The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 180 190 196
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +6
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 36 29 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.697% 0.473% 0.170%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.004% 0.675% 0.248%
Number of salaries quoted 27 28 7
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% +38.46%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3587 4297 3624
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.42% 70.02% 68.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2742 3622 3018
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Stories
South East

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire User Stories Salary Trend

User Stories
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing User Stories across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire User Stories Salary Histogram

User Stories
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough +11 25 £57,500 +2.22%
Reading +3 7 £55,000 +64.17%
Bracknell - 2 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £45,000 -
User Stories
South East

User Stories
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 31 (72.09%) Scrum
2 24 (55.81%) TDD
2 24 (55.81%) E-Commerce
3 23 (53.49%) Mobile App
3 23 (53.49%) Mobile Application Development
4 19 (44.19%) REST
5 17 (39.53%) Telecoms
6 16 (37.21%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (37.21%) SOA
7 15 (34.88%) Pair Programming
7 15 (34.88%) Business Analysis
7 15 (34.88%) Visualisation
7 15 (34.88%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (25.58%) Degree
9 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
9 10 (23.26%) Java
10 9 (20.93%) SaaS
11 8 (18.60%) Test Automation
11 8 (18.60%) Velocity
11 8 (18.60%) Big Data
11 8 (18.60%) Automated Testing
12 6 (13.95%) Cognizant
12 6 (13.95%) QA
12 6 (13.95%) Product Management
13 5 (11.63%) Open Source
13 5 (11.63%) Marketing
13 5 (11.63%) Product Marketing
13 5 (11.63%) Selenium
13 5 (11.63%) Code Coverage
13 5 (11.63%) Configuration Management

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 19 (44.19%) REST
2 8 (18.60%) Velocity
3 3 (6.977%) Memcached
4 1 (2.326%) HTML5
4 1 (2.326%) WCF
4 1 (2.326%) jQuery
4 1 (2.326%) JMS
4 1 (2.326%) XHTML
4 1 (2.326%) HTML
4 1 (2.326%) .NET
4 1 (2.326%) COM
4 1 (2.326%) CSS
4 1 (2.326%) SOAP
4 1 (2.326%) Web Services
4 1 (2.326%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) Apache
1 1 (2.326%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.326%) ZigBee
1 1 (2.326%) Internet
1 1 (2.326%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) Big Data
2 4 (9.302%) Hadoop
3 3 (6.977%) Redis
3 3 (6.977%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.651%) IDOL
5 1 (2.326%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Selenium
1 5 (11.63%) Subversion
2 1 (2.326%) NUnit
General
1 17 (39.53%) Telecoms
2 5 (11.63%) Marketing
3 1 (2.326%) Finance
3 1 (2.326%) Automotive
3 1 (2.326%) Games
3 1 (2.326%) Back Office
3 1 (2.326%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Analyst
2 15 (34.88%) Business Analyst
2 15 (34.88%) Agile Business Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) ScrumMaster
4 6 (13.95%) Product Manager
4 6 (13.95%) Telecoms Business Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) QA Analyst
6 4 (9.302%) Technical Architect
6 4 (9.302%) Technical Specialist
6 4 (9.302%) Architect
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Product Manager
8 2 (4.651%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Product Specialist
9 1 (2.326%) Senior Technical Engineer
9 1 (2.326%) Senior Architect
9 1 (2.326%) Developer
9 1 (2.326%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.326%) Development Manager
9 1 (2.326%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (53.49%) Mobile App
2 15 (34.88%) Visualisation
3 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
4 9 (20.93%) SaaS
5 5 (11.63%) Open Source
6 3 (6.977%) Social Media
7 1 (2.326%) Online Games
7 1 (2.326%) Mathematics
7 1 (2.326%) Firmware
7 1 (2.326%) N-Tier
7 1 (2.326%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.326%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (2.326%) VMS
1 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (72.09%) Scrum
2 24 (55.81%) TDD
2 24 (55.81%) E-Commerce
3 23 (53.49%) Mobile Application Development
4 16 (37.21%) Agile Software Development
4 16 (37.21%) SOA
5 15 (34.88%) Pair Programming
5 15 (34.88%) Business Analysis
5 15 (34.88%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (18.60%) Test Automation
6 8 (18.60%) Automated Testing
7 6 (13.95%) Product Management
8 5 (11.63%) Product Marketing
8 5 (11.63%) Code Coverage
8 5 (11.63%) Configuration Management
8 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering
9 1 (2.326%) Market Research
9 1 (2.326%) Integration Testing
9 1 (2.326%) Web Development
9 1 (2.326%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.26%) Java
2 4 (9.302%) C++
2 4 (9.302%) PHP
2 4 (9.302%) Scala
3 3 (6.977%) C
3 3 (6.977%) C#
3 3 (6.977%) Python
4 2 (4.651%) Ruby
5 1 (2.326%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.326%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Degree
2 3 (6.977%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) QA
2 1 (2.326%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.977%) Apache ZooKeeper
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Cognizant
2 2 (4.651%) HP
3 1 (2.326%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.326%) Oracle
3 1 (2.326%) SAP
Slough, Berkshire
Strong understanding and knowledge of: * Agile - Scrum * Eliciting and Capturing Requirements * Test Driven Development (TDD) * Pair Programming * Continuous Integration (CI) Strong exposure to one or more of the...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
SCRUM reports to be complete as required... - Ensuring Test Driven Development and Automated Testing are carried out where appropriate... You will have to have an in-depth understanding...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits and bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
Product Manager required by out our really exciting, leading edge, massive data warehouse technology client... We’re looking for an accomplished Product Manager to drive product management, definition...
Talent Crew
Salary: £55000 - 65000 Per Annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013