User Stories Contract Job Trends in Southampton

User Story
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring User Stories skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 21 22
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -
Contract jobs citing User Stories 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 3.94% 1.20% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 1.72% 4.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £453 - £542
25th Percentile £458 - £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £350 £585
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% -40.17% -
75th Percentile £473 - £619
90th Percentile £477 - £621
Hampshire median daily rate £447 £375 £585
% change year-on-year +19.13% -35.90% +11.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 116 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 85.04% 69.88% 84.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 77 104
10th Percentile £170 £200 £263
25th Percentile £320 £356 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £594 £634 £620
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile £36.90 £46.00 £18.75
25th Percentile £58.50 - £22.69
Median hourly rate £71.50 £80.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.63% +196.30% +47.38%
75th Percentile £73.50 - £32.63
90th Percentile £74.40 - £36.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +4.27% +30.49%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Southampton

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing User Stories.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing User Stories

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) TestRail
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Development Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Product Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Wealth Management
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamic Pricing
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB