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 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 233 171 120
Rank change year-on-year -62 -51 +64
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 447 867 2,248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.32% 2.14% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 2.22% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 324 546 1,192
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,491
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £59,750
% change year-on-year -3.39% +0.42% +8.64%

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 30,838 38,971 69,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.04% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,338 27,094 41,652
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 May 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 (8.05%) Confluence
2 21 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) nginx
4 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.57%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.34%) InVision
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.34%) Sketch
4 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (4.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.67%) Magento
2 3 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 85 (19.02%) Azure
2 54 (12.08%) Azure DevOps
3 49 (10.96%) AWS
4 48 (10.74%) SaaS
5 34 (7.61%) Power Platform
6 29 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (2.68%) dbt
9 12 (2.68%) PowerApps
9 12 (2.68%) Serverless
10 11 (2.46%) GitHub
11 8 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.79%) IaaS
11 8 (1.79%) PaaS
12 7 (1.57%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.34%) Azure Service Fabric
13 6 (1.34%) GCP
13 6 (1.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.91%) Internet
2 10 (2.24%) Broadband
2 10 (2.24%) WPA
3 6 (1.34%) Intranet
4 1 (0.22%) AMQP
4 1 (0.22%) SSL
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.24%) Power BI
3 7 (1.57%) Redis
4 6 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.89%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.67%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Accumulo
7 1 (0.22%) DTS
7 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.22%) GIS
7 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.22%) Metadata
7 1 (0.22%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 104 (23.27%) JIRA
2 27 (6.04%) Visual Studio
3 26 (5.82%) Git
4 23 (5.15%) Team Foundation Server
5 12 (2.68%) Selenium
6 11 (2.46%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.79%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.79%) GitLab
8 7 (1.57%) JMeter
9 6 (1.34%) Postman
9 6 (1.34%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.12%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.12%) git-flow
10 5 (1.12%) Visual Studio Team System
11 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.67%) Moq
11 3 (0.67%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.67%) xUnit.net
General
1 101 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 87 (19.46%) Finance
3 56 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 38 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (7.61%) Marketing
7 31 (6.94%) Retail
8 16 (3.58%) Banking
9 13 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.46%) Legal
11 10 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.57%) Publishing
13 5 (1.12%) Retail Finance
14 4 (0.89%) German Language
15 3 (0.67%) Automotive
15 3 (0.67%) Billing
15 3 (0.67%) Law
16 2 (0.45%) Games
16 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 179 (40.04%) Analyst
2 156 (34.90%) Business Analyst
3 110 (24.61%) Senior
4 40 (8.95%) Developer
5 37 (8.28%) Architect
5 37 (8.28%) Product Owner
5 37 (8.28%) