User Stories Contracts in Manchester

User Story
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 64 100
Rank change year-on-year -14 +36 -32
Contract jobs citing User Stories 21 52 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.36% 2.75% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 2.99% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 40 33
10th Percentile £463 £399 £401
25th Percentile £471 £445 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £560 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% +17.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £569 £641 £538
90th Percentile £625 £650 £550
North West median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,341 1,737 2,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.13% 91.81% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 1,272 1,807
10th Percentile £313 £315 £263
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £492
Median % change year-on-year - +1.73% +9.22%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £663 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 61 51
10th Percentile £12.42 £14.65 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £37.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.15% +140.65% -3.13%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £24.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.49
% change year-on-year -40.00% +70.82% +10.76%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Manchester

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Manchester

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Manchester

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 29 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
Stockport - 1 £600 -
User Stories
North West

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (23.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (23.81%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Cypress.io
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) GoCD
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Marketing
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Analyst
1 13 (61.90%) Business Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Pega Business Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Salesforce Developer
4 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Interaction Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Jest
1 1 (4.76%) Node.js
1 1 (4.76%) React
1 1 (4.76%) Spring
1 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Tandem
2 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Agile
2 5 (23.81%) Backlog Management
2 5 (23.81%) Business Process Modelling
2 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Use Case
3 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
3 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
3 4 (19.05%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 3 (14.29%) User Research
5 2 (9.52%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (9.52%) Cost Management
5 2 (9.52%) Inventory Management
5 2 (9.52%) Logistics
5 2 (9.52%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Pega
3 2 (9.52%) Cognizant
3 2 (9.52%) Salesforce
3 2 (9.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow