User Stories Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

User Story
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User Stories 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 6.57% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £613 - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £368 £385 £400
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.75% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 132 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.94% 78.57% 84.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 59 84
10th Percentile £144 £250 £166
25th Percentile £330 £324 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £650 £594 £625
90th Percentile £770 £646 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £445 £490
% change year-on-year -5.62% -9.18% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 15
10th Percentile £15.46 - £16.24
25th Percentile £17.45 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.11 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% +20.90% +29.03%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -16.13% - +28.57%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Derbyshire

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby - 5 £700 - 2
User Stories
East Midlands

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Siemens NX
2 3 (33.33%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) CAD Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) PLM
2 7 (77.78%) CAD
2 7 (77.78%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (77.78%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (44.44%) Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
5 1 (11.11%) Product Backlog
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Siemens
2 3 (33.33%) Autodesk