User Stories Job Trends in Swansea

User Story
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring User Stories skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 20 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 -8 +4
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 3 1 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 2.21% 1.72% 15.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 1.72% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,663 £37,733 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.49% -24.53% +22.69%
75th Percentile - - £63,125
90th Percentile - - £75,000
West Wales median annual salary £35,663 £37,733 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.49% -24.53% +22.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 58 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 79.41% 100.00% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 69 22 121
10th Percentile - £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,733 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,848 £43,756 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% -7.88% +16.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,252 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,537 - £73,048
West Wales median annual salary £42,500 £42,512 £46,131
% change year-on-year -0.03% -7.85% +15.33%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Swansea

User Stories
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing User Stories

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) SEO
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CIPD
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility