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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 261 389
Rank change year-on-year +65 +128 -29
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 620 271 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.39% 1.00% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.10% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 185 99
10th Percentile £363 £366 £337
25th Percentile £446 £415 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £569
90th Percentile £650 £688 £659
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 10 2
10th Percentile £58.13 £48.50 £57.13
25th Percentile £62.50 £49.06 £58.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +11.36%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £63.44
90th Percentile £71.88 £56.25 £64.38
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +11.36%

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 38,234 24,648 31,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.43% 90.68% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,071 15,798 20,362
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,374 1,309 2,214
10th Percentile £15.57 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.70 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.29%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +44 290 £533 +2.26% 64
North of England -23 111 £475 +1.28% 17
South East -10 89 £525 +2.29% 34
Midlands -15 72 £492 +15.76% 34
West Midlands -10 62 £492 +9.33% 18
North East -2 41 £550 +4.76% 4
Yorkshire -27 41 £500 - 6
North West -49 33 £397 -9.27% 8
East of England +2 27 £460 +15.00% 7
South West -10 23 £490 -3.21% 15
East Midlands -12 9 £413 +3.13% 16
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
1 108 (17.42%) Confluence
2 24 (3.87%) CMS
3 8 (1.29%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.29%) SAS
4 7 (1.13%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.97%) Apache
6 5 (0.81%) Documentum
7 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.32%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) Mendix
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) Traefik
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.13%) Trello
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.65%) Notion
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Mingle
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.81%) Magento
5 3 (0.48%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.32%) Primavera
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.16%) Shopify
7 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 204 (32.90%) Azure
2 113 (18.23%) AWS
3 103 (16.61%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (6.77%) OpenShift
5 34 (5.48%) GCP
6 28 (4.52%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.35%) GitHub
8 24 (3.87%) Serverless
9 20 (3.23%) Amazon S3
9 20 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.06%) Entra ID
11 16 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (2.42%) Azure AKS
12 15 (2.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 14 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (2.26%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.26%) Snowflake
14 13 (2.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 12 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (1.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.81%) Firewall
2 4 (0.65%) Network Security
3 3 (0.48%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.32%) DNS
4 2 (0.32%) WAN
5 1 (0.16%) 5G
5 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.16%) Broadband
5 1 (0.16%) DHCP
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) NFC
5 1 (0.16%) NGFW
5 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.16%) SONET
5 1 (0.16%) SSL
5 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.16%) VPN
5 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.06%) Power BI
2 17 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.26%) Metadata
4 13 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.94%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (1.61%) Big Data
7 8 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.97%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.97%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.81%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.65%) Tableau
12 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.48%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.48%) Redis
12 3 (0.48%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.32%) Looker
Development Applications
1 206 (33.23%) JIRA
2 76 (12.26%) Git
3 56 (9.03%) Jenkins
4 41 (6.61%) Postman
5 39 (6.29%) SonarQube
6 23 (3.71%) Selenium
7 22 (3.55%) GitLab
8 13 (2.10%) JUnit
9 10 (1.61%) WebDriver
10 9 (1.45%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.45%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.13%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.13%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.97%) JMeter
13 5 (0.81%) Subversion
14 3 (0.48%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.48%) git-flow
14 3 (0.48%) Gradle
14 3 (0.48%) Maven
14 3 (0.48%) Protractor
General
1 272 (43.87%) Social Skills
2 121 (19.52%) Finance
3 92 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (14.03%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.90%) Retail
6 39 (6.29%) Banking
7 36 (5.81%) Marketing
8 22 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.77%) Legal
12 11 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.77%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.29%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.13%) Front Office
15 7 (1.13%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.13%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.97%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 92 (14.84%) Developer
2 84 (13.55%) Analyst
3 78 (12.58%) Scrum Master
3 78 (12.58%) Senior
4 59 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
5 58 (9.35%) Lead
6 55 (8.87%) Business Analyst
7 54 (8.71%) Product Owner
8 38 (6.13%) Java Developer
9 36 (5.81%) Project Manager
10 31 (5.00%) Senior Manager
11 29 (4.68%) Product Manager
12 26 (4.19%) Architect
13 24 (3.87%) Technical Analyst
14 23 (3.71%) Software Engineer
15 20 (3.23%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 20 (3.23%) Technical Manager
16 19 (3.06%) Java Engineer
17 17 (2.74%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 16 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.71%) REST
2 44 (7.10%) AngularJS
3 36 (5.81%) RESTful
4 34 (5.48%) Quarkus
5 33 (5.32%) React
6 20 (3.23%) JSON
6 20 (3.23%) Spring
7 19 (3.06%) .NET
8 17 (2.74%) Lightning Web Components
8 17 (2.74%) Spring Boot
9 13 (2.10%) Kafka
9 13 (2.10%) Node.js
10 12 (1.94%) Middleware
11 11 (1.77%) HTML
12 10 (1.61%) PySpark
13 9 (1.45%) CSS
13 9 (1.45%) OAuth
13 9 (1.45%) SOAP
13 9 (1.45%) XML
14 8 (1.29%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 245 (39.52%) Product Ownership
2 56 (9.03%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.55%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.58%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.94%) Life Science
9 11 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.61%) FMCG
11 9 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.29%) NHS
13 7 (1.13%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.13%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.13%) Distributed Applications
13 7 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.13%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.61%) Windows
2 7 (1.13%) Linux
3 3 (0.48%) Unix
3 3 (0.48%) VMS
4 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (93.55%) Agile
2 321 (51.77%) Scrum
3 274 (44.19%) Sprint Retrospective
4 226 (36.45%) DevOps
5 206 (33.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 183 (29.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 172 (27.74%) Sprint Review
8 171 (27.58%) CI/CD
9 166 (26.77%) User Stories
10 161 (25.97%) Backlog Refinement
11 128 (20.65%) Acceptance Criteria
12 118 (19.03%) Test Automation
13 114 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
14 107 (17.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 104 (16.77%) Kanban
15 104 (16.77%) Roadmaps
16 103 (16.61%) Backlog Management
17 97 (15.65%) Backlog Prioritisation
18 95 (15.32%) Software Engineering
19 86 (13.87%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 100 (16.13%) Java
2 58 (9.35%) SQL
3 55 (8.87%) Python
4 38 (6.13%) JavaScript
5 32 (5.16%) C#
6 20 (3.23%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.26%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.81%) Bicep
8 5 (0.81%) Groovy
8 5 (0.81%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.48%) C++
9 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.32%) Korn
10 2 (0.32%) R
10 2 (0.32%) SOQL
10 2 (0.32%) SOSL
11 1 (0.16%) Bash
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (29.84%) Security Cleared
2 154 (24.84%) SC Cleared
3 45 (7.26%) Degree
4 22 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.74%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.42%) PMP
8 8 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.13%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.81%) CISSP
11 5 (0.81%) CSPO
11 5 (0.81%) SAFe Agilist
12 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.65%) CISM
12 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.48%) IIBA
13 3 (0.48%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (18.71%) QA
2 39 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 37 (5.97%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.42%) GDPR
5 10 (1.61%) PMO
6 9 (1.45%) GxP
7 8 (1.29%) GRC
8 7 (1.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (1.13%) NIST
8 7 (1.13%) SLA
8 7 (1.13%) WCAG
9 6 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.65%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.16%) GMP
12 1 (0.16%) NCSC
12 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (7.26%) Docker
2 9 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) Ceph
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.16%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.16%) Squid
5 1 (0.16%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.16%) Varnish
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 85 (13.71%) Kubernetes
2 43 (6.94%) Terraform
3 38 (6.13%) Argo
4 12 (1.94%) Ansible
5 9 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.29%) Grafana
7 4 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.48%) Nagios
9 2 (0.32%) Istio
9 2 (0.32%) Packer
9 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.16%) Kibana
10 1 (0.16%) Nessus
10 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 47 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.97%) Salesforce
3 35 (5.65%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.48%) Red Hat
5 22 (3.55%) SAP
6 19 (3.06%) Databricks
6 19 (3.06%) Oracle
7 13 (2.10%) Okta
8 12 (1.94%) ForgeRock
9 10 (1.61%) Adobe
10 7 (1.13%) Google
10 7 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.97%) VMware
12 5 (0.81%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.48%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.48%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.48%) Progress
13 3 (0.48%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.48%) Splunk
13 3 (0.48%) Zscaler