User Stories Contract Job Trends in Devon

User Story
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing User Stories 9 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 2.97% - 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% - 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £477
25th Percentile - - £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - £748
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.85%
75th Percentile £583 - £749
90th Percentile £623 - £750
South West median daily rate £480 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -16.52% -3.32% +8.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 239 94 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 78.88% 85.45% 79.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 41 134
10th Percentile £196 - £150
25th Percentile £375 £145 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +52.31% -23.53% -9.57%
75th Percentile £619 £525 £500
90th Percentile £713 £600 £600
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 31
10th Percentile £15.25 £25.15 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.75 £35.50 £13.86
Median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -42.86%
75th Percentile £26.74 £69.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.25 £72.50
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Devon

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
Exeter - 9 £560 - 1
User Stories
South West

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Military
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Software Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Python Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Digital Product Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Product Manager
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Backlog Management
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (44.44%) DevOps
1 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
2 3 (33.33%) Epics
2 3 (33.33%) Microservices
2 3 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 3 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform