User Stories Contract Job Trends in London

User Story
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 150 119
Rank change year-on-year +45 -31 -2
Contract jobs citing User Stories 473 218 355
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.65% 1.75% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 1.90% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 132 257
10th Percentile £359 £400 £355
25th Percentile £425 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £600
90th Percentile £675 £693 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £37.80 - -
25th Percentile £46.59 - £31.71
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £33.00
75th Percentile £71.15 - £53.75
90th Percentile £75.59 - £61.10
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.75 £42.75
% change year-on-year +13.36% +44.44% -33.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,807 11,500 15,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.40% 92.19% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,571 7,797 11,258
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 173 315
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.50 £15.97
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.21% -28.21%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.30
England median hourly rate £46.65 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.47% -20.36% -2.25%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in London

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in London

User Stories
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing User Stories.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing User Stories

User Stories
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Stories in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for User Stories in London

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +20 67 £558 +6.24% 44
West London -22 9 £520 -13.33% 2
South London - 3 £700 - 1
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 84 (17.76%) Confluence
2 15 (3.17%) CMS
3 7 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.85%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.63%) Camunda
6 2 (0.42%) Drupal
6 2 (0.42%) JBoss
6 2 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.42%) WordPress
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.44%) MS Visio
3 15 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.06%) Notion
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.42%) InVision
6 2 (0.42%) Sketch
6 2 (0.42%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.69%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.06%) ProductWriter
5 4 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.63%) Dynamics SL
6 3 (0.63%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.63%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.63%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.42%) Actimize
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.42%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.42%) Exchequer
7 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.42%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 80 (16.91%) Azure
2 40 (8.46%) Power Platform
3 32 (6.77%) AWS
4 26 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (3.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 14 (2.96%) SaaS
7 13 (2.75%) GCP
8 11 (2.33%) GitHub
9 10 (2.11%) Figma
9 10 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (2.11%) Power Automate
9 10 (2.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 9 (1.90%) Lucidchart
11 8 (1.69%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (1.27%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.06%) Collibra
14 5 (1.06%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.85%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.85%) Firewall
1 4 (0.85%) Network Security
2 3 (0.63%) FTP
2 3 (0.63%) HTTP
3 2 (0.42%) Wireless
4 1 (0.21%) NGFW
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.98%) Power BI
2 16 (3.38%) Metadata
3 14 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.75%) Tableau
5 11 (2.33%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.90%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.48%) Delta Lake
8 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.06%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.06%) Parquet
9 5 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.63%) Big Data
11 3 (0.63%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
12 2 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.42%) Redis
13 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.21%) Cognos Query Studio
Development Applications
1 117 (24.74%) JIRA
2 12 (2.54%) Postman
3 9 (1.90%) Git
4 8 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.48%) Selenium
5 7 (1.48%) Zephyr
6 6 (1.27%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.85%) GitLab
8 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.63%) JUnit
8 3 (0.63%) TestRail
9 2 (0.42%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.42%) Maven
9 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.42%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.21%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
General
1 175 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 167 (35.31%) Finance
3 128 (27.06%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (15.01%) Banking
5 51 (10.78%) Public Sector
6 36 (7.61%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (7.40%) Retail
