User Stories Contracts in the South West

User Story
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for User Stories skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Stories over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 94 105
Rank change year-on-year -36 +11 -10
Contract jobs citing User Stories 25 80 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.78% 2.21% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 2.46% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 65 49
10th Percentile £419 £439 £412
25th Percentile £538 £538 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £612 £572
90th Percentile £749 £650 £619
England median daily rate £538 £525 £515
% change year-on-year +2.38% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £42.00
England median hourly rate £42.75 £64.50 £47.25
% change year-on-year -33.72% +36.51% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

User Stories is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,651 3,250 3,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.90% 89.63% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 2,396 2,328
10th Percentile £217 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.84%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £590
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 335 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.44 £17.00 £20.08
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £69.95
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the South West.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Bristol +6 9 £573 +15.95% 12
Devon +2 5 £748 +35.99% 4
Wiltshire -39 5 £575 +3.14% 8
Somerset +3 2 £600 -7.69% 2
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.00%) Confluence
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (4.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Magento
1 1 (4.00%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (16.00%) Power Automate
1 4 (16.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (16.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 10 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.00%) Finance
4 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Developer
2 5 (20.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 5 (20.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Software Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Management Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Principal Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Python Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) CSS
1 4 (16.00%) Flask
1 4 (16.00%) HTML
1 4 (16.00%) REST
2 1 (4.00%) .NET
2 1 (4.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (16.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Agile
2 8 (32.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (24.00%) Product Management
3 6 (24.00%) Scrum
4 5 (20.00%) Business Case
4 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (16.00%) API Development
5 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Epics
5 4 (16.00%) Front End Development
5 4 (16.00%) Minimum Viable Product
5 4 (16.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
5 4 (16.00%) Prototyping
5 4 (16.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (16.00%) Web Application Development
6 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
6 3 (12.00%) Product Backlog
6 3 (12.00%) TDD
6 3 (12.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (16.00%) Python
3 1 (4.00%) C#
3 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) VMware