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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 116 150
Rank change year-on-year +10 +34 -31
Contract jobs citing User Stories 591 345 295
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.91% 2.55% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 2.76% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 224 181
10th Percentile £359 £382 £363
25th Percentile £447 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £620
90th Percentile £688 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.45% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £42.78 - £33.01
25th Percentile £51.25 - £33.02
Median hourly rate £55.00 £31.49 £33.04
Median % change year-on-year +74.66% -4.68% -45.17%
75th Percentile £60.63 £37.25 £33.05
90th Percentile £69.67 £40.70 £33.06
England median hourly rate £70.00 £31.49 £33.04
% change year-on-year +122.29% -4.68% -37.67%

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 18,076 12,495 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.53% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,257 9,705
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 255 182
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.01 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -18 74 £550 +2.33% 44
West London -1 20 £520 +58.90% 18
North London - 6 £575 -
South London - 4 £675 - 3
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 86 (14.55%) Confluence
2 24 (4.06%) CMS
3 9 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.02%) Camunda
5 5 (0.85%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (0.51%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.51%) Kentico
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.17%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (3.21%) MS Visio
2 18 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.18%) Notion
6 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.85%) ProductWriter
4 3 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.51%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics SL
5 2 (0.34%) Endur
5 2 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.34%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.34%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.17%) MetaTrader
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 125 (21.15%) Azure
2 64 (10.83%) Power Platform
3 58 (9.81%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (8.80%) AWS
5 29 (4.91%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (4.91%) SaaS
6 19 (3.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 17 (2.88%) GCP
7 17 (2.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 14 (2.37%) Snowflake
9 12 (2.03%) GitHub
10 10 (1.69%) Figma
11 9 (1.52%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.18%) Collibra
13 7 (1.18%) PaaS
13 7 (1.18%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.51%) Intranet
2 2 (0.34%) HTTP
2 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.34%) WAN
2 2 (0.34%) Wireless
3 1 (0.17%) 5G
3 1 (0.17%) SSH
3 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.29%) Power BI
2 29 (4.91%) Metadata
3 19 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.71%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.52%) Parquet
6 8 (1.35%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.35%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.18%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.85%) ClickHouse
8 5 (0.85%) Data Hub
8 5 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.85%) Tableau
9 4 (0.68%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.51%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.34%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.34%) Redis
11 2 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 132 (22.34%) JIRA
2 14 (2.37%) Postman
3 13 (2.20%) Git
4 12 (2.03%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.52%) Maven
6 7 (1.18%) GitLab
6 7 (1.18%) JUnit
6 7 (1.18%) Mockito
6 7 (1.18%) REST Assured
6 7 (1.18%) Selenium
6 7 (1.18%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (1.02%) Gradle
8 5 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.51%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
General
1 228 (38.58%) Social Skills
2 199 (33.67%) Finance
3 163 (27.58%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (18.61%) Banking
5 57 (9.64%) Retail
6 52 (8.80%) Public Sector
7 50 (8.46%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (4.91%) Investment Banking
9 27 (4.57%) Marketing
10 22 (3.72%) Legal
11 19 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (2.88%) Front Office
12 17 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.54%) Retail Banking
14 14 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.20%) Local Government
16 12 (2.03%) Back Office
17 11 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
19 6 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 330 (55.84%) Analyst
2 293 (49.58%) Business Analyst
3 97 (16.41%) Senior
4 66 (11.17%) Product Owner
5 65 (11.00%) Senior Analyst
6 63 (10.66%) Senior Business Analyst
7 54 (9.14%) Developer
8 39 (6.60%) Technical Analyst
9 37 (6.26%) Lead
10 35 (5.92%) Product Manager
11 29 (4.91%) Technical Business Analyst
12 24 (4.06%) Salesforce Analyst
12 24 (4.06%) Salesforce Business Analyst
13 19 (3.21%) Data Analyst
13 19 (3.21%) Systems Analyst
14 16 (2.71%) Implementation Analyst
14 16 (2.71%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
15 15 (2.54%) Financial Analyst
16 14 (2.37%) Banking Analyst
16 14 (2.37%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.72%) REST
2 16 (2.71%) JSON
3 13 (2.20%) Kafka
4 12 (2.03%) .NET
4 12 (2.03%) Lightning Web Components
5 11 (1.86%) React
6 10 (1.69%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.52%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.18%) CSS
8 7 (1.18%) Hibernate
8 7 (1.18%) HTML
8 7 (1.18%) JPA
8 7 (1.18%) RESTful
8 7 (1.18%) SailPoint
8 7 (1.18%) SOAP
8 7 (1.18%) Spring
9 6 (1.02%) ADO
9 6 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.02%) YAML
10 5 (0.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 219 (37.06%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (3.05%) AI Agents
6 17 (2.88%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.71%) CMDB
7 16 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.37%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.03%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.86%) FMCG
10 11 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.35%) Life Science
12 8 (1.35%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.18%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.51%) Android
1 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.51%) Unix
2 2 (0.34%) Linux
3 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (66.33%) Agile
2 274 (46.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 262 (44.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 196 (33.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 180 (30.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 158 (26.73%) Workshop Facilitation
7 154 (26.06%) Business Analysis
7 154 (26.06%) Scrum
8 124 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
9 116 (19.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 113 (19.12%) DevOps
11 110 (18.61%) Sprint Planning
12 103 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 102 (17.26%) Backlog Management
14 98 (16.58%) Product Backlog
15 96 (16.24%) Validation
16 94 (15.91%) AI
17 85 (14.38%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 85 (14.38%) Roadmaps
18 84 (14.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 105 (17.77%) SQL
2 45 (7.61%) Python
3 28 (4.74%) Java
4 20 (3.38%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.03%) Apex Code
6 11 (1.86%) C#
7 6 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.85%) Scala
9 4 (0.68%) Korn
10 3 (0.51%) R
10 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.34%) Ruby
11 2 (0.34%) SOQL
12 1 (0.17%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.17%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 82 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.68%) SC Cleared
3 45 (7.61%) Degree
4 10 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.69%) IIBA
5 9 (1.52%) CSPO
5 9 (1.52%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.35%) CBAP
6 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.35%) PMP
7 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.68%) ISEB
10 3 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.34%) CISSP
11 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (11.34%) QA
2 58 (9.81%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.71%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.20%) GDPR
5 9 (1.52%) GRC
6 8 (1.35%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.02%) NIST
8 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.68%) GxP
9 4 (0.68%) ISO 15022
9 4 (0.68%) SEPA
10 3 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.51%) WCAG
11 2 (0.34%) COBIT
11 2 (0.34%) SLA
11 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.54%) Docker
2 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.02%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.51%) Grafana
2 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.34%) Argo
3 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.17%) Ansible
4 1 (0.17%) Kibana
Vendors
1 94 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.32%) Salesforce
3 41 (6.94%) SAP
4 29 (4.91%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.54%) Google
6 12 (2.03%) Oracle
7 11 (1.86%) Databricks
8 8 (1.35%) IBM
9 7 (1.18%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.18%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.85%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.85%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.85%) Pega
10 5 (0.85%) Veracode
11 4 (0.68%) Adobe
11 4 (0.68%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.68%) Kronos
12 3 (0.51%) Duck Creek
12 3 (0.51%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.51%) Sage