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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 238 376
Rank change year-on-year +42 +138 -17
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 649 301 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.42% 1.09% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.20% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 209 106
10th Percentile £376 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £408 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -2.72% -3.56%
75th Percentile £580 £584 £595
90th Percentile £675 £688 £670
UK median daily rate £514 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +4.26% -1.40% -6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 11 3
10th Percentile £56.25 £46.25 £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 - £56.25 £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 38,792 25,089 28,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 90.79% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,117 16,022 18,624
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £422
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 2,537 1,415 1,654
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -1.35%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +21 303 £550 +6.80% 133
North of England -31 107 £500 +10.68% 55
South East -17 97 £525 +2.14% 42
Midlands +2 87 £478 +15.60% 30
West Midlands +5 78 £475 +5.56% 16
North East -2 44 £550 +2.33% 17
Yorkshire -28 44 £500 +21.95% 12
South West -13 29 £503 -0.74% 24
East of England +2 26 £460 +15.00% 8
North West -47 23 £400 -10.16% 27
East Midlands -12 8 £454 +13.44% 14
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
1 107 (16.49%) Confluence
2 21 (3.24%) CMS
3 12 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.39%) Apache
4 9 (1.39%) 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 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.23%) Trello
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.92%) Notion
4 4 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Mingle
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.77%) Magento
5 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) Primavera
6 2 (0.31%) Workfront
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.15%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 215 (33.13%) Azure
2 122 (18.80%) AWS
3 108 (16.64%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (6.93%) OpenShift
5 40 (6.16%) Power Platform
6 39 (6.01%) GCP
7 36 (5.55%) GitHub
8 34 (5.24%) Serverless
9 25 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (3.54%) Amazon S3
11 21 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.93%) Entra ID
12 19 (2.93%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.93%) PowerApps
13 17 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 17 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (2.62%) Azure AKS
14 16 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (2.31%) Amazon ECS
15 15 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.77%) Firewall
1 5 (0.77%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.46%) Network Security
3 2 (0.31%) Broadband
3 2 (0.31%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) NFC
4 1 (0.15%) NGFW
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.15%) SONET
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.08%) Power BI
2 17 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.31%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.16%) Metadata
5 14 (2.16%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.39%) Big Data
7 8 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.08%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.77%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.46%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.46%) Redis
12 3 (0.46%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.46%) Tableau
13 2 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 212 (32.67%) JIRA
2 76 (11.71%) Git
3 58 (8.94%) Jenkins
4 43 (6.63%) SonarQube
5 34 (5.24%) Postman
6 17 (2.62%) GitLab
6 17 (2.62%) Selenium
7 13 (2.00%) JUnit
8 8 (1.23%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.23%) JMeter
9 7 (1.08%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.92%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.92%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.77%) Maven
11 5 (0.77%) Subversion
12 4 (0.62%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.46%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.46%) git-flow
13 3 (0.46%) Gradle
13 3 (0.46%) Protractor
General
1 286 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 131 (20.18%) Finance
3 99 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (14.79%) Public Sector
5 53 (8.17%) Retail
6 45 (6.93%) Banking
7 37 (5.70%) Marketing
8 24 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.39%) Legal
14 8 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.23%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.08%) Front Office
