The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
16
-
23
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-4
Contract jobs citing User Stories
1
0
3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire
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 Worcestershire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
44
60
110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire
95.65%
80.00%
93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted
33
47
81
10th Percentile
£145
£213
£331
25th Percentile
£200
£400
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£525
£525
Median % change year-on-year
+9.52%
-
+35.48%
75th Percentile
£700
£575
£650
90th Percentile
£830
£675
£675
West Midlands median daily rate
£500
£500
£512
% change year-on-year
-
-2.34%
+5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted
8
7
6
10th Percentile
£14.09
-
£15.82
25th Percentile
£15.22
£10.50
£16.83
Median hourly rate
£17.16
£11.73
£17.70
Median % change year-on-year
+46.31%
-33.76%
+11.60%
75th Percentile
£18.13
£48.13
£17.72
90th Percentile
£37.29
£72.50
£17.72
West Midlands median hourly rate
£18.00
£22.50
£17.72
% change year-on-year
-20.00%
+26.98%
+4.24%
User Stories Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire
Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.
User Stories Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Worcestershire.
User Stories Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire
For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Worcestershire region with a requirement for User Stories.
User Stories Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:
