User Story
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring User Stories skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Stories over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 14 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +4 | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing User Stories | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | - | 1.61% | 1.03% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 2.08% | 1.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -39.29% | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £447 | £450 | £473 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.67% | -4.76% | +11.18% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester
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 Chester.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 66 | 48 | 80 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 82.50% | 77.42% | 82.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 16 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £450 | £355 |
| 25th Percentile | £442 | £542 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £618 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.83% | +17.62% | +23.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £738 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £768 | - | £685 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £438 | £483 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.37% | -3.45% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.63 | £16.00 | £17.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.85 | £25.50 | £30.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.28 | £35.00 | £31.88 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.36% | +9.80% | +46.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.85 | £41.25 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.00 | £47.50 | £37.52 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £22.01 | £35.00 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.11% | +14.60% | +45.43% |
User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing User Stories.
