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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 235 274
Rank change year-on-year +56 +39 -105
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 322 172 203
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.29% 1.44% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.53% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 181 132 148
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,438 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,313 £80,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

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 20,107 11,233 17,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.80% 94.14% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13,640 7,113 10,472
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -37 32 £70,000 - 77
East London - 15 £42,000 - 5
South London - 7 £55,000 - 4
West London -16 6 - - 20
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 56 (17.39%) Confluence
2 7 (2.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 7 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.24%) CMS
4 3 (0.93%) Drupal
4 3 (0.93%) IIS
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.31%) JBoss
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 32 (9.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 10 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.86%) Moqups
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.62%) Trello
5 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) Notion
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (7.76%) Workfront
2 15 (4.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (3.73%) Adobe Campaign
4 9 (2.80%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (2.80%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (2.80%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.24%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.62%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.66%) Azure
2 32 (9.94%) iPaaS
3 25 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.21%) SaaS
5 18 (5.59%) AWS
5 18 (5.59%) Power Platform
6 17 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.97%) Figma
8 14 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 12 (3.73%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.73%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.17%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.17%) GCP
10 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.86%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (1.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (1.55%) Anthropic Claude
13 3 (0.93%) Asana
13 3 (0.93%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 46 (14.29%) Broadband
2 1 (0.31%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.18%) Metadata
2 11 (3.42%) Power BI
3 5 (1.55%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.24%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.93%) Db2
6 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.31%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (22.05%) JIRA
2 9 (2.80%) Selenium
3 7 (2.17%) Claude Code
4 6 (1.86%) Cypress.io
4 6 (1.86%) Postman
5 4 (1.24%) Git
6 3 (0.93%) JUnit
7 2 (0.62%) TestNG
8 1 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.31%) JIRA Agile
8 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 121 (37.58%) Social Skills
2 100 (31.06%) Finance
3 90 (27.95%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (22.05%) Marketing
5 64 (19.88%) Law
6 48 (14.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (11.18%) Public Sector
8 26 (8.07%) Banking
9 18 (5.59%) Retail
10 17 (5.28%) Manufacturing
10 17 (5.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (4.35%) Legal
12 12 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (2.48%) Advertising
15 8 (2.48%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.86%) Publishing
17 4 (1.24%) Billing
Job Titles
1 124 (38.51%) Analyst
2 112 (34.78%) Business Analyst
3 72 (22.36%) Product Owner
4 49 (15.22%) Senior
5 30 (9.32%) Product Manager
6 25 (7.76%) Senior Analyst
6 25 (7.76%) Senior Business Analyst
7 19 (5.90%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
8 18 (5.59%) Consultant
9 17 (5.28%) Campaign Manager
9 17 (5.28%) Technical Business Analyst
10 14 (4.35%) Developer
10 14 (4.35%) Product Analyst
10 14 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
11 13 (4.04%) Senior Manager
12 10 (3.11%) Technical Product Owner
13 9 (2.80%) Lead
14 8 (2.48%) Financial Analyst
14 8 (2.48%) Senior Campaign Manager
15 7 (2.17%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.59%) HTML
2 15 (4.66%) REST
3 9 (2.80%) Gherkin
3 9 (2.80%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (1.86%) CSS
4 6 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
5 5 (1.55%) .NET
5 5 (1.55%) Material Design
6 4 (1.24%) JSON
6 4 (1.24%) RESTful
7 3 (0.93%) ADO
7 3 (0.93%) Kafka
7 3 (0.93%) Node.js
7 3 (0.93%) React
7 3 (0.93%) SOAP
7 3 (0.93%) XML
8 2 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.62%) Middleware
8 2 (0.62%) Next.js
8 2 (0.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 175 (54.35%) Product Ownership
2 49 (15.22%) Social Media
3 45 (13.98%) Marketing Technology
3 45 (13.98%) Over-the-Top Content
4 12 (3.73%) Biopharmaceutical
4 12 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.48%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.48%) Reinsurance
7 7 (2.17%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.86%) Life Science
8 6 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.24%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.24%) EPoS
10 4 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.24%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (72.36%) Agile
2 136 (42.24%) Acceptance Criteria
3 103 (31.99%) Sprint Planning
4 100 (31.06%) Roadmaps
5 94 (29.19%) AI
6 91 (28.26%) Scrum
7 90 (27.95%) Business Analysis
8 86 (26.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 84 (26.09%) Product Backlog
10 83 (25.78%) Decision-Making
11 73 (22.67%) Product Management
12 72 (22.36%) Epics
13 70 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (21.12%) Requirements Gathering
15 67 (20.81%) Customer Experience
15 67 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
16 66 (20.50%) Product Vision
17 62 (19.25%) Workflow
18 60 (18.63%) Product Requirements
18 60 (18.63%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.04%) SQL
2 15 (4.66%) Python
3 12 (3.73%) Java
4 6 (1.86%) Apex Code
5 5 (1.55%) C#
5 5 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.24%) SOQL
6 4 (1.24%) SOSL
7 2 (0.62%) RPG
7 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.31%) RPG IV
8 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 71 (22.05%) Degree
2 45 (13.98%) Security Cleared
3 40 (12.42%) SC Cleared
4 32 (9.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.35%) Master's Degree
6 12 (3.73%) MBA
7 8 (2.48%) CSPO
8 7 (2.17%) IIBA
9 4 (1.24%) CBAP
9 4 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.93%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.04%) QA
2 18 (5.59%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.28%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.55%) WCAG
5 2 (0.62%) GAAP
5 2 (0.62%) GDPR
5 2 (0.62%) GRC
5 2 (0.62%) PMO
5 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.31%) GxP
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.24%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.31%) Ansible
2 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 45 (13.98%) Adobe
2 36 (11.18%) Microsoft
3 27 (8.39%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.11%) Oracle
4 10 (3.11%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.86%) Intapp
6 4 (1.24%) Databricks
7 3 (0.93%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.93%) iManage
7 3 (0.93%) SAP
7 3 (0.93%) Workday
8 2 (0.62%) Citrix
8 2 (0.62%) Duck Creek
8 2 (0.62%) IBM
8 2 (0.62%) Sage
8 2 (0.62%) YouTube
9 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.31%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.31%) Informatica
9 1 (0.31%) Misys