15 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 113 (17.41%) Developer
2 87 (13.41%) Senior
3 82 (12.63%) Analyst
4 78 (12.02%) Scrum Master
5 68 (10.48%) Lead
6 60 (9.24%) Delivery Manager
7 55 (8.47%) Business Analyst
8 54 (8.32%) Product Owner
9 41 (6.32%) Java Developer
10 39 (6.01%) Project Manager
11 31 (4.78%) Senior Manager
12 30 (4.62%) Product Manager
13 26 (4.01%) Architect
14 23 (3.54%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 23 (3.54%) Software Engineer
15 22 (3.39%) Technical Analyst
16 20 (3.08%) Technical Manager
17 18 (2.77%) Java Engineer
17 18 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
18 17 (2.62%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (10.17%) REST
2 48 (7.40%) AngularJS
3 41 (6.32%) RESTful
4 37 (5.70%) Quarkus
5 29 (4.47%) React
6 28 (4.31%) Spring
7 27 (4.16%) .NET
8 25 (3.85%) Spring Boot
9 23 (3.54%) JSON
10 16 (2.47%) Kafka
10 16 (2.47%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (2.16%) Node.js
11 14 (2.16%) SOAP
12 12 (1.85%) Middleware
12 12 (1.85%) PySpark
13 10 (1.54%) HTML
13 10 (1.54%) XML
14 9 (1.39%) OAuth
15 8 (1.23%) ADO
15 8 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 258 (39.75%) Product Ownership
2 67 (10.32%) Cloud Native
3 18 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (2.77%) Onboarding
3 18 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (2.77%) Virtual Team
4 15 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.85%) Life Science
7 10 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.54%) NHS
8 9 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.39%) FMCG
8 9 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.23%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.23%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.08%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
11 6 (0.92%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.69%) Windows
2 9 (1.39%) Linux
3 3 (0.46%) 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
1 604 (93.07%) Agile
2 342 (52.70%) Scrum
3 262 (40.37%) Sprint Retrospective
4 244 (37.60%) DevOps
5 219 (33.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 211 (32.51%) Stakeholder Management
7 181 (27.89%) Backlog Refinement
7 181 (27.89%) User Stories
8 180 (27.73%) CI/CD
8 180 (27.73%) Sprint Review
9 132 (20.34%) Test Automation
10 127 (19.57%) Acceptance Criteria
11 118 (18.18%) Software Engineering
12 116 (17.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 114 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
14 110 (16.95%) Roadmaps
15 109 (16.80%) Kanban
16 107 (16.49%) Backlog Management
17 95 (14.64%) Backlog Prioritisation
18 94 (14.48%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 108 (16.64%) Java
2 69 (10.63%) SQL
3 51 (7.86%) Python
4 44 (6.78%) JavaScript
5 39 (6.01%) C#
6 18 (2.77%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.47%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.92%) Bicep
9 5 (0.77%) Groovy
9 5 (0.77%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.62%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.46%) C++
12 2 (0.31%) Bash
12 2 (0.31%) Korn
12 2 (0.31%) SOQL
12 2 (0.31%) SOSL
13 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.15%) PHP
13 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 204 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 167 (25.73%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.32%) Degree
4 27 (4.16%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.00%) PMP
8 11 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.92%) CSPO
11 5 (0.77%) CISSP
12 4 (0.62%) CISM
12 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.62%) SAFe Agilist
13 3 (0.46%) IIBA
13 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (19.41%) QA
2 38 (5.86%) Accessibility
3 36 (5.55%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.31%) GDPR
5 11 (1.69%) PMO
6 10 (1.54%) GRC
7 9 (1.39%) 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 (0.62%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.15%) GMP
13 1 (0.15%) HL7
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (7.09%) Docker
2 9 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.62%) 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 (13.10%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.93%) Terraform
3 39 (6.01%) Argo
4 11 (1.69%) Ansible
5 7 (1.08%) Grafana
5 7 (1.08%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.62%) 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 62 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.01%) ServiceNow
3 37 (5.70%) Red Hat
4 34 (5.24%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.39%) SAP
6 18 (2.77%) Databricks
6 18 (2.77%) Oracle
7 14 (2.16%) Okta
8 12 (1.85%) ForgeRock
9 11 (1.69%) Google
10 10 (1.54%) Adobe
11 7 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.77%) VMware
13 4 (0.62%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.62%) Splunk
14 3 (0.46%) PagerDuty
14 3 (0.46%) Progress
14 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.46%) Zscaler
15 2 (0.31%) IBM