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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 261 408
Rank change year-on-year +67 +147 -49
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 567 228 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.32% 0.92% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.01% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 144 90
10th Percentile £360 £385 £339
25th Percentile £438 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £550
90th Percentile £644 £689 £652
UK median daily rate £517 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +2.34% +1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 9 1
10th Percentile £57.00 £48.25 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +13.04%
75th Percentile - £55.00 -
90th Percentile - £56.25 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +13.04%

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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +61 281 £525 - 47
North of England -5 104 £475 -5.00% 31
South East -16 71 £560 +9.27% 32
Midlands -15 60 £492 +18.98% 15
West Midlands -14 49 £492 +9.33% 11
North East 0 39 £550 +4.76% 12
North West -18 39 £375 -25.00% 14
Yorkshire -44 30 £518 +11.08% 5
South West -7 23 £475 -7.32% 19
East of England -8 21 £460 +15.00% 7
East Midlands -20 10 £364 -5.40% 4
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 92 (16.23%) Confluence
2 22 (3.88%) CMS
3 8 (1.41%) SAS
4 5 (0.88%) Apache
4 5 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.35%) Documentum
6 2 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.18%) Drupal
7 1 (0.18%) Mendix
7 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.18%) Traefik
7 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.06%) Trello
3 4 (0.71%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.71%) Notion
4 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Mingle
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.88%) Magento
3 2 (0.35%) Finacle
3 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.35%) Primavera
3 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.35%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.18%) Maximo
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Utilities
4 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 172 (30.34%) Azure
2 107 (18.87%) AWS
3 78 (13.76%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (6.88%) OpenShift
5 26 (4.59%) Serverless
6 24 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.06%) GCP
7 23 (4.06%) GitHub
8 22 (3.88%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (3.35%) Amazon S3
10 16 (2.82%) Entra ID
10 16 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (2.65%) Azure AKS
12 13 (2.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 13 (2.29%) Snowflake
13 11 (1.94%) SaaS
14 10 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.59%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.71%) Firewall
1 4 (0.71%) Network Security
2 3 (0.53%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.35%) DNS
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.18%) DHCP
4 1 (0.18%) NFC
4 1 (0.18%) NGFW
4 1 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.18%) SONET
4 1 (0.18%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.18%) VPN
4 1 (0.18%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.35%) Power BI
2 17 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.47%) Metadata
4 10 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.23%) Big Data
7 7 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.06%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.06%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.06%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.88%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.88%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.71%) Tableau
11 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.53%) Redis
12 2 (0.35%) MySQL
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 188 (33.16%) JIRA
2 70 (12.35%) Git
3 50 (8.82%) Jenkins
4 41 (7.23%) SonarQube
5 39 (6.88%) Postman
6 23 (4.06%) Selenium
7 22 (3.88%) GitLab
8 11 (1.94%) JUnit
8 11 (1.94%) WebDriver
9 9 (1.59%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.59%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.59%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.88%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.88%) JMeter
10 5 (0.88%) Subversion
11 4 (0.71%) Storybook
12 3 (0.53%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.53%) git-flow
12 3 (0.53%) MLflow
12 3 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 232 (40.92%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.05%) Finance
3 77 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (13.58%) Public Sector
4 43 (7.58%) Banking
5 39 (6.88%) Retail
6 29 (5.11%) Marketing
7 16 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.12%) Retail Banking
11 11 (1.94%) Legal
12 9 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.41%) Front Office
14 7 (1.23%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 97 (17.11%) Developer
2 76 (13.40%) Analyst
3 72 (12.70%) Senior
4 71 (12.52%) Scrum Master
5 55 (9.70%) Lead
6 52 (9.17%) Delivery Manager
7 49 (8.64%) Product Owner
8 47 (8.29%) Business Analyst
9 34 (6.00%) Java Developer
10 32 (5.64%) Project Manager
11 26 (4.59%) Senior Manager
12 23 (4.06%) Software Engineer
13 22 (3.88%) Product Manager
14 21 (3.70%) Architect
15 19 (3.35%) Agile Delivery Manager
16 18 (3.17%) Technical Analyst
17 17 (3.00%) Full-Stack Developer
17 17 (3.00%) Java Engineer
17 17 (3.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 17 (3.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (8.64%) REST
2 47 (8.29%) AngularJS
3 39 (6.88%) React
4 35 (6.17%) RESTful
5 33 (5.82%) Quarkus
6 18 (3.17%) .NET
7 17 (3.00%) JSON
7 17 (3.00%) Node.js
7 17 (3.00%) Spring
8 15 (2.65%) CSS
9 14 (2.47%) Spring Boot
10 13 (2.29%) HTML
11 12 (2.12%) Lightning Web Components
11 12 (2.12%) Playwright
12 11 (1.94%) OAuth
13 10 (1.76%) CSS3
13 10 (1.76%) HTML5
14 9 (1.59%) Middleware
14 9 (1.59%) PySpark
14 9 (1.59%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 208 (36.68%) Product Ownership
2 52 (9.17%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.53%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.41%) FMCG
10 8 (1.41%) NHS
11 7 (1.23%) Distributed Applications
11 7 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.23%) Life Science
12 6 (1.06%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (0.88%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.06%) Windows
2 4 (0.71%) Linux
3 3 (0.53%) Unix
3 3 (0.53%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (92.42%) Agile
2 294 (51.85%) Scrum
3 259 (45.68%) Sprint Retrospective
4 184 (32.45%) DevOps
5 181 (31.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 153 (26.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 150 (26.46%) CI/CD
8 149 (26.28%) Sprint Review
9 144 (25.40%) User Stories
10 136 (23.99%) Backlog Refinement
11 114 (20.11%) Test Automation
12 106 (18.69%) Acceptance Criteria
13 98 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
13 98 (17.28%) Roadmaps
14 94 (16.58%) Backlog Management
15 92 (16.23%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 88 (15.52%) Kanban
17 82 (14.46%) SDLC
17 82 (14.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 81 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 88 (15.52%) Java
2 60 (10.58%) Python
3 53 (9.35%) SQL
4 40 (7.05%) JavaScript
5 32 (5.64%) C#
6 27 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.76%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.88%) Bicep
8 5 (0.88%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.71%) Groovy
10 3 (0.53%) C++
11 2 (0.35%) Korn
11 2 (0.35%) R
11 2 (0.35%) SOQL
11 2 (0.35%) SOSL
12 1 (0.18%) Bash
12 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.18%) PHP
12 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 163 (28.75%) Security Cleared
2 140 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.35%) Degree
4 20 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.65%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.29%) PMP
8 11 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.88%) CISSP
11 4 (0.71%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.71%) CISM
11 4 (0.71%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.71%) SAFe Agilist
12 3 (0.53%) CSPO
12 3 (0.53%) IIBA
12 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.35%) CBAP
13 2 (0.35%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (18.52%) QA
2 34 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 30 (5.29%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.94%) GDPR
5 9 (1.59%) SLA
6 8 (1.41%) GRC
7 6 (1.06%) NIST
8 5 (0.88%) GxP
8 5 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.71%) PMO
9 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.71%) WCAG
10 3 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.35%) NCSC
11 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.18%) GMP
12 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (7.23%) Docker
2 6 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Ceph
3 1 (0.18%) HDFS
3 1 (0.18%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.18%) Squid
3 1 (0.18%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.18%) Varnish
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 79 (13.93%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.41%) Terraform
3 37 (6.53%) Argo
4 11 (1.94%) Ansible
5 7 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.06%) Grafana
7 3 (0.53%) Nagios
7 3 (0.53%) Puppet
8 2 (0.35%) Istio
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.18%) Kibana
9 1 (0.18%) Packer
9 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 39 (6.88%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.35%) ServiceNow
3 32 (5.64%) Red Hat
4 27 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.82%) Databricks
5 16 (2.82%) Oracle
6 14 (2.47%) SAP
7 13 (2.29%) Okta
8 12 (2.12%) ForgeRock
9 9 (1.59%) Adobe
10 6 (1.06%) Guidewire
11 5 (0.88%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.88%) VMware
12 4 (0.71%) Google
13 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.53%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.53%) Cognizant
13 3 (0.53%) Progress
13 3 (0.53%) Sitecore
14 2 (0.35%) PagerDuty