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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 307 411
Rank change year-on-year +90 +104 -33
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 463 167 138
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 0.69% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 0.76% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 94 86
10th Percentile £358 £400 £280
25th Percentile £424 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -5.22%
75th Percentile £575 £610 £550
90th Percentile £641 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 2 2
10th Percentile £52.00 £65.13 £52.63
25th Percentile £57.50 £65.31 £54.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.25 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +12.77% -9.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.81 £62.19
90th Percentile £75.26 £68.38 £63.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -3.70% +14.89% -9.62%

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 32,391 22,052 32,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.35% 90.83% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,759 14,493 21,652
10th Percentile £313 £312 £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 1,980 839 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.56 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.44 £77.25 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.72%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +48 231 £513 -3.53% 50
North of England -4 82 £423 -18.46% 40
Midlands -15 63 £481 -11.70% 14
West Midlands -10 51 £491 -12.71% 10
South East -19 49 £525 +7.80% 31
North West -3 40 £390 -31.83% 14
South West -3 24 £525 -5.41% 15
Yorkshire -44 23 £500 +17.65% 8
North East +6 19 £513 -1.20% 18
East Midlands -22 12 £413 -8.33% 3
East of England -31 5 £475 +18.75% 17
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 78 (16.85%) Confluence
2 20 (4.32%) SAS
3 15 (3.24%) CMS
4 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.65%) Apache
5 3 (0.65%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.65%) WordPress
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.43%) Drupal
6 2 (0.43%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.43%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.22%) Mendix
7 1 (0.22%) nginx
7 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.30%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.30%) Trello
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.65%) Sketch
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Mingle
6 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) Finacle
3 2 (0.43%) Maximo
3 2 (0.43%) Primavera
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 120 (25.92%) Azure
2 83 (17.93%) AWS
3 58 (12.53%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (8.64%) OpenShift
5 29 (6.26%) GitHub
6 26 (5.62%) GCP
7 25 (5.40%) Serverless
8 24 (5.18%) Power Platform
9 22 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (4.54%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.24%) Amazon S3
11 15 (3.24%) Figma
12 11 (2.38%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.16%) Azure AKS
14 9 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.94%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.94%) SaaS
15 8 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.73%) PowerApps
16 7 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.08%) Network Security
2 3 (0.65%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.43%) Firewall
3 2 (0.43%) HTTP
3 2 (0.43%) SMS
4 1 (0.22%) 5G
4 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.22%) DHCP
4 1 (0.22%) DNS
4 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.32%) Power BI
2 15 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.38%) Metadata
4 8 (1.73%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.73%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.73%) Tableau
5 7 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (1.51%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.51%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.30%) Big Data
7 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.86%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.86%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.86%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.65%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.65%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 2 (0.43%) Looker
Development Applications
1 148 (31.97%) JIRA
2 64 (13.82%) Git
2 64 (13.82%) Jenkins
3 40 (8.64%) GitLab
4 37 (7.99%) Selenium
5 28 (6.05%) JUnit
5 28 (6.05%) SonarQube
6 27 (5.83%) Postman
7 17 (3.67%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.16%) Cypress.io
8 10 (2.16%) REST Assured
8 10 (2.16%) WebDriver
9 6 (1.30%) Zephyr
10 5 (1.08%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.08%) TestRail
11 4 (0.86%) MLflow
11 4 (0.86%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.86%) Subversion
General
1 229 (49.46%) Social Skills
2 107 (23.11%) Finance
3 78 (16.85%) Public Sector
4 68 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.99%) Banking
6 18 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (3.46%) Marketing
8 15 (3.24%) Front Office
8 15 (3.24%) Retail
9 13 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.16%) Retail Banking
12 8 (1.73%) Legal
13 7 (1.51%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.86%) Local Government
16 4 (0.86%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 89 (19.22%) Developer
2 59 (12.74%) Analyst
3 49 (10.58%) Scrum Master
4 45 (9.72%) Business Analyst
4 45 (9.72%) Senior
5 39 (8.42%) Lead
5 39 (8.42%) Product Owner
6 26 (5.62%) Java Developer
7 22 (4.75%) Project Manager
8 20 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
9 19 (4.10%) Test Specialist
10 18 (3.89%) Software Engineer
11 17 (3.67%) Architect
11 17 (3.67%) Tester
12 15 (3.24%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (2.81%) Product Manager
13 13 (2.81%) Senior Manager
14 11 (2.38%) Test Automation Specialist
15 10 (2.16%) Java Engineer
15 10 (2.16%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (11.02%) REST
2 40 (8.64%) React
3 38 (8.21%) AngularJS
4 32 (6.91%) RESTful
5 22 (4.75%) pytest
6 19 (4.10%) Quarkus
7 17 (3.67%) Playwright
8 16 (3.46%) CSS
8 16 (3.46%) Node.js
8 16 (3.46%) Spring
9 14 (3.02%) JSON
10 13 (2.81%) HTML
10 13 (2.81%) Spring Boot
11 10 (2.16%) .NET
11 10 (2.16%) SOAP
12 9 (1.94%) Web Services
12 9 (1.94%) XML
13 8 (1.73%) CSS3
13 8 (1.73%) Gherkin
13 8 (1.73%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 162 (34.99%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.70%) Cloud Native
3 13 (2.81%) Algorithms
3 13 (2.81%) Virtual Team
4 12 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.73%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.73%) NHS
8 7 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.30%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.30%) PMI
10 5 (1.08%) FMCG
10 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.38%) Unix
2 8 (1.73%) Linux
3 6 (1.30%) Windows
4 4 (0.86%) VMS
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (92.66%) Agile
2 237 (51.19%) Scrum
3 218 (47.08%) Sprint Retrospective
4 146 (31.53%) DevOps
5 136 (29.37%) CI/CD
5 136 (29.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 133 (28.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 128 (27.65%) Sprint Review
8 113 (24.41%) User Stories
9 112 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
10 110 (23.76%) Test Automation
11 100 (21.60%) Backlog Refinement
12 98 (21.17%) Roadmaps
13 80 (17.28%) Acceptance Criteria
14 72 (15.55%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 69 (14.90%) Backlog Management
16 64 (13.82%) Kanban
17 62 (13.39%) Analytics
18 61 (13.17%) SDLC
19 60 (12.96%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (16.85%) Python
2 76 (16.41%) Java
3 53 (11.45%) JavaScript
4 46 (9.94%) SQL
5 31 (6.70%) TypeScript
6 30 (6.48%) C#
7 6 (1.30%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.30%) Go
8 4 (0.86%) C++
8 4 (0.86%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.65%) Bicep
9 3 (0.65%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.65%) Ruby
9 3 (0.65%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.65%) XPath
10 2 (0.43%) Groovy
10 2 (0.43%) Korn
10 2 (0.43%) SOQL
10 2 (0.43%) SOSL
11 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 148 (31.97%) Security Cleared
2 129 (27.86%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.21%) Degree
4 17 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.24%) Master's Degree
5 15 (3.24%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.38%) PMP
8 9 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.30%) CBAP
9 6 (1.30%) IIBA
10 5 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.86%) CISM
11 4 (0.86%) CISSP
11 4 (0.86%) ISEB
12 3 (0.65%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (0.43%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.43%) CSPO
13 2 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (20.09%) QA
2 37 (7.99%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.46%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.16%) WCAG
5 7 (1.51%) GDPR
6 6 (1.30%) GRC
6 6 (1.30%) NIST
6 6 (1.30%) SLA
7 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.86%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.65%) GxP
9 3 (0.65%) HL7
9 3 (0.65%) PMO
10 2 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.43%) NCSC
10 2 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.22%) Basel III
11 1 (0.22%) GMP
11 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 55 (11.88%) Docker
2 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) HDFS
3 1 (0.22%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.22%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 80 (17.28%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.05%) Terraform
3 24 (5.18%) Argo
4 14 (3.02%) Ansible
5 13 (2.81%) Grafana
6 10 (2.16%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.65%) Istio
7 3 (0.65%) Kibana
7 3 (0.65%) Nagios
7 3 (0.65%) Puppet
8 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) CASB
9 1 (0.22%) Rancher
9 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 34 (7.34%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.67%) Red Hat
4 16 (3.46%) Databricks
4 16 (3.46%) Oracle
4 16 (3.46%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.38%) Adobe
5 11 (2.38%) SAP
6 6 (1.30%) Google
6 6 (1.30%) Guidewire
7 5 (1.08%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.08%) Okta
8 4 (0.86%) ForgeRock
8 4 (0.86%) Splunk
9 3 (0.65%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.65%) CA Agile Central
9 3 (0.65%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.65%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.65%) VMware
10 2 (0.43%) OutSystems