User Stories Contracts in Bristol

User Story
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for User Stories skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Stories over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 72 55
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 +7
Contract jobs citing User Stories 9 18 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.84% 1.55% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.76% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 34
10th Percentile £478 £470 -
25th Percentile £538 £506 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +22.22% -7.22%
75th Percentile £590 - £584
90th Percentile £604 £597 £634
South West median daily rate £590 £550 £456
% change year-on-year +7.27% +20.55% -3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £42.00
South West median hourly rate - - £42.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

User Stories is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 871 1,024 1,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 81.10% 88.35% 87.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 697 862
10th Percentile £251 £300 £323
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £715 £657
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 200 116
10th Percentile £39.63 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £67.50 £56.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.00 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £59.90 £48.38
% change year-on-year -8.18% +23.82% +7.50%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Bristol

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Bristol

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (44.44%) Power Automate
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
1 4 (44.44%) PowerApps
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Product Owner
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) API Management
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Epics
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Product Vision
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Statistics
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Use Case
4 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) JDA