User Stories Jobs in the North of England

User Story
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring User Stories skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Stories over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 231 174
Rank change year-on-year -68 -57 -59
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 48 177 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.96% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 1.18% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 36 136 157
10th Percentile £40,688 £38,750 £38,550
25th Percentile £45,938 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,280 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,063 £60,741 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,822 £75,000 £68,636
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.82% -3.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,999 15,011 15,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.29% 81.77% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,481 11,439 7,819
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the North of England

User Stories
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the North of England.

Salary trend for User Stories in the North of England

User Stories
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the North of England

User Stories
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
North West -68 32 £57,560 +15.12% 252
Yorkshire +18 13 £47,500 -5.00% 215
North East +37 3 £45,000 -22.37% 65
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.58%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (12.50%) MS Visio
3 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.08%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.08%) Magento
2 1 (2.08%) Shopify
2 1 (2.08%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (10.42%) Miro
2 4 (8.33%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) Figma
2 4 (8.33%) Google Workspace
2 4 (8.33%) Slack
3 1 (2.08%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (2.08%) Power BI
1 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (22.92%) JIRA
2 4 (8.33%) Balsamiq
General
1 22 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 18 (37.50%) Finance
3 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Banking
5 5 (10.42%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (8.33%) Marketing
6 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.17%) Digital Health
8 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.17%) Law
8 2 (4.17%) Retail
9 1 (2.08%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (2.08%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.08%) Legal
9 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (47.92%) Analyst
2 16 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) Product Owner
4 5 (10.42%) Lead
4 5 (10.42%) Requirements Manager
4 5 (10.42%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Digital Product Owner
6 3 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Data Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Resilience Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Scrum Master
8 1 (2.08%) Pensions Analyst
8 1 (2.08%) Pensions Business Analyst
8 1 (2.08%) Product Lead
8 1 (2.08%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Senior
8 1 (2.08%) Smart Metering Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) REST
1 3 (6.25%) SOAP
2 2 (4.17%) ADO
2 2 (4.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.08%) JSON
3 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (47.92%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.42%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.33%) Mainframe
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.17%) Smart Meter
6 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.08%) NHS
6 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (66.67%) Agile
2 18 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 18 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 17 (35.42%) Workshop Facilitation
4 14 (29.17%) Acceptance Criteria
5 13 (27.08%) Business Analysis
6 12 (25.00%) Scrum
7 11 (22.92%) Product Backlog
8 9 (18.75%) Roadmaps
9 8 (16.67%) Backlog Management
9 8 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 8 (16.67%) SDLC
9 8 (16.67%) Sprint Review
9 8 (16.67%) User Experience
9 8 (16.67%) Waterfall
10 7 (14.58%) Analytics
10 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (14.58%) Product Requirements
10 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (14.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.08%) ISO 20022
2 1 (2.08%) PMO
2 1 (2.08%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) SEPA
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (10.42%) Atlassian
4 4 (8.33%) Google
5 2 (4.17%) Databricks
5 2 (4.17%) Siebel
6 1 (2.08%) Adobe
6 1 (2.08%) Oracle
6 1 (2.08%) SAP