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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 49 45 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 5 14 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.969% 2.806% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.316% 3.544% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 14 0
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
380 395 555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 73.64% 79.16% 78.61%
Number of salaries quoted 298 316 413
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex User Stories Salary Trend

User Stories
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 9 (90.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (50.00%) QA
2 5 (50.00%) Selenium
2 5 (50.00%) Use Case
3 4 (40.00%) QlikView
3 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (40.00%) Workflow
3 4 (40.00%) Business Objects
3 4 (40.00%) CRM
3 4 (40.00%) Cognos
3 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (40.00%) ADSL
3 4 (40.00%) Broadband
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (40.00%) Tableau
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Media
5 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Games
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (10.00%) Subversion
5 1 (10.00%) General Ledger
5 1 (10.00%) Degree

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) ADSL
1 4 (40.00%) Broadband
1 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (40.00%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Games
2 1 (10.00%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (40.00%) Test Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (50.00%) Use Case
3 4 (40.00%) CRM
3 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Business Objects
1 4 (40.00%) Cognos
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) VMware