The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited User Stories over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Manchester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 67 79 63
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -16
Contract jobs citing User Stories 6 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.642% 0.464% 0.566%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.904% 0.731% 0.871%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 5
Average daily rate £300 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £330
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year
-53.84% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
664 821 689
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 71.02% 63.45% 65.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 413 316
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 37 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
User Stories
North West

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing User Stories across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester User Stories Jobs Demand Trend

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing User Stories across the Manchester region.

Manchester User Stories Daily Rate Trend

User Stories
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Salford +1 3 £300 -22.58%
Cheadle - 2 £300 -
User Stories
North West

User Stories
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing User Stories also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories.

1 6 (66.67%) Scrum
1 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) TDD
3 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) Use Case
3 4 (44.44%) Internet
3 4 (44.44%) BDD
4 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) New Media
4 2 (22.22%) Streaming Video
4 2 (22.22%) Publishing
4 2 (22.22%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
4 2 (22.22%) XML
4 2 (22.22%) UML
4 2 (22.22%) System Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Content Management
4 2 (22.22%) Interactive TV
4 2 (22.22%) Competitor Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Web 2.0
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Management
4 2 (22.22%) JIRA
4 2 (22.22%) Social Network
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Android
5 1 (11.11%) Product Management

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing User Stories also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) XML
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (22.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Business Analyst
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Web Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Web Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Online Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) New Media
1 2 (22.22%) Streaming Video
1 2 (22.22%) Interactive TV
1 2 (22.22%) Web 2.0
1 2 (22.22%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Scrum
1 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) TDD
3 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) Use Case
3 4 (44.44%) BDD
4 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) UML
4 2 (22.22%) System Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Content Management
4 2 (22.22%) Competitor Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Management
5 1 (11.11%) Product Management
5 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
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