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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 138 131
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 26 20 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.99% 0.59% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.71% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 14
10th Percentile £43,300 £31,050 £46,357
25th Percentile £44,500 £32,625 £52,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +17.07%
75th Percentile £50,500 £57,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £51,100 £59,673 £78,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -

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 2,373 2,833 2,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.54% 83.94% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 1,363 1,924
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,400 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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
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 14 October 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 +26 23 - - 2
Glasgow -2 2 £51,000 +12.09% 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 13 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (65.38%) Azure
1 17 (65.38%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (46.15%) Power Platform
2 12 (46.15%) Snowflake
3 2 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (46.15%) Data Warehouse
1 12 (46.15%) Power BI
1 12 (46.15%) Tableau
2 4 (15.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 4 (15.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (57.69%) JIRA
General
1 22 (84.62%) Finance
2 12 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
4 8 (30.77%) Marketing
5 4 (15.38%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Front Office
6 1 (3.85%) Games
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) Analyst
2 17 (65.38%) Business Analyst
3 8 (30.77%) Technical Analyst
3 8 (30.77%) Technical Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Data Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Product Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Product Owner
6 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Product Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 23 (88.46%) Product Ownership
2 8 (30.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 8 (30.77%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.85%) PMI
3 1 (3.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Agile
2 18 (69.23%) Coaching
3 17 (65.38%) Acceptance Criteria
3 17 (65.38%) DevOps
4 16 (61.54%) Asset Management
4 16 (61.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (53.85%) Sprint Planning
5 14 (53.85%) Sprint Retrospective
6 12 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (34.62%) Translating Business Requirements
8 8 (30.77%) AI
8 8 (30.77%) Backlog Refinement
8 8 (30.77%) Client Onboarding
8 8 (30.77%) Data Engineering
8 8 (30.77%) Network Planning
9 7 (26.92%) Mentoring
10 6 (23.08%) Business Analysis
11 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
12 4 (15.38%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) SQL
2 12 (46.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) CCA
2 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) CBAP
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) ISO 20022
2 1 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Charles River
2 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow