User Story
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Stories skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Stories over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 192 120
Rank change year-on-year -80 -72 +70
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 1,084 2,090 4,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.99% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 2.08% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 767 1,233 2,336
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,873
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Stories is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England -69 912 £57,965 -3.39% 252
UK excluding London -96 668 £55,000 - 148
Work from Home -51 478 £57,965 -2.74% 131
London -66 329 £70,000 +3.70% 110
North of England -43 179 £52,500 -4.55% 37
South East -52 143 £60,000 - 34
Midlands -61 116 £45,500 -9.00% 24
North West +8 112 £50,000 -13.04% 24
South West -39 96 £55,000 +10.00% 34
West Midlands -45 79 £53,250 +6.50% 20
Scotland -62 62 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Yorkshire 0 52 £50,000 -3.16% 11
East Midlands -50 34 £37,500 -31.82% 4
East of England -38 33 £55,000 -10.20% 10
Wales -12 25 £50,000 +29.05% 6
North East -28 15 £57,965 +5.39% 2
Northern Ireland +23 14 £75,400 +43.62% 2

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 102 (9.41%) Confluence
2 41 (3.78%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.11%) CMS
4 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.83%) WordPress
6 8 (0.74%) IIS
7 7 (0.65%) Kentico
8 6 (0.55%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.46%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.28%) Mendix
10 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.18%) JBoss
12 1 (0.092%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.092%) nginx
Applications
1 40 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 23 (2.12%) Sketch
3 22 (2.03%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.01%) InVision
5 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.55%) Trello
6 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.092%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 44 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.28%) Magento
4 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.18%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.18%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 1 (0.092%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 226 (20.85%) Azure
2 126 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
3 122 (11.25%) Power Platform
4 101 (9.32%) AWS
5 80 (7.38%) Dynamics 365
6 66 (6.09%) SaaS
7 50 (4.61%) Serverless
8 46 (4.24%) PowerApps
9 42 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (2.86%) Power Automate
11 25 (2.31%) GitHub
12 22 (2.03%) Azure Functions
13 21 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (1.85%) Figma
15 15 (1.38%) GCP
16 14 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
17 12 (1.11%) dbt
17 12 (1.11%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.48%) Broadband
2 13 (1.20%) Internet
3 10 (0.92%) WPA
4 6 (0.55%) Intranet
4 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.55%) WebEx
5 4 (0.37%) SSL
5 4 (0.37%) VPN
6 3 (0.28%) NaaS
6 3 (0.28%) Wireless
7 1 (0.092%) 3G
7 1 (0.092%) AMQP
7 1 (0.092%) Firewall
7 1 (0.092%) HTTP
7 1 (0.092%) LAN
7 1 (0.092%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (8.39%) Power BI
2 58 (5.35%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.40%) Tableau
4 25 (2.31%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.94%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.38%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.01%) Big Data
9 8 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.74%) Redis
9 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.65%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
11 6 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (0.55%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.46%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.46%) Metadata
13 4 (0.37%) GIS
14 3 (0.28%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 234 (21.59%) JIRA
2 59 (5.44%) Git
3 36 (3.32%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.23%) Team Foundation Server
5 23 (2.12%) Selenium
6 17 (1.57%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.48%) GitLab
8 12 (1.11%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.01%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.92%) Postman
10 10 (0.92%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.83%) JMeter
12 8 (0.74%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.74%) git-flow
12 8 (0.74%) MSBuild
12 8 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
12 8 (0.74%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.65%) Visual Studio Team System
14 5 (0.46%) MSTest
14 5 (0.46%) Xcode
General
1 312 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 268 (24.72%) Finance
3 183 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (10.06%) Marketing
5 93 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (7.29%) Public Sector
7 67 (6.18%) Law
8 56 (5.17%) Retail
9 53 (4.89%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
11 39 (3.60%) Banking
11 39 (3.60%) Legal
12 17 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.20%) Investment Banking
15 12 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 10 (0.92%) Advertising
17 7 (0.65%) Publishing
18 6 (0.55%) Automotive
18 6 (0.55%) Billing
Job Titles
1 382 (35.24%) Analyst
2 326 (30.07%) Business Analyst
3 219 (20.20%) Senior
4 145 (13.38%) Developer
5 124 (11.44%) Product Owner
6 91 (8.39%) Product Manager
7 83 (7.66%) Lead
8 61 (5.63%) Technical Analyst
9 59 (5.44%) Senior Analyst
10 56 (5.17%) Technical Business Analyst
11 47 (4.34%) Architect
11 47 (4.34%) Designer
12 46 (4.24%) Senior Developer
13 44 (4.06%) Consultant
14 39 (3.60%) Senior Business Analyst
15 38 (3.51%) .NET Developer
16 37 (3.41%) Content Designer
16 37 (3.41%) Senior Designer
17 34 (3.14%) Senior Content Designer
18 27 (2.49%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (9.32%) .NET
2 62 (5.72%) HTML
3 60 (5.54%) CSS
4 52 (4.80%) ASP.NET
4 52 (4.80%) React
5 44 (4.06%) REST
6 38 (3.51%) AngularJS
6 38 (3.51%) XML
7 33 (3.04%) .NET Core
8 31 (2.86%) .NET Framework
9 28 (2.58%) JSON
10 24 (2.21%) Node.js
11 22 (2.03%) ASP.NET MVC
12 18 (1.66%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 18 (1.66%) Vue
12 18 (1.66%) Web Services
13 17 (1.57%) Kafka
14 16 (1.48%) HTML5
15 15 (1.38%) Entity Framework
15 15 (1.38%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 343 (31.64%) Product Ownership
2 50 (4.61%) Management Information System
3 44 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 32 (2.95%) NHS
5 28 (2.58%) Low-Code
6 27 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (2.21%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.66%) FMCG
9 17 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.57%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.29%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
14 11 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (0.92%) Derivative
16 9 (0.83%) Data Structures
17 8 (0.74%) Cloud Native
17 8 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 52 (4.80%) Linux
2 18 (1.66%) Windows
3 11 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.55%) Android
5 5 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.28%) Unix
7 1 (0.092%) VMS
7 1 (0.092%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.092%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 748 (69.00%) Agile
2 323 (29.80%) Roadmaps
3 310 (28.60%) Scrum
4 257 (23.71%) Acceptance Criteria
5 249 (22.97%) DevOps
6 226 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
7 208 (19.19%) Product Backlog
8 181 (16.70%) Business Analysis
9 177 (16.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 156 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 153 (14.11%) User Experience
12 149 (13.75%) Mentoring
13 139 (12.82%) Epics
14 130 (11.99%) Analytics
15 129 (11.90%) Project Management
16 124 (11.44%) Product Roadmap
17 121 (11.16%) Workshop Facilitation
18 115 (10.61%) Backlog Management
19 108 (9.96%) CI/CD
20 103 (9.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 139 (12.82%) SQL
2 123 (11.35%) C#
3 115 (10.61%) JavaScript
4 68 (6.27%) Java
5 63 (5.81%) Python
6 47 (4.34%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.11%) R
7 12 (1.11%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.01%) C++
9 9 (0.83%) PHP
10 8 (0.74%) Shell Script
10 8 (0.74%) VB.NET
11 7 (0.65%) C
12 6 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.46%) Bash
13 5 (0.46%) Objective-C
13 5 (0.46%) Swift
14 4 (0.37%) Go
15 3 (0.28%) Scala
15 3 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 190 (17.53%) Degree
2 139 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 104 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 45 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (2.40%) DV Cleared
8 24 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.29%) PMI Certification
10 13 (1.20%) CSPO
11 8 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.65%) IIBA
13 6 (0.55%) CISM
13 6 (0.55%) CISSP
13 6 (0.55%) GIAC
13 6 (0.55%) PMP
13 6 (0.55%) SANS
14 5 (0.46%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.46%) PhD
15 4 (0.37%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (10.61%) QA
2 33 (3.04%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.38%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (0.65%) NIST
6 6 (0.55%) COBIT
6 6 (0.55%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 5 (0.46%) GDPR
7 5 (0.46%) WCAG
8 4 (0.37%) PMO
9 3 (0.28%) GRC
10 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.092%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.092%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (3.78%) Docker
2 10 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.46%) Firmware
4 1 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (3.04%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.66%) Terraform
3 14 (1.29%) Ansible
4 9 (0.83%) Grafana
5 6 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.55%) Kibana
6 4 (0.37%) Packer
7 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.092%) Consul
8 1 (0.092%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.092%) HP SiteScope
8 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.092%) Perfmon
8 1 (0.092%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.092%) SCCM
Vendors
1 194 (17.90%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.24%) Salesforce
3 27 (2.49%) Google
4 26 (2.40%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.20%) Oracle
6 12 (1.11%) Adobe
7 9 (0.83%) Alteryx
7 9 (0.83%) Xero
8 8 (0.74%) McAfee
9 7 (0.65%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.55%) Confluent
10 6 (0.55%) Hotjar
10 6 (0.55%) SAP
11 5 (0.46%) Databricks
11 5 (0.46%) IBM
11 5 (0.46%) Intel
12 4 (0.37%) Mercator
13 3 (0.28%) BT
13 3 (0.28%) Cadence
13 3 (0.28%) Remedy