The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 2 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
20
22
20
Rank change year-on-year
+2
-2
+2
Contract jobs citing User Stories
5
2
3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton
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 Northampton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
117
126
115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton
93.60%
94.74%
83.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
101
97
91
10th Percentile
£263
£342
£163
25th Percentile
£356
£356
£260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£400
£450
£375
Median % change year-on-year
-11.11%
+20.00%
-18.48%
75th Percentile
£475
£588
£500
90th Percentile
£525
£622
£575
Northamptonshire median daily rate
£402
£443
£375
% change year-on-year
-9.26%
+18.13%
-17.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
6
1
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
£13.75
-
-
Median hourly rate
£14.50
£14.00
£14.52
Median % change year-on-year
+3.57%
-3.58%
+7.56%
75th Percentile
£15.25
-
-
90th Percentile
-
£35.75
-
Northamptonshire median hourly rate
£32.25
£14.00
£41.50
% change year-on-year
+130.36%
-66.27%
+50.91%
User Stories Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton
Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.
User Stories Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Northampton.
User Stories Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing User Stories also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northampton region with a requirement for User Stories.
User Stories Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:
