 1 (0.24%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.24%) DHCP
4 1 (0.24%) DNS
4 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.76%) Power BI
2 15 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.38%) Metadata
4 8 (1.90%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.90%) Tableau
5 7 (1.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.43%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.43%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.19%) Big Data
7 5 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.95%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.95%) MySQL
8 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 2 (0.48%) Looker
Development Applications
1 130 (30.95%) JIRA
2 60 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 56 (13.33%) Git
4 43 (10.24%) GitLab
5 38 (9.05%) Selenium
6 27 (6.43%) JUnit
7 25 (5.95%) Postman
8 24 (5.71%) SonarQube
9 18 (4.29%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.38%) Cypress.io
10 10 (2.38%) WebDriver
11 9 (2.14%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.19%) Bitbucket
12 5 (1.19%) TestRail
12 5 (1.19%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.95%) MLflow
13 4 (0.95%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.71%) CircleCI
14 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (0.71%) Storybook
General
1 207 (49.29%) Social Skills
2 98 (23.33%) Finance
3 69 (16.43%) Public Sector
4 61 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.10%) Banking
6 17 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (3.81%) Front Office
8 15 (3.57%) Marketing
9 12 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.86%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.38%) Retail
11 10 (2.38%) Retail Banking
12 7 (1.67%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.43%) Legal
14 5 (1.19%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (0.95%) Local Government
15 4 (0.95%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (20.00%) Developer
2 54 (12.86%) Analyst
3 41 (9.76%) Business Analyst
3 41 (9.76%) Scrum Master
4 38 (9.05%) Product Owner
5 35 (8.33%) Senior
6 33 (7.86%) Lead
7 24 (5.71%) Java Developer
8 21 (5.00%) Project Manager
9 19 (4.52%) Test Specialist
10 17 (4.05%) Tester
11 15 (3.57%) Architect
11 15 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
12 13 (3.10%) Software Engineer
13 12 (2.86%) Product Manager
14 11 (2.62%) Test Automation Specialist
15 10 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
16 9 (2.14%) Senior Developer
16 9 (2.14%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.67%) REST
2 37 (8.81%) React
3 32 (7.62%) AngularJS
4 28 (6.67%) RESTful
5 22 (5.24%) pytest
6 19 (4.52%) CSS
7 18 (4.29%) JSON
8 16 (3.81%) HTML
8 16 (3.81%) Playwright
8 16 (3.81%) Spring
9 14 (3.33%) Node.js
9 14 (3.33%) Quarkus
10 13 (3.10%) Spring Boot
11 12 (2.86%) XML
12 10 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
13 9 (2.14%) CSS3
13 9 (2.14%) HTML5
13 9 (2.14%) SOAP
13 9 (2.14%) Web Services
14 8 (1.90%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 149 (35.48%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.10%) Algorithms
4 11 (2.62%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.67%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.67%) NHS
9 6 (1.43%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.43%) PMI
10 5 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.95%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.14%) Unix
2 6 (1.43%) Linux
2 6 (1.43%) Windows
3 4 (0.95%) VMS
4 1 (0.24%) Android
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (91.90%) Agile
2 211 (50.24%) Scrum
3 195 (46.43%) Sprint Retrospective
4 129 (30.71%) DevOps
5 126 (30.00%) CI/CD
6 123 (29.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 122 (29.05%) Sprint Review
8 116 (27.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 105 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 103 (24.52%) User Stories
11 99 (23.57%) Test Automation
12 92 (21.90%) Roadmaps
13 89 (21.19%) Backlog Refinement
14 73 (17.38%) Acceptance Criteria
15 63 (15.00%) Backlog Management
16 62 (14.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 61 (14.52%) Analytics
18 59 (14.05%) Kanban
19 58 (13.81%) SDLC
20 53 (12.62%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 77 (18.33%) Python
2 64 (15.24%) Java
3 53 (12.62%) JavaScript
4 42 (10.00%) SQL
5 30 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 25 (5.95%) C#
7 6 (1.43%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.43%) Go
8 4 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.71%) Bicep
9 3 (0.71%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.71%) Ruby
9 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.71%) XPath
10 2 (0.48%) PHP
10 2 (0.48%) SOQL
10 2 (0.48%) SOSL
11 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.24%) VBA
11 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 130 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 114 (27.14%) SC Cleared
3 37 (8.81%) Degree
4 16 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.33%) Master's Degree
6 13 (3.10%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.14%) PMP
9 7 (1.67%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.43%) CBAP
10 6 (1.43%) IIBA
11 5 (1.19%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.95%) CISM
12 4 (0.95%) CISSP
12 4 (0.95%) ISEB
13 2 (0.48%) GPEN
13 2 (0.48%) MBA
13 2 (0.48%) OSCE
13 2 (0.48%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (20.24%) QA
2 36 (8.57%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.10%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.38%) WCAG
5 6 (1.43%) GDPR
5 6 (1.43%) GRC
5 6 (1.43%) NIST
5 6 (1.43%) SLA
6 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.71%) GxP
7 3 (0.71%) HL7
7 3 (0.71%) PMO
7 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.48%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) GMP
9 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 54 (12.86%) Docker
2 3 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 71 (16.90%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.24%) Terraform
3 20 (4.76%) Argo
4 15 (3.57%) Ansible
5 13 (3.10%) Grafana
6 10 (2.38%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.71%) Kibana
7 3 (0.71%) Nagios
8 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) CASB
9 1 (0.24%) Istio
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) Rancher
Vendors
1 33 (7.86%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.71%) Salesforce
3 16 (3.81%) Databricks
4 15 (3.57%) Oracle
5 14 (3.33%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.62%) Adobe
8 9 (2.14%) SAP
9 6 (1.43%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.19%) Google
10 5 (1.19%) Okta
10 5 (1.19%) Splunk
11 4 (0.95%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.95%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.71%) Cisco
12 3 (0.71%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.71%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.71%) Veracode
13 2 (0.48%) VMware