User Stories Jobs in Scotland

User Story
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 149 221 167
Rank change year-on-year +72 -54 -53
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 13 59 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.87% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.95% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 0 21 30
10th Percentile - £32,500 £38,250
25th Percentile - £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £66,875
90th Percentile - - £75,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.51% -3.39% -

All Process and 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 2,783 6,212 4,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.70% 91.15% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 2,458 2,089
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,425 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Scotland

User Stories
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Scotland.

Salary trend 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 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
Edinburgh +18 13 - - 30
User Stories
UK

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
2 8 (61.54%) Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Product Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Product Owner
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Banking Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Payments Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Product Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Business Analysis
2 9 (69.23%) Agile
3 8 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (46.15%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 5 (38.46%) Epics
5 5 (38.46%) User Research
6 4 (30.77%) Digital Banking
6 4 (30.77%) Product Requirements
7 3 (23.08%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (23.08%) B2B
7 3 (23.08%) Coaching
7 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
7 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
7 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
8 2 (15.38%) Use Case
9 1 (7.69%) Analytics
9 1 (7.69%) Data Analytics
9 1 (7.69%) DevOps
9 1 (7.69%) Product Management
9 1 (7.69%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 20022
1 1 (7.69%) SEPA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft