User Stories Job Trends in Yorkshire

User Story
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring User Stories skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 143 155
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 -34
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 13 20 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.39% 0.61% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.68% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 15
10th Percentile £48,875 £41,250 £38,039
25th Percentile £54,688 £51,250 £38,394
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +47.06% -22.73%
75th Percentile £68,125 £69,688 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,500 £71,250 £76,328
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,698 2,952 2,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 81.09% 89.54% 91.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,575 1,162 2,175
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

User Stories job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

User Stories
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing User Stories.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing User Stories

User Stories
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for User Stories in Yorkshire

User Stories
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
West Yorkshire -12 10 £57,500 -11.54% 34
East Yorkshire -4 1 £65,000 +26.83% 9
South Yorkshire -6 1 £47,500 -29.63% 21
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) SaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon Cognito
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon S3
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Serverless
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
2 2 (15.38%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Legal
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Business Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Compliance Manager
3 4 (30.77%) Product Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Retail Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Software Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) OpenAPI
1 2 (15.38%) Swagger
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Acceptance Criteria
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) Business Analysis
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (30.77%) Change Management
4 4 (30.77%) Customer-Centricity
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 4 (30.77%) KYC
4 4 (30.77%) Market Research
4 4 (30.77%) Product Management
4 4 (30.77%) Product Requirements
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 4 (30.77%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (30.77%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
2 2 (15.38%) IIBA
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) SAP