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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 344 349
Rank change year-on-year +116 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 326 186 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.17% 0.56% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 0.66% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 120 172
10th Percentile £348 £356 £375
25th Percentile £405 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £588 £610 £600
90th Percentile £689 £672 £662
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 14
10th Percentile £43.65 £58.00 £52.08
25th Percentile £48.75 £60.63 £54.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £69.29
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -6.18% +6.59%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.01 £75.65
90th Percentile £56.00 £66.62 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £69.29
% change year-on-year -23.08% -6.18% +6.59%

All Process and 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 25,260 28,349 37,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.90% 86.08% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,060 17,666 25,846
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £405 £420 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,499 1,306 1,419
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +48.28%

Sprint Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Sprint Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Sprint Planning 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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 +83 168 £515 -4.63% 103
North of England +10 60 £434 +2.00% 33
South East +38 41 £525 -9.48% 58
North West +7 32 £418 - 14
Midlands +2 29 £401 -27.09% 28
Yorkshire -12 24 £426 -2.57% 9
West Midlands -3 15 £450 -18.92% 18
East Midlands +9 14 £363 -5.84% 8
East of England +7 8 £460 -23.33% 7
South West +31 7 £531 - 13
North East -2 4 £538 +31.10% 10
Sprint Planning
UK

Sprint Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (14.11%) Confluence
2 11 (3.37%) CMS
3 8 (2.45%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.92%) Apache
5 3 (0.92%) Appian
5 3 (0.92%) WordPress
6 2 (0.61%) Documentum
6 2 (0.61%) Drupal
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.31%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.76%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.53%) Trello
6 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.61%) Workfront
4 1 (0.31%) Endur
4 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 84 (25.77%) Azure
2 48 (14.72%) AWS
3 35 (10.74%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (10.74%) GitHub
4 21 (6.44%) GCP
4 21 (6.44%) Power Platform
5 17 (5.21%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (3.68%) Serverless
7 9 (2.76%) SaaS
8 8 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (2.45%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (2.15%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.84%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.84%) Miro
11 5 (1.53%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.53%) DNS
1 5 (1.53%) HTTP
2 4 (1.23%) SSL
3 3 (0.92%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.61%) Firewall
4 2 (0.61%) VPN
5 1 (0.31%) LAN
5 1 (0.31%) Modbus
5 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (3.37%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.37%) Power BI
3 10 (3.07%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.45%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.84%) Big Data
6 5 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.53%) Delta Lake
6 5 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.23%) DB2
7 4 (1.23%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.23%) MySQL
8 3 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.92%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.61%) Metadata
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 103 (31.60%) JIRA
2 41 (12.58%) Git
3 33 (10.12%) Jenkins
4 24 (7.36%) Cucumber
5 22 (6.75%) Postman
6 20 (6.13%) GitLab
6 20 (6.13%) Selenium
7 10 (3.07%) JUnit
7 10 (3.07%) webpack
8 7 (2.15%) WebDriver
9 6 (1.84%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.84%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.53%) Babel
10 5 (1.53%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.53%) JMeter
10 5 (1.53%) TestNG
10 5 (1.53%) Vite
11 4 (1.23%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.23%) REST Assured
11 4 (1.23%) TeamCity
General
1 139 (42.64%) Social Skills
2 67 (20.55%) Finance
3 46 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.12%) Banking
5 25 (7.67%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.44%) Marketing
7 9 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.84%) Automotive
9 6 (1.84%) Front Office
10 5 (1.53%) Back Office
10 5 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.23%) Retail
12 3 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.61%) Games
13 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.31%) Legal
14 1 (0.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 62 (19.02%) Developer
2 51 (15.64%) Analyst
3 44 (13.50%) Scrum Master
4 36 (11.04%) Business Analyst
5 30 (9.20%) Lead
5 30 (9.20%) Product Owner
6 25 (7.67%) Senior
7 13 (3.99%) Project Manager
8 11 (3.37%) Java Developer
8 11 (3.37%) Software Developer
8 11 (3.37%) Test Engineer
9 9 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (2.45%) Data Business Analyst
10 8 (2.45%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (2.45%) QA Engineer
11 7 (2.15%) Applications Developer
11 7 (2.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 7 (2.15%) Power Apps Developer
11 7 (2.15%) Senior Developer
11 7 (2.15%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (13.80%) REST
2 35 (10.74%) RESTful
3 34 (10.43%) React
4 27 (8.28%) CSS
5 26 (7.98%) HTML
6 16 (4.91%) AngularJS
6 16 (4.91%) Node.js
7 14 (4.29%) HTML5
7 14 (4.29%) Spring
7 14 (4.29%) Spring Boot
8 13 (3.99%) .NET
8 13 (3.99%) Next.js
9 11 (3.37%) Web Services
10 10 (3.07%) Kafka
10 10 (3.07%) SOAP
10 10 (3.07%) Vue
11 9 (2.76%) Jest
12 8 (2.45%) CSS3
12 8 (2.45%) JSON
13 7 (2.15%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 103 (31.60%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.60%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.76%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.15%) Marketing Technology
8 6 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.53%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.23%) PMI
10 4 (1.23%) SCADA
10 4 (1.23%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.92%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.92%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.53%) Windows
2 2 (0.61%) Linux
2 2 (0.61%) Unix
2 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.31%) VMS
3 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (89.26%) Agile
2 168 (51.53%) Scrum
3 151 (46.32%) Sprint Retrospective
4 95 (29.14%) DevOps
5 87 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (25.15%) CI/CD
7 79 (24.23%) User Stories
8 77 (23.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (22.70%) Sprint Review
10 70 (21.47%) Backlog Refinement
11 61 (18.71%) Test Automation
12 48 (14.72%) Acceptance Criteria
13 46 (14.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 45 (13.80%) Backlog Management
15 42 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
16 41 (12.58%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 41 (12.58%) Product Backlog
16 41 (12.58%) SDLC
17 40 (12.27%) Microservices
18 39 (11.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.03%) Java
1 49 (15.03%) SQL
2 39 (11.96%) JavaScript
3 38 (11.66%) Python
4 21 (6.44%) TypeScript
5 14 (4.29%) C#
6 5 (1.53%) Bash
6 5 (1.53%) Bicep
7 4 (1.23%) PHP
8 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.92%) VBA
9 2 (0.61%) Korn
9 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.31%) C++
10 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.31%) Go
10 1 (0.31%) Scala
10 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (16.87%) Security Cleared
2 40 (12.27%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.59%) Degree
4 10 (3.07%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.15%) PMP
7 6 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.53%) CSPO
8 5 (1.53%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.92%) CISSP
11 1 (0.31%) CISA
11 1 (0.31%) CISM
11 1 (0.31%) ISEB
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.31%) OCA
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.31%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (21.78%) QA
2 22 (6.75%) Accessibility
3 15 (4.60%) GDPR
4 11 (3.37%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.15%) WCAG
6 6 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.53%) NIST
8 4 (1.23%) GRC
8 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.23%) PSD2
9 3 (0.92%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.61%) EMIR
10 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.61%) SEPA
11 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.31%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.31%) MiFID
11 1 (0.31%) RMADS
System Software
1 29 (8.90%) Docker
2 3 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (8.28%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.83%) Terraform
3 9 (2.76%) Ansible
3 9 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.61%) Grafana
4 2 (0.61%) Kibana
4 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.31%) Istio
5 1 (0.31%) linkerd
5 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.31%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.91%) Salesforce
3 13 (3.99%) Google
4 11 (3.37%) Oracle
5 9 (2.76%) Databricks
5 9 (2.76%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.84%) Cisco
7 5 (1.53%) Amplitude
8 4 (1.23%) Adobe
9 3 (0.92%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.92%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.92%) Progress
9 3 (0.92%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.92%) Veracode
10 2 (0.61%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.61%) Okta
10 2 (0.61%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.61%) Snow
10 2 (0.61%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.61%) Workday