User Story
South East > Berkshire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for User Stories skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Stories over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 75 | 66 | 81 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +15 | -16 |
| Contract jobs citing User Stories | 42 | 46 | 56 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 2.13% | 2.54% | 2.33% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.39% | 2.78% | 2.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22 | 23 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £430 | £463 | £407 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £510 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.94% | +7.37% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £617 | £555 | £519 |
| 90th Percentile | £691 | £588 | £603 |
| South East median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £474 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +0.26% | +5.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £53.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | - | - | £53.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +38.56% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
User Stories is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,756 | 1,652 | 2,175 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 88.91% | 91.07% | 90.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 910 | 1,062 | 1,384 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £350 | £268 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £425 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £509 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.05% | +5.00% | +8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £625 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £676 | £702 | £650 |
| South East median daily rate | £501 | £508 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.38% | +1.50% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 102 | 48 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.17 | £19.20 | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.75 | £25.72 | £17.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £57.82 | £21.05 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.54% | +174.67% | -2.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.18 | £73.69 | £33.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.41 | £79.51 | £68.10 |
| South East median hourly rate | £47.50 | £50.00 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +122.22% | -13.46% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Berkshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Berkshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | +4 | 30 | £480 | -7.69% | |
| Wokingham | +4 | 4 | £623 | -4.23% | 2 |
| Bracknell | -21 | 2 | £525 | +5.00% | |
| Newbury | - | 2 | £538 | - | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: