User Story
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Stories skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Stories over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 196 117
Rank change year-on-year -85 -79 +71
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 1,033 1,883 5,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.91% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 2.00% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 737 1,123 2,303
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £39,416
25th Percentile £47,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +0.84% +8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Stories is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Stories.

Salary trend for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -86 877 £57,965 -3.39% 271
UK excluding London -87 638 £55,000 - 172
Work from Home -76 444 £57,965 +0.81% 137
London -66 318 £72,500 +7.41% 145
North of England -40 174 £52,500 -4.55% 36
South East -40 140 £60,000 - 54
Midlands -72 109 £44,000 -12.00% 30
North West -14 108 £50,000 -9.09% 18
South West -18 95 £55,000 +10.00% 25
West Midlands -42 78 £55,000 +10.00% 26
Scotland -50 60 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Yorkshire -10 53 £50,000 -3.16% 12
East of England -52 30 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East Midlands -29 28 £35,000 -36.36% 4
Wales -12 23 £50,000 +25.79% 6
North East -32 13 £57,965 +5.39% 6
Northern Ireland +27 11 £75,400 +43.62% 3

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 108 (10.45%) Confluence
2 35 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.87%) CMS
3 9 (0.87%) WordPress
4 8 (0.77%) IIS
4 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.58%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.48%) Headless CMS
6 5 (0.48%) Kentico
7 4 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.097%) nginx
Applications
1 36 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.32%) Sketch
3 23 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.94%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.16%) InVision
7 6 (0.58%) Trello
8 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.097%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 46 (4.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.29%) Magento
4 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 1 (0.097%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 215 (20.81%) Azure
2 118 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
3 109 (10.55%) Power Platform
4 95 (9.20%) AWS
5 83 (8.03%) Dynamics 365
6 57 (5.52%) SaaS
7 50 (4.84%) Serverless
8 42 (4.07%) PowerApps
9 35 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (3.10%) Power Automate
11 23 (2.23%) Azure Functions
11 23 (2.23%) GitHub
12 22 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (2.03%) Figma
14 17 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (1.16%) dbt
17 10 (0.97%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.55%) Broadband
2 13 (1.26%) Internet
3 10 (0.97%) WPA
4 6 (0.58%) Intranet
4 6 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.39%) VPN
6 3 (0.29%) HTTP
6 3 (0.29%) NaaS
6 3 (0.29%) SSL
6 3 (0.29%) WebEx
6 3 (0.29%) Wireless
7 2 (0.19%) DSL
7 2 (0.19%) Firewall
7 2 (0.19%) WAN
8 1 (0.097%) BGP
8 1 (0.097%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.097%) IPsec
8 1 (0.097%) LAN
8 1 (0.097%) MPLS
8 1 (0.097%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.07%) Power BI
2 51 (4.94%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.13%) Tableau
4 19 (1.84%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.74%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.36%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.68%) Big Data
10 7 (0.68%) Redis
11 6 (0.58%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
11 6 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.58%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.48%) Metadata
13 4 (0.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 225 (21.78%) JIRA
2 60 (5.81%) Git
3 37 (3.58%) Team Foundation Server
4 36 (3.48%) Visual Studio
5 24 (2.32%) Selenium
6 15 (1.45%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.16%) GitLab
8 11 (1.06%) Cypress.io
8 11 (1.06%) Postman
9 10 (0.97%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.97%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.77%) JMeter
10 8 (0.77%) MSBuild
10 8 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.77%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.48%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.48%) git-flow
11 5 (0.48%) MSTest
11 5 (0.48%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 307 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 241 (23.33%) Finance
3 168 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (10.45%) Marketing
5 89 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 65 (6.29%) Public Sector
7 64 (6.20%) Law
8 55 (5.32%) Retail
9 44 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (3.87%) Legal
12 36 (3.48%) Banking
13 12 (1.16%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 10 (0.97%) Investment Banking
16 9 (0.87%) Advertising
16 9 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.77%) Billing
18 7 (0.68%) Publishing
19 5 (0.48%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 352 (34.08%) Analyst
2 312 (30.20%) Business Analyst
3 211 (20.43%) Senior
4 130 (12.58%) Developer
5 119 (11.52%) Product Owner
6 93 (9.00%) Product Manager
7 89 (8.62%) Lead
8 55 (5.32%) Technical Analyst
9 53 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
10 52 (5.03%) Technical Business Analyst
11 49 (4.74%) Architect
11 49 (4.74%) Senior Developer
12 46 (4.45%) Designer
13 39 (3.78%) .NET Developer
14 38 (3.68%) Consultant
15 37 (3.58%) Senior Designer
16 36 (3.48%) Content Designer
16 36 (3.48%) Senior Business Analyst
17 34 (3.29%) Senior Content Designer
18 26 (2.52%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (10.07%) .NET
2 53 (5.13%) CSS
3 52 (5.03%) HTML
4 49 (4.74%) REST
5 47 (4.55%) React
6 45 (4.36%) ASP.NET
7 36 (3.48%) AngularJS
8 34 (3.29%) XML
9 29 (2.81%) .NET Core
9 29 (2.81%) JSON
10 25 (2.42%) .NET Framework
11 24 (2.32%) Node.js
12 18 (1.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 17 (1.65%) Gherkin
13 17 (1.65%) Vue
13 17 (1.65%) Web Services
14 16 (1.55%) ASP.NET MVC
15 14 (1.36%) HTML5
15 14 (1.36%) Kafka
16 12 (1.16%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 334 (32.33%) Product Ownership
2 42 (4.07%) Management Information System
3 36 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 31 (3.00%) NHS
5 25 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.23%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.74%) FMCG
9 17 (1.65%) Low-Code
10 16 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.97%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.97%) Derivative
14 10 (0.97%) Reinsurance
15 9 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (0.87%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.36%) Linux
2 18 (1.74%) Windows
3 14 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.16%) Android
5 5 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.29%) Unix
7 1 (0.097%) tvOS
7 1 (0.097%) VMS
7 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.097%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (69.60%) Agile
2 321 (31.07%) Roadmaps
3 308 (29.82%) Scrum
4 251 (24.30%) Acceptance Criteria
5 233 (22.56%) DevOps
6 223 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
7 194 (18.78%) Product Backlog
8 169 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
9 164 (15.88%) Business Analysis
10 151 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 150 (14.52%) User Experience
12 142 (13.75%) Mentoring
13 130 (12.58%) Epics
14 128 (12.39%) Project Management
15 121 (11.71%) Product Roadmap
16 119 (11.52%) CI/CD
17 116 (11.23%) Workshop Facilitation
18 108 (10.45%) Analytics
19 103 (9.97%) Backlog Management
20 100 (9.68%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 122 (11.81%) SQL
2 121 (11.71%) C#
3 102 (9.87%) JavaScript
4 62 (6.00%) Java
5 59 (5.71%) Python
6 42 (4.07%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.16%) C++
7 12 (1.16%) R
8 10 (0.97%) PHP
8 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.77%) C
9 8 (0.77%) VB.NET
10 6 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.48%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.39%) Rust
13 3 (0.29%) Go
13 3 (0.29%) Perl
13 3 (0.29%) Scala
13 3 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 185 (17.91%) Degree
2 128 (12.39%) Security Cleared
3 94 (9.10%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.10%) Master's Degree
6 28 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (2.61%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.45%) CSPO
10 13 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.68%) CISSP
11 7 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.68%) IIBA
12 6 (0.58%) CISM
12 6 (0.58%) GIAC
12 6 (0.58%) PMP
12 6 (0.58%) SANS
13 5 (0.48%) PhD
14 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.29%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (11.42%) QA
2 32 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (0.68%) NIST
5 6 (0.58%) COBIT
5 6 (0.58%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (0.48%) GDPR
6 5 (0.48%) GRC
6 5 (0.48%) WCAG
7 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.19%) PMO
8 1 (0.097%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.097%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (3.48%) Docker
2 7 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.45%) Terraform
3 11 (1.06%) Ansible
4 9 (0.87%) Grafana
5 6 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.58%) Kibana
6 3 (0.29%) Packer
6 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.097%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.097%) HP SiteScope
7 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.097%) Perfmon
7 1 (0.097%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.097%) SCCM
Vendors
1 188 (18.20%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.16%) Salesforce
3 26 (2.52%) ServiceNow
4 19 (1.84%) Google
5 13 (1.26%) Adobe
6 11 (1.06%) Oracle
7 10 (0.97%) Atlassian
8 9 (0.87%) Xero
9 7 (0.68%) SAP
10 6 (0.58%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.58%) Confluent
10 6 (0.58%) Hotjar
10 6 (0.58%) McAfee
11 5 (0.48%) Databricks
12 4 (0.39%) Intel
12 4 (0.39%) Mercator
13 3 (0.29%) BT
13 3 (0.29%) Cadence
13 3 (0.29%) Guidewire
13 3 (0.29%) Remedy