User Stories Contracts with Work from Home Options

User Story
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 106 81
Rank change year-on-year +7 -25 +35
Contract jobs citing User Stories 330 568 1,386
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.19% 2.26% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 2.52% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 419 1,001
10th Percentile £380 £400 £385
25th Percentile £450 £440 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £569
90th Percentile £633 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £528 £515 £505
% change year-on-year +2.43% +1.98% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £52.88 - £27.40
25th Percentile £55.31 £62.00 £30.25
Median hourly rate £61.25 £64.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.30% +82.86% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67.81 £66.00 £55.75
90th Percentile £70.63 - £68.20
UK median hourly rate £42.75 £64.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.72% +51.76% -15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

User Stories
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Stories trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Stories.

User Stories daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Stories over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

User Stories daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Stories.

User Stories hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Stories over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

User Stories hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 32 (9.70%) Confluence
2 14 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.52%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.91%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.61%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Moodle
7 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.03%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.91%) Trello
6 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.52%) Primavera
3 5 (1.52%) SimCorp Dimension
4 4 (1.21%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.61%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.30%) Magento
6 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.30%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.00%) Azure
2 31 (9.39%) Power Platform
3 25 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (6.06%) AWS
6 10 (3.03%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.73%) SaaS
8 8 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 5 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.52%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.91%) Miro
12 3 (0.91%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 3 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 2 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.61%) GitHub
13 2 (0.61%) OCI
13 2 (0.61%) Serverless
13 2 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.52%) PPP
2 4 (1.21%) SNA
3 1 (0.30%) Broadband
3 1 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.36%) Power BI
2 9 (2.73%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.52%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.52%) Siebel EIM
3 5 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.52%) Tableau
4 4 (1.21%) GIS
5 3 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.61%) Big Data
6 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.61%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.61%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.30%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 61 (18.48%) JIRA
2 12 (3.64%) JMeter
3 10 (3.03%) Selenium
4 9 (2.73%) Git
5 7 (2.12%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.21%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.61%) Appium
7 2 (0.61%) eggPlant
7 2 (0.61%) JUnit
7 2 (0.61%) Postman
7 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.61%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.61%) SOAtest
7 2 (0.61%) TestNG
7 2 (0.61%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.30%) GitLab
8 1 (0.30%) GoCD
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.30%) TestRail
8 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 117 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.39%) Finance
3 46 (13.94%) Public Sector
4 41 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.24%) Banking
5 14 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (2.73%) Back Office
6 9 (2.73%) Retail
7 8 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.42%) Marketing
8 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.52%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.21%) Military
9 4 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.91%) Billing
10 3 (0.91%) Legal
11 2 (0.61%) Aviation
11 2 (0.61%) Games
11 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 168 (50.91%) Analyst
2 139 (42.12%) Business Analyst
3 41 (12.42%) Senior
4 26 (7.88%) Consultant
5 25 (7.58%) Technical Analyst
6 24 (7.27%) Product Owner
7 17 (5.15%) Lead
8 16 (4.85%) Architect
8 16 (4.85%) Developer
8 16 (4.85%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (4.24%) Data Analyst
10 13 (3.94%) Digital Analyst
10 13 (3.94%) Digital Business Analyst
10 13 (3.94%) Senior Business Analyst
10 13 (3.94%) Technical Business Analyst
11 12 (3.64%) Functional Consultant
11 12 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.33%) Agile Business Analyst
13 10 (3.03%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 8 (2.42%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.33%) Web Services
2 10 (3.03%) .NET
3 8 (2.42%) REST
4 6 (1.82%) HTML
4 6 (1.82%) JSON
4 6 (1.82%) XML
5 5 (1.52%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.52%) Gherkin
5 5 (1.52%) OpenAPI
5 5 (1.52%) Swagger
6 4 (1.21%) CSS
6 4 (1.21%) React
6 4 (1.21%) RESTful
7 3 (0.91%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.91%) OAuth
8 2 (0.61%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.61%) React Native
8 2 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.61%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 75 (22.73%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.52%) CMDB
4 5 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.91%) Low-Code
6 3 (0.91%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.91%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (0.61%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.61%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.61%) Smart Meter
7 2 (0.61%) Tandem
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.30%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.30%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.30%) Windows
1 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (56.36%) Agile
2 114 (34.55%) Acceptance Criteria
3 86 (26.06%) Business Analysis
4 73 (22.12%) Scrum
5 66 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 58 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (16.06%) Epics
8 46 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (13.94%) User Acceptance Testing
9 45 (13.64%) DevOps
10 37 (11.21%) Roadmaps
11 34 (10.30%) Analytics
12 32 (9.70%) Backlog Management
12 32 (9.70%) Product Backlog
13 31 (9.39%) Workshop Facilitation
14 30 (9.09%) Migration
15 28 (8.48%) Service Management
15 28 (8.48%) Use Case
16 27 (8.18%) Test Automation
17 26 (7.88%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.97%) SQL
2 15 (4.55%) Java
3 12 (3.64%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.42%) C#
5 6 (1.82%) Python
6 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.30%) Bicep
9 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 52 (15.76%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.18%) Degree
4 6 (1.82%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.52%) CSPO
5 5 (1.52%) PMP
6 2 (0.61%) CBAP
6 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.61%) IIBA
6 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.61%) MBA
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.30%) APMP
7 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.30%) ISEB
7 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (14.85%) QA
2 13 (3.94%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.64%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.12%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.12%) WCAG
5 5 (1.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (1.52%) PMO
6 3 (0.91%) GDPR
6 3 (0.91%) GxP
7 2 (0.61%) PSD2
7 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) SNOMED CT
Systems Management
1 2 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.30%) Matomo
2 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (11.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.55%) Salesforce
2 15 (4.55%) SAP
3 13 (3.94%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.33%) Oracle
5 5 (1.52%) Adobe
5 5 (1.52%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.52%) CA Agile Central
5 5 (1.52%) Siebel
5 5 (1.52%) SimCorp
6 4 (1.21%) Cadence
6 4 (1.21%) ESRI
7 3 (0.91%) Databricks
8 2 (0.61%) Ariba
8 2 (0.61%) Civica
8 2 (0.61%) Conga
8 2 (0.61%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.61%) Google
8 2 (0.61%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.61%) Pega