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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 291 399
Rank change year-on-year +94 +108 -26
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 513 201 143
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.27% 0.82% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 0.90% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 121 91
10th Percentile £363 £400 £260
25th Percentile £425 £450 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £559
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £507 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -1.12% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 5 2
10th Percentile £55.00 - £52.63
25th Percentile £62.50 £50.00 £54.69
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -6.38% -2.08%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £62.19
90th Percentile - £67.25 £63.88
UK median hourly rate £69.25 £60.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year +15.42% +2.13% -2.08%

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 34,330 22,247 32,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 91.17% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,953 14,553 21,080
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,133 913 2,254
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.67 £12.94
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.97 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -2.53%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +46 247 £518 -1.43% 75
North of England +12 97 £447 -11.80% 35
Midlands -25 58 £492 -10.50% 19
South East -29 58 £550 +8.64% 44
West Midlands -26 46 £493 -12.44% 11
North West -10 41 £384 -25.12% 15
North East +8 30 £550 +6.02% 11
Yorkshire -27 29 £500 +17.65% 9
South West -13 26 £525 -3.67% 12
East of England -17 18 £475 +18.75% 14
East Midlands -25 12 £413 -38.89% 8
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 85 (16.57%) Confluence
2 16 (3.12%) CMS
3 8 (1.56%) SAS
4 6 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.97%) Apache
6 3 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.39%) Drupal
7 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.39%) nginx
7 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.19%) Mendix
8 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.19%) Traefik
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.36%) Trello
3 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.78%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Mingle
6 1 (0.19%) Notion
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.39%) Finacle
3 2 (0.39%) Magento
3 2 (0.39%) Maximo
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Utilities
4 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Primavera
4 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (28.85%) Azure
2 104 (20.27%) AWS
3 65 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (6.63%) OpenShift
5 27 (5.26%) GCP
5 27 (5.26%) GitHub
5 27 (5.26%) Serverless
6 23 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (4.29%) Power Platform
8 20 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (3.70%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.12%) Azure AKS
11 14 (2.73%) Entra ID
12 13 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (2.34%) Figma
14 10 (1.95%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (1.56%) Power Automate
15 8 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.97%) Network Security
2 3 (0.58%) Firewall
2 3 (0.58%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.39%) DNS
3 2 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.39%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.19%) DHCP
4 1 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.19%) SONET
4 1 (0.19%) SSL
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.70%) Power BI
2 14 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.53%) Metadata
4 9 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.56%) Big Data
5 8 (1.56%) Tableau
6 7 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.97%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.97%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.78%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.58%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.39%) Redis
10 2 (0.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 170 (33.14%) JIRA
2 68 (13.26%) Git
3 56 (10.92%) Jenkins
4 35 (6.82%) SonarQube
5 34 (6.63%) Postman
6 27 (5.26%) GitLab
7 23 (4.48%) Selenium
8 15 (2.92%) Cucumber
9 13 (2.53%) JUnit
10 10 (1.95%) REST Assured
10 10 (1.95%) WebDriver
11 8 (1.56%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.36%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.97%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.78%) MLflow
14 4 (0.78%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.78%) Storybook
14 4 (0.78%) TestRail
14 4 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 220 (42.88%) Social Skills
2 104 (20.27%) Finance
3 79 (15.40%) Public Sector
4 71 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.02%) Banking
6 22 (4.29%) Marketing
7 20 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.51%) Retail
9 13 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.34%) Front Office
11 11 (2.14%) Retail Banking
12 10 (1.95%) Legal
13 9 (1.75%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.36%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
16 5 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.78%) Back Office
17 4 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (19.69%) Developer
2 64 (12.48%) Analyst
3 63 (12.28%) Senior
4 58 (11.31%) Scrum Master
5 45 (8.77%) Business Analyst
6 44 (8.58%) Lead
7 41 (7.99%) Product Owner
8 37 (7.21%) Delivery Manager
9 32 (6.24%) Java Developer
10 27 (5.26%) Project Manager
11 24 (4.68%) Senior Manager
12 22 (4.29%) Software Engineer
13 20 (3.90%) Architect
14 19 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (2.92%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 15 (2.92%) Java Engineer
15 15 (2.92%) Product Manager
16 14 (2.73%) Tester
17 13 (2.53%) Technical Analyst
18 12 (2.34%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.55%) REST
2 45 (8.77%) AngularJS
3 42 (8.19%) React
4 35 (6.82%) RESTful
5 25 (4.87%) Quarkus
6 18 (3.51%) Node.js
7 17 (3.31%) CSS
7 17 (3.31%) JSON
8 16 (3.12%) Spring
9 15 (2.92%) Playwright
10 14 (2.73%) HTML
11 13 (2.53%) Spring Boot
12 12 (2.34%) .NET
13 11 (2.14%) SOAP
14 10 (1.95%) Kafka
15 9 (1.75%) CSS3
15 9 (1.75%) HTML5
15 9 (1.75%) pytest
15 9 (1.75%) Web Services
15 9 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 181 (35.28%) Product Ownership
2 46 (8.97%) Cloud Native
3 15 (2.92%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.75%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.75%) NHS
8 9 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.56%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.17%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.17%) Distributed Applications
11 6 (1.17%) PMI
12 5 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.97%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.75%) Unix
2 6 (1.17%) Linux
3 4 (0.78%) VMS
3 4 (0.78%) Windows
4 2 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (92.40%) Agile
2 260 (50.68%) Scrum
3 235 (45.81%) Sprint Retrospective
4 164 (31.97%) DevOps
5 152 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 146 (28.46%) CI/CD
7 144 (28.07%) Sprint Review
8 129 (25.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 121 (23.59%) User Stories
10 113 (22.03%) Backlog Refinement
11 111 (21.64%) Test Automation
12 104 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
13 97 (18.91%) Roadmaps
14 88 (17.15%) Acceptance Criteria
15 87 (16.96%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 79 (15.40%) Backlog Management
17 74 (14.42%) Software Engineering
18 73 (14.23%) Kanban
18 73 (14.23%) SDLC
19 68 (13.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 89 (17.35%) Java
2 71 (13.84%) Python
3 51 (9.94%) JavaScript
4 50 (9.75%) SQL
5 32 (6.24%) C#
5 32 (6.24%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.36%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.17%) Go
8 5 (0.97%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.78%) Bicep
9 4 (0.78%) C++
9 4 (0.78%) Groovy
10 3 (0.58%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.58%) XPath
11 2 (0.39%) Bash
11 2 (0.39%) Korn
11 2 (0.39%) Ruby
11 2 (0.39%) SOQL
11 2 (0.39%) SOSL
12 1 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 148 (28.85%) Security Cleared
2 123 (23.98%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.41%) Degree
4 19 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (3.12%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.53%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.34%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.34%) PMP
9 6 (1.17%) CBAP
9 6 (1.17%) IIBA
10 4 (0.78%) CISM
10 4 (0.78%) CISSP
10 4 (0.78%) ISEB
10 4 (0.78%) SAFe Agilist
11 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.39%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.39%) GPEN
12 2 (0.39%) OSCE
12 2 (0.39%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (20.08%) QA
2 34 (6.63%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.68%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.75%) GDPR
5 7 (1.36%) NIST
6 6 (1.17%) SLA
6 6 (1.17%) WCAG
7 5 (0.97%) GRC
7 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.78%) GxP
8 4 (0.78%) PMO
8 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.39%) HL7
9 2 (0.39%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 46 (8.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Ceph
3 1 (0.19%) HDFS
3 1 (0.19%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.19%) Squid
3 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.19%) Varnish
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 78 (15.20%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.99%) Terraform
3 32 (6.24%) Argo
4 16 (3.12%) Ansible
5 12 (2.34%) Grafana
6 10 (1.95%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.78%) Nagios
8 3 (0.58%) Istio
8 3 (0.58%) Puppet
9 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.19%) CASB
10 1 (0.19%) Kibana
10 1 (0.19%) Rancher
10 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 32 (6.24%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.85%) ServiceNow
3 23 (4.48%) Red Hat
4 22 (4.29%) Salesforce
5 17 (3.31%) Databricks
6 14 (2.73%) SAP
7 12 (2.34%) Oracle
8 11 (2.14%) ForgeRock
8 11 (2.14%) Okta
9 10 (1.95%) Adobe
10 6 (1.17%) Google
10 6 (1.17%) Guidewire
10 6 (1.17%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.78%) VMware
12 3 (0.58%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.58%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.58%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.39%) OutSystems
13 2 (0.39%) Splunk
13 2 (0.39%) Talend