User Stories Contract Job Trends in Exeter

User Story
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter 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 28 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing User Stories 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 3.93% - 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.17% - 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - £409
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.57%
75th Percentile £583 - -
90th Percentile £623 - -
Devon median daily rate £560 - £748
% change year-on-year - - +6.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 174 30 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 75.98% 76.92% 83.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 12 88
10th Percentile £213 £301 £151
25th Percentile £408 £321 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -22.73%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £491
90th Percentile £688 £586 £600
Devon median daily rate £495 £325 £425
% change year-on-year +52.31% -23.53% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.84%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -42.86%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Exeter

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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