User Stories Contract Job Trends in Coventry

User Story
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing User Stories 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 0.83% - 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% - 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £501 - -
25th Percentile £502 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.08%
75th Percentile £514 - £475
90th Percentile £517 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £483 £463
% change year-on-year -1.66% +4.43% +2.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 214 84 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 88.43% 84.85% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 59 124
10th Percentile £263 £263 £367
25th Percentile £313 £395 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -12.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £600
90th Percentile £625 £616 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £14.70 - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - £76.59
Median hourly rate £27.21 - £78.19
Median % change year-on-year - - +525.48%
75th Percentile - - £79.78
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £19.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +12.95% -17.39% +29.87%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Coventry

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

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

User Stories
Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

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

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Django
1 1 (50.00%) Flask
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Research
1 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility