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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 307 419
Rank change year-on-year +105 +112 -50
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 514 183 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.31% 0.75% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 0.83% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 108 85
10th Percentile £359 £400 £254
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £500
% change year-on-year -2.72% +2.80% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 2
10th Percentile £55.00 £65.13 £52.63
25th Percentile £60.00 £65.31 £54.69
Median hourly rate £68.75 £66.25 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +12.77% -7.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.81 £62.19
90th Percentile £73.83 £68.38 £63.88
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £67.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year +0.74% +14.89% -7.84%

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 33,512 22,139 32,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.65% 90.95% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,469 14,586 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £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 2,076 869 2,188
10th Percentile £15.44 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.87 £15.85
Median hourly rate £40.52 £32.05 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year +26.43% -5.11% -9.93%
75th Percentile £66.00 £64.52 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
% change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +58 249 £515 -4.12% 58
North of England +6 96 £445 -14.22% 40
Midlands -13 64 £492 -9.72% 14
South East -27 56 £550 +7.32% 31
West Midlands -20 52 £492 -12.53% 10
North West +3 42 £390 -28.88% 14
Yorkshire -29 30 £509 +19.71% 8
North East +9 27 £550 +6.02% 18
South West -13 25 £525 -3.67% 16
East of England -20 13 £468 +16.88% 16
East Midlands -29 12 £413 -8.33% 3
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 81 (15.76%) Confluence
2 22 (4.28%) SAS
3 19 (3.70%) CMS
4 4 (0.78%) Apache
4 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.58%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.58%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.39%) Drupal
6 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.39%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.39%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.19%) Mendix
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) Traefik
Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.17%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.17%) Trello
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.58%) Sketch
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Mingle
6 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.39%) Finacle
3 2 (0.39%) Maximo
3 2 (0.39%) Primavera
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 140 (27.24%) Azure
2 105 (20.43%) AWS
3 65 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (8.37%) OpenShift
5 32 (6.23%) GitHub
6 27 (5.25%) GCP
6 27 (5.25%) Serverless
7 25 (4.86%) Power Platform
8 23 (4.47%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (4.47%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (3.70%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.11%) Figma
11 13 (2.53%) Azure AKS
12 12 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.14%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.75%) SaaS
14 9 (1.75%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.97%) Network Security
2 3 (0.58%) Firewall
2 3 (0.58%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.39%) DNS
3 2 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.39%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.19%) DHCP
4 1 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.19%) SONET
4 1 (0.19%) SSL
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.09%) Power BI
2 17 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.92%) Metadata
4 9 (1.75%) Tableau
5 8 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.56%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.56%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (1.17%) Big Data
7 6 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.97%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.97%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.58%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 166 (32.30%) JIRA
2 76 (14.79%) Git
3 67 (13.04%) Jenkins
4 42 (8.17%) GitLab
5 37 (7.20%) Selenium
6 33 (6.42%) Postman
7 31 (6.03%) SonarQube
8 27 (5.25%) JUnit
9 16 (3.11%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.95%) Cypress.io
10 10 (1.95%) REST Assured
10 10 (1.95%) WebDriver
11 6 (1.17%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.17%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.97%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.97%) TestRail
13 4 (0.78%) MLflow
13 4 (0.78%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.78%) Subversion
General
1 239 (46.50%) Social Skills
2 109 (21.21%) Finance
3 82 (15.95%) Public Sector
4 70 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.39%) Banking
6 20 (3.89%) Marketing
7 19 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (3.11%) Retail
9 15 (2.92%) Front Office
10 13 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.14%) Retail Banking
12 10 (1.95%) Legal
12 10 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.56%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
16 5 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 98 (19.07%) Developer
2 66 (12.84%) Analyst
3 58 (11.28%) Senior
4 53 (10.31%) Scrum Master
5 48 (9.34%) Business Analyst
6 44 (8.56%) Lead
7 38 (7.39%) Product Owner
8 33 (6.42%) Delivery Manager
9 28 (5.45%) Java Developer
10 24 (4.67%) Project Manager
11 23 (4.47%) Senior Manager
12 20 (3.89%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.70%) Architect
13 19 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (3.70%) Test Specialist
14 17 (3.31%) Tester
15 15 (2.92%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 15 (2.92%) Product Manager
16 14 (2.72%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (2.33%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (11.67%) REST
2 46 (8.95%) React
3 41 (7.98%) AngularJS
4 36 (7.00%) RESTful
5 22 (4.28%) pytest
6 21 (4.09%) Quarkus
7 18 (3.50%) Node.js
8 17 (3.31%) CSS
8 17 (3.31%) JSON
8 17 (3.31%) Playwright
9 16 (3.11%) Spring
10 14 (2.72%) HTML
11 13 (2.53%) Spring Boot
12 12 (2.33%) .NET
13 10 (1.95%) SOAP
14 9 (1.75%) Kafka
14 9 (1.75%) Middleware
14 9 (1.75%) Web Services
14 9 (1.75%) XML
15 8 (1.56%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 174 (33.85%) Product Ownership
2 45 (8.75%) Cloud Native
3 15 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.72%) Virtual Team
5 12 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 12 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (1.95%) NHS
8 8 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.56%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.17%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.17%) PMI
11 5 (0.97%) Distributed Applications
11 5 (0.97%) FMCG
11 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.97%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.14%) Unix
2 7 (1.36%) Linux
3 6 (1.17%) Windows
4 4 (0.78%) VMS
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (92.02%) Agile
2 260 (50.58%) Scrum
3 229 (44.55%) Sprint Retrospective
4 173 (33.66%) DevOps
5 156 (30.35%) CI/CD
6 151 (29.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 145 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 138 (26.85%) Sprint Review
9 121 (23.54%) Test Automation
9 121 (23.54%) User Stories
10 114 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
11 111 (21.60%) Backlog Refinement
12 101 (19.65%) Roadmaps
13 87 (16.93%) Acceptance Criteria
14 81 (15.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 75 (14.59%) Kanban
16 73 (14.20%) Backlog Management
17 70 (13.62%) Analytics
17 70 (13.62%) Software Engineering
18 68 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 86 (16.73%) Python
2 82 (15.95%) Java
3 57 (11.09%) JavaScript
4 52 (10.12%) SQL
5 35 (6.81%) TypeScript
6 32 (6.23%) C#
7 7 (1.36%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.17%) Apex Code
8 6 (1.17%) Go
9 4 (0.78%) Bicep
9 4 (0.78%) C++
10 3 (0.58%) Groovy
10 3 (0.58%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.58%) Ruby
10 3 (0.58%) XPath
11 2 (0.39%) Bash
11 2 (0.39%) Korn
11 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.39%) SOQL
11 2 (0.39%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 161 (31.32%) Security Cleared
2 137 (26.65%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.98%) Degree
4 19 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (3.11%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.72%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.33%) PMP
9 6 (1.17%) CBAP
9 6 (1.17%) IIBA
10 5 (0.97%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.78%) CISM
11 4 (0.78%) CISSP
11 4 (0.78%) ISEB
12 3 (0.58%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (0.39%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.39%) CSPO
13 2 (0.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (19.65%) QA
2 38 (7.39%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.28%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.95%) WCAG
5 9 (1.75%) GDPR
6 7 (1.36%) GRC
6 7 (1.36%) NIST
7 6 (1.17%) SLA
8 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.78%) GxP
9 4 (0.78%) PMO
9 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.58%) HL7
11 2 (0.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.39%) NCSC
11 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.19%) Basel III
12 1 (0.19%) GMP
12 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 61 (11.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Ceph
3 1 (0.19%) HDFS
3 1 (0.19%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.19%) Squid
3 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.19%) Varnish
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 88 (17.12%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.37%) Terraform
3 28 (5.45%) Argo
4 16 (3.11%) Ansible
5 14 (2.72%) Grafana
6 10 (1.95%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.78%) Nagios
8 3 (0.58%) Istio
8 3 (0.58%) Kibana
8 3 (0.58%) Puppet
9 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.19%) CASB
10 1 (0.19%) Rancher
10 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 37 (7.20%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.06%) ServiceNow
3 24 (4.67%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.70%) Databricks
4 19 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 18 (3.50%) Oracle
6 12 (2.33%) Adobe
7 11 (2.14%) SAP
8 7 (1.36%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.36%) Okta
9 6 (1.17%) ForgeRock
9 6 (1.17%) Google
9 6 (1.17%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.97%) Splunk
11 4 (0.78%) VMware
12 3 (0.58%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.58%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.58%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.58%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.58%) Talend