User Stories Contracts in Edinburgh

User Story
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for User Stories skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Stories over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 56 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 +8
Contract jobs citing User Stories 28 55 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.41% 4.38% 4.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 4.61% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 42 74
10th Percentile £411 £400 £388
25th Percentile £441 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £425 £434
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% -2.02% +2.36%
75th Percentile £510 £488 £488
90th Percentile £554 £538 £545
Scotland median daily rate £500 £435 £425
% change year-on-year +14.94% +2.35% +2.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

User Stories is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 717 1,192 1,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.33% 94.98% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 847 1,228
10th Percentile £221 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £570
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £473
% change year-on-year - +0.48% +11.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 10 16
10th Percentile £13.48 £12.89 £16.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.61 £19.94
Median hourly rate £22.59 £21.47 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -46.67% -26.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £55.80 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £16.25 £38.71
% change year-on-year +18.98% -58.02% -3.23%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.57%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Metadata
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 17 (60.71%) Public Sector
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Banking
5 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (7.14%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.14%) Publishing
6 2 (7.14%) Retail
6 2 (7.14%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Analyst
2 12 (42.86%) Business Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Senior
4 5 (17.86%) Content Designer
4 5 (17.86%) Designer
4 5 (17.86%) Project Manager
5 4 (14.29%) Senior Content Designer
5 4 (14.29%) Senior Designer
6 3 (10.71%) Data Integration Manager
6 3 (10.71%) Integration Manager
6 3 (10.71%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (10.71%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Change Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Business Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) Product Owner
8 1 (3.57%) Service Owner
8 1 (3.57%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ADO
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) Agile
2 12 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 10 (35.71%) Impact Assessments
4 9 (32.14%) Roadmaps
4 9 (32.14%) Scrum
4 9 (32.14%) User Experience
5 8 (28.57%) Coaching
5 8 (28.57%) Epics
5 8 (28.57%) Service Design
5 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (25.00%) User Research
6 7 (25.00%) Value Proposition
7 6 (21.43%) Story Mapping
7 6 (21.43%) UX Research
8 5 (17.86%) Content Strategy
8 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Identification
9 4 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (14.29%) Content Management
9 4 (14.29%) Use Case
9 4 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) APMP
2 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Cadence
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) Alteryx
3 3 (10.71%) Cognizant
4 1 (3.57%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) Oracle