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

 6 months to
22 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 256 395
Rank change year-on-year +61 +139 -55
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 631 276 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.41% 1.01% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.12% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 191 97
10th Percentile £363 £363 £334
25th Percentile £447 £413 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -5.21%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 10 2
10th Percentile £56.13 £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% +6.52%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £63.44
90th Percentile £70.38 £56.25 £64.38
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +40.00% -18.37% +6.52%

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 38,278 24,745 30,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.65% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,038 15,865 19,799
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,361 1,324 1,984
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.95 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +39 291 £542 +5.24% 93
North of England -17 112 £488 +5.58% 36
South East -5 94 £525 +2.14% 44
Midlands -9 75 £492 +15.76% 31
West Midlands -9 65 £492 -4.00% 17
North East 0 43 £550 +4.76% 8
Yorkshire -22 43 £500 +1.78% 10
North West -48 30 £400 -8.47% 19
East of England +3 27 £460 +15.00% 8
South West -14 27 £500 -1.23% 17
East Midlands -13 9 £413 +3.13% 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
1 108 (17.12%) Confluence
2 23 (3.65%) CMS
3 9 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.27%) SAS
5 6 (0.95%) Apache
6 5 (0.79%) 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 13 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.43%) Trello
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.63%) Notion
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Mingle
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.79%) Magento
4 3 (0.48%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.32%) Primavera
5 2 (0.32%) Workfront
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 208 (32.96%) Azure
2 114 (18.07%) AWS
3 104 (16.48%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (6.97%) OpenShift
5 36 (5.71%) GCP
6 32 (5.07%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.91%) GitHub
8 27 (4.28%) Serverless
9 21 (3.33%) Amazon S3
9 21 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.01%) Entra ID
11 18 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (2.38%) Azure AKS
12 15 (2.38%) Power Automate
12 15 (2.38%) Snowflake
13 14 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (2.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 12 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) Firewall
1 5 (0.79%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.63%) Network Security
3 2 (0.32%) Broadband
3 2 (0.32%) DNS
3 2 (0.32%) WAN
4 1 (0.16%) 5G
4 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.16%) DHCP
4 1 (0.16%) Intranet
4 1 (0.16%) NFC
4 1 (0.16%) NGFW
4 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.16%) SONET
4 1 (0.16%) SSL
4 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.16%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.33%) Power BI
2 17 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.38%) Metadata
4 14 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (1.58%) Big Data
6 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.11%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.95%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.79%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.63%) Tableau
11 3 (0.48%) Looker
11 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.48%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.48%) Redis
11 3 (0.48%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 207 (32.81%) JIRA
2 77 (12.20%) Git
3 55 (8.72%) Jenkins
4 41 (6.50%) SonarQube
5 36 (5.71%) Postman
6 19 (3.01%) GitLab
6 19 (3.01%) Selenium
7 13 (2.06%) JUnit
8 8 (1.27%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.11%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.11%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.11%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.95%) JMeter
11 5 (0.79%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.79%) Subversion
12 3 (0.48%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.48%) git-flow
12 3 (0.48%) Gradle
12 3 (0.48%) Protractor
12 3 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 278 (44.06%) Social Skills
2 125 (19.81%) Finance
3 93 (14.74%) Public Sector
4 91 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (7.77%) Retail
6 40 (6.34%) Banking
7 37 (5.86%) Marketing
8 22 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.74%) Legal
14 9 (1.43%) Front Office
14 9 (1.43%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.11%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (16.01%) Developer
2 83 (13.15%) Analyst
3 82 (13.00%) Senior
4 79 (12.52%) Scrum Master
5 62 (9.83%) Delivery Manager
6 59 (9.35%) Lead
7 55 (8.72%) Product Owner
8 54 (8.56%) Business Analyst
9 40 (6.34%) Project Manager
10 39 (6.18%) Java Developer
11 31 (4.91%) Senior Manager
12 28 (4.44%) Product Manager
13 26 (4.12%) Architect
14 23 (3.65%) Software Engineer
14 23 (3.65%) Technical Analyst
15 21 (3.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
16 20 (3.17%) Technical Manager
17 19 (3.01%) Java Engineer
18 18 (2.85%) SC Cleared Java Developer
19 16 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.56%) REST
2 46 (7.29%) AngularJS
3 38 (6.02%) RESTful
4 36 (5.71%) Quarkus
5 31 (4.91%) React
6 23 (3.65%) .NET
6 23 (3.65%) Spring
7 20 (3.17%) JSON
7 20 (3.17%) Spring Boot
8 15 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (2.06%) Kafka
9 13 (2.06%) Node.js
10 12 (1.90%) Middleware
11 10 (1.58%) HTML
11 10 (1.58%) PySpark
12 9 (1.43%) OAuth
12 9 (1.43%) SOAP
12 9 (1.43%) XML
13 8 (1.27%) ADO
13 8 (1.27%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 248 (39.30%) Product Ownership
2 56 (8.87%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.17%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.90%) Life Science
7 11 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.43%) FMCG
8 9 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.43%) NHS
9 8 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.27%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.11%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.11%) Distributed Applications
11 6 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.58%) Windows
2 7 (1.11%) Linux
3 3 (0.48%) Unix
4 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.32%) VMS
4 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (93.82%) Agile
2 329 (52.14%) Scrum
3 272 (43.11%) Sprint Retrospective
4 231 (36.61%) DevOps
5 211 (33.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 192 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 177 (28.05%) Sprint Review
8 170 (26.94%) CI/CD
9 166 (26.31%) User Stories
10 164 (25.99%) Backlog Refinement
11 122 (19.33%) Acceptance Criteria
12 120 (19.02%) Test Automation
13 110 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
13 110 (17.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 107 (16.96%) Roadmaps
15 106 (16.80%) Kanban
16 103 (16.32%) Software Engineering
17 102 (16.16%) Backlog Management
18 93 (14.74%) Backlog Prioritisation
19 88 (13.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 104 (16.48%) Java
2 61 (9.67%) SQL
3 53 (8.40%) Python
4 38 (6.02%) JavaScript
5 35 (5.55%) C#
6 17 (2.69%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.38%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.95%) Bicep
9 5 (0.79%) Groovy
9 5 (0.79%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.48%) C++
10 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.32%) Korn
11 2 (0.32%) R
11 2 (0.32%) SOQL
11 2 (0.32%) SOSL
12 1 (0.16%) Bash
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 193 (30.59%) Security Cleared
2 161 (25.52%) SC Cleared
3 46 (7.29%) Degree
4 22 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (3.49%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.85%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.54%) PMP
7 15 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.79%) CISSP
10 5 (0.79%) CSPO
11 4 (0.63%) CISM
11 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.63%) SAFe Agilist
12 3 (0.48%) IIBA
12 3 (0.48%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (17.75%) QA
2 40 (6.34%) Accessibility
3 37 (5.86%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.38%) GDPR
5 11 (1.74%) PMO
6 9 (1.43%) GRC
6 9 (1.43%) GxP
7 7 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (1.11%) NIST
7 7 (1.11%) SLA
7 7 (1.11%) WCAG
8 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.63%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.16%) GMP
11 1 (0.16%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (6.97%) Docker
2 10 (1.58%) 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 (13.47%) Kubernetes
2 44 (6.97%) Terraform
3 39 (6.18%) Argo
4 12 (1.90%) Ansible
5 8 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.11%) Grafana
7 4 (0.63%) Puppet
8 2 (0.32%) Istio
8 2 (0.32%) Nagios
8 2 (0.32%) Packer
8 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) Nessus
9 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 53 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.86%) ServiceNow
3 36 (5.71%) Red Hat
4 35 (5.55%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.33%) SAP
6 19 (3.01%) Databricks
6 19 (3.01%) Oracle
7 13 (2.06%) Okta
8 12 (1.90%) ForgeRock
9 11 (1.74%) Adobe
10 8 (1.27%) Google
11 7 (1.11%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.95%) VMware
13 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.48%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.48%) PagerDuty
14 3 (0.48%) Progress
14 3 (0.48%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.48%) Splunk
14 3 (0.48%) Zscaler
212 Sprint Planning jobs in England