User Story
South West > Gloucestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring User Stories skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Stories over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | 58 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | -3 | +5 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing User Stories | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 0.75% | 0.22% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.86% | 0.26% | 0.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £600 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +9.09% | +12.82% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire
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 Gloucestershire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 232 | 384 | 437 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 86.57% | 85.71% | 91.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 161 | 218 | 274 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £371 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £463 | £457 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | - | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £660 | £638 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £748 | £738 | £742 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.42% | +2.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 33 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.26 | £23.60 | £31.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.17 | £30.00 | £40.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.00 | £40.00 | £73.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -45.21% | +124.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £71.50 | £81.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.75 | £84.20 |
| South West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £67.25 | £63.57 |
| % change year-on-year | -62.60% | +5.78% | +17.73% |
User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire
Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.
User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing User Stories.
User Stories
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Gloucestershire
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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 20 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | - | 2 | £500 | - | 2 |
| User Stories South West |
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User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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: