User Story
North West > Cumbria
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -16 |
| Contract jobs citing User Stories | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria | - | - | 0.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £404 | £450 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.33% | -7.22% | -1.77% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria
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 Cumbria.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 125 | 194 | 197 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria | 85.03% | 86.22% | 86.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 92 | 88 | 137 |
| 10th Percentile | £445 | £393 | £440 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £436 | £493 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £503 | £500 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.60% | -16.67% | +40.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | £584 | £670 |
| 90th Percentile | £699 | £647 | £725 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.95 | £20.88 | £12.44 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.81 | £25.26 | £13.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.68 | £27.50 | £28.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.56% | -2.83% | -49.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.95 | £58.27 | £46.37 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.40 | £77.09 | £52.78 |
| North West median hourly rate | £42.69 | £31.51 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.46% | +5.03% | -19.57% |
User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Stories relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.
User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing User Stories.
