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

 6 months to
12 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 230 341
Rank change year-on-year +26 +111 +21
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 676 321 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.46% 1.15% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.27% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 230 119
10th Percentile £400 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £407 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% -4.76% -1.91%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £625
90th Percentile £694 £688 £674
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 13 3
10th Percentile £56.25 £43.65 £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% +1.17%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £66.01
90th Percentile - £56.00 £66.62
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +1.17%

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 39,332 25,280 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.86% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,139 16,057 17,805
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,708 1,495 1,348
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.36 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.88 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +32 320 £550 +5.77% 186
North of England -27 109 £500 +16.28% 64
Midlands +18 108 £475 +18.45% 26
West Midlands +28 101 £475 +5.56% 17
South East -11 94 £525 - 39
Yorkshire -22 48 £500 +17.30% 21
North East -6 46 £550 +2.33% 14
South West -23 26 £505 -0.25% 23
East of England -5 24 £460 - 6
North West -58 19 £450 +8.43% 29
East Midlands -25 6 £495 +36.55% 8
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
1 135 (19.97%) Confluence
2 17 (2.51%) CMS
3 13 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.63%) Apache
5 10 (1.48%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.74%) Documentum
8 3 (0.44%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.44%) SAS
9 2 (0.30%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.15%) Traefik
10 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.18%) Trello
5 6 (0.89%) Notion
6 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.59%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.15%) Sketch
9 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.74%) Magento
5 3 (0.44%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.30%) Primavera
6 2 (0.30%) Workfront
7 1 (0.15%) CA PPM
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
1 216 (31.95%) Azure
2 128 (18.93%) AWS
3 115 (17.01%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (6.80%) Power Platform
5 43 (6.36%) GitHub
6 39 (5.77%) OpenShift
7 35 (5.18%) GCP
7 35 (5.18%) Serverless
8 26 (3.85%) Amazon S3
9 24 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 21 (3.11%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (2.96%) Power Automate
13 17 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
14 16 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (2.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.59%) Firewall
2 3 (0.44%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.30%) Broadband
3 2 (0.30%) Network Security
3 2 (0.30%) SAN
3 2 (0.30%) 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 25 (3.70%) Power BI
2 24 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (3.55%) Relational Database
3 22 (3.25%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.37%) Metadata
6 10 (1.48%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.33%) Big Data
7 9 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.18%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.89%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.74%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.59%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.59%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.59%) MySQL
12 4 (0.59%) Redis
12 4 (0.59%) Spark SQL
12 4 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 237 (35.06%) JIRA
2 81 (11.98%) Git
3 59 (8.73%) Jenkins
4 48 (7.10%) SonarQube
5 29 (4.29%) Postman
6 15 (2.22%) JUnit
6 15 (2.22%) Maven
7 11 (1.63%) GitLab
7 11 (1.63%) Mockito
8 10 (1.48%) Selenium
9 9 (1.33%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.89%) JMeter
11 5 (0.74%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.74%) Subversion
12 4 (0.59%) Gradle
12 4 (0.59%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.44%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.44%) Protractor
13 3 (0.44%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
General
1 312 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 147 (21.75%) Finance
3 128 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (17.01%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.54%) Banking
5 51 (7.54%) Retail
6 31 (4.59%) Marketing
7 29 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.78%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.63%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.33%) Front Office
11 9 (1.33%) Legal
11 9 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.18%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 128 (18.93%) Developer
2 105 (15.53%) Senior
3 89 (13.17%) Scrum Master
4 88 (13.02%) Analyst
5 75 (11.09%) Lead
6 68 (10.06%) Delivery Manager
7 60 (8.88%) Business Analyst
8 50 (7.40%) Product Owner
9 46 (6.80%) Java Developer
10 40 (5.92%) Project Manager
11 33 (4.88%) Product Manager
12 31 (4.59%) Senior Manager
13 28 (4.14%) Senior Developer
14 26 (3.85%) Architect
15 23 (3.40%) Technical Manager
16 22 (3.25%) Agile Delivery Manager
17 18 (2.66%) Technical Leader
18 17 (2.51%) Technical Analyst
19 16 (2.37%) Software Engineer
19 16 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (12.57%) REST
2 58 (8.58%) AngularJS
3 51 (7.54%) RESTful
4 45 (6.66%) Terraform
5 35 (5.18%) Spring
5 35 (5.18%) Spring Boot
6 34 (5.03%) Quarkus
7 32 (4.73%) .NET
8 27 (3.99%) React
9 26 (3.85%) JSON
10 25 (3.70%) SOAP
11 19 (2.81%) HTML
12 18 (2.66%) Web Services
13 17 (2.51%) Kafka
13 17 (2.51%) Node.js
14 14 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
15 13 (1.92%) Hibernate
15 13 (1.92%) PySpark
16 12 (1.78%) CSS
17 11 (1.63%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 272 (40.24%) Product Ownership
2 78 (11.54%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (3.40%) Virtual Team
5 15 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.48%) AI Agents
8 10 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.48%) NHS
9 9 (1.33%) Life Science
10 8 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.18%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.18%) FMCG
10 8 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.89%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.74%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.78%) Windows
2 10 (1.48%) Linux
3 4 (0.59%) Android
3 4 (0.59%) Unix
4 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (93.79%) Agile
2 369 (54.59%) Scrum
3 268 (39.64%) Sprint Retrospective
4 253 (37.43%) DevOps
5 244 (36.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 228 (33.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 211 (31.21%) Backlog Refinement
8 198 (29.29%) User Stories
9 194 (28.70%) CI/CD
10 185 (27.37%) Sprint Review
11 144 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
12 137 (20.27%) Test Automation
13 129 (19.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 127 (18.79%) Acceptance Criteria
15 123 (18.20%) Backlog Management
16 121 (17.90%) Software Engineering
17 119 (17.60%) Kanban
18 115 (17.01%) Roadmaps
19 106 (15.68%) SDLC
20 95 (14.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 112 (16.57%) Java
2 79 (11.69%) SQL
3 57 (8.43%) Python
4 56 (8.28%) JavaScript
5 42 (6.21%) C#
6 30 (4.44%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.07%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.74%) Bicep
8 5 (0.74%) Groovy
8 5 (0.74%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.59%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.44%) C++
10 3 (0.44%) Korn
11 2 (0.30%) Bash
11 2 (0.30%) R
12 1 (0.15%) ABAP
12 1 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.15%) Scala
12 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 215 (31.80%) Security Cleared
2 175 (25.89%) SC Cleared
3 40 (5.92%) Degree
4 31 (4.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (3.99%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.66%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.92%) PMP
9 8 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.89%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.89%) CSPO
10 6 (0.89%) SAFe Agilist
11 5 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (0.59%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.59%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.44%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (19.08%) QA
2 42 (6.21%) Data Quality
3 38 (5.62%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.92%) PMO
5 11 (1.63%) GDPR
6 9 (1.33%) GRC
7 7 (1.04%) WCAG
8 6 (0.89%) GxP
9 5 (0.74%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.59%) NIST
11 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.44%) SLA
12 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.15%) HL7
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.15%) PERC
13 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (9.02%) Docker
2 9 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
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 77 (11.39%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.33%) Argo
3 13 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.78%) Grafana
5 8 (1.18%) Ansible
6 4 (0.59%) Puppet
7 3 (0.44%) Istio
8 2 (0.30%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) Nagios
9 1 (0.15%) Nessus
9 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 74 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.92%) ServiceNow
3 34 (5.03%) Red Hat
4 33 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 23 (3.40%) Databricks
6 19 (2.81%) SAP
7 17 (2.51%) Oracle
8 10 (1.48%) Adobe
8 10 (1.48%) Google
8 10 (1.48%) Okta
9 8 (1.18%) ForgeRock
10 7 (1.04%) Informatica
10 7 (1.04%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.04%) VMware
11 6 (0.89%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.59%) Splunk
13 3 (0.44%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.44%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.44%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.44%) Zscaler
338 Sprint Planning jobs in England