User Stories Job Trends in London

User Story
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring User Stories skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 240 159
Rank change year-on-year +60 -81 -24
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 209 207 362
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.48% 1.33% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.41% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 142 129 286
10th Percentile £47,758 £51,192 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £55,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £75,400 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +11.70% -1.92%
75th Percentile £92,188 £83,750 £81,000
90th Percentile £114,750 £91,250 £91,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,403 14,702 16,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.67% 94.61% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,935 8,102 13,389
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in London

User Stories
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing User Stories

User Stories
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Stories in London

User Stories
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Central London +51 49 £70,000 -17.65% 20
West London - 6 £46,500 -
South London +37 2 £82,500 - 2
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (10.05%) Confluence
2 4 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Adobe XD
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.96%) Sketch
4 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.39%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.48%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.48%) AWS
2 22 (10.53%) Azure
3 19 (9.09%) SaaS
4 16 (7.66%) Serverless
5 15 (7.18%) Amazon S3
5 15 (7.18%) Amazon SQS
5 15 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.83%) Figma
8 7 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (2.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (1.91%) GitHub
11 3 (1.44%) Lucidchart
11 3 (1.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.96%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.96%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.35%) RTP
2 2 (0.96%) Broadband
2 2 (0.96%) DHCP
2 2 (0.96%) DOCSIS
2 2 (0.96%) DSL
2 2 (0.96%) GPON
2 2 (0.96%) IPv4
2 2 (0.96%) IPv6
2 2 (0.96%) Multicast
2 2 (0.96%) PPP
2 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.96%) VoIP
2 2 (0.96%) WAN
2 2 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.35%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.87%) Power BI
3 5 (2.39%) Metadata
3 5 (2.39%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.91%) Tableau
5 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.96%) DB2
6 2 (0.96%) Looker
6 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.48%) Big Data
7 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.48%) Redis
7 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (13.40%) JIRA
2 5 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.96%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.96%) Selenium
3 2 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.96%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.96%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.96%) webpack
4 1 (0.48%) Git
4 1 (0.48%) Postman
General
1 111 (53.11%) Social Skills
2 78 (37.32%) Finance
3 62 (29.67%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.40%) Banking
5 27 (12.92%) Marketing
6 20 (9.57%) Publishing
7 18 (8.61%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (7.66%) Health Technology
8 16 (7.66%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (7.18%) Tech for Good
10 14 (6.70%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (6.70%) Law
10 14 (6.70%) Retail
11 13 (6.22%) Financial Institution
12 12 (5.74%) Legal
13 10 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (3.35%) Public Sector
15 5 (2.39%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 78 (37.32%) Analyst
2 70 (33.49%) Business Analyst
3 39 (18.66%) Senior
4 34 (16.27%) Developer
5 31 (14.83%) Product Owner
6 29 (13.88%) Lead
7 21 (10.05%) Product Manager
8 19 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (8.61%) Lead Developer
9 18 (8.61%) Python Developer
9 18 (8.61%) Senior Business Analyst
10 17 (8.13%) Lead Python Developer
11 15 (7.18%) AWS Developer
12 14 (6.70%) React Developer
13 10 (4.78%) Designer
14 9 (4.31%) Financial Analyst
14 9 (4.31%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 9 (4.31%) IT Business Analyst
14 9 (4.31%) Senior Manager
14 9 (4.31%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.53%) RESTful
2 7 (3.35%) React
3 5 (2.39%) CSS
3 5 (2.39%) HTML
4 4 (1.91%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.44%) .NET
5 3 (1.44%) Next.js
6 2 (0.96%) Blazor
6 2 (0.96%) CSS3
6 2 (0.96%) EDI
6 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.96%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.96%) HTML5
6 2 (0.96%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.96%) Material Design
6 2 (0.96%) REST
6 2 (0.96%) Sass
6 2 (0.96%) XML
7 1 (0.48%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.48%) MUnit
Miscellaneous
1 65 (31.10%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.22%) Reinsurance
3 11 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.83%) Fixed Income
5 7 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.91%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.44%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.44%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.44%) PACS
9 2 (0.96%) CMDB
9 2 (0.96%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.96%) Equities
9 2 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.96%) IoT
9 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.91%) Linux
2 2 (0.96%) OpenWrt
3 1 (0.48%) Android
3 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (77.51%) Agile
2 71 (33.97%) Roadmaps
3 64 (30.62%) Scrum
4 58 (27.75%) Acceptance Criteria
5 51 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (23.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (22.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (22.01%) Business Analysis
9 41 (19.62%) AI
9 41 (19.62%) Backlog Management
10 39 (18.66%) Product Backlog
11 37 (17.70%) Process Improvement
12 34 (16.27%) Product Management
12 34 (16.27%) User Experience
13 31 (14.83%) Requirements Gathering
14 28 (13.40%) Mentoring
14 28 (13.40%) Translating Business Requirements
14 28 (13.40%) Workshop Facilitation
15 27 (12.92%) Coaching
16 26 (12.44%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.35%) Python
2 17 (8.13%) SQL
3 5 (2.39%) C#
3 5 (2.39%) Java
3 5 (2.39%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.91%) C++
5 3 (1.44%) RPG
5 3 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.96%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.96%) C
6 2 (0.96%) Go
6 2 (0.96%) PHP
7 1 (0.48%) Bicep
7 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.48%) RPG IV
7 1 (0.48%) Swift
7 1 (0.48%) X++
Qualifications
1 40 (19.14%) Degree
2 16 (7.66%) SC Cleared
2 16 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.78%) Master's Degree
4 8 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.87%) CBAP
6 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.96%) CSPO
6 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.96%) MBA
6 2 (0.96%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.96%) PMP
7 1 (0.48%) CFA
7 1 (0.48%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.35%) QA
2 18 (8.61%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.87%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.87%) MiFID
4 6 (2.87%) PMO
5 5 (2.39%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.44%) GDPR
7 2 (0.96%) PSD2
7 2 (0.96%) WCAG
8 1 (0.48%) GRC
8 1 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (1.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.91%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.74%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.83%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.87%) Anaplan
4 6 (2.87%) Pega
5 5 (2.39%) GoldenSource
5 5 (2.39%) Guidewire
5 5 (2.39%) Tagetik
5 5 (2.39%) WorldPay
6 4 (1.91%) Adobe
7 3 (1.44%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.44%) IBM
8 2 (0.96%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.96%) Google
8 2 (0.96%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.96%) Workday
9 1 (0.48%) Apple
9 1 (0.48%) Misys
9 1 (0.48%) Temenos
9 1 (0.48%) Yardi