The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited User Stories over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 49 59 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing User Stories 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.187% 0.235% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.312% 0.350% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £336
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year
-53.84% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
321 572 421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 60.11% 67.29% 65.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 386 241
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £236 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 21
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £18.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
User Stories
South West

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing User Stories across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bristol User Stories Jobs Demand Trend

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing User Stories across the Bristol region.

Bristol User Stories Daily Rate Trend

User Stories
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing User Stories also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories.

1 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) Selenium
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 3 (42.86%) WebDriver
3 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 2 (28.57%) ISEB
3 2 (28.57%) WATIR
3 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
3 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 2 (28.57%) FitNesse
3 2 (28.57%) Ruby
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (14.29%) MDX
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) Web Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing User Stories also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
1 3 (42.86%) WebDriver
2 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
2 2 (28.57%) FitNesse
2 2 (28.57%) WATIR
3 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
3 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Automated Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Web Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft