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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 136 125
Rank change year-on-year +34 -11 -9
Contract jobs citing User Stories 511 264 359
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.70% 2.13% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 2.30% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 159 253
10th Percentile £355 £398 £350
25th Percentile £421 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £649 £600
90th Percentile £675 £740 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
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 - £33.07
90th Percentile £75.59 - £52.83
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.75 £33.04
% change year-on-year +13.36% +86.92% -48.38%

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 16,816 11,468 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.31% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,190 7,694 11,171
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £436 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £519 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 206 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +11.48% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -7 71 £575 +9.52% 17
West London -17 11 £520 -13.33% 1
South London - 4 £700 -
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 74 (14.48%) Confluence
2 21 (4.11%) CMS
3 9 (1.76%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.98%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.78%) Camunda
6 3 (0.59%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (0.59%) Kentico
6 3 (0.59%) SAS
7 2 (0.39%) Drupal
7 2 (0.39%) JBoss
7 2 (0.39%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.33%) MS Visio
3 16 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.17%) Notion
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.39%) InVision
6 2 (0.39%) Sketch
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.39%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.17%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.59%) Actimize
4 3 (0.59%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.59%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (0.59%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.59%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.39%) Exchequer
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.39%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.39%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 109 (21.33%) Azure
2 42 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
3 38 (7.44%) Power Platform
4 36 (7.05%) AWS
5 18 (3.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 14 (2.74%) GCP
6 14 (2.74%) GitHub
7 13 (2.54%) SaaS
8 12 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (2.15%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 10 (1.96%) Figma
11 9 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.57%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.57%) Snowflake
13 7 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.17%) Fivetran
14 6 (1.17%) Lucidchart
14 6 (1.17%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.98%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.78%) Network Security
2 3 (0.59%) Firewall
3 2 (0.39%) FTP
3 2 (0.39%) Wireless
4 1 (0.20%) 5G
4 1 (0.20%) HTTP
4 1 (0.20%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.07%) Power BI
2 17 (3.33%) Metadata
3 13 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.96%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.57%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.57%) Tableau
6 7 (1.37%) Delta Lake
6 7 (1.37%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.17%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.98%) Parquet
8 5 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.59%) Redis
10 2 (0.39%) Big Data
10 2 (0.39%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.39%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
11 1 (0.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 113 (22.11%) JIRA
2 16 (3.13%) Postman
3 12 (2.35%) Git
4 7 (1.37%) Selenium
4 7 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (1.17%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.98%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.98%) Zephyr
7 4 (0.78%) GitLab
8 3 (0.59%) JUnit
8 3 (0.59%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.39%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.39%) Maven
10 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.20%) Gradle
10 1 (0.20%) Mockito
10 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 183 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 166 (32.49%) Finance
3 134 (26.22%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (15.26%) Banking
5 47 (9.20%) Public Sector
6 46 (9.00%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (8.61%) Retail
8 30 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (5.48%) Marketing
10 19 (3.72%) Investment Banking
11 17 (3.33%) Legal
11 17 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.35%) Front Office
14 10 (1.96%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.76%) Back Office
16 8 (1.57%) Corporate Banking
16 8 (1.57%) Retail Banking
17 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 284 (55.58%) Analyst
2 254 (49.71%) Business Analyst
3 92 (18.00%) Senior
4 66 (12.92%) Senior Analyst
5 60 (11.74%) Senior Business Analyst
6 58 (11.35%) Product Owner
7 41 (8.02%) Developer
8 35 (6.85%) Salesforce Business Analyst
9 34 (6.65%) Product Manager
9 34 (6.65%) Salesforce Analyst
10 33 (6.46%) Technical Analyst
11 31 (6.07%) Implementation Analyst
12 29 (5.68%) Technical Business Analyst
13 21 (4.11%) Project Analyst
13 21 (4.11%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
13 21 (4.11%) Senior Salesforce Business Analyst
14 20 (3.91%) Lead
15 19 (3.72%) Systems Analyst
16 17 (3.33%) Data Analyst
16 17 (3.33%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.31%) REST
2 10 (1.96%) ADO
3 8 (1.57%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.57%) JSON
3 8 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (1.57%) VML
4 7 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
5 6 (1.17%) .NET
5 6 (1.17%) XML
6 5 (0.98%) Kafka
6 5 (0.98%) React
6 5 (0.98%) Web Services
7 4 (0.78%) NumPy
7 4 (0.78%) Pandas
7 4 (0.78%) YAML
8 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.59%) JPA
8 3 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (0.59%) RESTful
8 3 (0.59%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 172 (33.66%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.31%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (3.91%) CMDB
4 18 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.76%) PMI
9 8 (1.57%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.37%) FMCG
10 7 (1.37%) Reinsurance
10 7 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 6 (1.17%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (0.98%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.78%) Windows
2 3 (0.59%) Android
2 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (60.27%) Agile
2 226 (44.23%) Acceptance Criteria
3 195 (38.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 127 (24.85%) Requirements Gathering
5 125 (24.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 116 (22.70%) Scrum
7 109 (21.33%) Business Analysis
8 108 (21.14%) Workshop Facilitation
9 107 (20.94%) DevOps
10 95 (18.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 86 (16.83%) Sprint Planning
12 83 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (16.24%) Roadmaps
13 80 (15.66%) Product Backlog
14 78 (15.26%) Data Modelling
15 74 (14.48%) Backlog Management
16 69 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 65 (12.72%) Validation
18 58 (11.35%) Analytics
19 57 (11.15%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 66 (12.92%) SQL
2 37 (7.24%) Python
3 21 (4.11%) Java
4 17 (3.33%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.17%) Apex Code
5 6 (1.17%) C#
6 3 (0.59%) R
6 3 (0.59%) Ruby
7 2 (0.39%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.39%) Korn
7 2 (0.39%) PHP
7 2 (0.39%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.39%) VBA
8 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.20%) X++
Qualifications
1 73 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.35%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.18%) Degree
4 21 (4.11%) CBAP
5 17 (3.33%) IIBA
6 10 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.96%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.57%) CSPO
7 8 (1.57%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.98%) ISEB
11 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.39%) CISSP
12 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.20%) CISM
13 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.68%) QA
2 33 (6.46%) Data Quality
3 26 (5.09%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.15%) GDPR
5 8 (1.57%) NIST
6 7 (1.37%) GRC
7 5 (0.98%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.78%) SLA
9 3 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.59%) PSD2
9 3 (0.59%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.59%) WCAG
10 2 (0.39%) COBIT
10 2 (0.39%) GxP
10 2 (0.39%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.20%) GMP
11 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (2.94%) Docker
2 4 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.59%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.39%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.17%) Terraform
3 5 (0.98%) SCCM
4 1 (0.20%) CASB
4 1 (0.20%) Grafana
4 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.20%) Kibana
4 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 70 (13.70%) Salesforce
3 43 (8.41%) SAP
4 39 (7.63%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.52%) Oracle
6 10 (1.96%) Databricks
6 10 (1.96%) Google
7 8 (1.57%) Workday
8 7 (1.37%) Adobe
9 6 (1.17%) Guidewire
9 6 (1.17%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.98%) Cognizant
10 5 (0.98%) Splunk
11 4 (0.78%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.78%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.78%) Kronos
11 4 (0.78%) Pega
11 4 (0.78%) Sage
12 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.59%) Infor