The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 91 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 77.50% 70.00% 55.93%
Number of salaries quoted 81 89 31
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £28,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Stories
Manchester

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton User Stories Salary Trend

User Stories
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Intel

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

General
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel