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 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 292 207 123
Rank change year-on-year -85 -84 +60
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 661 965 2,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.87% 1.71% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.79% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 465 525 1,067
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,467
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% - +9.09%

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 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
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% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -51 180 £52,500 -4.55% 33
South East -38 149 £60,000 - 27
Midlands -65 111 £44,000 -12.00% 28
North West -16 110 £51,250 -6.82% 18
South West -17 96 £55,000 +10.00% 23
West Midlands -52 80 £55,000 +10.00% 25
Scotland -53 63 £50,000 -5.66% 22
Yorkshire -24 56 £50,000 -5.66% 8
East of England -59 29 £56,250 -2.17% 6
East Midlands -37 28 £35,000 -36.36% 3
Wales -5 25 £50,000 +22.69% 8
North East -33 14 £57,965 +5.39% 7
Northern Ireland +22 12 £75,400 +43.62% 4
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 74 (11.20%) Confluence
2 24 (3.63%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.36%) CMS
3 9 (1.36%) WordPress
4 8 (1.21%) IIS
5 5 (0.76%) Headless CMS
5 5 (0.76%) Kentico
5 5 (0.76%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 26 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.33%) Sketch
3 18 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.97%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.51%) InVision
6 6 (0.91%) Trello
7 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.15%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 36 (5.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 126 (19.06%) Azure
2 80 (12.10%) Azure DevOps
3 66 (9.98%) Power Platform
4 49 (7.41%) AWS
4 49 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (4.99%) SaaS
6 24 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (3.33%) Serverless
8 19 (2.87%) Figma
9 18 (2.72%) Power Automate
10 17 (2.57%) dbt
10 17 (2.57%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.97%) GitHub
12 12 (1.82%) Azure Functions
13 11 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.36%) Google Drive
16 6 (0.91%) Azure Machine Learning
16 6 (0.91%) Miro
17 5 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.82%) Broadband
2 11 (1.66%) Internet
3 10 (1.51%) WPA
4 6 (0.91%) Intranet
5 5 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.30%) DSL
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
7 1 (0.15%) BGP
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.15%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.15%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) IPsec
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) OSPF
7 1 (0.15%) Sourcefire
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.41%) Power BI
2 43 (6.51%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.72%) Tableau
4 14 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.82%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.66%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.06%) Big Data
7 7 (1.06%) Redis
8 6 (0.91%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (0.91%) Star Schema
9 5 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.61%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.45%) GIS
11 3 (0.45%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 178 (26.93%) JIRA
2 42 (6.35%) Git
3 31 (4.69%) Visual Studio
4 24 (3.63%) Team Foundation Server
5 21 (3.18%) Selenium
6 11 (1.66%) Cucumber
6 11 (1.66%) TeamCity
7 9 (1.36%) SpecFlow
8 8 (1.21%) JMeter
8 8 (1.21%) MSBuild
8 8 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
9 6 (0.91%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.76%) MSTest
10 5 (0.76%) Postman
11 4 (0.61%) Jenkins
12 3 (0.45%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.45%) Moq
12 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.45%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.45%) xUnit.net
General
1 167 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 150 (22.69%) Finance
3 87 (13.16%) Marketing
4 77 (11.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 69 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (9.08%) Law
7 50 (7.56%) Retail
8 35 (5.30%) Public Sector
9 31 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (4.08%) Legal
11 19 (2.87%) Banking
12 9 (1.36%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.06%) Publishing
13 7 (1.06%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.76%) Retail Finance
15 3 (0.45%) Automotive
15 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (35.55%) Analyst
2 212 (32.07%) Business Analyst
3 145 (21.94%) Senior
4 86 (13.01%) Developer
5 68 (10.29%) Product Manager
6 53 (8.02%) Product Owner
7 52 (7.87%) Lead
8 42 (6.35%) Designer
9 37 (5.60%) Senior Designer
9 37 (5.60%) Senior Developer
9 37 (5.60%) Technical Business Analyst
10 36 (5.45%) Content Designer
10 36 (5.45%) Technical Analyst
11 35 (5.30%) .NET Developer
12 34 (5.14%) Senior Content Designer
13 33 (4.99%) Architect
13 33 (4.99%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (3.93%) Software Developer
15 21 (3.18%) Senior .NET Developer
15 21 (3.18%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (11.65%) .NET
2 44 (6.66%) ASP.NET
3 43 (6.51%) CSS
3 43 (6.51%) HTML
4 38 (5.75%) React
5 30 (4.54%) XML
6 29 (4.39%) AngularJS
6 29 (4.39%) REST
7 26 (3.93%) .NET Core
8 22 (3.33%) .NET Framework
8 22 (3.33%) JSON
8 22 (3.33%) Node.js
9 18 (2.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 16 (2.42%) Django
10 16 (2.42%) Gherkin
11 15 (2.27%) ASP.NET MVC
12 13 (1.97%) Vue
13 12 (1.82%) HTML5
14 11 (1.66%) Lightning Web Components
15 10 (1.51%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 209 (31.62%) Product Ownership
2 36 (5.45%) NHS
3 25 (3.78%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.63%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.57%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.12%) FMCG
6 14 (2.12%) Low-Code
7 12 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.51%) Derivative
10 8 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.06%) Credit Derivative
11 7 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.06%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.06%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.06%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 7 (1.06%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.72%) Linux
2 12 (1.82%) Windows
3 6 (0.91%) Android
3 6 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (69.44%) Agile
2 211 (31.92%) Roadmaps
3 161 (24.36%) Acceptance Criteria
4 157 (23.75%) DevOps
5 155 (23.45%) Scrum
6 152 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (18.31%) Mentoring
8 116 (17.55%) Requirements Gathering
9 107 (16.19%) Product Backlog
9 107 (16.19%) User Experience
10 100 (15.13%) Business Analysis
11 98 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 82 (12.41%) Workshop Facilitation
13 80 (12.10%) Project Management
14 75 (11.35%) Analytics
15 71 (10.74%) CI/CD
15 71 (10.74%) Coaching
16 63 (9.53%) Epics
17 62 (9.38%) Product Roadmap
17 62 (9.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 92 (13.92%) C#
2 76 (11.50%) JavaScript
3 70 (10.59%) SQL
4 47 (7.11%) Python
5 29 (4.39%) Java
6 27 (4.08%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.36%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.21%) R
8 8 (1.21%) VB.NET
9 7 (1.06%) C
9 7 (1.06%) C++
10 5 (0.76%) Bash
11 3 (0.45%) Perl
11 3 (0.45%) PHP
11 3 (0.45%) Rust
11 3 (0.45%) VB
12 2 (0.30%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.30%) Tcl
13 1 (0.15%) Go
13 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 117 (17.70%) Degree
2 88 (13.31%) Security Cleared
3 70 (10.59%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.48%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.66%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.06%) IIBA
9 5 (0.76%) PhD
10 4 (0.61%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.61%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.45%) CBAP
12 2 (0.30%) CSPO
12 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.30%) HND
12 2 (0.30%) NVQ Level 3
13 1 (0.15%) CCNA
13 1 (0.15%) CCNP
13 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (13.16%) QA
2 27 (4.08%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (0.76%) GDPR
5 4 (0.61%) WCAG
6 2 (0.30%) GRC
6 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (2.87%) Docker
2 5 (0.76%) Firmware
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.91%) Grafana
3 5 (0.76%) Kibana
4 4 (0.61%) Terraform
5 1 (0.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.15%) Packer
5 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 120 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.93%) Salesforce
3 18 (2.72%) ServiceNow
4 12 (1.82%) Oracle
5 11 (1.66%) Google
6 9 (1.36%) Adobe
6 9 (1.36%) Xero
7 7 (1.06%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.06%) SAP
8 6 (0.91%) Hotjar
9 4 (0.61%) Confluent
9 4 (0.61%) Intel
10 3 (0.45%) Cadence
10 3 (0.45%) Coverity
11 2 (0.30%) BT
11 2 (0.30%) Intapp
11 2 (0.30%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.15%) IFS
12 1 (0.15%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.15%) Zscaler