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 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 273 197 116
Rank change year-on-year -76 -81 +72
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 1,037 1,916 5,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 1.93% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 2.02% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 737 1,142 2,324
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 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +0.42% +8.64%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

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 20 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -85 879 £57,965 -3.39% 282
UK excluding London -90 639 £55,000 - 168
Work from Home -62 447 £57,965 +0.81% 127
London -70 317 £72,500 +7.41% 137
North of England -47 174 £52,500 -4.55% 35
South East -40 138 £60,000 - 47
Midlands -70 109 £44,000 -12.00% 35
North West -14 108 £50,000 -13.04% 15
South West -27 97 £55,000 +10.00% 26
West Midlands -38 78 £55,000 +10.00% 29
Scotland -59 60 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire -13 53 £50,000 -5.66% 13
East of England -55 31 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East Midlands -43 28 £35,000 -36.36% 6
Wales -12 23 £50,000 +29.05% 7
North East -28 13 £57,965 +5.39% 7
Northern Ireland +31 11 £75,400 +43.62% 3

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 (10.32%) Confluence
2 36 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.87%) CMS
3 9 (0.87%) WordPress
4 8 (0.77%) IIS
4 8 (0.77%) 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 (0.096%) nginx
Applications
1 36 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.31%) Sketch
3 23 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (2.03%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.16%) InVision
7 6 (0.58%) Trello
8 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.096%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 44 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
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 (0.096%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 212 (20.44%) Azure
2 119 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
3 110 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 91 (8.78%) AWS
5 81 (7.81%) Dynamics 365
6 60 (5.79%) SaaS
7 48 (4.63%) Serverless
8 42 (4.05%) PowerApps
9 36 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (3.09%) Power Automate
11 23 (2.22%) Azure Functions
11 23 (2.22%) GitHub
12 22 (2.12%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (2.03%) Figma
14 17 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.16%) dbt
17 11 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
18 10 (0.96%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.54%) Broadband
2 13 (1.25%) Internet
3 10 (0.96%) WPA
4 6 (0.58%) Intranet
4 6 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.39%) SSL
5 4 (0.39%) VPN
5 4 (0.39%) WebEx
6 3 (0.29%) HTTP
6 3 (0.29%) NaaS
6 3 (0.29%) Wireless
7 2 (0.19%) DSL
8 1 (0.096%) AMQP
8 1 (0.096%) Firewall
8 1 (0.096%) LAN
8 1 (0.096%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (7.23%) Power BI
2 52 (5.01%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.22%) Tableau
4 19 (1.83%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.64%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.35%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.68%) Big Data
10 7 (0.68%) Redis
11 6 (0.58%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
11 6 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.58%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.48%) Metadata
13 4 (0.39%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.39%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 227 (21.89%) JIRA
2 59 (5.69%) Git
3 36 (3.47%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.38%) Team Foundation Server
5 23 (2.22%) Selenium
6 15 (1.45%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.16%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.16%) GitLab
8 11 (1.06%) Postman
9 10 (0.96%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.96%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.77%) JMeter
10 8 (0.77%) MSBuild
10 8 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.77%) 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 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 307 (29.60%) Social Skills
2 241 (23.24%) Finance
3 168 (16.20%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (10.51%) Marketing
5 90 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (6.65%) Public Sector
7 64 (6.17%) Law
8 55 (5.30%) Retail
9 43 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (3.86%) Legal
12 36 (3.47%) Banking
13 14 (1.35%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 10 (0.96%) Investment Banking
15 10 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.87%) Advertising
17 7 (0.68%) Billing
17 7 (0.68%) Publishing
