User Stories Job Trends in Scotland

User Story
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 133 203
Rank change year-on-year +9 +70 -70
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 15 13 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.45% 0.52% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.57% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 24
10th Percentile £43,500 - £32,900
25th Percentile £48,750 - £38,546
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £59,063
90th Percentile £92,500 - £74,208
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -0.86% +0.06% +0.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,364 2,271 5,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.97% 90.73% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,394 1,002 2,427
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,971 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,125 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Scotland

User Stories
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing User Stories

User Stories
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for User Stories in Scotland

User Stories
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Glasgow +27 6 £55,000 - 3
Edinburgh +6 3 £55,000 -
West Lothian - 3 £50,000 -
Aberdeen - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 £100,000 - 3
User Stories
UK

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Figma
1 2 (13.33%) Miro
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) GCP
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
2 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Redis
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
1 3 (20.00%) Postman
2 1 (6.67%) Appium
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Publishing
5 1 (6.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Analyst
2 8 (53.33%) Business Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Product Owner
4 2 (13.33%) ERP Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) ERP Business Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Product Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Product Business Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Product Owner
4 2 (13.33%) Transformation Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Change Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Node.js
1 1 (6.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Agile
2 12 (80.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (40.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (40.00%) Product Backlog
4 5 (33.33%) Backlog Management
4 5 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (20.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (20.00%) Product Vision
6 3 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
6 3 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) CSPO
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA