User Stories Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Story
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 377 299 211
Rank change year-on-year -78 -88 -88
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 209 648 986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.87% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 1.06% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 136 457 523
10th Percentile £38,242 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,956
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.51% -3.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the UK excluding London

User Stories
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for User Stories in the UK excluding London

User Stories
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the UK excluding London

User Stories
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the UK excluding London 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
South East +7 62 £65,000 +8.33% 653
Midlands +32 56 £45,000 +2.27% 475
North of England -68 48 £56,280 +7.20% 554
West Midlands +20 41 £47,500 -9.52% 256
North West -68 32 £57,560 +15.12% 262
South West +26 18 £55,000 - 286
East Midlands +33 15 £37,500 +7.14% 187
Scotland +72 13 - - 98
Yorkshire +18 13 £47,500 -5.00% 222
Northern Ireland +39 7 - - 37
Wales +27 4 £57,500 +15.00% 70
North East +37 3 £45,000 -22.37% 70
East of England +20 2 £71,500 +27.11% 366
User Stories
UK

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 28 (13.40%) Confluence
2 7 (3.35%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.35%) CMS
3 6 (2.87%) Appian
4 5 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (4.78%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.35%) NetSuite
1 7 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.91%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.96%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.48%) Magento
4 1 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.48%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 16 (7.66%) Azure
3 15 (7.18%) SaaS
4 10 (4.78%) AWS
5 9 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.35%) Figma
8 6 (2.87%) Google Analytics
9 5 (2.39%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.39%) MinIO
9 5 (2.39%) Miro
10 4 (1.91%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.91%) Slack
11 3 (1.44%) GitHub
12 2 (0.96%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.96%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.48%) AWS Step Functions
13 1 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.48%) BigCommerce
13 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.74%) Power BI
2 7 (3.35%) SAP HANA
3 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.91%) SAP BW
4 4 (1.91%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.44%) Big Data
6 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.48%) Airbyte
7 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.48%) Redis
7 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (23.92%) JIRA
2 7 (3.35%) Robot Framework
3 6 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.39%) Selenium
4 5 (2.39%) Snyk
5 4 (1.91%) Balsamiq
6 3 (1.44%) Git
6 3 (1.44%) GitLab
7 2 (0.96%) JMeter
7 2 (0.96%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) FitNesse
8 1 (0.48%) Newman
8 1 (0.48%) Postman
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 74 (35.41%) Social Skills
2 51 (24.40%) Finance
3 42 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.48%) Marketing
5 18 (8.61%) Law
6 17 (8.13%) Banking
7 13 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.78%) Automotive
9 9 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.83%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.35%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.35%) Publishing
12 4 (1.91%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.91%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.91%) Retail
13 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.44%) Legal
13 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (38.76%) Analyst
2 70 (33.49%) Business Analyst
3 31 (14.83%) Developer
4 27 (12.92%) Product Owner
5 25 (11.96%) Software Developer
6 14 (6.70%) Systems Analyst
7 12 (5.74%) CRM Analyst
7 12 (5.74%) CRM Business Analyst
7 12 (5.74%) Lead
7 12 (5.74%) Senior
8 11 (5.26%) Product Manager
9 9 (4.31%) Administrator
9 9 (4.31%) Finance Business Analyst
9 9 (4.31%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 9 (4.31%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (4.31%) Salesforce Administrator
10 7 (3.35%) CRM Systems Analyst
10 7 (3.35%) Information Specialist
10 7 (3.35%) Procurement Specialist
10 7 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.78%) CSS
2 8 (3.83%) HTML
3 7 (3.35%) Middleware
4 6 (2.87%) Kafka
5 5 (2.39%) ADO
5 5 (2.39%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (1.91%) React
6 4 (1.91%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.44%) FHIR
7 3 (1.44%) REST
7 3 (1.44%) SOAP
7 3 (1.44%) Spring
7 3 (1.44%) Swagger
8 2 (0.96%) .NET
8 2 (0.96%) Core Animation
8 2 (0.96%) Core Data
8 2 (0.96%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.96%) jQuery
8 2 (0.96%) Playwright
8 2 (0.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (39.23%) Product Ownership
2 12 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.35%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.35%) Taxonomies
5 6 (2.87%) Low-Code
5 6 (2.87%) Marketing Technology
6 5 (2.39%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.39%) SCADA
7 4 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.91%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.91%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.44%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.44%) PMI
9 2 (0.96%) Animation
9 2 (0.96%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.96%) FMCG
9 2 (0.96%) NHS
9 2 (0.96%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.96%) Android
1 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (76.56%) Agile
2 69 (33.01%) Acceptance Criteria
3 51 (24.40%) Business Analysis
4 50 (23.92%) Requirements Gathering
5 47 (22.49%) Roadmaps
6 37 (17.70%) Scrum
6 37 (17.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (16.75%) Project Management
8 33 (15.79%) Sprint Planning
9 32 (15.31%) CRM
10 31 (14.83%) Product Backlog
11 30 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (13.88%) Sprint Retrospective
13 28 (13.40%) Product Roadmap
14 27 (12.92%) Analytics
14 27 (12.92%) SDLC
14 27 (12.92%) User Acceptance Testing
15 26 (12.44%) CI/CD
15 26 (12.44%) Workshop Facilitation
16 25 (11.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.66%) SQL
2 10 (4.78%) C#
3 9 (4.31%) Python
4 7 (3.35%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.39%) Java
5 5 (2.39%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.96%) Swift
7 1 (0.48%) C
7 1 (0.48%) C++
7 1 (0.48%) Ruby
7 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (18.66%) Degree
2 12 (5.74%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.83%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.35%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.91%) CCA
6 4 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) CSPO
7 3 (1.44%) ISEB
7 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.44%) PMP
8 2 (0.96%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.48%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.18%) QA
2 3 (1.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (1.44%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.96%) GxP
3 2 (0.96%) ISO 20022
3 2 (0.96%) PMO
3 2 (0.96%) SEPA
4 1 (0.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.39%) Ansible
1 5 (2.39%) HP ALM
1 5 (2.39%) Terraform
2 3 (1.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (11.00%) Salesforce
2 16 (7.66%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.74%) SAP
4 10 (4.78%) Google
5 8 (3.83%) IBM
6 7 (3.35%) Atlassian
7 6 (2.87%) Oracle
7 6 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.39%) BiZZdesign
8 5 (2.39%) Black Duck
8 5 (2.39%) HP
8 5 (2.39%) MuleSoft
8 5 (2.39%) UiPath
8 5 (2.39%) VMware
9 3 (1.44%) Databricks
10 2 (0.96%) Siebel
11 1 (0.48%) Adobe
11 1 (0.48%) Coverity
11 1 (0.48%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.48%) Pega