User Story
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring User Stories skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Stories over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 67 | 54 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -13 | +6 | +11 |
| DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing User Stories | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex | 0.27% | 0.31% | 1.00% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.32% | 0.43% | 1.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,175 | £71,261 | £61,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,813 | £71,278 | £66,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,250 | £72,611 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.66% | -6.31% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £54,313 | £74,000 | £88,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £54,725 | £74,050 | £94,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £55,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +4.17% | +6.19% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex
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 Essex.
| DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 621 | 469 | 562 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex | 84.03% | 71.60% | 93.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 354 | 319 | 282 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,900 | £29,000 | £23,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £40,000 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £50,000 | £48,800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +2.46% | +2.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,900 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £46,750 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.50% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
User Stories
Salary Trend in Essex
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing User Stories.
User Stories
Job Locations in Essex
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Essex region over the 6 months to 24 August 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 DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford | - | 2 | £53,250 | - | 1 |
| User Stories East of England |
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User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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: