The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Stories over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 200 174 170
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -4
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 3 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.155% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.224% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 1
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3747 3127 2816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.79% 69.27% 68.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3154 2692 2372
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Stories
England

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands User Stories Salary Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Warwickshire - 2 £47,500 -
User Stories
England

User Stories
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) Use Case
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) JUnit
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) Use Case
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA