User Stories Jobs in the Thames Valley

User Story
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 200 157
Rank change year-on-year +42 -43 -83
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 24 44 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.71% 0.63% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.75% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 14 34 47
10th Percentile £46,450 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,938 £65,000
90th Percentile - £73,750 £72,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,150 5,846 5,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.67% 83.91% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,158 3,916 3,034
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the Thames Valley

User Stories
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for User Stories in the Thames Valley

User Stories
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the Thames Valley

User Stories
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Buckinghamshire +43 11 £52,500 -26.32% 72
Berkshire +23 10 £63,750 +6.25% 149
Oxfordshire +37 3 £55,000 -4.35% 43
User Stories
South East

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (25.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (45.83%) Marketing
2 6 (25.00%) Publishing
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Health Technology
4 3 (12.50%) Retail
4 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Back Office
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Product Owner
2 6 (25.00%) Developer
2 6 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Business Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Product Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Administrator
5 2 (8.33%) Lead
5 2 (8.33%) Lead Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Salesforce Administrator
6 1 (4.17%) E-Commerce Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) CSS
1 6 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (12.50%) FHIR
3 2 (8.33%) Gherkin
3 2 (8.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (70.83%) Product Ownership
2 6 (25.00%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (8.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Agile
2 18 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 11 (45.83%) Roadmaps
4 9 (37.50%) Analytics
4 9 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 9 (37.50%) User Experience
5 8 (33.33%) CRM
6 7 (29.17%) Customer Experience
7 6 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
7 6 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
7 6 (25.00%) SDLC
7 6 (25.00%) SEO
7 6 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
7 6 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
7 6 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
7 6 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 6 (25.00%) TDD
8 5 (20.83%) Product Roadmap
8 5 (20.83%) Validation
9 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 3 (12.50%) Good Clinical Practice
2 2 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Google
2 2 (8.33%) Salesforce