User Stories Contracts in Edinburgh

User Story
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 59 49
Rank change year-on-year +16 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing User Stories 31 43 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.56% 3.64% 4.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 3.87% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 61
10th Percentile £407 £400 £389
25th Percentile £424 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £427 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +0.47% +0.29%
75th Percentile £507 £488 £494
90th Percentile £550 £538 £545
Scotland median daily rate £500 £440 £425
% change year-on-year +13.64% +3.53% +1.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 739 1,111 1,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.94% 93.99% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 775 1,224
10th Percentile £215 £225 £265
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -1.04% +12.94%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £570
90th Percentile £655 £605 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 13
10th Percentile £13.30 £11.83 £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.49 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -25.04% -52.27%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.57 £48.75
90th Percentile - £37.71 £53.20
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in Edinburgh

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (22.58%) CMS
2 1 (3.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Metadata
2 2 (6.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 18 (58.06%) Public Sector
2 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
3 14 (45.16%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Banking
4 4 (12.90%) Publishing
5 3 (9.68%) Finance
6 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (6.45%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.45%) Retail
6 2 (6.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Analyst
2 13 (41.94%) Business Analyst
3 9 (29.03%) Senior
4 8 (25.81%) Content Designer
4 8 (25.81%) Designer
5 7 (22.58%) Senior Content Designer
5 7 (22.58%) Senior Designer
6 3 (9.68%) Data Integration Manager
6 3 (9.68%) Integration Manager
6 3 (9.68%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (9.68%) Product Owner
6 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
6 3 (9.68%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Change Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Service Owner
8 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.45%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (90.32%) Agile
2 12 (38.71%) Business Analysis
2 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (35.48%) Coaching
3 11 (35.48%) Impact Assessments
3 11 (35.48%) Scrum
4 10 (32.26%) Roadmaps
4 10 (32.26%) Service Design
5 9 (29.03%) Epics
5 9 (29.03%) User Research
6 8 (25.81%) Content Strategy
6 8 (25.81%) User Experience
6 8 (25.81%) Value Proposition
7 7 (22.58%) Content Management
7 7 (22.58%) Story Mapping
7 7 (22.58%) UX Research
8 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Identification
9 4 (12.90%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (12.90%) Prototyping
9 4 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
1 1 (3.23%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) Accessibility
2 4 (12.90%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.23%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Cadence
2 3 (9.68%) Alteryx
2 3 (9.68%) Cognizant
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe
4 1 (3.23%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) TSYS