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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 237 368
Rank change year-on-year +40 +131 -14
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 651 312 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 1.13% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.24% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 219 106
10th Percentile £390 £349 £350
25th Percentile £450 £404 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -3.29% -2.45%
75th Percentile £585 £584 £605
90th Percentile £675 £691 £673
UK median daily rate £517 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +4.83% -1.40% -5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 12 3
10th Percentile £56.25 £46.50 £58.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 £60.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £66.01
90th Percentile - £56.13 £66.62
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 38,785 25,097 28,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,091 16,007 18,621
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,429 1,649
10th Percentile £14.48 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +41 304 £550 +5.47% 134
North of England -23 105 £500 +11.11% 56
South East -16 97 £525 +2.14% 40
Midlands +7 88 £475 +18.45% 30
West Midlands +8 79 £475 +5.56% 18
North East -4 44 £550 +4.76% 15
Yorkshire -21 44 £500 +35.14% 13
South West -24 29 £503 -0.74% 26
East of England -1 26 £460 +3.95% 9
North West -54 21 £423 -3.32% 28
East Midlands -26 8 £454 +25.17% 12
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
1 114 (17.51%) Confluence
2 21 (3.23%) CMS
3 12 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.38%) Apache
4 9 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.08%) SAS
6 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.77%) Documentum
7 2 (0.31%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) Traefik
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.23%) Trello
5 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.92%) Notion
6 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Mingle
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.77%) Magento
4 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.31%) Primavera
5 2 (0.31%) Workfront
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 216 (33.18%) Azure
2 120 (18.43%) AWS
3 110 (16.90%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (7.07%) OpenShift
4 46 (7.07%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.84%) GCP
6 36 (5.53%) GitHub
7 34 (5.22%) Serverless
8 25 (3.84%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.53%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (3.07%) Power Automate
10 20 (3.07%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.92%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (2.46%) Azure AKS
13 16 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (2.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.77%) Firewall
2 4 (0.61%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.46%) Network Security
4 2 (0.31%) Broadband
4 2 (0.31%) WAN
5 1 (0.15%) 5G
5 1 (0.15%) DNS
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) NFC
5 1 (0.15%) NGFW
5 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.15%) SONET
5 1 (0.15%) SSL
5 1 (0.15%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.84%) Power BI
2 17 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.30%) Relational Database
4 15 (2.30%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.15%) Metadata
6 9 (1.38%) Big Data
7 8 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.08%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.77%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.61%) Redis
11 3 (0.46%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.46%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.46%) Tableau
12 2 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 218 (33.49%) JIRA
2 77 (11.83%) Git
3 57 (8.76%) Jenkins
4 43 (6.61%) SonarQube
5 34 (5.22%) Postman
6 17 (2.61%) Selenium
7 15 (2.30%) GitLab
8 13 (2.00%) JUnit
9 8 (1.23%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.23%) JMeter
10 7 (1.08%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.92%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.92%) Maven
12 5 (0.77%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.77%) Subversion
13 4 (0.61%) Gradle
14 3 (0.46%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.46%) Mockito
14 3 (0.46%) Protractor
14 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 293 (45.01%) Social Skills
2 130 (19.97%) Finance
3 107 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (14.90%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.45%) Retail
6 45 (6.91%) Banking
7 37 (5.68%) Marketing
8 24 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.84%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.54%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.38%) Legal
15 8 (1.23%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.08%) Billing
16 7 (1.08%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 115 (17.67%) Developer