8 32 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (4.86%) Marketing
10 17 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.38%) Investment Banking
12 13 (2.75%) Financial Institution
13 12 (2.54%) Front Office
13 12 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.11%) Legal
15 7 (1.48%) Retail Banking
16 6 (1.27%) Back Office
16 6 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
16 6 (1.27%) Local Government
16 6 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 282 (59.62%) Analyst
2 261 (55.18%) Business Analyst
3 95 (20.08%) Senior
4 72 (15.22%) Senior Analyst
5 67 (14.16%) Senior Business Analyst
6 44 (9.30%) Product Owner
7 36 (7.61%) Salesforce Business Analyst
8 35 (7.40%) Salesforce Analyst
8 35 (7.40%) Technical Analyst
9 33 (6.98%) Technical Business Analyst
10 30 (6.34%) Developer
10 30 (6.34%) Product Manager
11 27 (5.71%) Implementation Analyst
12 22 (4.65%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
12 22 (4.65%) Senior Salesforce Business Analyst
13 21 (4.44%) Project Analyst
14 18 (3.81%) Data Business Analyst
14 18 (3.81%) Financial Analyst
15 17 (3.59%) Data Analyst
16 15 (3.17%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.81%) REST
2 10 (2.11%) ADO
3 8 (1.69%) VML
4 7 (1.48%) XML
5 6 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (1.06%) HTML
6 5 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.06%) Web Services
7 4 (0.85%) .NET
7 4 (0.85%) JSON
7 4 (0.85%) Kafka
7 4 (0.85%) NumPy
7 4 (0.85%) Pandas
8 3 (0.63%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.63%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.63%) CSS
8 3 (0.63%) JWT
8 3 (0.63%) PySpark
8 3 (0.63%) SOAP
8 3 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (31.50%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.96%) CMDB
5 14 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (2.33%) PMI
8 9 (1.90%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 7 (1.48%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.27%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.06%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.06%) NHS
12 5 (1.06%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.06%) Windows
2 2 (0.42%) Android
2 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (63.00%) Agile
2 192 (40.59%) Acceptance Criteria
3 170 (35.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 126 (26.64%) Requirements Gathering
5 119 (25.16%) Workshop Facilitation
6 116 (24.52%) Business Analysis
7 111 (23.47%) Scrum
8 104 (21.99%) User Acceptance Testing
9 87 (18.39%) DevOps
10 83 (17.55%) Data Modelling
10 83 (17.55%) Roadmaps
11 81 (17.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 76 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
13 67 (14.16%) Sprint Planning
14 64 (13.53%) Backlog Management
15 61 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 59 (12.47%) Product Backlog
17 58 (12.26%) Migration
18 54 (11.42%) Analytics
19 53 (11.21%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.11%) SQL
2 31 (6.55%) Python
3 18 (3.81%) Java
4 12 (2.54%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.27%) C#
6 5 (1.06%) Apex Code
7 4 (0.85%) R
7 4 (0.85%) VBA
8 3 (0.63%) Korn
9 2 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
9 2 (0.42%) Ruby
9 2 (0.42%) Scala
10 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.21%) X++
10 1 (0.21%) XPath
Qualifications
1 74 (15.64%) Security Cleared
2 61 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 53 (11.21%) Degree
4 33 (6.98%) CBAP
5 23 (4.86%) IIBA
6 13 (2.75%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.54%) CSPO
8 8 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.69%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.48%) ISEB
9 7 (1.48%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.42%) MBA
12 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.42%) PMP
13 1 (0.21%) ACCA
13 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (16.28%) QA
2 32 (6.77%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.33%) GDPR
5 7 (1.48%) NIST
6 6 (1.27%) SLA
7 5 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.06%) PSD2
8 4 (0.85%) WCAG
9 3 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.42%) COBIT
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.42%) NCSC
10 2 (0.42%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.21%) Basel III
11 1 (0.21%) GMP
11 1 (0.21%) GxP
System Software
1 12 (2.54%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) IAG
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.27%) Terraform
3 5 (1.06%) SCCM
4 2 (0.42%) CASB
4 2 (0.42%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.21%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.21%) Grafana
5 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.21%) Kibana
5 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 77 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 70 (14.80%) Salesforce
3 40 (8.46%) SAP
4 32 (6.77%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.02%) Oracle
6 10 (2.11%) Databricks
7 9 (1.90%) Google
8 8 (1.69%) Adobe
8 8 (1.69%) Workday
8 8 (1.69%) Zuora
9 6 (1.27%) Guidewire
9 6 (1.27%) Splunk
10 5 (1.06%) Cognizant
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco
11 4 (0.85%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.85%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.63%) Adaptive Insights
12 3 (0.63%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.63%) Jitterbit