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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 234 351
Rank change year-on-year +20 +117 +34
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 613 322 181
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.33% 1.15% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.27% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 234 117
10th Percentile £365 £350 £354
25th Percentile £450 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -1.22%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £595
90th Percentile £714 £693 £671
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.25% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 2
10th Percentile £55.00 £43.65 £57.33
25th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 £58.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £62.26
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -19.69% -10.14%
75th Percentile - £55.00 £64.95
90th Percentile £71.13 £56.00 £66.19
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £62.26
% change year-on-year +40.00% -19.69% -10.14%

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 39,045 25,398 28,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.94% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,601 16,100 17,122
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £643
90th Percentile £738 £730 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,948 1,574 1,187
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -39.40% -2.35%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +14 306 £550 +5.77% 257
Midlands +21 104 £474 +20.32% 47
West Midlands +28 100 £473 +11.18% 22
North of England -36 90 £498 +13.84% 99
South East -10 82 £525 - 70
Yorkshire -18 41 £500 +3.63% 32
North East -6 36 £350 -34.88% 19
South West -22 22 £508 -4.47% 38
East of England -13 18 £460 - 17
North West -55 16 £448 +7.19% 48
East Midlands -21 3 £448 +23.59% 25
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
1 127 (20.72%) Confluence
2 16 (2.61%) CMS
3 13 (2.12%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.79%) Apache
6 7 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.82%) Documentum
8 4 (0.65%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.49%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.16%) Camunda
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Mendix
10 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.98%) Notion
4 5 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.82%) Trello
5 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.33%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.33%) Productboard
7 1 (0.16%) Simulink
7 1 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 9 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.65%) Magento
5 3 (0.49%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.33%) Primavera
6 2 (0.33%) Workfront
7 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.16%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.16%) Shopify
7 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 192 (31.32%) Azure
2 112 (18.27%) AWS
3 104 (16.97%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (7.67%) Power Platform
5 43 (7.01%) GitHub
6 33 (5.38%) GCP
6 33 (5.38%) OpenShift
7 32 (5.22%) Serverless
8 23 (3.75%) Amazon S3
9 22 (3.59%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (3.43%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (3.43%) PowerApps
11 20 (3.26%) Power Automate
12 19 (3.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (2.61%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (2.28%) Entra ID
14 14 (2.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.49%) Broadband
2 3 (0.49%) Firewall
3 2 (0.33%) SAN
3 2 (0.33%) WAN
3 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.16%) 4G
4 1 (0.16%) 5G
4 1 (0.16%) Intranet
4 1 (0.16%) IPv4
4 1 (0.16%) IPv6
4 1 (0.16%) Network Security
4 1 (0.16%) NFC
4 1 (0.16%) NGFW
4 1 (0.16%) PPP
4 1 (0.16%) SONET
4 1 (0.16%) UPnP
4 1 (0.16%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) Wireless
4 1 (0.16%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.24%) Power BI
2 24 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (3.10%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.12%) Metadata
6 10 (1.63%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.14%) Big Data
8 7 (1.14%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.98%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.82%) Ataccama
10 5 (0.82%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.82%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.65%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.49%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.49%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.49%) Redis
12 3 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 212 (34.58%) JIRA
2 70 (11.42%) Git
3 52 (8.48%) Jenkins
4 41 (6.69%) SonarQube
5 20 (3.26%) Postman
6 14 (2.28%) GitLab
6 14 (2.28%) Maven
7 13 (2.12%) JUnit
8 11 (1.79%) Mockito
9 8 (1.31%) Selenium
10 7 (1.14%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.98%) JMeter
12 5 (0.82%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.65%) Gradle
13 4 (0.65%) Subversion
14 3 (0.49%) Protractor
14 3 (0.49%) WebDriver
15 2 (0.33%) Charles Proxy
15 2 (0.33%) git-flow
15 2 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 287 (46.82%) Social Skills
2 140 (22.84%) Finance
3 128 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (17.78%) Public Sector
5 60 (9.79%) Banking
6 42 (6.85%) Retail
7 30 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.57%) Marketing
9 26 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.96%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.96%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.79%) Front Office
12 11 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.63%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.14%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.14%) Billing
15 7 (1.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 122 (19.90%) Developer
2 95 (15.50%) Senior
3 82 (13.38%) Analyst
4 73 (11.91%) Scrum Master
5 71 (11.58%) Lead
6 58 (9.46%) Delivery Manager
7 55 (8.97%) Business Analyst
8 50 (8.16%) Product Owner
9 45 (7.34%) Java Developer
10 43 (7.01%) Project Manager
11 30 (4.89%) Product Manager
12 28 (4.57%) Senior Developer
13 24 (3.92%) Architect
13 24 (3.92%) Senior Manager
14 20 (3.26%) Technical Manager
15 18 (2.94%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 18 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
16 17 (2.77%) Data Engineer
16 17 (2.77%) Technical Leader
17 15 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (12.40%) REST
2 48 (7.83%) AngularJS
3 44 (7.18%) RESTful
4 36 (5.87%) Terraform
5 35 (5.71%) Spring
5 35 (5.71%) Spring Boot
6 29 (4.73%) .NET
7 28 (4.57%) Quarkus
8 24 (3.92%) JSON
8 24 (3.92%) SOAP
9 21 (3.43%) Web Services
10 19 (3.10%) React
11 18 (2.94%) HTML
12 17 (2.77%) Kafka
13 16 (2.61%) Node.js
14 14 (2.28%) Hibernate
15 13 (2.12%) Lightning Web Components
16 12 (1.96%) PySpark
17 11 (1.79%) CSS
17 11 (1.79%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 251 (40.95%) Product Ownership
2 68 (11.09%) Cloud Native
3 26 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.10%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.79%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.47%) NHS
11 8 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.31%) Life Science
11 8 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.98%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.98%) FMCG
12 6 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.98%) Market Risk
12 6 (0.98%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.12%) Windows
2 10 (1.63%) Linux
3 4 (0.65%) Android
4 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.33%) Unix
4 2 (0.33%) VMS
4 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (94.62%) Agile
2 331 (54.00%) Scrum
3 236 (38.50%) Sprint Retrospective
4 228 (37.19%) DevOps
5 223 (36.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 222 (36.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 200 (32.63%) Backlog Refinement
8 181 (29.53%) User Stories
9 179 (29.20%) CI/CD
10 163 (26.59%) Sprint Review
11 140 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
12 124 (20.23%) Test Automation
13 119 (19.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 118 (19.25%) Acceptance Criteria
15 110 (17.94%) Backlog Management
15 110 (17.94%) Roadmaps
16 109 (17.78%) Software Engineering
17 107 (17.46%) Kanban
18 102 (16.64%) SDLC
19 91 (14.85%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 96 (15.66%) Java
2 79 (12.89%) SQL
3 54 (8.81%) Python
4 50 (8.16%) JavaScript
5 38 (6.20%) C#
6 27 (4.40%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.96%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.82%) Bicep
8 5 (0.82%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.33%) Groovy
9 2 (0.33%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.33%) R
10 1 (0.16%) ABAP
10 1 (0.16%) Bash
10 1 (0.16%) C
10 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.16%) Korn
10 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 196 (31.97%) Security Cleared
2 161 (26.26%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.20%) Degree
4 30 (4.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.75%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.45%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.79%) PMP
9 7 (1.14%) CSPO
10 6 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.65%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.65%) SAFe Agilist
12 3 (0.49%) CAPM
12 3 (0.49%) IIBA
12 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (19.41%) QA
2 37 (6.04%) Accessibility
2 37 (6.04%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.96%) PMO
4 9 (1.47%) GRC
5 8 (1.31%) GDPR
6 7 (1.14%) WCAG
7 5 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.82%) GxP
8 3 (0.49%) SLA
9 1 (0.16%) Basel III
9 1 (0.16%) HL7
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) PERC
9 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 56 (9.14%) Docker
2 8 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 65 (10.60%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.73%) Argo
3 12 (1.96%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.79%) Grafana
5 4 (0.65%) Ansible
6 2 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.33%) Kibana
6 2 (0.33%) Packer
6 2 (0.33%) Puppet
7 1 (0.16%) Istio
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.38%) ServiceNow
3 31 (5.06%) Salesforce
4 30 (4.89%) Red Hat
5 26 (4.24%) Databricks
6 17 (2.77%) Oracle
6 17 (2.77%) SAP
7 10 (1.63%) Adobe
8 9 (1.47%) Google
8 9 (1.47%) Okta
9 6 (0.98%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.98%) ForgeRock
9 6 (0.98%) Informatica
10 5 (0.82%) VMware
11 4 (0.65%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.65%) Splunk
11 4 (0.65%) UiPath
12 3 (0.49%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.49%) Pega
12 3 (0.49%) Zscaler
534 Sprint Planning jobs in England