User Story
Scotland > Scottish Borders
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing User Stories | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Scottish Borders | - | - | 14.29% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 14.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £427 | £434 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.67% | -8.58% | +9.20% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Scottish Borders
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 the Scottish Borders.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders | - | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £463 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £475 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.56% | -14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £488 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £594 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £465 | £450 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -6.25% | +1.05% |
User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the Scottish Borders
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Stories relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders.
User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in the Scottish Borders
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Scottish Borders citing User Stories.
