User Story
Wales > West Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Wales 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 | 23 | 23 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -11 | +4 |
| Permanent jobs citing User Stories | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales | 1.86% | 1.16% | 13.58% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.31% | 1.30% | 15.83% |
| 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 |
| Wales median annual salary | £40,332 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +10.00% | +22.69% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
West Wales
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 West Wales.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 130 | 77 | 139 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales | 80.75% | 89.53% | 85.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 81 | 23 | 129 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £33,750 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £37,617 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £42,512 | £46,131 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.03% | -7.85% | +15.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £53,252 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £74,679 | - | £70,610 |
| Wales median annual salary | £45,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +11.11% | - |
User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Stories relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Wales.
User Stories
Salary Trend in West Wales
Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing User Stories.
User Stories
Job Locations in West Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea | -4 | 3 | £35,663 | -5.49% | 2 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales 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:
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