2 89 (13.67%) Senior
3 86 (13.21%) Analyst
4 76 (11.67%) Scrum Master
5 66 (10.14%) Lead
6 60 (9.22%) Delivery Manager
7 59 (9.06%) Business Analyst
8 53 (8.14%) Product Owner
9 42 (6.45%) Java Developer
9 42 (6.45%) Project Manager
10 31 (4.76%) Product Manager
10 31 (4.76%) Senior Manager
11 25 (3.84%) Architect
12 22 (3.38%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (3.38%) Technical Manager
13 21 (3.23%) Technical Analyst
14 20 (3.07%) Software Engineer
15 19 (2.92%) Senior Developer
16 18 (2.76%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 17 (2.61%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (10.29%) REST
2 49 (7.53%) AngularJS
3 40 (6.14%) RESTful
4 37 (5.68%) Quarkus
5 28 (4.30%) Spring
6 26 (3.99%) .NET
6 26 (3.99%) React
7 25 (3.84%) Spring Boot
8 23 (3.53%) JSON
9 16 (2.46%) Kafka
9 16 (2.46%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (2.30%) Node.js
11 14 (2.15%) SOAP
12 12 (1.84%) Middleware
12 12 (1.84%) PySpark
13 11 (1.69%) HTML
14 9 (1.38%) Web Services
14 9 (1.38%) XML
15 8 (1.23%) ADO
15 8 (1.23%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 262 (40.25%) Product Ownership
2 65 (9.98%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.23%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (2.61%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.84%) Life Science
8 11 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.54%) NHS
10 9 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.38%) FMCG
11 8 (1.23%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.23%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (0.92%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.84%) Windows
2 10 (1.54%) Linux
3 5 (0.77%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) Android
4 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (93.24%) Agile
2 343 (52.69%) Scrum
3 261 (40.09%) Sprint Retrospective
4 247 (37.94%) DevOps
5 223 (34.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 215 (33.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 186 (28.57%) User Stories
8 183 (28.11%) Backlog Refinement
9 178 (27.34%) Sprint Review
10 177 (27.19%) CI/CD
11 133 (20.43%) Acceptance Criteria
12 130 (19.97%) Test Automation
13 123 (18.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 119 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
15 115 (17.67%) Software Engineering
16 113 (17.36%) Kanban
17 109 (16.74%) Roadmaps
18 107 (16.44%) Backlog Management
19 94 (14.44%) SDLC
20 92 (14.13%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 106 (16.28%) Java
2 70 (10.75%) SQL
3 47 (7.22%) Python
4 44 (6.76%) JavaScript
5 37 (5.68%) C#
6 19 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.46%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.77%) Bicep
8 5 (0.77%) Groovy
9 4 (0.61%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.46%) C++
11 2 (0.31%) Bash
11 2 (0.31%) Korn
11 2 (0.31%) SOQL
11 2 (0.31%) SOSL
12 1 (0.15%) ABAP
12 1 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 211 (32.41%) Security Cleared
2 173 (26.57%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.99%) Degree
4 27 (4.15%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.61%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.30%) PMP
8 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.92%) CSPO
12 5 (0.77%) CISSP
13 4 (0.61%) CISM
13 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.61%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.61%) SAFe Agilist
14 3 (0.46%) IIBA
14 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (19.51%) QA
2 38 (5.84%) Accessibility
3 36 (5.53%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.15%) GDPR
5 11 (1.69%) PMO
6 10 (1.54%) GRC
7 9 (1.38%) GxP
8 7 (1.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (1.08%) NIST
8 7 (1.08%) SLA
9 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.77%) WCAG
11 4 (0.61%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.15%) HL7
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 46 (7.07%) Docker
2 9 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Ceph
5 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.15%) Squid
5 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 85 (13.06%) Kubernetes
2 42 (6.45%) Terraform
3 39 (5.99%) Argo
4 11 (1.69%) Ansible
5 7 (1.08%) Grafana
5 7 (1.08%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.61%) Puppet
7 3 (0.46%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Nagios
9 1 (0.15%) Nessus
9 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 68 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.99%) ServiceNow
3 37 (5.68%) Red Hat
4 33 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.38%) SAP
6 18 (2.76%) Databricks
6 18 (2.76%) Oracle
7 14 (2.15%) Okta
8 12 (1.84%) ForgeRock
9 11 (1.69%) Google
10 10 (1.54%) Adobe
11 7 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.77%) VMware
13 4 (0.61%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.61%) Splunk
14 3 (0.46%) PagerDuty
14 3 (0.46%) Progress
14 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.46%) Zscaler