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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 278 402
Rank change year-on-year +79 +124 -56
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 573 218 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 0.88% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 0.97% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 139 90
10th Percentile £360 £398 £339
25th Percentile £430 £442 £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 £643 £666 £652
UK median daily rate £516 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +2.08% +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 36,481 22,561 31,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.35% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,067 14,578 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £302 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,283 1,053 2,381
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.32 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.02% -29.21% +6.23%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +54 286 £525 - 93
North of England -6 106 £475 -5.00% 35
South East -21 70 £560 +8.95% 43
Midlands -14 60 £492 +9.33% 21
West Midlands -21 48 £492 +9.33% 16
North West -19 42 £380 -24.00% 18
North East +2 39 £550 +4.76% 10
Yorkshire -37 29 £518 +11.08% 7
South West -12 22 £490 -3.21% 20
East of England -13 19 £468 +16.88% 13
East Midlands -17 11 £364 -9.51% 5
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 97 (16.93%) Confluence
2 21 (3.66%) CMS
3 8 (1.40%) SAS
4 5 (0.87%) Apache
4 5 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.35%) Documentum
6 2 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.17%) Traefik
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.05%) Trello
3 4 (0.70%) Notion
4 3 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Mingle
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.87%) 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 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 169 (29.49%) Azure
2 106 (18.50%) AWS
3 75 (13.09%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (6.81%) OpenShift
5 26 (4.54%) Serverless
6 25 (4.36%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.19%) GCP
8 23 (4.01%) GitHub
9 22 (3.84%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.32%) Amazon S3
11 16 (2.79%) Entra ID
11 16 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (2.62%) Azure AKS
13 13 (2.27%) Snowflake
14 12 (2.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 11 (1.92%) SaaS
16 10 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.75%) Figma
17 9 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.70%) Firewall
1 4 (0.70%) Network Security
2 3 (0.52%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.35%) DNS
4 1 (0.17%) 5G
4 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.17%) DHCP
4 1 (0.17%) NFC
4 1 (0.17%) NGFW
4 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.17%) SONET
4 1 (0.17%) SSL
4 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.17%) VPN
4 1 (0.17%) WAN
4 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.49%) Power BI
2 16 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.44%) Metadata
4 10 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.22%) Big Data
6 7 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.05%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.87%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.87%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.87%) Tableau
9 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.52%) Redis
10 2 (0.35%) MySQL
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 194 (33.86%) JIRA
2 69 (12.04%) Git
3 50 (8.73%) Jenkins
4 41 (7.16%) SonarQube
5 39 (6.81%) Postman
6 23 (4.01%) Selenium
7 22 (3.84%) GitLab
8 11 (1.92%) JUnit
8 11 (1.92%) WebDriver
9 9 (1.57%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.57%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.57%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.87%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.87%) JMeter
10 5 (0.87%) Subversion
11 4 (0.70%) Storybook
12 3 (0.52%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.52%) git-flow
12 3 (0.52%) MLflow
12 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 232 (40.49%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.55%) Finance
3 80 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (13.96%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.68%) Banking
5 38 (6.63%) Retail
6 28 (4.89%) Marketing
7 18 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.09%) Retail Banking
11 11 (1.92%) Legal
12 9 (1.57%) Front Office
13 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.40%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.05%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.87%) Billing
Job Titles
1 96 (16.75%) Developer
2 81 (14.14%) Analyst
3 73 (12.74%) Senior
4 69 (12.04%) Scrum Master
5 55 (9.60%) Lead
6 52 (9.08%) Business Analyst
7 51 (8.90%) Product Owner
8 50 (8.73%) Delivery Manager
9 34 (5.93%) Java Developer
10 33 (5.76%) Project Manager
11 27 (4.71%) Senior Manager
12 23 (4.01%) Product Manager
12 23 (4.01%) Software Engineer
13 22 (3.84%) Architect
14 18 (3.14%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 18 (3.14%) Technical Analyst
15 17 (2.97%) Full-Stack Developer
15 17 (2.97%) Java Engineer
15 17 (2.97%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 17 (2.97%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (8.73%) REST
2 47 (8.20%) AngularJS
3 39 (6.81%) React
4 36 (6.28%) RESTful
5 33 (5.76%) Quarkus
6 18 (3.14%) JSON
7 17 (2.97%) .NET
7 17 (2.97%) Node.js
7 17 (2.97%) Spring
8 15 (2.62%) CSS
9 14 (2.44%) Spring Boot
10 13 (2.27%) HTML
11 12 (2.09%) OAuth
11 12 (2.09%) Playwright
12 11 (1.92%) Lightning Web Components
13 10 (1.75%) CSS3
13 10 (1.75%) HTML5
14 9 (1.57%) Middleware
14 9 (1.57%) pytest
14 9 (1.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 209 (36.47%) Product Ownership
2 52 (9.08%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.49%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.40%) FMCG
11 8 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.22%) Distributed Applications
12 7 (1.22%) Life Science
12 7 (1.22%) NHS
13 6 (1.05%) AI Agents
14 5 (0.87%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.87%) PMI
14 5 (0.87%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.05%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
3 3 (0.52%) VMS
4 1 (0.17%) Android
4 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (92.50%) Agile
2 299 (52.18%) Scrum
3 266 (46.42%) Sprint Retrospective
4 182 (31.76%) DevOps
5 181 (31.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 154 (26.88%) Sprint Review
7 153 (26.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 149 (26.00%) User Stories
9 148 (25.83%) CI/CD
10 137 (23.91%) Backlog Refinement
11 114 (19.90%) Test Automation
12 110 (19.20%) Acceptance Criteria
13 105 (18.32%) Roadmaps
14 100 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
15 95 (16.58%) Backlog Management
16 93 (16.23%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 87 (15.18%) Kanban
18 85 (14.83%) SDLC
19 84 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 80 (13.96%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 88 (15.36%) Java
2 60 (10.47%) Python
3 54 (9.42%) SQL
4 40 (6.98%) JavaScript
5 31 (5.41%) C#
6 27 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.57%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.87%) Bicep
8 5 (0.87%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.70%) Groovy
10 3 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.35%) Korn
11 2 (0.35%) R
11 2 (0.35%) SOQL
11 2 (0.35%) SOSL
12 1 (0.17%) Bash
12 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.17%) PHP
12 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 165 (28.80%) Security Cleared
2 141 (24.61%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.46%) Degree
4 20 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.97%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.44%) PMP
8 11 (1.92%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.40%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.87%) CBAP
10 5 (0.87%) CISSP
10 5 (0.87%) IIBA
11 4 (0.70%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.70%) CISM
11 4 (0.70%) CSPO
11 4 (0.70%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.70%) ISEB
11 4 (0.70%) SAFe Agilist
12 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (18.67%) QA
2 38 (6.63%) Accessibility
3 30 (5.24%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.75%) GDPR
5 8 (1.40%) GRC
5 8 (1.40%) SLA
6 6 (1.05%) NIST
6 6 (1.05%) WCAG
7 5 (0.87%) GxP
7 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.70%) PMO
8 4 (0.70%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.35%) NCSC
10 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.17%) Basel III
11 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.17%) GMP
11 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (7.16%) Docker
2 6 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) Ceph
3 1 (0.17%) HDFS
3 1 (0.17%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.17%) Squid
3 1 (0.17%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.17%) Varnish
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 79 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.33%) Terraform
3 37 (6.46%) Argo
4 11 (1.92%) Ansible
5 7 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.05%) Grafana
7 3 (0.52%) Nagios
7 3 (0.52%) Puppet
8 2 (0.35%) Istio
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) Packer
9 1 (0.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 40 (6.98%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.28%) ServiceNow
3 32 (5.58%) Red Hat
4 26 (4.54%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.97%) Databricks
6 15 (2.62%) Oracle
7 14 (2.44%) SAP
8 13 (2.27%) Okta
9 12 (2.09%) ForgeRock
10 8 (1.40%) Adobe
11 6 (1.05%) Guidewire
11 6 (1.05%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.87%) VMware
13 4 (0.70%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.70%) Google
14 3 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.52%) Cognizant
14 3 (0.52%) Progress
14 3 (0.52%) Sitecore
15 2 (0.35%) PagerDuty