User Stories Contracts in England

User Story
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 150 123 99
Rank change year-on-year -27 -24 +9
Contract jobs citing User Stories 588 1,095 1,900
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.59% 2.17% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.40% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 756 1,364
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +1.99% +8.37%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £594
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £520 £505
% change year-on-year +3.37% +2.97% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 10
10th Percentile £31.71 £46.23 £40.35
25th Percentile £32.03 £60.25 £42.00
Median hourly rate £42.75 £64.50 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.72% +36.51% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62.94 £67.00 £70.81
90th Percentile £69.25 £73.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £42.75 £64.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.72% +51.76% -15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in England

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in England

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in England

User Stories
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Stories in England.

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in England

User Stories
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Stories in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Stories in England

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +5 356 £550 +4.76% 116
North of England -13 78 £475 -11.63% 37
South East -31 70 £475 - 35
Yorkshire +14 43 £463 -14.94% 12
Midlands -20 36 £475 -2.56% 26
North West -19 33 £475 -10.59% 22
South West -30 25 £590 +7.27% 33
West Midlands -8 24 £493 +3.68% 21
East Midlands +4 9 £438 -7.89% 5
East of England -9 6 £425 -5.56% 11
North East +5 2 £454 -9.20% 3
User Stories
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User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 39 (6.63%) Confluence
2 33 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.04%) CMS
4 7 (1.19%) Drupal
5 5 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.68%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.34%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.17%) Camunda
9 1 (0.17%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.17%) Moodle
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.89%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.36%) Adobe XD
5 8 (1.36%) Sketch
6 7 (1.19%) InVision
7 5 (0.85%) Zeplin
8 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.51%) Trello
9 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 21 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.19%) Primavera
3 7 (1.19%) SAP PM
4 5 (0.85%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (0.85%) Shopify
5 4 (0.68%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.34%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.34%) VisionPLUS
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.17%) Magento
7 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.17%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 106 (18.03%) Azure
2 56 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 51 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (6.80%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (5.61%) AWS
6 18 (3.06%) Power Automate
7 14 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.04%) Figma
8 12 (2.04%) SaaS
9 8 (1.36%) GCP
9 8 (1.36%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 6 (1.02%) Serverless
11 6 (1.02%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.85%) BigCommerce
12 5 (0.85%) Lucidchart
12 5 (0.85%) Miro
12 5 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.19%) PPP
1 7 (1.19%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (1.02%) DNS
3 5 (0.85%) SNA
3 5 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.68%) DHCP
4 4 (0.68%) Firewall
5 3 (0.51%) Internet
6 2 (0.34%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.17%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.17%) 4G
7 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.17%) GSM
7 1 (0.17%) HTTP
7 1 (0.17%) LAN
7 1 (0.17%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) Network Security
7 1 (0.17%) SMS
7 1 (0.17%) UMTS
7 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.97%) Power BI
2 20 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.21%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.19%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.02%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.85%) Siebel EIM
7 4 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.68%) GIS
7 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.51%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.51%) Tableau
9 2 (0.34%) Looker
9 2 (0.34%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 78 (13.27%) JIRA
2 18 (3.06%) Git
3 17 (2.89%) Postman
3 17 (2.89%) Selenium
3 17 (2.89%) SoapUI
4 15 (2.55%) Cucumber
5 13 (2.21%) JMeter
6 10 (1.70%) JUnit
7 9 (1.53%) Appium
7 9 (1.53%) eggPlant
7 9 (1.53%) REST Assured
7 9 (1.53%) SOAtest
7 9 (1.53%) TestNG
7 9 (1.53%) WebDriver
8 6 (1.02%) GitLab
9 5 (0.85%) Axure RP
10 4 (0.68%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.34%) FitNesse
11 2 (0.34%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.34%) SpecFlow
General
1 192 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.13%) Finance
3 80 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.44%) Banking
6 28 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 25 (4.25%) Marketing
8 24 (4.08%) Retail
9 20 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.89%) Back Office
12 11 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.53%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.19%) Local Government
15 6 (1.02%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.02%) Publishing
16 5 (0.85%) Front Office
16 5 (0.85%) Games
16 5 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 268 (45.58%) Analyst
2 233 (39.63%) Business Analyst
3 73 (12.41%) Senior
4 57 (9.69%) Product Owner
5 46 (7.82%) Developer
6 39 (6.63%) Consultant
7 37 (6.29%) Technical Analyst
8 34 (5.78%) Senior Analyst
9 29 (4.93%) Senior Business Analyst
9 29 (4.93%) Technical Business Analyst
10 23 (3.91%) Data Business Analyst
11 22 (3.74%) Data Analyst
12 20 (3.40%) Financial Analyst
13 19 (3.23%) Project Manager
14 18 (3.06%) Architect
14 18 (3.06%) Lead
14 18 (3.06%) Product Manager
15 17 (2.89%) Finance Business Analyst
16 16 (2.72%) Functional Consultant
16 16 (2.72%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.08%) .NET
2 19 (3.23%) HTML
3 18 (3.06%) .NET Framework
4 16 (2.72%) CSS
5 13 (2.21%) React
5 13 (2.21%) REST
6 11 (1.87%) XML
7 10 (1.70%) SOAP
8 8 (1.36%) ASP.NET
8 8 (1.36%) Web Services
9 7 (1.19%) Flask
9 7 (1.19%) JSON
9 7 (1.19%) LDAP
9 7 (1.19%) Node.js
10 6 (1.02%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.02%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (1.02%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.85%) ADO
11 5 (0.85%) VML
12 4 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 152 (25.85%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.40%) Mobile App
3 8 (1.36%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.02%) Algorithms
5 6 (1.02%) CMDB
5 6 (1.02%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.02%) Reinsurance
5 6 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.02%) Smart Meter
6 5 (0.85%) Cloud Native
6 5 (0.85%) Data Structures
6 5 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.68%) Client/Server
7 4 (0.68%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.51%) Clustering
8 3 (0.51%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.70%) Linux
2 9 (1.53%) Windows
3 4 (0.68%) Unix
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (59.69%) Agile
2 183 (31.12%) Acceptance Criteria
3 153 (26.02%) Scrum
4 118 (20.07%) Requirements Gathering
5 114 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
6 109 (18.54%) Business Analysis
7 94 (15.99%) DevOps
8 82 (13.95%) User Acceptance Testing
9 76 (12.93%) Epics
10 73 (12.41%) Roadmaps
11 67 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 66 (11.22%) Workshop Facilitation
13 61 (10.37%) Backlog Management
14 60 (10.20%) Product Backlog
14 60 (10.20%) Test Automation
15 54 (9.18%) Migration
16 53 (9.01%) Project Management
17 51 (8.67%) Use Case
18 50 (8.50%) Data Modelling
19 46 (7.82%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 62 (10.54%) SQL
2 28 (4.76%) Python
3 27 (4.59%) Java
4 24 (4.08%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.74%) C#
6 9 (1.53%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.68%) C
8 4 (0.68%) Go
9 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.51%) VBA
10 2 (0.34%) Ruby
11 1 (0.17%) Bicep
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.17%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.17%) R
11 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 70 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.05%) Degree
3 60 (10.20%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.87%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.53%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.36%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.36%) PMP
7 6 (1.02%) CBAP
7 6 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.68%) MBA
10 3 (0.51%) CSPO
10 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.34%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.17%) CISM
12 1 (0.17%) CISSP
12 1 (0.17%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (13.27%) QA
2 34 (5.78%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.59%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.89%) WCAG
5 8 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.19%) GDPR
6 7 (1.19%) PMO
7 5 (0.85%) IFRS
7 5 (0.85%) IFRS 17
8 4 (0.68%) SLA
9 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.51%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.34%) GxP
10 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.34%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.17%) Basel II
11 1 (0.17%) Basel III
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (1.02%) Docker
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.85%) Terraform
3 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.17%) Matomo
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.10%) SAP
3 18 (3.06%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.89%) Adobe
5 16 (2.72%) Oracle
6 14 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.36%) Google
8 7 (1.19%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.02%) Pega
9 6 (1.02%) Sitecore
10 5 (0.85%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (0.85%) Databricks
10 5 (0.85%) Siebel
11 4 (0.68%) Dell
11 4 (0.68%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.68%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.68%) Informatica
11 4 (0.68%) Intel
11 4 (0.68%) Optimizely
11 4 (0.68%) Screaming Frog