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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 230 156
Rank change year-on-year +48 -74 -37
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 211 214 363
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.54% 1.36% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.44% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 144 136 291
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,625 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,938 £55,322 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +15.38% -5.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £112,125 £91,250 £91,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 12,162 14,894 16,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.56% 94.33% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,768 8,375 13,273
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,881 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
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 £116,250
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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +58 55 £70,000 -17.65% 37
West London +6 8 £46,500 +1.09% 3
South London +28 2 £82,500 - 12
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 24 (11.37%) Confluence
2 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Anypoint
Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Adobe XD
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.95%) Sketch
4 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.37%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.47%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.47%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.37%) AWS
2 23 (10.90%) Azure
3 20 (9.48%) SaaS
4 16 (7.58%) Serverless
5 15 (7.11%) Amazon S3
5 15 (7.11%) Amazon SQS
5 15 (7.11%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.27%) Figma
7 8 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.32%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (2.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (1.90%) GitHub
11 3 (1.42%) Lucidchart
11 3 (1.42%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.95%) Miro
12 2 (0.95%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.95%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.32%) RTP
2 2 (0.95%) Broadband
2 2 (0.95%) DHCP
2 2 (0.95%) DOCSIS
2 2 (0.95%) DSL
2 2 (0.95%) GPON
2 2 (0.95%) IPv4
2 2 (0.95%) IPv6
2 2 (0.95%) Multicast
2 2 (0.95%) PPP
2 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.95%) VoIP
2 2 (0.95%) WAN
2 2 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.32%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.90%) Power BI
4 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.42%) Metadata
4 3 (1.42%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.42%) Tableau
5 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.95%) DB2
5 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.47%) Big Data
6 1 (0.47%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.47%) Looker
6 1 (0.47%) Redis
6 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (14.69%) JIRA
2 5 (2.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.95%) Selenium
3 2 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.95%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.95%) webpack
4 1 (0.47%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) Postman
General
1 111 (52.61%) Social Skills
2 74 (35.07%) Finance
3 58 (27.49%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.80%) Banking
5 26 (12.32%) Marketing
6 19 (9.00%) Publishing
7 18 (8.53%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (7.58%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (7.58%) Health Technology
8 16 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (7.11%) Tech for Good
10 14 (6.64%) Law
10 14 (6.64%) Retail
11 12 (5.69%) Legal
12 11 (5.21%) Financial Institution
12 11 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (3.79%) Public Sector
14 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (2.37%) Advertising
15 5 (2.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (37.91%) Analyst
2 71 (33.65%) Business Analyst
3 37 (17.54%) Senior
4 33 (15.64%) Developer
5 30 (14.22%) Product Owner
6 28 (13.27%) Lead
7 24 (11.37%) Product Manager
8 18 (8.53%) Senior Analyst
8 18 (8.53%) Senior Business Analyst
9 17 (8.06%) Lead Developer
9 17 (8.06%) Python Developer
10 16 (7.58%) Lead Python Developer
11 15 (7.11%) AWS Developer
12 14 (6.64%) React Developer
13 11 (5.21%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 10 (4.74%) Designer
14 10 (4.74%) Product Analyst
15 9 (4.27%) Consultant
15 9 (4.27%) Financial Analyst
15 9 (4.27%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.43%) RESTful
2 7 (3.32%) React
3 5 (2.37%) CSS
3 5 (2.37%) HTML
4 4 (1.90%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.42%) .NET
5 3 (1.42%) Next.js
6 2 (0.95%) Blazor
6 2 (0.95%) CSS3
6 2 (0.95%) EDI
6 2 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.95%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.95%) HTML5
6 2 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.95%) Material Design
6 2 (0.95%) REST
6 2 (0.95%) Sass
6 2 (0.95%) XML
7 1 (0.47%) FHIR
7 1 (0.47%) MUnit
Miscellaneous
1 64 (30.33%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.21%) Reinsurance
2 11 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.32%) Fixed Income
3 7 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.42%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.42%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.42%) PACS
7 2 (0.95%) CMDB
7 2 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.95%) Equities
7 2 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.95%) IoT
7 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.95%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.90%) Linux
2 2 (0.95%) OpenWrt
3 1 (0.47%) Android
3 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (77.73%) Agile
2 73 (34.60%) Roadmaps
3 64 (30.33%) Scrum
4 60 (28.44%) Acceptance Criteria
5 56 (26.54%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (22.75%) Business Analysis
6 48 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (22.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 40 (18.96%) Backlog Management
9 39 (18.48%) AI
9 39 (18.48%) Product Backlog
10 38 (18.01%) Process Improvement
11 37 (17.54%) Product Management
12 34 (16.11%) User Experience
13 31 (14.69%) Requirements Gathering
13 31 (14.69%) Translating Business Requirements
14 28 (13.27%) Workshop Facilitation
15 27 (12.80%) Coaching
15 27 (12.80%) Mentoring
16 26 (12.32%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.74%) Python
2 18 (8.53%) SQL
3 5 (2.37%) C#
3 5 (2.37%) Java
3 5 (2.37%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.90%) C++
5 3 (1.42%) RPG
5 3 (1.42%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.95%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.95%) C
6 2 (0.95%) Go
6 2 (0.95%) PHP
7 1 (0.47%) Bicep
7 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.47%) RPG IV
7 1 (0.47%) Swift
7 1 (0.47%) X++
Qualifications
1 43 (20.38%) Degree
2 17 (8.06%) SC Cleared
2 17 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.79%) CBAP
3 8 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.79%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.42%) CSPO
4 3 (1.42%) PMP
5 2 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.95%) CFA
5 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.95%) MBA
5 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.47%) APMG
6 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.47%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.69%) QA
2 16 (7.58%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.32%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.32%) PMO
4 6 (2.84%) GDPR
4 6 (2.84%) MiFID
5 5 (2.37%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (2.37%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.95%) WCAG
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.47%) GRC
7 1 (0.47%) HL7
7 1 (0.47%) PSD2
7 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.47%) UCITS
System Software
1 4 (1.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.16%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.32%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.84%) Anaplan
4 6 (2.84%) Guidewire
4 6 (2.84%) Pega
5 5 (2.37%) GoldenSource
5 5 (2.37%) Tagetik
5 5 (2.37%) WorldPay
6 4 (1.90%) Adobe
7 3 (1.42%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.42%) IBM
7 3 (1.42%) Workday
8 2 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.95%) Google
8 2 (0.95%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.47%) Apple
9 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.47%) Misys
9 1 (0.47%) Yardi