User Stories Jobs with Work from Home Options

User Story
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 166 119
Rank change year-on-year -63 -47 +67
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 479 956 2,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.42% 2.19% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 2.28% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 338 587 1,194
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,075
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,809 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £59,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +3.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,713 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,375 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.39% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,002 41,964 64,515
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.76% 96.07% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 23,617 29,021 41,200
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +9.09%

User Stories
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Stories trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing User Stories over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

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 34 (7.10%) Confluence
2 23 (4.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.63%) CMS
4 2 (0.42%) Kentico
5 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.46%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.25%) InVision
3 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.25%) Sketch
4 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.63%) Magento
2 3 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (20.46%) Azure
2 62 (12.94%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (12.11%) AWS
4 49 (10.23%) SaaS
5 37 (7.72%) Power Platform
6 30 (6.26%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (3.55%) Serverless
9 16 (3.34%) GitHub
10 13 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (2.51%) dbt
11 12 (2.51%) PowerApps
12 11 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (2.30%) GCP
12 11 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.09%) PaaS
14 9 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (1.67%) IaaS
16 7 (1.46%) Entra ID
17 6 (1.25%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.71%) Internet
2 10 (2.09%) Broadband
2 10 (2.09%) WPA
3 6 (1.25%) Intranet
4 1 (0.21%) AMQP
4 1 (0.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.92%) Power BI
3 9 (1.88%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.88%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.67%) Redis
5 6 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.84%) Big Data
7 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.63%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.63%) Tableau
9 2 (0.42%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Accumulo
10 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.21%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.21%) DocumentDB
10 1 (0.21%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 109 (22.76%) JIRA
2 28 (5.85%) Git
3 27 (5.64%) Visual Studio
4 23 (4.80%) Team Foundation Server
5 13 (2.71%) GitLab
5 13 (2.71%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.30%) Selenium
7 9 (1.88%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.88%) git-flow
8 8 (1.67%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.25%) JMeter
9 6 (1.25%) Postman
10 5 (1.04%) Eclipse
10 5 (1.04%) IntelliJ
10 5 (1.04%) Jasmine
10 5 (1.04%) Mockito
10 5 (1.04%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.04%) Visual Studio Team System
11 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 108 (22.55%) Finance
2 106 (22.13%) Social Skills
3 63 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (11.69%) Public Sector
5 43 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (7.31%) Marketing
7 30 (6.26%) Retail
8 20 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (3.97%) Banking
10 14 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.51%) Legal
12 7 (1.46%) Publishing
13 6 (1.25%) Law
14 5 (1.04%) Retail Finance
15 4 (0.84%) Automotive
15 4 (0.84%) German Language
16 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.63%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.42%) Billing
17 2 (0.42%) Games
Job Titles
1 196 (40.92%) Analyst
2 163 (34.03%) Business Analyst
3 115 (24.01%) Senior
4 52 (10.86%) Developer
5 39 (8.14%) Senior Analyst
6 37 (7.72%) Architect
6 37 (7.72%) Product Owner
7 34 (7.10%) Content Designer
7 34 (7.10%) Designer
7 34 (7.10%) Product Manager
7 34 (7.10%) Senior Content Designer
7 34 (7.10%) Senior Designer
7 34 (7.10%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (6.47%) Technical Business Analyst
9 29 (6.05%) Lead
10 27 (5.64%) Senior Business Analyst
11 19 (3.97%) Senior Developer
12 17 (3.55%) Software Developer
13 13 (2.71%) Full Stack Developer
14 12 (2.51%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.52%) .NET
2 32 (6.68%) React
3 26 (5.43%) HTML
4 24 (5.01%) CSS
4 24 (5.01%) Node.js
5 17 (3.55%) AngularJS
5 17 (3.55%) ASP.NET
6 16 (3.34%) REST
6 16 (3.34%) XML
7 15 (3.13%) .NET Framework
8 13 (2.71%) .NET Core
9 11 (2.30%) Django
9 11 (2.30%) HTML5
9 11 (2.30%) RabbitMQ
10 10 (2.09%) Lightning Web Components
11 9 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
11 9 (1.88%) Vue
11 9 (1.88%) Web Services
11 9 (1.88%) XSLT
12 8 (1.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 175 (36.53%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.47%) NHS
3 19 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.34%) FMCG
4 16 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.30%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.30%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.30%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.84%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (0.84%) PMI
9 4 (0.84%) Replication
10 3 (0.63%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.63%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.63%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.22%) Linux
2 14 (2.92%) Windows
3 7 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.25%) Android
5 2 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (72.23%) Agile
2 144 (30.06%) Roadmaps
3 112 (23.38%) Scrum
4 110 (22.96%) Acceptance Criteria
5 109 (22.76%) DevOps
6 99 (20.67%) Business Analysis
7 96 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (18.79%) Requirements Gathering
9 78 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 76 (15.87%) CI/CD
11 69 (14.41%) Mentoring
12 64 (13.36%) User Experience
13 61 (12.73%) Workshop Facilitation
14 52 (10.86%) Community of Practice
15 51 (10.65%) Product Backlog
16 50 (10.44%) Coaching
17 48 (10.02%) Epics
18 47 (9.81%) Continuous Integration
18 47 (9.81%) Migration
19 44 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.36%) C#
2 52 (10.86%) JavaScript
3 42 (8.77%) SQL
4 30 (6.26%) Java
5 29 (6.05%) TypeScript
6 26 (5.43%) Python
7 9 (1.88%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.67%) C++
9 4 (0.84%) PHP
9 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.84%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.42%) C
10 2 (0.42%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.42%) R
10 2 (0.42%) Tcl
11 1 (0.21%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.21%) Ruby
11 1 (0.21%) Rust
11 1 (0.21%) Swift
Qualifications
1 107 (22.34%) Security Cleared
2 92 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 60 (12.53%) Degree
4 24 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.25%) CISM
8 6 (1.25%) CISSP
8 6 (1.25%) GIAC
8 6 (1.25%) SANS
9 4 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.42%) CSPO
11 2 (0.42%) HND
11 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.42%) NVQ Level 3
12 1 (0.21%) ISEB
12 1 (0.21%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (12.11%) QA
2 25 (5.22%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.25%) COBIT
4 6 (1.25%) NIST
4 6 (1.25%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.84%) GDPR
6 3 (0.63%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (5.43%) Docker
2 10 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.92%) Terraform
3 12 (2.51%) Ansible
4 6 (1.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.25%) Grafana
4 6 (1.25%) Kibana
5 1 (0.21%) Packer
5 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 78 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.55%) Salesforce
3 13 (2.71%) Google
4 9 (1.88%) Adobe
4 9 (1.88%) McAfee
5 6 (1.25%) Hotjar
6 5 (1.04%) IBM
6 5 (1.04%) Intel
6 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.63%) Oracle
7 3 (0.63%) SAP
8 2 (0.42%) Remedy
9 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.21%) Coverity
9 1 (0.21%) Databricks
9 1 (0.21%) Mercator
9 1 (0.21%) Pardot
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.21%) Sun
9 1 (0.21%) UiPath