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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 325 409
Rank change year-on-year +91 +84 -3
Contract jobs citing Sprint Planning 381 164 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.13% 0.63% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.71% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 82 91
10th Percentile £352 £413 £310
25th Percentile £420 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £490
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +16.33% -5.77%
75th Percentile £575 £636 £575
90th Percentile £668 £700 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £490
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.35% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 4
10th Percentile £43.75 £65.13 £55.15
25th Percentile £50.94 £65.31 £61.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £66.25 £71.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% -7.67% +10.38%
75th Percentile £68.13 £67.81 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.01 £68.38 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £67.50 £71.75
% change year-on-year -18.52% -5.92% +10.38%

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 29,411 23,191 33,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.56% 89.73% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,824 14,242 22,230
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £411 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £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 1,845 729 1,976
10th Percentile £15.13 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £16.30
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +55 199 £510 -11.30% 35
North of England -18 62 £430 +1.18% 27
Midlands -23 46 £475 -15.56% 17
South East -11 34 £525 -8.70% 43
West Midlands -26 34 £486 -15.54% 11
North West +1 31 £388 -4.32% 16
South West -2 19 £525 -7.08% 24
Yorkshire -51 18 £500 +17.65% 4
North East +1 13 £500 -2.44% 7
East Midlands - 12 £348 - 6
East of England -11 8 £484 -15.83% 10
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 72 (18.90%) Confluence
2 15 (3.94%) SAS
3 12 (3.15%) CMS
4 5 (1.31%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.31%) Appian
5 4 (1.05%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.79%) Apache
6 3 (0.79%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.79%) WordPress
7 2 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.52%) Documentum
7 2 (0.52%) Drupal
7 2 (0.52%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.52%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.52%) nginx
8 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.26%) Mendix
Applications
1 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.57%) Adobe XD
3 6 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.79%) Sketch
5 3 (0.79%) Trello
6 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.26%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.52%) Finacle
3 2 (0.52%) Maximo
3 2 (0.52%) Primavera
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.98%) Azure
2 67 (17.59%) AWS
3 48 (12.60%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (8.66%) GitHub
5 27 (7.09%) OpenShift
6 22 (5.77%) Serverless
7 21 (5.51%) GCP
7 21 (5.51%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (5.51%) Power Platform
8 19 (4.99%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (4.20%) Figma
10 14 (3.67%) Amazon S3
11 12 (3.15%) SaaS
12 9 (2.36%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (1.84%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.79%) HTTP
1 3 (0.79%) Network Security
2 2 (0.52%) DNS
2 2 (0.52%) SMS
2 2 (0.52%) SSL
2 2 (0.52%) VPN
3 1 (0.26%) BIG-IP
3 1 (0.26%) DHCP
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.99%) Power BI
2 12 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.10%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.10%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.10%) Tableau
4 7 (1.84%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.57%) Metadata
5 6 (1.57%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 5 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.05%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.05%) MySQL
8 3 (0.79%) Big Data
8 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.79%) DB2
8 3 (0.79%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 121 (31.76%) JIRA
2 48 (12.60%) Jenkins
3 42 (11.02%) Git
3 42 (11.02%) GitLab
4 36 (9.45%) Selenium
5 22 (5.77%) Postman
5 22 (5.77%) SonarQube
6 20 (5.25%) Cucumber
7 18 (4.72%) JUnit
8 8 (2.10%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.10%) REST Assured
8 8 (2.10%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.84%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.57%) TestRail
10 6 (1.57%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.31%) Robot Framework
12 4 (1.05%) MLflow
12 4 (1.05%) webpack
13 3 (0.79%) Hudson
13 3 (0.79%) SpecFlow
General
1 185 (48.56%) Social Skills
2 89 (23.36%) Finance
3 63 (16.54%) Public Sector
4 59 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (9.45%) Banking
6 16 (4.20%) Front Office
6 16 (4.20%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.62%) Marketing
10 9 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.84%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.31%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.31%) Legal
13 3 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.79%) Law
13 3 (0.79%) Local Government
13 3 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (20.21%) Developer
2 49 (12.86%) Analyst
3 39 (10.24%) Business Analyst
4 38 (9.97%) Product Owner
5 36 (9.45%) Senior
6 32 (8.40%) Lead
6 32 (8.40%) Scrum Master
7 19 (4.99%) Java Developer
8 15 (3.94%) Project Manager
8 15 (3.94%) Test Specialist
8 15 (3.94%) Tester
9 14 (3.67%) Architect
10 13 (3.41%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (2.62%) Product Manager
12 9 (2.36%) Senior Manager
12 9 (2.36%) Software Engineer
13 8 (2.10%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (2.10%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.10%) Test Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.60%) REST
2 35 (9.19%) React
3 27 (7.09%) AngularJS
4 26 (6.82%) RESTful
5 23 (6.04%) CSS
6 22 (5.77%) JSON
7 20 (5.25%) HTML
8 17 (4.46%) pytest
9 15 (3.94%) Node.js
10 14 (3.67%) Playwright
10 14 (3.67%) XML
11 11 (2.89%) SOAP
12 10 (2.62%) Gherkin
12 10 (2.62%) Spring
12 10 (2.62%) Spring Boot
13 9 (2.36%) HTML5
13 9 (2.36%) Quarkus
13 9 (2.36%) Vue
14 8 (2.10%) FIX Protocol
14 8 (2.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 128 (33.60%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.51%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.67%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.41%) Virtual Team
5 11 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.36%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.10%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.57%) NHS
10 6 (1.57%) PMI
11 5 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.36%) Unix
2 8 (2.10%) Windows
3 7 (1.84%) Linux
4 4 (1.05%) VMS
5 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (91.60%) Agile
2 197 (51.71%) Scrum
3 184 (48.29%) Sprint Retrospective
4 120 (31.50%) CI/CD
5 119 (31.23%) DevOps
6 105 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (27.03%) Sprint Review
8 102 (26.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 94 (24.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 93 (24.41%) User Stories
11 89 (23.36%) Test Automation
12 82 (21.52%) Roadmaps
13 79 (20.73%) Backlog Refinement
14 63 (16.54%) Acceptance Criteria
15 61 (16.01%) Analytics
16 57 (14.96%) Backlog Management
16 57 (14.96%) Kanban
17 54 (14.17%) User Experience
18 48 (12.60%) Backlog Prioritisation
18 48 (12.60%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 80 (21.00%) Python
2 59 (15.49%) JavaScript
3 56 (14.70%) Java
4 44 (11.55%) SQL
5 31 (8.14%) TypeScript
6 25 (6.56%) C#
7 7 (1.84%) Go
8 6 (1.57%) Bicep
8 6 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.79%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.79%) PHP
9 3 (0.79%) Ruby
9 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.79%) XPath
10 2 (0.52%) Bash
10 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) R
11 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (27.56%) Security Cleared
2 88 (23.10%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.40%) Degree
4 12 (3.15%) Master's Degree
5 11 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.62%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.57%) CBAP
9 5 (1.31%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.31%) PMP
10 4 (1.05%) IIBA
10 4 (1.05%) ISEB
11 3 (0.79%) CSPO
11 3 (0.79%) GPEN
11 3 (0.79%) OSCP
12 2 (0.52%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.52%) OSCE
12 2 (0.52%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (18.11%) QA
2 35 (9.19%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.41%) GDPR
4 12 (3.15%) WCAG
5 10 (2.62%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.05%) GRC
6 4 (1.05%) PSD2
7 3 (0.79%) HL7
7 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.52%) NCSC
8 2 (0.52%) NIST
8 2 (0.52%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) Basel III
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.26%) SEPA
9 1 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (14.44%) Docker
2 4 (1.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 59 (15.49%) Kubernetes
2 23 (6.04%) Terraform
3 17 (4.46%) Ansible
4 15 (3.94%) Argo
5 10 (2.62%) Grafana
6 7 (1.84%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.79%) Kibana
8 3 (0.79%) Nagios
9 1 (0.26%) CASB
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
9 1 (0.26%) Puppet
9 1 (0.26%) Rancher
Vendors
1 43 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.61%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.46%) Databricks
4 15 (3.94%) Oracle
5 11 (2.89%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.62%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.36%) Adobe
8 8 (2.10%) Cisco
9 7 (1.84%) Google
10 6 (1.57%) Guidewire
10 6 (1.57%) SAP
10 6 (1.57%) Veracode
11 5 (1.31%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.31%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.31%) Splunk
12 3 (0.79%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.79%) IBM
12 3 (0.79%) Progress
13 2 (0.52%) DocuSign