Story Points Contracts in the North of England

Story Points
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Story Points skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Story Points over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Story Points 0 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England - - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £438
25th Percentile - - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £578
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.22%
75th Percentile - - £680
90th Percentile - - £682
England median daily rate £465 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -19.13% +15.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Story Points 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,970 3,960 5,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.62% 85.44% 90.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,421 3,492
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £557 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 365 204
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £15.54
Median hourly rate £26.28 £17.72 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +48.29% -36.35% +46.53%
75th Percentile £57.76 £45.00 £43.94
90th Percentile £81.08 £59.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -21.23% +0.29% +45.58%

Story Points
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Story Points as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Story Points in the North of England

Story Points
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Story Points in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Story Points in the North of England