User Stories Jobs in the North West

User Story
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 189 183
Rank change year-on-year -78 -6 -75
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 34 110 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.42% 1.10% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 1.34% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 26 86 83
10th Percentile £51,250 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,794 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% -13.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £88,741 £60,741 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,822 £82,125 £69,273
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.82% -3.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,723 8,221 7,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.81% 82.40% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,001 6,231 3,872
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,064
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,475
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the North West

User Stories
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for User Stories in the North West

User Stories
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the North West

User Stories
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Manchester -5 23 £80,000 +52.38% 49
Lancashire -72 8 £57,560 -0.70% 20
Merseyside +21 2 £63,750 +27.50% 9
Cheshire -1 1 £57,500 +35.29% 13
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (2.94%) CMS
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (11.76%) MS Visio
4 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (2.94%) Magento
2 1 (2.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Figma
1 4 (11.76%) Google Workspace
1 4 (11.76%) Miro
1 4 (11.76%) Slack
2 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.94%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) JIRA
2 4 (11.76%) Balsamiq
General
1 19 (55.88%) Social Skills
2 17 (50.00%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (20.59%) Banking
5 6 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (11.76%) Financial Institution
6 4 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (11.76%) Marketing
7 2 (5.88%) Digital Health
7 2 (5.88%) Law
7 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (2.94%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Product Owner
3 6 (17.65%) Lead
4 5 (14.71%) Business Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) Requirements Manager
4 5 (14.71%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Digital Product Owner
6 3 (8.82%) Development Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Integration Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Project Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Software Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Software Development Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Systems Development Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Systems Integration Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Data Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Resilience Manager
8 1 (2.94%) IT Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Pensions Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Pensions Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) JSON
1 3 (8.82%) REST
1 3 (8.82%) SOAP
1 3 (8.82%) XML
2 2 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (58.82%) Product Ownership
2 5 (14.71%) Mainframe
2 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.94%) NHS
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (73.53%) Agile
2 12 (35.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (29.41%) Business Analysis
3 10 (29.41%) Product Backlog
3 10 (29.41%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (26.47%) Scrum
4 9 (26.47%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (23.53%) Acceptance Criteria
5 8 (23.53%) Analytics
5 8 (23.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 8 (23.53%) SDLC
6 7 (20.59%) Backlog Management
6 7 (20.59%) Commercialisation
6 7 (20.59%) Roadmaps
6 7 (20.59%) Waterfall
7 6 (17.65%) Business Strategy
7 6 (17.65%) Product Requirements
7 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
7 6 (17.65%) Requirements Management
7 6 (17.65%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) PMO
2 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) SEPA
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
1 7 (20.59%) ServiceNow
2 5 (14.71%) Atlassian
3 4 (11.76%) Google
4 2 (5.88%) Siebel
5 1 (2.94%) Adobe
5 1 (2.94%) Facebook
5 1 (2.94%) Salesforce