User Stories Job Trends in Merseyside

User Story
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring User Stories skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.33% - 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% - 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £44,125
25th Percentile £49,250 - £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £48,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £55,750 - £52,188
90th Percentile - - £52,375
North West median annual salary £52,500 £66,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.75% +20.45% +2.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 468 459 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 76.47% 89.65% 85.20%
Number of salaries quoted 273 205 367
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £29,269
25th Percentile £29,250 £33,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £60,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Merseyside

User Stories
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing User Stories

User Stories
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 11 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
Liverpool - 2 £52,500 - 2
User Stories
North West

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business IT Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree