User Stories Contract Job Trends in Bristol

User Story
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 65 61
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +18
Contract jobs citing User Stories 6 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.76% 0.88% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.07% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 16
10th Percentile £469 £380 £410
25th Percentile £478 £406 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -14.29% +12.31%
75th Percentile £499 £467 £559
90th Percentile £500 £476 £625
South West median daily rate £500 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 - £48.50
% change year-on-year - - -11.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

User Stories falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 714 654 908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 90.61% 82.26% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 360 582
10th Percentile £238 £227 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £645
90th Percentile £741 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.57% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 89 124
10th Percentile £13.26 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £52.19
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Stories relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

User Stories job vacancy trend in Bristol

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing User Stories.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing User Stories

User Stories
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing User Stories.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing User Stories

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) npm
2 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
1 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
1 1 (16.67%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (16.67%) webpack
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) Jest
2 1 (16.67%) Playwright
2 1 (16.67%) React
2 1 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) RESTful
2 1 (16.67%) SOAP
2 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) Use Case
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) BPMN
3 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Journey Map
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) DSDM
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) IIBA
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Progress