User Stories Contracts in the Home Counties

User Story
South East > Home Counties

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -24
Contract jobs citing User Stories 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties - - 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £474
% change year-on-year - +0.26% +2.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Home Counties

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 the Home Counties with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 21 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 100.00% 87.50% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 90
10th Percentile £473 £418 £413
25th Percentile £489 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £573 £725 £675
90th Percentile £589 £1,100 £775
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the Home Counties

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the Home Counties.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in the Home Counties