18 5 (0.48%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 357 (34.43%) Analyst
2 316 (30.47%) Business Analyst
3 212 (20.44%) Senior
4 131 (12.63%) Developer
5 121 (11.67%) Product Owner
6 91 (8.78%) Product Manager
7 87 (8.39%) Lead
8 55 (5.30%) Technical Analyst
9 54 (5.21%) Senior Analyst
10 52 (5.01%) Technical Business Analyst
11 48 (4.63%) Senior Developer
12 47 (4.53%) Architect
12 47 (4.53%) Designer
13 39 (3.76%) Consultant
14 38 (3.66%) .NET Developer
15 37 (3.57%) Content Designer
15 37 (3.57%) Senior Designer
16 36 (3.47%) Senior Business Analyst
17 34 (3.28%) Senior Content Designer
18 26 (2.51%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (9.93%) .NET
2 54 (5.21%) HTML
3 53 (5.11%) CSS
4 47 (4.53%) React
4 47 (4.53%) REST
5 46 (4.44%) ASP.NET
6 35 (3.38%) XML
7 34 (3.28%) AngularJS
8 29 (2.80%) .NET Core
9 28 (2.70%) JSON
10 26 (2.51%) .NET Framework
11 23 (2.22%) Node.js
12 19 (1.83%) Web Services
13 18 (1.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 17 (1.64%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (1.64%) Vue
15 16 (1.54%) Gherkin
16 14 (1.35%) HTML5
16 14 (1.35%) Kafka
16 14 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 333 (32.11%) Product Ownership
2 42 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 37 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 31 (2.99%) NHS
5 26 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (2.12%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.74%) FMCG
8 18 (1.74%) Low-Code
9 16 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.96%) Derivative
13 10 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (0.87%) Reference Data
15 8 (0.77%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.34%) Linux
2 18 (1.74%) Windows
3 14 (1.35%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.06%) Android
5 5 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.29%) Unix
7 1 (0.096%) VMS
7 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.096%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (69.72%) Agile
2 318 (30.67%) Roadmaps
3 309 (29.80%) Scrum
4 252 (24.30%) Acceptance Criteria
5 234 (22.57%) DevOps
6 224 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
7 194 (18.71%) Product Backlog
8 169 (16.30%) Requirements Gathering
9 167 (16.10%) Business Analysis
10 153 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 151 (14.56%) User Experience
12 142 (13.69%) Mentoring
13 133 (12.83%) Epics
14 129 (12.44%) Project Management
15 122 (11.76%) Product Roadmap
16 117 (11.28%) Workshop Facilitation
17 115 (11.09%) CI/CD
18 109 (10.51%) Analytics
19 105 (10.13%) Backlog Management
20 100 (9.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 121 (11.67%) C#
1 121 (11.67%) SQL
2 102 (9.84%) JavaScript
3 60 (5.79%) Java
4 58 (5.59%) Python
5 42 (4.05%) TypeScript
6 12 (1.16%) C++
6 12 (1.16%) R
7 10 (0.96%) PHP
7 10 (0.96%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.77%) C
8 8 (0.77%) VB.NET
9 6 (0.58%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.48%) Bash
10 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.39%) Rust
12 3 (0.29%) Go
12 3 (0.29%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.29%) Scala
12 3 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 185 (17.84%) Degree
2 132 (12.73%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 47 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.09%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 17 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.35%) CSPO
10 13 (1.25%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.68%) IIBA
12 6 (0.58%) CISM
12 6 (0.58%) CISSP
12 6 (0.58%) GIAC
12 6 (0.58%) PMP
12 6 (0.58%) SANS
13 5 (0.48%) PhD
14 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (11.19%) QA
2 33 (3.18%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (0.68%) NIST
5 6 (0.58%) COBIT
5 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.096%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (3.18%) Docker
2 7 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.096%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.45%) Terraform
3 11 (1.06%) Ansible
4 9 (0.87%) Grafana
5 6 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (0.58%) Kibana
6 3 (0.29%) Packer
6 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.096%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.096%) HP SiteScope
7 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.096%) Perfmon
7 1 (0.096%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.096%) SCCM
Vendors
1 188 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.34%) Salesforce
3 27 (2.60%) ServiceNow
4 19 (1.83%) Google
5 13 (1.25%) Adobe
6 11 (1.06%) Oracle
7 9 (0.87%) Atlassian
7 9 (0.87%) Xero
8 7 (0.68%) Alteryx
8 7 (0.68%) SAP
9 6 (0.58%) Confluent
9 6 (0.58%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.48%) Databricks
10 5 (0.48%) McAfee
11 4 (0.39%) Intel
11 4 (0.39%) Mercator
12 3 (0.29%) BT
12 3 (0.29%) Cadence
12 3 (0.29%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.29%) Remedy