User Stories Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Story
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 210 128
Rank change year-on-year -87 -82 +55
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 638 1,008 2,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.88% 1.72% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.79% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 457 539 1,068
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £61,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -3.39% +0.84% +8.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,251 56,179 68,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.03% 95.60% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41,534 28,920 41,183
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the UK excluding London

User Stories
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for User Stories in the UK excluding London

User Stories
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the UK excluding London

User Stories
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -40 174 £52,500 -4.55% 36
South East -40 140 £60,000 - 54
Midlands -72 109 £44,000 -12.00% 30
North West -14 108 £50,000 -9.09% 18
South West -18 95 £55,000 +10.00% 25
West Midlands -42 78 £55,000 +10.00% 26
Scotland -50 60 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Yorkshire -10 53 £50,000 -3.16% 12
East of England -52 30 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East Midlands -29 28 £35,000 -36.36% 4
Wales -12 23 £50,000 +25.79% 6
North East -32 13 £57,965 +5.39% 6
Northern Ireland +27 11 £75,400 +43.62% 3
User Stories
UK

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 72 (11.29%) Confluence
2 24 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.41%) CMS
3 9 (1.41%) WordPress
4 8 (1.25%) IIS
5 5 (0.78%) Headless CMS
5 5 (0.78%) Kentico
5 5 (0.78%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 26 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.45%) Sketch
3 18 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.04%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.57%) InVision
6 6 (0.94%) Trello
7 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.16%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 35 (5.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.16%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 126 (19.75%) Azure
2 80 (12.54%) Azure DevOps
3 66 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 48 (7.52%) Dynamics 365
5 43 (6.74%) AWS
6 32 (5.02%) SaaS
7 24 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (3.61%) Serverless
9 19 (2.98%) Figma
10 18 (2.82%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.82%) PowerApps
11 13 (2.04%) Azure Functions
12 12 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (1.72%) dbt
13 11 (1.72%) GitHub
14 10 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.41%) Google Drive
16 6 (0.94%) Azure Machine Learning
16 6 (0.94%) Miro
17 5 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.88%) Broadband
2 11 (1.72%) Internet
3 10 (1.57%) WPA
4 6 (0.94%) Intranet
5 5 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.31%) DSL
6 2 (0.31%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) AMQP
7 1 (0.16%) BGP
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.16%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.16%) MPLS
7 1 (0.16%) Network Security
7 1 (0.16%) OSPF
7 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.16%) Sourcefire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.68%) Power BI
2 43 (6.74%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.82%) Tableau
4 14 (2.19%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.10%) Big Data
7 7 (1.10%) Redis
8 6 (0.94%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (0.94%) Star Schema
9 5 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.63%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.47%) GIS
11 3 (0.47%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 177 (27.74%) JIRA
2 41 (6.43%) Git
3 31 (4.86%) Visual Studio
4 23 (3.61%) Team Foundation Server
5 20 (3.13%) Selenium
6 10 (1.57%) Cucumber
6 10 (1.57%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.25%) MSBuild
7 8 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (1.25%) SpecFlow
8 7 (1.10%) JMeter
9 6 (0.94%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.78%) MSTest
10 5 (0.78%) Postman
11 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
12 3 (0.47%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.47%) GitLab
12 3 (0.47%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.47%) xUnit.net
General
1 159 (24.92%) Social Skills
2 146 (22.88%) Finance
3 78 (12.23%) Marketing
4 70 (10.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (9.25%) Law
7 48 (7.52%) Retail
8 36 (5.64%) Public Sector
9 29 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (4.23%) Legal
11 19 (2.98%) Banking
12 9 (1.41%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.10%) Publishing
15 6 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.78%) Retail Finance
17 4 (0.63%) Billing
18 3 (0.47%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 234 (36.68%) Analyst
2 213 (33.39%) Business Analyst
3 142 (22.26%) Senior
4 86 (13.48%) Developer
5 62 (9.72%) Product Manager
6 51 (7.99%) Product Owner
7 46 (7.21%) Lead
8 41 (6.43%) Designer
9 37 (5.80%) Senior Designer
9 37 (5.80%) Technical Business Analyst
10 36 (5.64%) Content Designer
10 36 (5.64%) Senior Developer
10 36 (5.64%) Technical Analyst
11 35 (5.49%) .NET Developer
12 34 (5.33%) Senior Content Designer
13 31 (4.86%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (4.23%) Architect
15 26 (4.08%) Software Developer
16 21 (3.29%) Senior .NET Developer
16 21 (3.29%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (12.07%) .NET
2 44 (6.90%) ASP.NET
3 43 (6.74%) CSS
3 43 (6.74%) HTML
4 31 (4.86%) React
5 30 (4.70%) XML
6 29 (4.55%) AngularJS
6 29 (4.55%) REST
7 25 (3.92%) .NET Core
8 23 (3.61%) .NET Framework
9 22 (3.45%) JSON
10 18 (2.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 16 (2.51%) ASP.NET MVC
11 16 (2.51%) Node.js
12 15 (2.35%) Gherkin
13 12 (1.88%) Vue
14 11 (1.72%) Entity Framework
14 11 (1.72%) HTML5
14 11 (1.72%) HTML5 Canvas
14 11 (1.72%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 207 (32.45%) Product Ownership
2 31 (4.86%) NHS
3 24 (3.76%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.66%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.19%) FMCG
6 14 (2.19%) Low-Code
7 12 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.57%) Derivative
10 9 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.10%) Credit Derivative
12 7 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.10%) Fixed Income
12 7 (1.10%) Hedge funds
12 7 (1.10%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 7 (1.10%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.51%) Linux
2 12 (1.88%) Windows
3 6 (0.94%) Android
3 6 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.16%) VMS
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (70.38%) Agile
2 197 (30.88%) Roadmaps
3 153 (23.98%) Scrum
4 152 (23.82%) Acceptance Criteria
5 147 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (22.88%) DevOps
7 113 (17.71%) Mentoring
8 112 (17.55%) Requirements Gathering
9 106 (16.61%) Product Backlog
10 101 (15.83%) User Experience
11 99 (15.52%) Business Analysis
12 96 (15.05%) Stakeholder Management
13 80 (12.54%) Workshop Facilitation
14 78 (12.23%) Project Management
15 75 (11.76%) Analytics
16 71 (11.13%) Coaching
17 64 (10.03%) CI/CD
18 62 (9.72%) Migration
19 61 (9.56%) Epics
19 61 (9.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 91 (14.26%) C#
2 74 (11.60%) JavaScript
3 68 (10.66%) SQL
4 39 (6.11%) Python
5 28 (4.39%) Java
6 27 (4.23%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.41%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.25%) R
8 8 (1.25%) VB.NET
9 7 (1.10%) C
9 7 (1.10%) C++
10 5 (0.78%) Bash
11 3 (0.47%) Perl
11 3 (0.47%) PHP
11 3 (0.47%) Rust
11 3 (0.47%) VB
12 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.31%) Tcl
13 1 (0.16%) Go
13 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 114 (17.87%) Degree
2 81 (12.70%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.87%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.61%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.94%) IIBA
10 5 (0.78%) PhD
11 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.47%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.31%) CBAP
13 2 (0.31%) CSPO
13 2 (0.31%) HND
13 2 (0.31%) NVQ Level 3
14 1 (0.16%) CCSA
14 1 (0.16%) CCSE
14 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (13.48%) QA
2 26 (4.08%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (0.78%) GDPR
5 4 (0.63%) WCAG
6 2 (0.31%) GRC
6 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (2.98%) Docker
2 5 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.94%) Grafana
3 5 (0.78%) Kibana
4 2 (0.31%) Terraform
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) Packer
5 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 120 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.08%) Salesforce
3 18 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 11 (1.72%) Google
4 11 (1.72%) Oracle
5 9 (1.41%) Adobe
5 9 (1.41%) Xero
6 7 (1.10%) Atlassian
7 6 (0.94%) Hotjar
7 6 (0.94%) SAP
8 4 (0.63%) Confluent
8 4 (0.63%) Intel
9 3 (0.47%) Cadence
9 3 (0.47%) Coverity
10 2 (0.31%) BT
10 2 (0.31%) Intapp
10 2 (0.31%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.16%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.16%) Pardot
11 1 (0.16%) Zscaler