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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 153 125
Rank change year-on-year +49 -28 -7
Contract jobs citing User Stories 473 223 350
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.65% 1.80% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 1.95% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 134 251
10th Percentile £362 £400 £350
25th Percentile £425 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £633 £600
90th Percentile £675 £704 £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 15,783 11,435 15,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.26% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,560 7,742 11,125
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 176 311
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -28.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +15 63 £570 +8.57% 38
West London -17 9 £520 -13.33% 1
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 82 (17.34%) 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%) 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 10 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.69%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.27%) ProductWriter
3 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.63%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.63%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.63%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.63%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.42%) Actimize
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.42%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.42%) Exchequer
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.42%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 79 (16.70%) Azure
2 43 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 33 (6.98%) AWS
4 25 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.59%) SaaS
5 17 (3.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 16 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.96%) 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%) Fivetran
14 5 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.85%) Network Security
2 3 (0.63%) Firewall
2 3 (0.63%) FTP
3 2 (0.42%) HTTP
3 2 (0.42%) Wireless
4 1 (0.21%) 5G
4 1 (0.21%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.61%) Power BI
2 17 (3.59%) 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%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.06%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.06%) Parquet
9 5 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.63%) Big Data
10 3 (0.63%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.42%) Redis
12 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 116 (24.52%) JIRA
2 13 (2.75%) Postman
3 8 (1.69%) Git
4 7 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.48%) Selenium
4 7 (1.48%) Zephyr
5 6 (1.27%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.85%) GitLab
7 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.63%) JUnit
7 3 (0.63%) TestRail
8 2 (0.42%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.42%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.21%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 171 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 168 (35.52%) Finance
3 125 (26.43%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (14.80%) Banking
5 49 (10.36%) Public Sector
6 36 (7.61%) Documentation Skills
7 32 (6.77%) Retail
8 31 (6.55%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (5.29%) Marketing
10 18 (3.81%) 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 11 (2.33%) Legal
15 8 (1.69%) Retail Banking
16 7 (1.48%) Corporate Banking
16 7 (1.48%) Local Government
17 6 (1.27%) Back Office
17 6 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 280 (59.20%) Analyst
2 255 (53.91%) Business Analyst
3 94 (19.87%) Senior
4 72 (15.22%) Senior Analyst
5 67 (14.16%) Senior Business Analyst
6 48 (10.15%) Product Owner
7 38 (8.03%) Salesforce Business Analyst
8 37 (7.82%) Salesforce Analyst
9 36 (7.61%) Technical Analyst
10 33 (6.98%) Technical Business Analyst
11 30 (6.34%) Developer
12 29 (6.13%) Product Manager
13 28 (5.92%) Implementation Analyst
14 23 (4.86%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
14 23 (4.86%) Senior Salesforce Business Analyst
15 22 (4.65%) Project Analyst
16 18 (3.81%) Financial Analyst
17 17 (3.59%) Data Business Analyst
18 16 (3.38%) Data Analyst
19 15 (3.17%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.59%) REST
2 10 (2.11%) ADO
3 8 (1.69%) VML
4 6 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
4 6 (1.27%) XML
5 5 (1.06%) HTML
5 5 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.06%) Web Services
6 4 (0.85%) .NET
6 4 (0.85%) Kafka
6 4 (0.85%) NumPy
6 4 (0.85%) Pandas
7 3 (0.63%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.63%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.63%) CSS
7 3 (0.63%) JWT
7 3 (0.63%) Middleware
7 3 (0.63%) PySpark
7 3 (0.63%) SOAP
7 3 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (31.50%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.02%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.96%) CMDB
6 14 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.90%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.90%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.90%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.90%) PMI
9 8 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 7 (1.48%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.27%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
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
1 296 (62.58%) Agile
2 193 (40.80%) Acceptance Criteria
3 173 (36.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 124 (26.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 115 (24.31%) Workshop Facilitation
6 114 (24.10%) Business Analysis
7 110 (23.26%) Scrum
8 102 (21.56%) User Acceptance Testing
9 85 (17.97%) Data Modelling
9 85 (17.97%) DevOps
9 85 (17.97%) Roadmaps
10 81 (17.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 75 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
12 68 (14.38%) Sprint Planning
13 66 (13.95%) Backlog Management
14 62 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 61 (12.90%) Product Backlog
16 58 (12.26%) Analytics
17 56 (11.84%) Migration
18 54 (11.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.53%) SQL
2 31 (6.55%) Python
3 17 (3.59%) 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 2 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.42%) Korn
8 2 (0.42%) PHP
8 2 (0.42%) Ruby
8 2 (0.42%) Scala
9 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) X++
9 1 (0.21%) XPath
Qualifications
1 70 (14.80%) Security Cleared
2 58 (12.26%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.99%) Degree
4 31 (6.55%) CBAP
5 23 (4.86%) IIBA
6 11 (2.33%) CSPO
6 11 (2.33%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.69%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.48%) ISEB
8 7 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.42%) MBA
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.42%) PMP
12 1 (0.21%) ACCA
12 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (15.22%) QA
2 33 (6.98%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.54%) GDPR
5 7 (1.48%) NIST
6 6 (1.27%) SLA
7 5 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.85%) WCAG
9 3 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.63%) PSD2
10 2 (0.42%) COBIT
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 15022
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
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (2.54%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) IAG
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (2.33%) 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%) Grafana
5 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.21%) Kibana
5 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 71 (15.01%) Salesforce
3 40 (8.46%) SAP
4 31 (6.55%) 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%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco
11 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.85%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.63%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.63%) Jitterbit
12 3 (0.63%) MuleSoft