User Story
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 198 118
Rank change year-on-year -88 -80 +70
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 1,049 1,908 5,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.92% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 2.01% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 741 1,133 2,295
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £39,333
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +0.84% +8.18%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Stories.

Salary trend for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Stories over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Stories in the UK

User Stories
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
England -83 890 £57,965 -3.39% 264
UK excluding London -88 647 £55,000 - 154
Work from Home -64 456 £57,965 +0.81% 125
London -57 322 £72,500 +7.41% 131
North of England -41 178 £52,500 -4.55% 33
South East -46 140 £60,000 - 48
North West -5 110 £50,000 -13.04% 14
Midlands -70 110 £44,000 -12.00% 29
South West -28 97 £55,000 +10.00% 25
West Midlands -40 78 £55,000 +10.00% 27
Scotland -57 60 £50,000 -9.09% 8
Yorkshire -10 54 £50,000 -5.66% 13
East of England -53 31 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East Midlands -32 29 £35,000 -36.36% 2
Wales -13 23 £50,000 +29.05% 5
North East -32 14 £57,965 +5.39% 6
Northern Ireland +22 12 £75,400 +43.62% 2

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 107 (10.20%) Confluence
2 36 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.86%) CMS
3 9 (0.86%) WordPress
4 8 (0.76%) IIS
4 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.48%) Headless CMS
5 5 (0.48%) Kentico
5 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.095%) JBoss
8 1 (0.095%) nginx
Applications
1 37 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.19%) Sketch
3 22 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (2.00%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.05%) InVision
6 6 (0.57%) Trello
7 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.095%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.095%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 44 (4.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.29%) Magento
4 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 1 (0.095%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.095%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 213 (20.31%) Azure
2 119 (11.34%) Azure DevOps
3 111 (10.58%) Power Platform
4 92 (8.77%) AWS
5 82 (7.82%) Dynamics 365
6 60 (5.72%) SaaS
7 48 (4.58%) Serverless
8 42 (4.00%) PowerApps
9 36 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (3.05%) Power Automate
11 23 (2.19%) Azure Functions
11 23 (2.19%) GitHub
12 22 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
13 20 (1.91%) Figma
14 17 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.14%) dbt
17 11 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
18 10 (0.95%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.53%) Broadband
2 13 (1.24%) Internet
3 10 (0.95%) WPA
4 6 (0.57%) Intranet
4 6 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.38%) SSL
5 4 (0.38%) VPN
5 4 (0.38%) WebEx
6 3 (0.29%) HTTP
6 3 (0.29%) NaaS
6 3 (0.29%) Wireless
7 2 (0.19%) DSL
8 1 (0.095%) AMQP
8 1 (0.095%) Firewall
8 1 (0.095%) LAN
8 1 (0.095%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (7.24%) Power BI
2 52 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.29%) Tableau
4 20 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.72%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.76%) Big Data
9 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.67%) Redis
11 6 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
11 6 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.57%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.48%) Metadata
13 4 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 229 (21.83%) JIRA
2 59 (5.62%) Git
3 36 (3.43%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.34%) Team Foundation Server
5 23 (2.19%) Selenium
6 15 (1.43%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.14%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.14%) GitLab
8 11 (1.05%) Postman
9 10 (0.95%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.95%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.76%) JMeter
10 8 (0.76%) MSBuild
10 8 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.76%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.48%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.48%) git-flow
11 5 (0.48%) MSTest
11 5 (0.48%) Visual Studio Team System
12 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 314 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 250 (23.83%) Finance
3 172 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (10.39%) Marketing
5 90 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (6.48%) Public Sector
7 65 (6.20%) Law
8 55 (5.24%) Retail
9 47 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
11 40 (3.81%) Legal
12 37 (3.53%) Banking
13 14 (1.33%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.05%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.86%) Advertising
16 7 (0.67%) Billing
16 7 (0.67%) Publishing
17 5 (0.48%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 364 (34.70%) Analyst
2 317 (30.22%) Business Analyst
3 212 (20.21%) Senior
4 132 (12.58%) Developer
5 123 (11.73%) Product Owner
6 92 (8.77%) Product Manager
7 87 (8.29%) Lead
8 56 (5.34%) Technical Analyst
9 54 (5.15%) Senior Analyst
10 53 (5.05%) Technical Business Analyst
11 48 (4.58%) Senior Developer
12 47 (4.48%) Architect
13 46 (4.39%) Designer
14 40 (3.81%) Consultant
15 38 (3.62%) .NET Developer
16 37 (3.53%) Content Designer
16 37 (3.53%) Senior Designer
17 36 (3.43%) Senior Business Analyst
18 34 (3.24%) Senior Content Designer
19 26 (2.48%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (9.82%) .NET
2 53 (5.05%) HTML
3 52 (4.96%) CSS
4 48 (4.58%) React
5 47 (4.48%) REST
6 46 (4.39%) ASP.NET
7 35 (3.34%) AngularJS
7 35 (3.34%) XML
8 29 (2.76%) .NET Core
9 28 (2.67%) JSON
10 26 (2.48%) .NET Framework
11 23 (2.19%) Node.js
12 19 (1.81%) Web Services
13 18 (1.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 17 (1.62%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (1.62%) Vue
15 16 (1.53%) Gherkin
16 14 (1.33%) HTML5
16 14 (1.33%) Kafka
16 14 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 337 (32.13%) Product Ownership
2 42 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 37 (3.53%) Onboarding
4 32 (3.05%) NHS
5 26 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.00%) Public Cloud
8 20 (1.91%) Low-Code
9 18 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.72%) FMCG
10 16 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.95%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.95%) Derivative
14 10 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (0.86%) Reference Data
16 8 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.29%) Linux
2 18 (1.72%) Windows
3 14 (1.33%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.05%) Android
5 5 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.29%) Unix
7 1 (0.095%) VMS
7 1 (0.095%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.095%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (69.21%) Agile
2 322 (30.70%) Roadmaps
3 311 (29.65%) Scrum
4 254 (24.21%) Acceptance Criteria
5 234 (22.31%) DevOps
6 225 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (18.88%) Product Backlog
8 172 (16.40%) Business Analysis
8 172 (16.40%) Requirements Gathering
9 153 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 151 (14.39%) User Experience
11 143 (13.63%) Mentoring
12 135 (12.87%) Epics
13 130 (12.39%) Project Management
14 124 (11.82%) Product Roadmap
15 118 (11.25%) Workshop Facilitation
16 116 (11.06%) Analytics
17 115 (10.96%) CI/CD
18 108 (10.30%) Backlog Management
19 100 (9.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 125 (11.92%) SQL
2 121 (11.53%) C#
3 102 (9.72%) JavaScript
4 62 (5.91%) Java
5 59 (5.62%) Python
6 42 (4.00%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.14%) C++
7 12 (1.14%) R
8 10 (0.95%) PHP
8 10 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.76%) C
9 8 (0.76%) VB.NET
10 6 (0.57%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.48%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.38%) Rust
13 3 (0.29%) Go
13 3 (0.29%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.29%) Scala
13 3 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 186 (17.73%) Degree
2 131 (12.49%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 47 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.05%) Master's Degree
6 30 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (2.57%) DV Cleared
8 17 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.33%) CSPO
10 13 (1.24%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.67%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.67%) IIBA
12 6 (0.57%) CISM
12 6 (0.57%) CISSP
12 6 (0.57%) GIAC
12 6 (0.57%) PMP
12 6 (0.57%) SANS
13 5 (0.48%) PhD
14 4 (0.38%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (11.73%) QA
2 33 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (0.67%) NIST
5 6 (0.57%) COBIT
5 6 (0.57%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (0.48%) GDPR
6 5 (0.48%) GRC
6 5 (0.48%) WCAG
7 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.19%) PMO
8 1 (0.095%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.095%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (3.24%) Docker
2 7 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.095%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.43%) Terraform
3 11 (1.05%) Ansible
4 9 (0.86%) Grafana
5 6 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.57%) Kibana
6 3 (0.29%) Packer
6 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.095%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.095%) HP SiteScope
7 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.095%) Perfmon
7 1 (0.095%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.095%) SCCM
Vendors
1 189 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.29%) Salesforce
3 27 (2.57%) ServiceNow
4 19 (1.81%) Google
5 12 (1.14%) Adobe
5 12 (1.14%) Oracle
6 9 (0.86%) Atlassian
6 9 (0.86%) Xero
7 7 (0.67%) Alteryx
7 7 (0.67%) SAP
8 6 (0.57%) Confluent
8 6 (0.57%) Hotjar
9 5 (0.48%) Databricks
9 5 (0.48%) Intel
9 5 (0.48%) McAfee
10 4 (0.38%) Mercator
11 3 (0.29%) BT
11 3 (0.29%) Coverity
11 3 (0.29%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.29%) Remedy