The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
21
24
20
Rank change year-on-year
+3
-4
+27
Contract jobs citing User Stories
1
4
6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in 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
96
121
129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton
79.34%
65.05%
79.63%
Number of daily rates quoted
58
81
83
10th Percentile
£200
£250
£263
25th Percentile
£420
£356
£453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£525
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-
-4.55%
+14.58%
75th Percentile
£613
£634
£600
90th Percentile
£695
£660
£655
Hampshire median daily rate
£550
£585
£525
% change year-on-year
-5.98%
+11.43%
+2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
10
7
10th Percentile
-
£13.13
£19.23
25th Percentile
-
£66.88
£21.24
Median hourly rate
-
£80.00
£27.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
+196.30%
+55.89%
75th Percentile
-
-
£32.88
90th Percentile
-
-
£46.75
Hampshire median hourly rate
£50.00
£57.35
£53.75
% change year-on-year
-12.82%
+6.70%
+84.64%
User Stories Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
User Stories Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Southampton.
User Stories Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton
For the 6 months to 6 July 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 Southampton region with a requirement for 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:
