User Stories Contracts in Edinburgh

User Story
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 59 44
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 +12
Contract jobs citing User Stories 25 57 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.09% 4.42% 4.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 4.64% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 44 75
10th Percentile £404 £400 £393
25th Percentile £424 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £507 £488 £491
90th Percentile £550 £538 £543
Scotland median daily rate £500 £435 £425
% change year-on-year +14.94% +2.35% +6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 714 1,229 1,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.26% 95.27% 93.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 877 1,257
10th Percentile £227 £252 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.37% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £563
90th Percentile £675 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 12 18
10th Percentile £15.10 £13.62 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £18.31
Median hourly rate £22.87 £21.47 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.55% -41.19% -32.99%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.94 £52.50
90th Percentile - £66.20 £53.92
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
% change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (16.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) OCI
1 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Metadata
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (76.00%) Public Sector
2 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Finance
6 3 (12.00%) Banking
7 2 (8.00%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
7 2 (8.00%) Publishing
7 2 (8.00%) Retail
7 2 (8.00%) Retail Banking
8 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Analyst
2 11 (44.00%) Business Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Senior
4 5 (20.00%) Content Designer
4 5 (20.00%) Designer
5 4 (16.00%) Senior Content Designer
5 4 (16.00%) Senior Designer
6 3 (12.00%) Data Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Change Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Oracle Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.00%) NHS
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Agile
2 13 (52.00%) Business Analysis
3 10 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
4 9 (36.00%) Roadmaps
4 9 (36.00%) User Experience
5 8 (32.00%) Coaching
5 8 (32.00%) Epics
5 8 (32.00%) Scrum
5 8 (32.00%) Service Design
6 7 (28.00%) User Research
6 7 (28.00%) Value Proposition
7 6 (24.00%) Story Mapping
7 6 (24.00%) UX Research
8 5 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (20.00%) Content Strategy
8 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
8 5 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (16.00%) Business Case
9 4 (16.00%) Project Management
9 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) APMP
2 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (12.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (8.00%) QA
4 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.00%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Cadence
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) Google