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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 311 419
Rank change year-on-year +79 +108 -27
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 425 169 132
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.15% 0.69% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.76% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 95 81
10th Percentile £358 £400 £250
25th Percentile £424 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -4.85%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £550
90th Percentile £649 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 1
10th Percentile £51.25 £65.13 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £65.31 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +26.19% -19.23%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.75 £68.38 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -3.70% +28.57% -19.23%

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 31,848 22,266 32,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.46% 90.63% 86.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,386 14,474 21,796
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,978 815 2,152
10th Percentile £15.29 £15.18 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.79 £34.11 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% +4.95% -12.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +53 219 £520 -0.95% 125
North of England -14 69 £418 -19.42% 46
Midlands -9 59 £481 -10.90% 23
West Midlands -26 49 £490 -10.91% 10
South East -22 40 £525 +6.28% 75
North West +1 39 £388 -32.31% 13
South West -8 23 £525 -5.41% 28
Yorkshire -44 18 £500 +17.65% 16
North East -1 12 £513 -1.20% 17
East Midlands -22 10 £413 -8.33% 13
East of England -27 5 £475 +18.75% 36
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 74 (17.41%) Confluence
2 20 (4.71%) SAS
3 14 (3.29%) CMS
4 4 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.71%) WordPress
6 2 (0.47%) Apache
6 2 (0.47%) Appian
6 2 (0.47%) Drupal
6 2 (0.47%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.47%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Mendix
7 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Adobe XD
1 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.94%) Trello
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.71%) Sketch
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Mingle
5 1 (0.24%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.47%) Finacle
2 2 (0.47%) Maximo
2 2 (0.47%) Primavera
2 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 105 (24.71%) Azure
2 74 (17.41%) AWS
3 52 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (8.47%) OpenShift
5 29 (6.82%) GitHub
6 25 (5.88%) Serverless
7 24 (5.65%) GCP
7 24 (5.65%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (3.76%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.76%) Figma
10 11 (2.59%) Power Automate
10 11 (2.59%) SaaS
11 9 (2.12%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.88%) Azure AKS
12 8 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.88%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 7 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) Network Security
2 3 (0.71%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.47%) Firewall
3 2 (0.47%) HTTP
3 2 (0.47%) SMS
4 1 (0.24%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.24%) DHCP
4 1 (0.24%) DNS
4 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.71%) Power BI
2 15 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.35%) Metadata
4 8 (1.88%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.88%) Tableau
5 7 (1.65%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.41%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.18%) Big Data
7 5 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.94%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.94%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 132 (31.06%) JIRA
2 59 (13.88%) Jenkins
3 56 (13.18%) Git
4 42 (9.88%) GitLab
5 38 (8.94%) Selenium
6 27 (6.35%) JUnit
7 24 (5.65%) SonarQube
8 23 (5.41%) Postman
9 18 (4.24%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.35%) Cypress.io
10 10 (2.35%) WebDriver
11 9 (2.12%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.18%) TestRail
12 5 (1.18%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.94%) MLflow
13 4 (0.94%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.71%) Hudson
14 3 (0.71%) JMeter
14 3 (0.71%) Subversion
General
1 212 (49.88%) Social Skills
2 101 (23.76%) Finance
3 71 (16.71%) Public Sector
4 63 (14.82%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (8.47%) Banking
6 17 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.53%) Front Office
7 15 (3.53%) Marketing
8 14 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.06%) Retail
10 12 (2.82%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.35%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.65%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.41%) Legal
15 5 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
15 5 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.94%) Local Government
16 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (19.29%) Developer
2 55 (12.94%) Analyst
3 44 (10.35%) Scrum Master
4 43 (10.12%) Business Analyst
5 40 (9.41%) Product Owner
6 37 (8.71%) Senior
7 33 (7.76%) Lead
8 24 (5.65%) Java Developer
9 22 (5.18%) Project Manager
10 19 (4.47%) Test Specialist
11 17 (4.00%) Tester
12 15 (3.53%) Architect
12 15 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
13 13 (3.06%) Software Engineer
14 12 (2.82%) Product Manager
15 11 (2.59%) Test Automation Specialist
16 10 (2.35%) Senior Manager
16 10 (2.35%) Technical Analyst
17 8 (1.88%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.53%) REST
2 38 (8.94%) React
3 32 (7.53%) AngularJS
4 28 (6.59%) RESTful
5 22 (5.18%) pytest
6 17 (4.00%) CSS
7 16 (3.76%) JSON
7 16 (3.76%) Playwright
7 16 (3.76%) Spring
8 14 (3.29%) HTML
8 14 (3.29%) Node.js
8 14 (3.29%) Quarkus
9 13 (3.06%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.59%) XML
11 10 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (2.12%) CSS3
12 9 (2.12%) HTML5
12 9 (2.12%) SOAP
12 9 (2.12%) Web Services
13 8 (1.88%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 153 (36.00%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.06%) Algorithms
4 11 (2.59%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.88%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.65%) NHS
9 6 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.41%) PMI
10 5 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.18%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (0.94%) FMCG
11 4 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.12%) Unix
2 6 (1.41%) Linux
2 6 (1.41%) Windows
3 4 (0.94%) VMS
4 1 (0.24%) Android
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (92.47%) Agile
2 215 (50.59%) Scrum
3 199 (46.82%) Sprint Retrospective
4 129 (30.35%) DevOps
4 129 (30.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 124 (29.18%) CI/CD
6 121 (28.47%) Sprint Review
7 120 (28.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 107 (25.18%) User Stories
9 105 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
10 97 (22.82%) Test Automation
11 94 (22.12%) Roadmaps
12 90 (21.18%) Backlog Refinement
13 76 (17.88%) Acceptance Criteria
14 65 (15.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 64 (15.06%) Backlog Management
16 61 (14.35%) Analytics
16 61 (14.35%) Kanban
17 57 (13.41%) SDLC
18 52 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.35%) Python
2 64 (15.06%) Java
3 51 (12.00%) JavaScript
4 40 (9.41%) SQL
5 31 (7.29%) TypeScript
6 26 (6.12%) C#
7 6 (1.41%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.41%) Go
8 4 (0.94%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.71%) Bicep
9 3 (0.71%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.71%) Ruby
9 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.71%) XPath
10 2 (0.47%) Korn
10 2 (0.47%) SOQL
10 2 (0.47%) SOSL
11 1 (0.24%) C++
11 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 131 (30.82%) Security Cleared
2 114 (26.82%) SC Cleared
3 37 (8.71%) Degree
4 16 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.29%) Master's Degree
5 14 (3.29%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.35%) PMP
7 7 (1.65%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.41%) CBAP
8 6 (1.41%) IIBA
9 5 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.94%) ISEB
11 3 (0.71%) CISM
11 3 (0.71%) CISSP
11 3 (0.71%) SAFe Agilist
12 2 (0.47%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.47%) CSPO
12 2 (0.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (20.47%) QA
2 36 (8.47%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.35%) WCAG
5 6 (1.41%) GDPR
5 6 (1.41%) GRC
5 6 (1.41%) SLA
6 5 (1.18%) NIST
7 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.71%) GxP
8 3 (0.71%) HL7
8 3 (0.71%) PMO
8 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.47%) NCSC
10 1 (0.24%) Basel III
10 1 (0.24%) GMP
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 52 (12.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) HDFS
3 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 71 (16.71%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.18%) Terraform
3 20 (4.71%) Argo
4 14 (3.29%) Ansible
5 13 (3.06%) Grafana
6 10 (2.35%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.71%) Kibana
7 3 (0.71%) Nagios
8 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) CASB
9 1 (0.24%) Istio
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) Rancher
Vendors
1 33 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.65%) Salesforce
3 16 (3.76%) Databricks
4 15 (3.53%) Oracle
5 14 (3.29%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.59%) Adobe
8 10 (2.35%) SAP
9 6 (1.41%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.18%) Google
10 5 (1.18%) Okta
10 5 (1.18%) Splunk
11 4 (0.94%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.94%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.71%) Cisco
12 3 (0.71%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.71%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.71%) Veracode
13 2 (0.47%) VMware