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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 321 392
Rank change year-on-year +94 +71 +11
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 367 168 152
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 0.62% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.70% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 96 88
10th Percentile £354 £404 £285
25th Percentile £413 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.11% -5.71%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £675 £659
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 5
10th Percentile £30.77 £65.25 £56.45
25th Percentile £44.50 £65.63 £64.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £67.02 £70.07
Median % change year-on-year -17.93% -4.35% +3.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.89 £77.50
90th Percentile £89.85 £68.40 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £67.26 £70.07
% change year-on-year -18.23% -4.01% +3.81%

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 27,721 24,092 31,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.34% 88.95% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,678 14,798 21,336
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.43% -2.16%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,740 781 1,437
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -23.60% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +22.16%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +85 194 £513 -10.87% 37
North of England -9 60 £424 +0.83% 45
Midlands -8 43 £463 -17.78% 34
West Midlands -13 32 £477 -15.29% 13
Yorkshire -33 31 £485 +15.48% 20
South East -15 30 £525 -8.70% 70
North West -13 20 £377 -0.82% 18
South West +2 18 £563 -5.86% 37
East Midlands -12 11 £358 - 21
East of England -18 9 £460 -23.33% 31
North East - 9 £525 - 7
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 63 (17.17%) Confluence
2 14 (3.81%) SAS
3 11 (3.00%) CMS
4 6 (1.63%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.36%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.36%) Appian
6 3 (0.82%) Apache
6 3 (0.82%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.82%) WordPress
7 2 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.54%) Documentum
7 2 (0.54%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.54%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.54%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.27%) Drupal
8 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 9 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.82%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.82%) Sketch
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.54%) Trello
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.54%) Maximo
3 2 (0.54%) Primavera
3 2 (0.54%) Workfront
4 1 (0.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 94 (25.61%) Azure
2 64 (17.44%) AWS
3 42 (11.44%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (10.35%) GitHub
5 25 (6.81%) GCP
6 24 (6.54%) Power Platform
7 23 (6.27%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (6.27%) OpenShift
7 23 (6.27%) Serverless
8 19 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.81%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.27%) Figma
10 12 (3.27%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.27%) SaaS
11 11 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.45%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (2.45%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.91%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.82%) HTTP
2 2 (0.54%) Network Security
2 2 (0.54%) SMS
2 2 (0.54%) SSL
2 2 (0.54%) VPN
3 1 (0.27%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.90%) Power BI
2 14 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.72%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.91%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.91%) Tableau
6 6 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.36%) Metadata
7 5 (1.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.09%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.09%) MySQL
9 3 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.82%) Big Data
9 3 (0.82%) DB2
9 3 (0.82%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.82%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.54%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 112 (30.52%) JIRA
2 46 (12.53%) Jenkins
3 39 (10.63%) Git
4 34 (9.26%) GitLab
5 32 (8.72%) Selenium
6 22 (5.99%) Cucumber
7 21 (5.72%) JUnit
8 19 (5.18%) SonarQube
9 18 (4.90%) Postman
10 7 (1.91%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.91%) webpack
11 6 (1.63%) TestRail
11 6 (1.63%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.36%) Robot Framework
12 5 (1.36%) TestNG
13 4 (1.09%) Babel
13 4 (1.09%) REST Assured
13 4 (1.09%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.82%) Snyk
14 3 (0.82%) Storybook
General
1 184 (50.14%) Social Skills
2 84 (22.89%) Finance
3 58 (15.80%) Public Sector
4 53 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (10.08%) Banking
6 17 (4.63%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.36%) Marketing
8 14 (3.81%) Front Office
9 13 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.36%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.36%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.09%) Legal
13 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Law
15 2 (0.54%) Electronics
15 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.54%) Military
15 2 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (20.71%) Developer
2 48 (13.08%) Analyst
3 40 (10.90%) Business Analyst
3 40 (10.90%) Product Owner
4 32 (8.72%) Scrum Master
5 31 (8.45%) Senior
6 30 (8.17%) Lead
7 16 (4.36%) Java Developer
8 14 (3.81%) Test Specialist
9 13 (3.54%) Architect
9 13 (3.54%) Project Manager
10 10 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (2.72%) Tester
11 9 (2.45%) Software Engineer
12 8 (2.18%) Product Manager
12 8 (2.18%) Senior Developer
13 7 (1.91%) Designer
13 7 (1.91%) QA Engineer
13 7 (1.91%) Senior Manager
13 7 (1.91%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (12.26%) REST
2 36 (9.81%) React
3 28 (7.63%) RESTful
4 22 (5.99%) CSS
5 21 (5.72%) AngularJS
6 20 (5.45%) HTML
7 18 (4.90%) JSON
8 16 (4.36%) Node.js
9 15 (4.09%) pytest
10 13 (3.54%) XML
11 10 (2.72%) .NET
11 10 (2.72%) Gherkin
11 10 (2.72%) SOAP
12 9 (2.45%) Spring
12 9 (2.45%) Vue
13 8 (2.18%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (2.18%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (2.18%) HTML5
13 8 (2.18%) Next.js
13 8 (2.18%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 121 (32.97%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.63%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.54%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.54%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.72%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.63%) NHS
9 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.36%) PMI
10 4 (1.09%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.09%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.09%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.82%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.82%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.45%) Unix
2 8 (2.18%) Windows
3 7 (1.91%) Linux
4 2 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.27%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (90.74%) Agile
2 185 (50.41%) Scrum
3 172 (46.87%) Sprint Retrospective
4 120 (32.70%) DevOps
5 109 (29.70%) CI/CD
6 104 (28.34%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (27.79%) Sprint Review
8 93 (25.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 90 (24.52%) User Stories
10 88 (23.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 88 (23.98%) Test Automation
11 79 (21.53%) Backlog Refinement
11 79 (21.53%) Roadmaps
12 59 (16.08%) Analytics
12 59 (16.08%) Kanban
13 58 (15.80%) Backlog Management
14 54 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 52 (14.17%) User Experience
16 50 (13.62%) Acceptance Criteria
17 48 (13.08%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 68 (18.53%) Python
2 54 (14.71%) JavaScript
3 51 (13.90%) Java
4 39 (10.63%) SQL
5 28 (7.63%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.72%) C#
7 7 (1.91%) Go
8 6 (1.63%) Bicep
9 5 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.09%) Bash
11 3 (0.82%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.82%) PHP
11 3 (0.82%) Ruby
11 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.82%) XPath
12 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.27%) C++
13 1 (0.27%) Cypher
13 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (24.52%) Security Cleared
2 75 (20.44%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.90%) Degree
4 10 (2.72%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.18%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.18%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.36%) CBAP
7 5 (1.36%) CSPO
7 5 (1.36%) PMP
8 4 (1.09%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.82%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.82%) GPEN
9 3 (0.82%) IIBA
9 3 (0.82%) ISEB
9 3 (0.82%) OSCP
10 2 (0.54%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.54%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (17.71%) QA
2 30 (8.17%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.81%) GDPR
4 11 (3.00%) WCAG
5 9 (2.45%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.36%) GRC
7 4 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.09%) PSD2
8 3 (0.82%) HL7
8 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.82%) NIST
9 2 (0.54%) NCSC
9 2 (0.54%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) Basel III
10 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.27%) MiFID
10 1 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (14.99%) Docker
2 4 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 52 (14.17%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.81%) Terraform
3 17 (4.63%) Ansible
4 10 (2.72%) Argo
4 10 (2.72%) Grafana
5 6 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.54%) Istio
7 2 (0.54%) Kibana
8 1 (0.27%) CASB
8 1 (0.27%) linkerd
8 1 (0.27%) Nagios
8 1 (0.27%) Puppet
8 1 (0.27%) Rancher
Vendors
1 52 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.27%) Salesforce
3 13 (3.54%) Databricks
4 11 (3.00%) Oracle
4 11 (3.00%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.18%) Adobe
5 8 (2.18%) Cisco
5 8 (2.18%) Google
6 7 (1.91%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.36%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.36%) Splunk
7 5 (1.36%) Veracode
8 4 (1.09%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.09%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.09%) SAP
9 3 (0.82%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.82%) IBM
9 3 (0.82%) Progress
10 2 (0.54%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.54%) Snow