User Stories Job Trends in Edinburgh

User Story
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring User Stories skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 89 90
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 +32
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 23 11 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.95% 1.02% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 1.05% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.08%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £79,600
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 - £50,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

User Stories falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 983 1,052 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 83.23% 97.32% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 469 415 864
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -2.37%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Stories relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

User Stories job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

User Stories
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing User Stories

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (43.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) Azure
1 14 (60.87%) Azure DevOps
2 10 (43.48%) Power Platform
2 10 (43.48%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (43.48%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (43.48%) Power BI
1 10 (43.48%) Tableau
2 4 (17.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 4 (17.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (43.48%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Appium
2 1 (4.35%) Postman
General
1 22 (95.65%) Finance
2 13 (56.52%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
4 8 (34.78%) Legal
5 6 (26.09%) Marketing
6 4 (17.39%) Front Office
7 1 (4.35%) Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Retail
7 1 (4.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 21 (91.30%) Analyst
2 18 (78.26%) Business Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Technical Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Technical Business Analyst
4 7 (30.43%) Change Analyst
5 5 (21.74%) Senior
6 4 (17.39%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (13.04%) Data Business Analyst
7 3 (13.04%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Digital Product Owner
8 1 (4.35%) Product Owner
8 1 (4.35%) Senior Product Owner
8 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (95.65%) Product Ownership
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
2 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Agile
2 22 (95.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (91.30%) Acceptance Criteria
3 21 (91.30%) Asset Management
3 21 (91.30%) Coaching
4 14 (60.87%) DevOps
5 11 (47.83%) Sprint Planning
5 11 (47.83%) Validation
6 10 (43.48%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (43.48%) Sprint Retrospective
7 7 (30.43%) Business Case
7 7 (30.43%) Change Management
7 7 (30.43%) Data Flow Diagram
7 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
7 7 (30.43%) Process Improvement
7 7 (30.43%) Project Management
7 7 (30.43%) Risk Management
7 7 (30.43%) Test Planning
7 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (30.43%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) SQL
2 10 (43.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
1 7 (30.43%) PMI Certification
1 7 (30.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Charles River