User Stories Contracts in Devon

User Story
South West > Devon

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing User Stories 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 1.81% 0.49% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 0.59% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £477 - £441
25th Percentile £578 - £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £748 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year +35.99% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £749 - £503
90th Percentile £750 - £509
South West median daily rate £590 £550 £450
% change year-on-year +7.27% +22.22% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 222 169 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 80.14% 82.04% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 130 163
10th Percentile £150 £240 £171
25th Percentile £308 £400 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £473 £407
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +15.96% -22.39%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £590
90th Percentile £600 £675 £666
South West median daily rate £525 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 9 5
10th Percentile £10.42 £39.60 £18.43
25th Percentile £13.86 £47.00 £20.32
Median hourly rate £30.00 £55.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +161.90% -10.16%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £39.16
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.00 £41.46
South West median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
% change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Devon

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Devon

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Devon over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Devon

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Devon region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Plymouth - 4 £749 - 1
Exeter +2 1 £409 -25.64% 2
User Stories
South West

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) Flask
1 4 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) API Development
1 4 (80.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (80.00%) Prototyping
1 4 (80.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (40.00%) Product Management
3 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (20.00%) Community of Practice
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared