User Stories Contracts in Knutsford

User Story
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User Stories 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 6.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £300 - -
25th Percentile £341 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £357 - -
75th Percentile £380 - -
90th Percentile £447 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £65 £494
% change year-on-year +587.69% -86.84% +28.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 98 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.95% 90.74% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 90 115
10th Percentile £341 £362 £342
25th Percentile £358 £401 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -7.95% +19.05%
75th Percentile £492 £598 £621
90th Percentile £537 £627 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Knutsford

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Knutsford

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Knutsford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Knutsford

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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 (44.44%) Confluence
2 2 (22.22%) CICS
2 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) InVision
1 2 (22.22%) UserZoom
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
1 2 (22.22%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) Axure RP
2 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
2 2 (22.22%) Selenium
2 2 (22.22%) SOAtest
General
1 6 (66.67%) Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Retail Banking
4 2 (22.22%) General Ledger
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Test Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Mainframe Architect
3 1 (11.11%) User Experience Researcher
3 1 (11.11%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
1 2 (22.22%) J2EE
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
1 2 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile Payment
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
1 2 (22.22%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (22.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Business Case
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Co-Creation
4 2 (22.22%) Guerrilla Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Human-Centred Design
4 2 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Task Model
4 2 (22.22%) User Research
4 2 (22.22%) UX Research
4 2 (22.22%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) COBOL
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) JCL
1 2 (22.22%) REXX
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CBAP
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
1 2 (22.22%) COREP
1 2 (22.22%) FINREP
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) PSD2
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Ab Initio
1 2 (22.22%) CA Agile Central
1 2 (22.22%) Informatica
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) Parasoft