User Stories Contracts in the South East

User Story
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 92 76
Rank change year-on-year -32 -16 +3
Contract jobs citing User Stories 68 128 242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.24% 2.27% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 2.55% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 83 172
10th Percentile £321 £400 £385
25th Percentile £375 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £566 £550
90th Percentile £624 £625 £638
England median daily rate £536 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £53.00
England median hourly rate £42.75 £65.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -34.23% +54.76% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,603 5,023 6,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.23% 89.08% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,675 3,482 4,732
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £598
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 218 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the South East.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -15 45 £478 +6.11% 14
Berkshire -14 37 £513 +2.50% 7
Hampshire -3 11 £500 -14.53% 7
Surrey +3 9 £325 -27.78% 6
Buckinghamshire 0 8 £400 -6.71% 4
West Sussex -1 3 £500 -13.79% 1
Kent - 1 £450 - 1
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (11.76%) Confluence
2 3 (4.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.47%) Apache
3 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (2.94%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) Azure
2 10 (14.71%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.88%) AWS
3 4 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (5.88%) Azure Functions
3 4 (5.88%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 4 (5.88%) Serverless
4 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.47%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.82%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.47%) Broadband
2 1 (1.47%) LAN
2 1 (1.47%) Network Security
2 1 (1.47%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) Power BI
2 4 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.94%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.47%) MySQL
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.47%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 21 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Telecoms
3 16 (23.53%) Finance
4 7 (10.29%) Banking
4 7 (10.29%) Retail
5 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.35%) Corporate Banking
6 4 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.88%) Marketing
7 3 (4.41%) Billing
7 3 (4.41%) French Language
7 3 (4.41%) Local Government
8 1 (1.47%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Legal
8 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (52.94%) Analyst
2 28 (41.18%) Business Analyst
3 10 (14.71%) Product Owner
4 8 (11.76%) Senior
4 8 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (10.29%) Consultant
5 7 (10.29%) Digital Analyst
5 7 (10.29%) Digital Business Analyst
6 6 (8.82%) Business Consultant
7 5 (7.35%) Associate Business Consultant
7 5 (7.35%) Associate Consultant
8 4 (5.88%) Azure Data Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Data Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Developer
8 4 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Technical Business Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Requirements Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Senior Business Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Senior Requirements Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.76%) XML
2 3 (4.41%) HTML
2 3 (4.41%) JSON
3 1 (1.47%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.47%) CSS
3 1 (1.47%) jQuery
3 1 (1.47%) Node.js
3 1 (1.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (29.41%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.35%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.88%) Smart Meter
4 3 (4.41%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.47%) EPoS
6 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Linux
1 4 (5.88%) Unix
1 4 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (48.53%) Agile
2 20 (29.41%) Business Analysis
3 18 (26.47%) Acceptance Criteria
4 17 (25.00%) Scrum
5 15 (22.06%) Roadmaps
6 14 (20.59%) Product Backlog
6 14 (20.59%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (17.65%) Backlog Management
7 12 (17.65%) Project Management
8 11 (16.18%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (14.71%) Impact Assessments
9 10 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (13.24%) Epics
10 9 (13.24%) Product Roadmap
11 8 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (11.76%) Customer-Centricity
11 8 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
12 7 (10.29%) Change Management
12 7 (10.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) SQL
2 5 (7.35%) Python
3 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.94%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.47%) C#
5 1 (1.47%) Java
5 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (10.29%) Degree
2 3 (4.41%) CSPO
3 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.47%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) QA
2 5 (7.35%) GDPR
3 2 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.94%) PMO
3 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (10.29%) SAP
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.88%) Ab Initio
4 3 (4.41%) Adobe
5 2 (2.94%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.47%) Ariba
6 1 (1.47%) Concur
6 1 (1.47%) HP
6 1 (1.47%) Oracle