User Stories Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

User Story
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring User Stories skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 57 52
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -10
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 6 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.04% 1.12% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.24% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £44,000 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -31.03% +38.10%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £76,250
90th Percentile - £64,000 -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -31.03% +45.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 461 483 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 79.62% 90.11% 89.34%
Number of salaries quoted 357 198 326
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,188 £37,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,028
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.78% -7.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,444 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

User Stories
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing User Stories

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Law
1 1 (16.67%) Legal
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Development Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Software Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Software Development Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Software Development Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Business IT Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) IT Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) IT Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (83.33%) DevOps
3 3 (50.00%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Mapping
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) MoSCoW
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Service Design
4 1 (16.67%) SWOT Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR