User Stories Contracts in the North of England

User Story
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 96 91
Rank change year-on-year -18 -5 0
Contract jobs citing User Stories 74 132 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.59% 2.31% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 2.55% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 95 127
10th Percentile £313 £400 £383
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +8.25% +3.47%
75th Percentile £553 £619 £543
90th Percentile £588 £650 £613
England median daily rate £538 £525 £520
% change year-on-year +2.38% +0.96% +9.47%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £42.75 £64.50 £47.25
% change year-on-year -33.72% +36.51% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,995 5,182 6,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.73% 90.78% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,430 3,599 4,626
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 202 253
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.86 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.15 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.21% +57.57% +0.87%
75th Percentile £44.81 £46.51 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.40
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the North of England

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in the North of England

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in the North of England

User Stories
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in the North of England

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Yorkshire +23 44 £490 -9.89% 13
North West -19 28 £502 -3.92% 17
North East 0 2 - - 3
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (4.05%) ArcGIS
1 3 (4.05%) Confluence
2 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.05%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (12.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (9.46%) SAP PM
3 5 (6.76%) Primavera
4 3 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.76%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (5.41%) AWS
2 4 (5.41%) Azure
3 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.35%) Azure API Management
4 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.35%) SaaS
4 1 (1.35%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.76%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) GIS
2 3 (4.05%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (4.05%) Power BI
3 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (13.51%) JMeter
2 7 (9.46%) Selenium
3 4 (5.41%) JUnit
4 3 (4.05%) Cucumber
4 3 (4.05%) Git
4 3 (4.05%) JIRA
5 2 (2.70%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.35%) GoCD
General
1 35 (47.30%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.86%) Finance
3 8 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.41%) Marketing
6 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.70%) Banking
7 2 (2.70%) Retail
8 1 (1.35%) Billing
8 1 (1.35%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.35%) Games
8 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (47.30%) Analyst
1 35 (47.30%) Business Analyst
2 8 (10.81%) Senior
3 7 (9.46%) Developer
3 7 (9.46%) Test Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) SAP Analyst
4 6 (8.11%) SAP Business Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) Consultant
5 4 (5.41%) Tester
6 3 (4.05%) Agile Business Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) Functional Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) GIS Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) GIS Business Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Senior Test Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (2.70%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) Gherkin
2 4 (5.41%) AngularJS
2 4 (5.41%) CSS
3 3 (4.05%) HTML
3 3 (4.05%) LDAP
4 2 (2.70%) React
4 2 (2.70%) Sass
4 2 (2.70%) Web Services
5 1 (1.35%) .NET
5 1 (1.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (1.35%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.35%) Express.js
5 1 (1.35%) Jest
5 1 (1.35%) Node.js
5 1 (1.35%) OAuth
5 1 (1.35%) OpenID
5 1 (1.35%) RESTful
5 1 (1.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.92%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.05%) CMDB
2 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.70%) Tandem
4 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.35%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (64.86%) Agile
2 28 (37.84%) Scrum
3 27 (36.49%) Acceptance Criteria
4 25 (33.78%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (29.73%) Requirements Gathering
6 18 (24.32%) Business Analysis
7 15 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (18.92%) Test Scripting
9 13 (17.57%) Kanban
10 12 (16.22%) Test Automation
11 11 (14.86%) DevOps
12 10 (13.51%) Waterfall
13 9 (12.16%) Asset Management
13 9 (12.16%) Data Modelling
13 9 (12.16%) SDLC
13 9 (12.16%) Software Testing
14 8 (10.81%) Analytics
14 8 (10.81%) Risk Management
14 8 (10.81%) Software Engineering
15 7 (9.46%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) Java
2 5 (6.76%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.41%) SQL
4 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.05%) Python
4 3 (4.05%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.35%) Bicep
5 1 (1.35%) C#
5 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (25.68%) Degree
2 8 (10.81%) SC Cleared
2 8 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) CBAP
4 3 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.05%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.57%) QA
2 9 (12.16%) Accessibility
3 7 (9.46%) WCAG
4 4 (5.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.35%) GDPR
5 1 (1.35%) GRC
5 1 (1.35%) GxP
5 1 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (12.16%) SAP
2 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.41%) ESRI
3 4 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Databricks
5 1 (1.35%) Pega
5 1 (1.35%) Workday