User Stories Contracts in Leeds

User Story
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 67 46
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 +12
Contract jobs citing User Stories 19 26 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 2.40% 1.95% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 2.15% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 34
10th Percentile £425 £460 £404
25th Percentile £450 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile £563 £650 £534
90th Percentile £575 - £549
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £544 £500
% change year-on-year -9.89% +8.75% +12.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 685 1,209 1,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 86.60% 90.77% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 872 1,065
10th Percentile £300 £388 £313
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £528 £500
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 19
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £17.95
25th Percentile £12.15 £15.75 £20.56
Median hourly rate £12.30 £54.00 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -77.22% +139.52% +5.50%
75th Percentile £12.53 £70.00 £28.00
90th Percentile £14.82 - £28.85
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £12.53 £18.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -30.39% - -21.74%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Leeds

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Leeds

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Leeds over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Leeds

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Cucumber
1 3 (15.79%) JMeter
1 3 (15.79%) JUnit
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) REST Assured
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Games
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Analyst
1 12 (63.16%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior
2 3 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Test Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
3 2 (10.53%) Tester
4 1 (5.26%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Automation Test Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Automation Tester
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Full Stack Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) Gherkin
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) Express.js
2 1 (5.26%) React
2 1 (5.26%) RESTful
2 1 (5.26%) Sass
2 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Agile
2 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (31.58%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (31.58%) Analytics
3 6 (31.58%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (31.58%) Test Automation
3 6 (31.58%) Test Strategy
4 5 (26.32%) Scrum
4 5 (26.32%) User Experience
5 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
5 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (15.79%) Kanban
6 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
6 3 (15.79%) Software Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) System Testing
6 3 (15.79%) TDD
6 3 (15.79%) Test Planning
6 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality