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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 124 142
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 -27
Contract jobs citing User Stories 541 313 314
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.73% 2.30% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 2.50% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 197 217
10th Percentile £358 £388 £361
25th Percentile £437 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £613
90th Percentile £685 £727 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £38.11 - -
25th Percentile £47.36 - £31.71
Median hourly rate £58.75 - £32.36
75th Percentile £67.45 - £33.02
90th Percentile £74.11 - £33.05
England median hourly rate £72.50 £61.75 £33.00
% change year-on-year +17.41% +87.12% -48.44%

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 17,636 12,537 14,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.16% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,638 8,379 10,607
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 237 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.39
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.81 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -9.40% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 68 £565 +7.62% 41
West London +1 18 £520 -13.33% 5
South London - 5 £675 - 3
North London - 3 - - 2
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 79 (14.60%) Confluence
2 22 (4.07%) CMS
3 10 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.92%) Camunda
4 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.55%) Cloud Foundry
5 3 (0.55%) Kentico
5 3 (0.55%) SAS
6 2 (0.37%) Drupal
6 2 (0.37%) JBoss
6 2 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (3.33%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.11%) Notion
5 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.11%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.55%) Actimize
5 3 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.55%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.55%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.55%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.55%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.55%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.37%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.37%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 120 (22.18%) Azure
2 50 (9.24%) Power Platform
3 46 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (8.13%) AWS
5 19 (3.51%) GCP
6 18 (3.33%) SaaS
7 17 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 14 (2.59%) GitHub
10 12 (2.22%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (2.22%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.66%) Figma
12 7 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.29%) Collibra
12 7 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.29%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.11%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.92%) AWS Fargate
14 5 (0.92%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.74%) Network Security
2 3 (0.55%) Firewall
3 2 (0.37%) HTTP
3 2 (0.37%) Intranet
3 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.37%) WAN
3 2 (0.37%) Wireless
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) FTP
4 1 (0.18%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.39%) Power BI
2 27 (4.99%) Metadata
3 23 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.03%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.66%) Delta Lake
5 9 (1.66%) Parquet
6 8 (1.48%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.48%) Tableau
7 7 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.11%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.74%) Data Hub
10 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.37%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.37%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 126 (23.29%) JIRA
2 16 (2.96%) Postman
3 13 (2.40%) Git
4 7 (1.29%) Selenium
4 7 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (0.92%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.74%) GitLab
6 4 (0.74%) JUnit
6 4 (0.74%) Maven
6 4 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 4 (0.74%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.55%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.55%) Gradle
8 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.37%) Mockito
8 2 (0.37%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 205 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 177 (32.72%) Finance
3 155 (28.65%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (17.01%) Banking
5 50 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 49 (9.06%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (8.69%) Retail
8 30 (5.55%) Marketing
9 26 (4.81%) Investment Banking
10 23 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (3.70%) Legal
12 17 (3.14%) Front Office
13 15 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (2.22%) Retail Banking
15 9 (1.66%) Back Office
15 9 (1.66%) Local Government
15 9 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (1.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 296 (54.71%) Analyst
2 267 (49.35%) Business Analyst
3 78 (14.42%) Senior
4 64 (11.83%) Product Owner
5 55 (10.17%) Senior Analyst
6 52 (9.61%) Senior Business Analyst
7 42 (7.76%) Developer
8 37 (6.84%) Technical Analyst
9 35 (6.47%) Product Manager
10 31 (5.73%) Technical Business Analyst
11 29 (5.36%) Salesforce Business Analyst
12 28 (5.18%) Salesforce Analyst
13 27 (4.99%) Lead
14 25 (4.62%) Implementation Analyst
15 21 (3.88%) Data Analyst
16 20 (3.70%) Data Business Analyst
16 20 (3.70%) Systems Analyst
17 18 (3.33%) Banking Analyst
18 17 (3.14%) Project Analyst
19 16 (2.96%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.33%) REST
2 16 (2.96%) JSON
3 10 (1.85%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.66%) .NET
4 9 (1.66%) ADO
4 9 (1.66%) Kafka
4 9 (1.66%) Lightning Web Components
5 8 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (1.48%) React
6 6 (1.11%) SailPoint
6 6 (1.11%) YAML
7 5 (0.92%) Middleware
7 5 (0.92%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.92%) XML
8 4 (0.74%) CSS
8 4 (0.74%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.74%) HTML
8 4 (0.74%) Pandas
8 4 (0.74%) SOAP
8 4 (0.74%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 197 (36.41%) Product Ownership
2 31 (5.73%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (4.07%) CMDB
5 18 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.96%) AI Agents
7 15 (2.77%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (2.22%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.85%) FMCG
12 9 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 9 (1.66%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.48%) Life Science
13 8 (1.48%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.29%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (1.29%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.55%) Android
1 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.55%) Unix
2 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (64.14%) Agile
2 238 (43.99%) Acceptance Criteria
3 229 (42.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 155 (28.65%) User Acceptance Testing
5 153 (28.28%) Requirements Gathering
6 133 (24.58%) Scrum
7 125 (23.11%) Business Analysis
8 111 (20.52%) Workshop Facilitation
9 106 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
10 104 (19.22%) DevOps
11 99 (18.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 93 (17.19%) Sprint Planning
13 91 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 91 (16.82%) Product Backlog
14 88 (16.27%) Backlog Management
15 84 (15.53%) Roadmaps
16 82 (15.16%) Validation
17 80 (14.79%) Data Modelling
18 73 (13.49%) AI
19 71 (13.12%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 90 (16.64%) SQL
2 46 (8.50%) Python
3 28 (5.18%) Java
4 21 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.66%) Apex Code
5 9 (1.66%) C#
6 4 (0.74%) Scala
7 3 (0.55%) Korn
7 3 (0.55%) R
7 3 (0.55%) Ruby
7 3 (0.55%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.37%) PHP
8 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.37%) VBA
9 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.18%) SOQL
9 1 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 72 (13.31%) Security Cleared
2 57 (10.54%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.32%) Degree
4 10 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (1.66%) CSPO
5 9 (1.66%) IIBA
6 8 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.48%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.29%) CBAP
7 7 (1.29%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.92%) ISEB
8 5 (0.92%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.74%) PMP
10 3 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.37%) CISSP
11 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.65%) QA
2 46 (8.50%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.22%) GDPR
5 8 (1.48%) NIST
6 7 (1.29%) GRC
6 7 (1.29%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.74%) GxP
8 4 (0.74%) SEPA
8 4 (0.74%) SLA
9 3 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.55%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.55%) WCAG
10 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.37%) COBIT
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.18%) PMO
11 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 15 (2.77%) Docker
2 8 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 18 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.11%) Terraform
3 5 (0.92%) SCCM
4 1 (0.18%) CASB
4 1 (0.18%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.18%) Kibana
4 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 65 (12.01%) Salesforce
3 43 (7.95%) SAP
4 40 (7.39%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.14%) Google
6 14 (2.59%) Oracle
7 13 (2.40%) Databricks
8 10 (1.85%) Zscaler
9 7 (1.29%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.29%) Workday
10 6 (1.11%) Pega
11 5 (0.92%) Adobe
11 5 (0.92%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.92%) ION Trading
11 5 (0.92%) Splunk
12 4 (0.74%) IBM
12 4 (0.74%) Kronos
12 4 (0.74%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.74%) Sage
13 3 (0.55%) Zuora