User Stories Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

User Story
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring User Stories skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 43 33
Rank change year-on-year +23 -10 -10
Contract jobs citing User Stories 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 1.11% 0.41% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 0.49% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile - - £650
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +11.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69 205 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 76.67% 83.67% 80.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 95 107
10th Percentile £414 £420 £346
25th Percentile £525 £525 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £681
90th Percentile £756 £738 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 8
10th Percentile - £61.38 £24.08
25th Percentile - £70.50 £28.69
Median hourly rate £36.00 £71.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.30% +47.92% +236.84%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £90.00
90th Percentile - - £91.35
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £36.00 £37.52 £73.00
% change year-on-year -4.04% -48.61% +77.92%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Cheltenham

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation