User Stories Contract Job Trends in West End of London

User Story
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West End of London requiring User Stories skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User Stories 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 3.45% - 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% - 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £483 £633 £550
% change year-on-year -23.72% +15.00% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West End of London

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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28 79 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 96.55% 94.05% 81.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 56 40
10th Percentile £438 £360 £353
25th Percentile £459 £450 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £523 £520
Median % change year-on-year +7.66% +0.48% -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £577 £688
90th Percentile £779 £675 £753
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% -
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.84% +34.62% -35.80%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Stories relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

User Stories job vacancy trend in West End of London

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing User Stories.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing User Stories

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

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 West End of London region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. 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
Westminster - 1 £575 -
User Stories
Central London

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing