User Stories Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

User Story
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 229 169
Rank change year-on-year -83 -60 -47
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 139 474 892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 1.40% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.53% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 109 335 551
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,586
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,965 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +0.81% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £71,125
90th Percentile £90,822 £82,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.51% -3.39% +1.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,373 30,884 39,545
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.99% 91.37% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,816 23,455 27,516
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

User Stories
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Stories trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

User Stories
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing User Stories.

User Stories salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing User Stories over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

User Stories salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (7.19%) Confluence
2 6 (4.32%) CMS
3 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.72%) Appian
4 1 (0.72%) Mendix
Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.32%) Trello
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.72%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.72%) InVision
5 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.72%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Aladdin
1 2 (1.44%) Magento
2 1 (0.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.95%) SaaS
2 16 (11.51%) Power Platform
3 14 (10.07%) AWS
4 10 (7.19%) Azure
5 9 (6.47%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (6.47%) Serverless
6 7 (5.04%) Google Analytics
7 6 (4.32%) Amazon S3
7 6 (4.32%) Amazon SQS
7 6 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.16%) AWS Step Functions
8 3 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.44%) GCP
9 2 (1.44%) GitHub
9 2 (1.44%) IaaS
10 1 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.07%) Power BI
2 6 (4.32%) Tableau
3 3 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.72%) Power Query
5 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (13.67%) JIRA
2 3 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.44%) Git
4 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.72%) ERwin
4 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (48.20%) Social Skills
2 36 (25.90%) Finance
3 31 (22.30%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (18.71%) Marketing
5 25 (17.99%) Publishing
6 13 (9.35%) Banking
7 11 (7.91%) Health Technology
7 11 (7.91%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (6.47%) Law
9 8 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (4.32%) Legal
11 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
11 6 (4.32%) Tech for Good
12 4 (2.88%) Retail
13 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.44%) Finnish Language
14 1 (0.72%) French Language
14 1 (0.72%) German Language
Job Titles
1 42 (30.22%) Analyst
2 32 (23.02%) Business Analyst
3 27 (19.42%) Product Owner
4 22 (15.83%) Product Manager
5 13 (9.35%) Lead
6 10 (7.19%) Senior
7 9 (6.47%) Administrator
7 9 (6.47%) Salesforce Administrator
7 9 (6.47%) Technical Analyst
8 8 (5.76%) Head of Business Intelligence
8 8 (5.76%) Technical Business Analyst
9 7 (5.04%) Software Analyst
10 6 (4.32%) Development Analyst
10 6 (4.32%) Software Development Analyst
11 5 (3.60%) Developer
11 5 (3.60%) Project Analyst
11 5 (3.60%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Systems Analyst
12 4 (2.88%) Project Manager
12 4 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.76%) CSS
1 8 (5.76%) HTML
1 8 (5.76%) React
2 6 (4.32%) RESTful
3 5 (3.60%) Node.js
4 4 (2.88%) .NET
4 4 (2.88%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.88%) JSON
4 4 (2.88%) REST
4 4 (2.88%) SOAP
4 4 (2.88%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.16%) FHIR
5 3 (2.16%) Spring
5 3 (2.16%) XML
6 2 (1.44%) Gherkin
6 2 (1.44%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.44%) LDAP
6 2 (1.44%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.44%) OAuth
6 2 (1.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 43 (30.94%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.32%) Mainframe
3 6 (4.32%) Marketing Technology
4 5 (3.60%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.88%) PMI
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.44%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.44%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.44%) NHS
6 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.72%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.72%) Femtech
7 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.44%) Windows
1 2 (1.44%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (82.01%) Agile
2 48 (34.53%) Acceptance Criteria
3 43 (30.94%) Roadmaps
4 37 (26.62%) User Experience
5 35 (25.18%) Scrum
6 33 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (22.30%) Analytics
8 28 (20.14%) Product Management
9 25 (17.99%) Business Analysis
9 25 (17.99%) Customer Service
9 25 (17.99%) Product Vision
10 24 (17.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (16.55%) Requirements Gathering
11 23 (16.55%) Strategic Thinking
12 22 (15.83%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (15.83%) CI/CD
13 21 (15.11%) Workflow
14 20 (14.39%) Product Backlog
15 19 (13.67%) Backlog Management
16 18 (12.95%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.79%) SQL
2 14 (10.07%) Python
3 8 (5.76%) Java
4 7 (5.04%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.32%) C#
6 3 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.16%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.72%) Bicep
7 1 (0.72%) R
7 1 (0.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (17.99%) Degree
2 8 (5.76%) CSPO
3 7 (5.04%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.32%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.16%) PMP
7 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.72%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (23.02%) QA
2 5 (3.60%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.88%) PMO
4 3 (2.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (2.16%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.72%) Grafana
1 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (8.63%) Salesforce
2 8 (5.76%) Google
2 8 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.88%) Mercator
4 3 (2.16%) Adobe
5 2 (1.44%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.44%) Databricks
5 2 (1.44%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.44%) SAP
6 1 (0.72%) Facebook
6 1 (0.72%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.72%) Pega