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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 109 108 108
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 18 17 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.956% 0.859% 0.734%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.376% 1.328% 1.095%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 14
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% -35.83%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1308 1280 1461
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 69.50% 64.68% 66.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1123 1083 1306
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,450 £30,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Stories
Cambridgeshire

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge User Stories Salary Trend

User Stories
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 21 (91.30%) QA
2 19 (82.61%) Degree
3 12 (52.17%) Software Testing
3 12 (52.17%) ISTQB
3 12 (52.17%) C
3 12 (52.17%) C#
3 12 (52.17%) C++
3 12 (52.17%) HTML
3 12 (52.17%) Java
3 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
3 12 (52.17%) CSS
3 12 (52.17%) ISEB
3 12 (52.17%) Performance Testing
4 11 (47.83%) Games
5 7 (30.43%) SQL
5 7 (30.43%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
5 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (26.09%) Use Case
7 4 (17.39%) Scrum
8 2 (8.696%) Smart Meter
8 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 12 (52.17%) HTML
1 12 (52.17%) CSS
General
1 11 (47.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) QA Engineer
2 11 (47.83%) Business Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) IT Business Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.696%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Software Testing
1 12 (52.17%) Performance Testing
2 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (30.43%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (26.09%) Use Case
4 4 (17.39%) Scrum
5 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) C
1 12 (52.17%) C#
1 12 (52.17%) C++
1 12 (52.17%) Java
1 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
2 7 (30.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) Degree
2 12 (52.17%) ISEB
2 12 (52.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (91.30%) QA
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