The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Stories over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 113 199 186
Rank change year-on-year
+86 -13
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 107 17 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.962% 0.327% 0.257%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.527% 0.434% 0.359%
Number of salaries quoted 107 16 10
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% +2.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £26,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £47,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4235 3916 3620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.64% 75.44% 71.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3278 3201 3069
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire User Stories Salary Trend

User Stories
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing User Stories across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire +82 106 £41,000 +36.66%
South Yorkshire +13 1 £35,000 -2.77%
User Stories
England

User Stories
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 127 (61.06%) Agile Software Development
2 94 (45.19%) Microsoft
3 90 (43.27%) MS Excel
4 85 (40.87%) Finance
5 61 (29.33%) Business Analysis
6 55 (26.44%) Scrum
7 46 (22.12%) WebSphere
7 46 (22.12%) ETL
7 46 (22.12%) Oracle
8 38 (18.27%) DSDM
9 37 (17.79%) SQL Server
10 36 (17.31%) SQL
10 36 (17.31%) .NET
10 36 (17.31%) Project Management
11 33 (15.87%) TDD
11 33 (15.87%) Kanban
12 32 (15.38%) RDBMS
13 31 (14.90%) Informatica
13 31 (14.90%) N-Tier
13 31 (14.90%) Performance Testing
13 31 (14.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 30 (14.42%) QA
14 30 (14.42%) Benchmarking
15 29 (13.94%) Web Services
15 29 (13.94%) XML
15 29 (13.94%) Unit Testing
16 27 (12.98%) Load Testing
16 27 (12.98%) Time Management
17 25 (12.02%) BDD
18 24 (11.54%) Stress Testing

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 46 (22.12%) WebSphere
2 36 (17.31%) .NET
3 29 (13.94%) Web Services
3 29 (13.94%) XML
4 24 (11.54%) WSDL
5 15 (7.212%) Spring
5 15 (7.212%) Hibernate
6 14 (6.731%) SOAP
7 13 (6.250%) Grails
7 13 (6.250%) XML Schema
7 13 (6.250%) JAXB
8 11 (5.288%) XSD
9 9 (4.327%) soapUI
10 5 (2.404%) LAMP
11 3 (1.442%) XSLT
12 2 (0.962%) J2EE
13 1 (0.481%) HTML
13 1 (0.481%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 15 (7.212%) GlassFish
2 13 (6.250%) Apache
2 13 (6.250%) CICS
3 6 (2.885%) SAS
4 1 (0.481%) Confluence
Applications
1 90 (43.27%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.442%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.808%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.06%) Internet
2 1 (0.481%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (17.79%) SQL Server
2 32 (15.38%) RDBMS
3 31 (14.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.962%) MySQL
5 2 (0.962%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 19 (9.135%) Team Foundation Server
2 16 (7.692%) Selenium
2 16 (7.692%) FitNesse
2 16 (7.692%) SpecFlow
2 16 (7.692%) Cucumber
3 15 (7.212%) JUnit
4 11 (5.288%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (1.442%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.481%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.481%) JIRA
General
1 85 (40.87%) Finance
2 11 (5.288%) Law
2 11 (5.288%) Legal
3 10 (4.808%) Billing
4 3 (1.442%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 126 (60.58%) Analyst
2 89 (42.79%) Business Analyst
3 53 (25.48%) Agile Business Analyst
4 38 (18.27%) Senior Business Analyst
4 38 (18.27%) Senior Analyst
5 37 (17.79%) Test Analyst
6 31 (14.90%) Solutions Architect
6 31 (14.90%) Architect
7 18 (8.654%) Performance Test Analyst
7 18 (8.654%) Performance Analyst
7 18 (8.654%) Agile Coach
8 17 (8.173%) Tester
9 15 (7.212%) Performance Tester
10 14 (6.731%) ScrumMaster
11 11 (5.288%) Software Engineer
11 11 (5.288%) Java Software Engineer
12 6 (2.885%) Agile Test Analyst
12 6 (2.885%) Developer
12 6 (2.885%) QA Analyst
13 5 (2.404%) Financial Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.90%) N-Tier
2 13 (6.250%) W3C
2 13 (6.250%) Mainframe
3 9 (4.327%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.846%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.481%) SaaS
5 1 (0.481%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.481%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.212%) Windows
2 2 (0.962%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (61.06%) Agile Software Development
2 61 (29.33%) Business Analysis
3 55 (26.44%) Scrum
4 46 (22.12%) ETL
5 38 (18.27%) DSDM
6 36 (17.31%) Project Management
7 33 (15.87%) TDD
7 33 (15.87%) Kanban
8 31 (14.90%) Performance Testing
9 30 (14.42%) Benchmarking
10 29 (13.94%) Unit Testing
11 27 (12.98%) Load Testing
11 27 (12.98%) Time Management
12 25 (12.02%) BDD
13 24 (11.54%) Stress Testing
14 19 (9.135%) Continuous Integration
15 18 (8.654%) Pair Programming
15 18 (8.654%) UML
15 18 (8.654%) OO
15 18 (8.654%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.31%) SQL
2 15 (7.212%) C#
2 15 (7.212%) Java
3 13 (6.250%) COBOL
4 1 (0.481%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (3.365%) ISEB
2 5 (2.404%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.481%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.481%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.42%) QA
Systems Management
1 16 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 94 (45.19%) Microsoft
2 46 (22.12%) Oracle
3 31 (14.90%) Informatica
4 16 (7.692%) HP
5 6 (2.885%) Unica
5 6 (2.885%) Alterian
6 1 (0.481%) Atlassian
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Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £32000 - £37000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Provide quality assurance leadership within the team... -Contribute to the continuous improvement process... -Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL... -Working knowledge of SQL... -Foundation ISEB qualification desirable.
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As a specialist Agile practitioner or Scrum Master you will look to achieve results through coaching project teams and individuals, including all specialisms (Development, QA, Business Analysis, Project...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Their portfolio spans solutions for ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing... Tester Job Role To work as an integral member of the...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Excellent opportunity for a Performance Test Analyst to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013