The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Stories over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 33 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 17 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 6.746% 0.971% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.293% 1.170% -
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 0
Average salary £40,000 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.45% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
205 171 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 81.35% 83.01% 80.59%
Number of salaries quoted 199 162 135
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Stories
Bedfordshire

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford User Stories Jobs Demand Trend

User Stories
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing User Stories across the Bedford region.

Bedford User Stories Salary Trend

User Stories
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories.

1 51 (96.23%) Scrum
1 51 (96.23%) BPMN
2 44 (83.02%) UML
2 44 (83.02%) DSDM
3 30 (56.60%) Business Analysis
4 23 (43.40%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (33.96%) Use Case
6 16 (30.19%) Marketing
6 16 (30.19%) Retail
6 16 (30.19%) E-Commerce
7 10 (18.87%) Android
7 10 (18.87%) iPad
8 7 (13.21%) SaaS
8 7 (13.21%) Data Modelling
9 5 (9.434%) Microsoft
9 5 (9.434%) ISEB
9 5 (9.434%) CBAP
9 5 (9.434%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (9.434%) Degree
10 3 (5.660%) JIRA
10 3 (5.660%) Performance Management
10 3 (5.660%) Client/Server
10 3 (5.660%) CRM
10 3 (5.660%) Systems Analysis
10 3 (5.660%) Wiki
11 2 (3.774%) NHS

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 5 (9.434%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (5.660%) JIRA
General
1 16 (30.19%) Retail
1 16 (30.19%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 53 (100.00%) Analyst
2 30 (56.60%) Agile Business Analyst
3 11 (20.75%) Business Analyst Team Leader
3 11 (20.75%) Team Leader
4 10 (18.87%) Senior Business Analyst
4 10 (18.87%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Software Team Leader
6 2 (3.774%) Business Analysis Team Leader
6 2 (3.774%) Development Team Leader
6 2 (3.774%) Software Development Team Leader
6 2 (3.774%) Lead Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) iPad
2 7 (13.21%) SaaS
3 3 (5.660%) Wiki
3 3 (5.660%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.774%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (96.23%) Scrum
1 51 (96.23%) BPMN
2 44 (83.02%) UML
2 44 (83.02%) DSDM
3 30 (56.60%) Business Analysis
4 23 (43.40%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (33.96%) Use Case
6 16 (30.19%) E-Commerce
7 7 (13.21%) Data Modelling
8 3 (5.660%) CRM
8 3 (5.660%) Performance Management
8 3 (5.660%) Systems Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (9.434%) ISEB
1 5 (9.434%) Degree
1 5 (9.434%) CBAP
Vendors
1 5 (9.434%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
You will ideally be very familiar with producing and understanding User Stories, Process Flows (BPMN), Data Models and have an understanding of the Agile / Scrum methodologies. Previous experience...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Bupa, 23days
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
As a Business Analyst your background is likely to include exposure to some of the following in an Agile environment: User Stories, UML, Use Cases, Product Owner, Business...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013