User Stories Contract Job Trends in Crewe

User Story
Cheshire > Crewe

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Crewe requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing User Stories 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Crewe 5.26% 8.33% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% 8.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 -
Cheshire median daily rate £403 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -19.50% -10.71% +18.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Crewe

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 Crewe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 35 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe 84.21% 97.22% 81.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 18
10th Percentile £313 £160 £404
25th Percentile £356 £206 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £583
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -29.61% +7.87%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £610
90th Percentile £565 £638 £622
Cheshire median daily rate £469 £439 £478
% change year-on-year +6.78% -8.16% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile - £29.65 -
25th Percentile £34.49 £29.85 £35.75
Median hourly rate £35.82 £34.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% -5.48% +32.73%
75th Percentile £37.16 £39.50 £37.25
90th Percentile - £62.63 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £37.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -3.19% +1.37% +19.52%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Crewe

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Crewe

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

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

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) SWOT Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) IIBA
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB