User Stories Contracts in London

User Story
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 119 107
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 +4
Contract jobs citing User Stories 351 586 1,040
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.00% 2.22% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.44% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 391 750
10th Percentile £350 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile - £59.20 £56.75
25th Percentile £31.71 £62.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £76.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% -15.03% +15.04%
75th Percentile £53.75 £68.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £61.10 £74.00 -
England median hourly rate £42.75 £64.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -33.72% +22.86% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,569 23,994 35,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.72% 90.95% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,151 17,292 26,230
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 273 423
10th Percentile £15.95 £18.50 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £39.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% +5.41% +12.63%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.45 £81.80 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in London

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in London

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in London

User Stories
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in London

User Stories
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Stories in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Stories in London

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Central London +25 64 £550 +4.76% 22
East London +1 5 £540 +20.00% 2
West London 0 4 £400 -33.33% 2
South London +5 3 £425 -38.63% 1
North London - 1 - -
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 23 (6.55%) Confluence
1 23 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.13%) CMS
3 7 (1.99%) Drupal
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (1.14%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.28%) Camunda
7 1 (0.28%) Joomla!
7 1 (0.28%) Moodle
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.42%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.42%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.42%) Sketch
3 4 (1.14%) InVision
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.85%) Trello
5 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.57%) Zeplin
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.28%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 14 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.42%) Shopify
2 5 (1.42%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.85%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) Endur
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.28%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 85 (24.22%) Azure
2 45 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (8.55%) Power Platform
4 17 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (3.70%) AWS
6 11 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
6 11 (3.13%) Power Automate
6 11 (3.13%) SaaS
7 9 (2.56%) Figma
7 9 (2.56%) Miro
8 7 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.42%) BigCommerce
9 5 (1.42%) PaaS
10 4 (1.14%) Lucidchart
10 4 (1.14%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.85%) GCP
11 3 (0.85%) GitHub
11 3 (0.85%) IBM Blueworks
11 3 (0.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.42%) DNS
2 4 (1.14%) DHCP
2 4 (1.14%) Firewall
2 4 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.57%) Internet
3 2 (0.57%) SNA
3 2 (0.57%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.98%) Power BI
2 13 (3.70%) Data Lake
3 12 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.56%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.42%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.42%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.42%) Siebel EIM
6 4 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.85%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.57%) Looker
8 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.57%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.57%) Tableau
9 1 (0.28%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.28%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (12.54%) JIRA
2 18 (5.13%) SoapUI
3 17 (4.84%) Postman
4 15 (4.27%) Git
5 11 (3.13%) Cucumber
6 10 (2.85%) Selenium
7 9 (2.56%) Appium
7 9 (2.56%) eggPlant
7 9 (2.56%) JUnit
7 9 (2.56%) REST Assured
7 9 (2.56%) SOAtest
7 9 (2.56%) TestNG
7 9 (2.56%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.42%) GitLab
9 4 (1.14%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.57%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.57%) FitNesse
10 2 (0.57%) JMeter
10 2 (0.57%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
General
1 103 (29.34%) Finance
2 101 (28.77%) Social Skills
3 49 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.55%) Back Office
6 20 (5.70%) Banking
7 16 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.27%) Marketing
9 13 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.13%) Retail
11 8 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.42%) Publishing
14 4 (1.14%) Front Office
14 4 (1.14%) Games
15 3 (0.85%) Aviation
15 3 (0.85%) Law
16 2 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 168 (47.86%) Analyst
2 144 (41.03%) Business Analyst
3 48 (13.68%) Senior
4 43 (12.25%) Product Owner
5 29 (8.26%) Technical Analyst
6 23 (6.55%) Technical Business Analyst
7 22 (6.27%) Consultant
7 22 (6.27%) Developer
7 22 (6.27%) Senior Analyst
8 21 (5.98%) Senior Business Analyst
9 18 (5.13%) Financial Analyst
10 17 (4.84%) Data Business Analyst
11 16 (4.56%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 16 (4.56%) Project Manager
12 15 (4.27%) Finance Business Analyst
13 14 (3.99%) Data Analyst
14 12 (3.42%) Data Migration Analyst
14 12 (3.42%) Data Migration Business Analyst
14 12 (3.42%) Migration Analyst
15 11 (3.13%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.70%) .NET
2 15 (4.27%) .NET Framework
3 11 (3.13%) SOAP
4 8 (2.28%) ASP.NET
4 8 (2.28%) HTML
4 8 (2.28%) React
5 7 (1.99%) CSS
5 7 (1.99%) Web Services
6 6 (1.71%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (1.71%) REST
7 5 (1.42%) ADO
7 5 (1.42%) SAP PI
7 5 (1.42%) VML
8 4 (1.14%) Flask
8 4 (1.14%) LDAP
8 4 (1.14%) Node.js
9 3 (0.85%) CSS3
9 3 (0.85%) JSON
9 3 (0.85%) RESTful
9 3 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (29.63%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 6 (1.71%) Reinsurance
4 5 (1.42%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.42%) Data Structures
4 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.14%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.14%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.14%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.14%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.85%) Clustering
6 3 (0.85%) LIMS
6 3 (0.85%) Low-Code
6 3 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (0.57%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.42%) Linux
2 4 (1.14%) Windows
3 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (59.54%) Agile
2 127 (36.18%) Acceptance Criteria
3 84 (23.93%) Scrum
4 74 (21.08%) Requirements Gathering
5 70 (19.94%) DevOps
6 65 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (16.24%) Business Analysis
8 56 (15.95%) User Acceptance Testing
9 54 (15.38%) Epics
10 47 (13.39%) Workshop Facilitation
11 44 (12.54%) Migration
11 44 (12.54%) Product Backlog
12 41 (11.68%) Roadmaps
12 41 (11.68%) Test Automation
13 34 (9.69%) Backlog Management
14 33 (9.40%) GAP Analysis
14 33 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 31 (8.83%) Data Migration
15 31 (8.83%) Use Case
16 30 (8.55%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.83%) SQL
2 19 (5.41%) C#
3 16 (4.56%) Python
4 14 (3.99%) Java
5 7 (1.99%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.71%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.14%) C
7 4 (1.14%) Go
8 3 (0.85%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.85%) VBA
9 2 (0.57%) Ruby
10 1 (0.28%) Bicep
10 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.28%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.28%) R
10 1 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (9.69%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.40%) Degree
3 32 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.28%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.42%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.42%) PMP
6 4 (1.14%) MBA
7 3 (0.85%) CBAP
7 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.57%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.28%) CEH
9 1 (0.28%) CISM
9 1 (0.28%) CISSP
9 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.82%) QA
2 23 (6.55%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.56%) PCI DSS
4 14 (3.99%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.99%) WCAG
6 5 (1.42%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.85%) IFRS
7 3 (0.85%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.85%) SLA
7 3 (0.85%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.57%) PMO
8 2 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.28%) Basel II
9 1 (0.28%) Basel III
9 1 (0.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Matomo
Vendors
1 36 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.84%) SAP
3 15 (4.27%) Oracle
4 12 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.56%) Adobe
6 7 (1.99%) Guidewire
6 7 (1.99%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.71%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (1.42%) CyberSource
8 5 (1.42%) Siebel
8 5 (1.42%) SimCorp
8 5 (1.42%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.14%) Databricks
9 4 (1.14%) Dell
9 4 (1.14%) Hotjar
9 4 (1.14%) Intel
9 4 (1.14%) Screaming Frog
10 3 (0.85%) Informatica
10 3 (0.85%) MicroStrategy
11 2 (0.57%) Civica