User Stories Job Trends in Watford

User Story
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford 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 34 25 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 +19
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.63% 0.56% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.70% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £75,500
25th Percentile £76,250 £41,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £42,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +82.35% -52.78% +63.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £43,750 £96,250
90th Percentile - - £100,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +29.41% -52.78% +83.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 142 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 84.18% 79.78% 86.36%
Number of salaries quoted 126 80 139
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £36,544 £35,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.75% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £61,938 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,050 £78,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Watford

User Stories
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing User Stories

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow