User Stories Contracts in London

User Story
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring User Stories skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Stories over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 118 107
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 0
Contract jobs citing User Stories 363 562 1,009
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.05% 2.23% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.46% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 384 736
10th Percentile £350 £403 £400
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £625
90th Percentile £650 £718 £700
England median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
10th Percentile - £57.80 £52.63
25th Percentile £31.71 £62.00 £54.69
Median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% +10.64% -
75th Percentile £33.07 £69.38 £62.19
90th Percentile £52.83 £74.00 £63.88
England median hourly rate £33.04 £64.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -48.38% +52.38% +6.53%

All Process and 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 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in London

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in London.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in London

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in London

User Stories
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Stories in London.

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in London

User Stories
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Stories in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

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 16 June 2024. 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 +31 65 £550 +10.00% 17
East London -2 7 £523 +5.56% 1
South London +6 3 £425 -37.04% 2
West London +5 2 £350 -41.67%
North London - 1 - - 2
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (7.71%) Confluence
2 19 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.03%) CMS
4 8 (2.20%) Drupal
5 4 (1.10%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.28%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.28%) Camunda
7 1 (0.28%) Joomla!
7 1 (0.28%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.83%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.83%) Sketch
3 3 (0.83%) Trello
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.55%) InVision
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 22 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.38%) Shopify
2 5 (1.38%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.83%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.28%) Endur
5 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.28%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 98 (27.00%) Azure
2 51 (14.05%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (9.37%) Power Platform
4 27 (7.44%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (3.58%) AWS
5 13 (3.58%) SaaS
6 12 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (3.03%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.48%) Miro
9 8 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.93%) Figma
11 6 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.38%) BigCommerce
12 5 (1.38%) PaaS
13 4 (1.10%) GCP
13 4 (1.10%) Lucidchart
13 4 (1.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (1.10%) Serverless
14 3 (0.83%) IBM Blueworks
14 3 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.38%) DNS
2 4 (1.10%) DHCP
2 4 (1.10%) Firewall
2 4 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.55%) Internet
3 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.28%) FTP
4 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.28%) SNA
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.82%) Power BI
2 15 (4.13%) NoSQL
3 14 (3.86%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.75%) BusinessObjects
6 9 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.20%) Tableau
8 6 (1.65%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 6 (1.65%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.65%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (1.65%) Tableau Server
9 5 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.38%) SAP HANA
10 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.10%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.10%) Siebel EIM
11 3 (0.83%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.55%) Looker
12 2 (0.55%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 47 (12.95%) JIRA
2 19 (5.23%) SoapUI
3 18 (4.96%) Git
3 18 (4.96%) Postman
4 11 (3.03%) Cucumber
5 10 (2.75%) Selenium
5 10 (2.75%) Visual Studio
6 9 (2.48%) Appium
6 9 (2.48%) eggPlant
6 9 (2.48%) JUnit
6 9 (2.48%) REST Assured
6 9 (2.48%) SOAtest
6 9 (2.48%) TestNG
6 9 (2.48%) WebDriver
7 8 (2.20%) Visual Studio Team System
8 5 (1.38%) GitLab
9 4 (1.10%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.55%) JMeter
10 2 (0.55%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.55%) SpecFlow
General
1 107 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 99 (27.27%) Finance
