User Stories Contracts in Bristol

User Story
South West > Bristol

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 73 62
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 -12
Contract jobs citing User Stories 9 20 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.86% 1.61% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.81% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 29
10th Percentile £488 £408 £419
25th Percentile £546 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% +11.11% -7.22%
75th Percentile £607 £550 £572
90th Percentile £769 £622 £622
South West median daily rate £590 £550 £450
% change year-on-year +7.27% +22.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £42.00
South West median hourly rate - - £42.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 874 1,105 1,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.24% 88.83% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 750 852
10th Percentile £257 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £657
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 215 105
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +36.67% +2.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £67.70
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £61.10 £48.74
% change year-on-year -9.98% +25.36% +12.05%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Bristol

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Bristol

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Bristol over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Bristol

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (44.44%) Power Automate
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
1 4 (44.44%) PowerApps
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Product Owner
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) API Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Functional Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Kanban
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Minimum Viable Product
4 1 (11.11%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
2 1 (11.11%) VMware