User Stories Jobs with Work from Home Options

User Story
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 244 175 126
Rank change year-on-year -69 -49 +61
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 456 808 2,358
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.31% 2.10% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.19% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 328 524 1,185
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,063 £39,225
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% -3.36% +8.18%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,322 36,922 72,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 96.00% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,561 26,118 41,820
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

User Stories
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Stories trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Stories.

User Stories salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Stories over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

User Stories salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 36 (7.89%) Confluence
2 22 (4.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) nginx
4 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.54%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.32%) InVision
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.32%) Sketch
4 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.66%) Magento
2 3 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.44%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 81 (17.76%) Azure
2 54 (11.84%) AWS
3 51 (11.18%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (10.09%) SaaS
5 33 (7.24%) Power Platform
6 29 (6.36%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (4.17%) dbt
8 17 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (2.41%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.41%) Serverless
11 10 (2.19%) GitHub
12 8 (1.75%) IaaS
12 8 (1.75%) PaaS
13 7 (1.54%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.32%) Azure Service Fabric
15 5 (1.10%) BrowserStack
15 5 (1.10%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.85%) Internet
2 10 (2.19%) Broadband
2 10 (2.19%) WPA
3 6 (1.32%) Intranet
4 1 (0.22%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.19%) Power BI
3 7 (1.54%) Redis
4 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.66%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.66%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Accumulo
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.22%) DTS
7 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.22%) MS Access
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 103 (22.59%) JIRA
2 27 (5.92%) Visual Studio
3 25 (5.48%) Git
4 23 (5.04%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (3.07%) Selenium
6 10 (2.19%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.75%) JMeter
8 7 (1.54%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.54%) SpecFlow
9 6 (1.32%) Postman
10 5 (1.10%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (0.88%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.88%) git-flow
11 4 (0.88%) GitLab
12 3 (0.66%) Moq
12 3 (0.66%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.66%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.66%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.66%) xUnit.net
General
1 101 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 89 (19.52%) Finance
3 54 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 38 (8.33%) Marketing
7 31 (6.80%) Retail
8 16 (3.51%) Banking
9 14 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.41%) Legal
11 10 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.54%) Publishing
13 5 (1.10%) Retail Finance
14 4 (0.88%) German Language
15 3 (0.66%) Automotive
15 3 (0.66%) Billing
15 3 (0.66%) Law
16 2 (0.44%) Advertising
16 2 (0.44%) Games
16 2 (0.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 180 (39.47%) Analyst
2 155 (33.99%) Business Analyst
3 110 (24.12%) Senior
4 44 (9.65%) Architect
5 38 (8.33%) Developer
5 38 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 37 (8.11%) Product Manager
7 36 (7.89%) Lead
7 36 (7.89%) Product Owner
8 35 (7.68%) Designer
9 34 (7.46%) Content Designer
9 34 (7.46%) Senior Content Designer
9 34 (7.46%) Senior Designer
10 29 (6.36%) Technical Analyst
11 26 (5.70%) Technical Business Analyst
12 24 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
13 19 (4.17%) Technical Architect
14 18 (3.95%) Senior Developer
15 16 (3.51%) Software Developer
16 11 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.46%) .NET
2 32 (7.02%) React
3 27 (5.92%) Node.js
4 19 (4.17%) HTML
5 18 (3.95%) Django
6 17 (3.73%) CSS
7 15 (3.29%) REST
8 14 (3.07%) XML
9 13 (2.85%) ASP.NET
10 12 (2.63%) .NET Framework
11 10 (2.19%) HTML5
11 10 (2.19%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (2.19%) React Native
12 9 (1.97%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.97%) Vue
12 9 (1.97%) XSLT
13 8 (1.75%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 7 (1.54%) SOAP
14 7 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 162 (35.53%) Product Ownership
2 36 (7.89%) NHS
3 16 (3.51%) FMCG
3 16 (3.51%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.19%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.54%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.32%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (0.88%) PMI
8 4 (0.88%) Replication
9 3 (0.66%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.66%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.66%) Hackathon
10 2 (0.44%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.17%) Linux
2 14 (3.07%) Windows
3 11 (2.41%) Android
3 11 (2.41%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.44%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (71.93%) Agile
2 149 (32.68%) Roadmaps
3 112 (24.56%) Acceptance Criteria
4 105 (23.03%) Scrum
5 103 (22.59%) DevOps
6 91 (19.96%) Requirements Gathering
7 88 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (18.86%) Business Analysis
9 83 (18.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 77 (16.89%) CI/CD
11 65 (14.25%) Mentoring
12 61 (13.38%) User Experience
13 59 (12.94%) Workshop Facilitation
14 49 (10.75%) Coaching
14 49 (10.75%) Continuous Integration
15 48 (10.53%) Community of Practice
15 48 (10.53%) Epics
16 47 (10.31%) Product Strategy
17 46 (10.09%) Migration
17 46 (10.09%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.60%) C#
2 41 (8.99%) JavaScript
3 34 (7.46%) SQL
4 30 (6.58%) Python
5 25 (5.48%) Java
6 21 (4.61%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.19%) C++
8 5 (1.10%) PHP
9 4 (0.88%) C
9 4 (0.88%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.88%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.66%) Rust
11 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.44%) R
11 2 (0.44%) Tcl
12 1 (0.22%) Ruby
12 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (22.59%) Security Cleared
2 91 (19.96%) SC Cleared
3 58 (12.72%) Degree
4 26 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.73%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.32%) CISM
7 6 (1.32%) CISSP
7 6 (1.32%) GIAC
7 6 (1.32%) SANS
8 4 (0.88%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.88%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.44%) CSPO
10 2 (0.44%) HND
10 2 (0.44%) IIBA
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.84%) QA
2 25 (5.48%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.32%) COBIT
4 6 (1.32%) NIST
4 6 (1.32%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.88%) GDPR
6 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.22%) PMO
6 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.07%) Docker
2 5 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.97%) Terraform
2 8 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.54%) Ansible
4 6 (1.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.32%) Grafana
4 6 (1.32%) Kibana
5 1 (0.22%) Packer
5 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 71 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.51%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.97%) Adobe
4 8 (1.75%) Google
5 6 (1.32%) Hotjar
5 6 (1.32%) SAP
6 4 (0.88%) Intel
6 4 (0.88%) McAfee
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle
6 4 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.66%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.66%) Coverity
8 2 (0.44%) Remedy
9 1 (0.22%) Mercator
9 1 (0.22%) Pardot
9 1 (0.22%) Sun