User Stories Job Trends in Kent

User Story
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring User Stories skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 74 64
Rank change year-on-year -8 -10 +33
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 2 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.19% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.31% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.43%
75th Percentile - - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £59,000 £62,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -5.60% +16.28% -6.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 850 637 500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.21% 88.84% 78.86%
Number of salaries quoted 446 207 397
10th Percentile £26,875 £30,300 £25,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +17.02% -6.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,050 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.37% -4.45%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Kent

User Stories
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing User Stories

User Stories
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Kent region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tunbridge Wells +2 1 - -
User Stories
South East

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) MoSCoW
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BT