User Stories Contracts in Scotland

User Story
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 75 55
Rank change year-on-year +16 -20 +9
Contract jobs citing User Stories 69 91 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.28% 3.37% 4.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 3.64% 4.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 67 113
10th Percentile £400 £400 £363
25th Percentile £413 £411 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +3.53% +2.72%
75th Percentile £556 £482 £490
90th Percentile £588 £538 £544
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.75 £64.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -33.72% +53.57% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,844 2,499 3,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.64% 92.49% 93.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 1,756 2,209
10th Percentile £221 £255 £250
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 54 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.67 £11.25 £18.29
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +9.28%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Scotland

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Scotland

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Scotland

User Stories
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in Scotland

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 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
Edinburgh +15 29 £494 +15.23% 6
Glasgow +22 27 £425 +0.24% 12
South Lanarkshire -5 9 £575 +29.21%
User Stories
UK

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 18 (26.09%) Confluence
2 4 (5.80%) CMS
3 1 (1.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Sketch
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (30.43%) Azure
2 11 (15.94%) Figma
3 6 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.25%) SaaS
5 3 (4.35%) AWS
5 3 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.90%) Metadata
2 2 (2.90%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (27.54%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 31 (44.93%) Public Sector
2 19 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.49%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (13.04%) Finance
5 4 (5.80%) Banking
5 4 (5.80%) Electronics
5 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.80%) Marketing
5 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Publishing
7 2 (2.90%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.90%) Retail
7 2 (2.90%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 25 (36.23%) Analyst
2 19 (27.54%) Business Analyst
3 18 (26.09%) Product Manager
4 17 (24.64%) Designer
5 11 (15.94%) UX Designer
6 7 (10.14%) Senior
7 6 (8.70%) Content Designer
8 5 (7.25%) Project Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Content Designer
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Designer
10 3 (4.35%) Data Integration Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Integration Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Integration Project Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Product Owner
10 3 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
11 2 (2.90%) Change Analyst
11 2 (2.90%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.49%) React
2 2 (2.90%) ADO
3 1 (1.45%) .NET
3 1 (1.45%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.45%) RESTful
3 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.45%) NHS
3 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.94%) Android
1 11 (15.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (78.26%) Agile
2 32 (46.38%) Epics
3 25 (36.23%) User Research
4 21 (30.43%) User Experience
5 17 (24.64%) Business Analysis
6 16 (23.19%) Roadmaps
6 16 (23.19%) Scrum
7 15 (21.74%) Service Design
8 14 (20.29%) Project Management
9 13 (18.84%) DevOps
10 12 (17.39%) Prototyping
10 12 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (17.39%) UX Design
11 11 (15.94%) Product Management
11 11 (15.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 11 (15.94%) Visualisation
12 10 (14.49%) Backlog Management
12 10 (14.49%) Impact Assessments
12 10 (14.49%) Product Backlog
13 8 (11.59%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) Python
2 1 (1.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) SC Cleared
1 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.90%) APMP
3 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.45%) Degree
3 1 (1.45%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.45%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 6 (8.70%) Cadence
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.80%) SAP
4 3 (4.35%) Alteryx
4 3 (4.35%) Cognizant
5 2 (2.90%) Adobe
6 1 (1.45%) Google
6 1 (1.45%) TSYS
6 1 (1.45%) Xamarin