3 50 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.34%) Back Office
6 21 (5.79%) Banking
7 20 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.13%) Marketing
9 13 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.48%) Retail
11 8 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.65%) Publishing
13 5 (1.38%) Front Office
13 5 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.10%) Games
14 4 (1.10%) Local Government
15 3 (0.83%) Aviation
15 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.83%) Legal
Job Titles
1 177 (48.76%) Analyst
2 151 (41.60%) Business Analyst
3 52 (14.33%) Senior
4 43 (11.85%) Product Owner
5 30 (8.26%) Developer
5 30 (8.26%) Technical Analyst
6 24 (6.61%) Senior Analyst
6 24 (6.61%) Technical Business Analyst
7 23 (6.34%) Consultant
8 20 (5.51%) Senior Business Analyst
9 19 (5.23%) Financial Analyst
10 17 (4.68%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 16 (4.41%) Finance Business Analyst
12 14 (3.86%) Project Manager
13 12 (3.31%) Data Analyst
14 11 (3.03%) Data Business Analyst
14 11 (3.03%) Functional Consultant
14 11 (3.03%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.03%) Senior Product Owner
15 10 (2.75%) Agile Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.99%) .NET
2 23 (6.34%) .NET Framework
3 16 (4.41%) ASP.NET
3 16 (4.41%) HTML
4 12 (3.31%) SOAP
5 8 (2.20%) React
6 7 (1.93%) CSS
6 7 (1.93%) REST
7 6 (1.65%) ASP.NET Core
7 6 (1.65%) Web Services
8 5 (1.38%) ADO
8 5 (1.38%) SAP PI
8 5 (1.38%) VML
9 4 (1.10%) LDAP
9 4 (1.10%) Node.js
9 4 (1.10%) XML
10 3 (0.83%) CSS3
10 3 (0.83%) Flask
11 2 (0.55%) JSON
11 2 (0.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 103 (28.37%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.58%) Mobile App
3 6 (1.65%) Reinsurance
3 6 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (1.38%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.38%) Data Structures
4 5 (1.38%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.10%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.83%) Clustering
6 3 (0.83%) FMCG
6 3 (0.83%) LIMS
6 3 (0.83%) Low-Code
6 3 (0.83%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (0.55%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.55%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.93%) Windows
2 6 (1.65%) Linux
3 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) Android
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (59.23%) Agile
2 132 (36.36%) Acceptance Criteria
3 87 (23.97%) Scrum
4 81 (22.31%) DevOps
5 80 (22.04%) Requirements Gathering
6 66 (18.18%) Business Analysis
6 66 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 56 (15.43%) Workshop Facilitation
8 53 (14.60%) Epics
9 44 (12.12%) Product Backlog
10 41 (11.29%) Migration
11 40 (11.02%) Test Automation
11 40 (11.02%) Use Case
12 38 (10.47%) Roadmaps
13 36 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 35 (9.64%) GAP Analysis
15 31 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
15 31 (8.54%) Translating Business Requirements
16 29 (7.99%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 45 (12.40%) SQL
2 27 (7.44%) C#
3 15 (4.13%) JavaScript
3 15 (4.13%) Python
4 14 (3.86%) Java
5 8 (2.20%) T-SQL
5 8 (2.20%) VB.NET
6 7 (1.93%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.10%) C
7 4 (1.10%) Go
8 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.83%) VBA
9 2 (0.55%) Ruby
10 1 (0.28%) Bicep
10 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.28%) R
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (9.64%) Degree
2 29 (7.99%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.65%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.10%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.10%) PMP
6 3 (0.83%) CBAP
6 3 (0.83%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.55%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.55%) MBA
7 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.28%) CEH
8 1 (0.28%) CISM
8 1 (0.28%) CISSP
8 1 (0.28%) CSPO
8 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.92%) QA
2 23 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.41%) PCI DSS
4 13 (3.58%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.38%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.38%) WCAG
6 3 (0.83%) IFRS
6 3 (0.83%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.83%) SLA
6 3 (0.83%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.55%) PMO
7 2 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.28%) Basel II
8 1 (0.28%) Basel III
System Software
1 4 (1.10%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Matomo
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.16%) SAP
3 16 (4.41%) Oracle
3 16 (4.41%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.48%) Guidewire
5 7 (1.93%) Adobe
5 7 (1.93%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.38%) CA Agile Central
6 5 (1.38%) CyberSource
6 5 (1.38%) SimCorp
6 5 (1.38%) Sitecore
7 4 (1.10%) Dell
7 4 (1.10%) Duck Creek
7 4 (1.10%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.10%) Intel
7 4 (1.10%) Screaming Frog
7 4 (1.10%) Siebel
8 3 (0.83%) Informatica
8 3 (0.83%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.55%) Murex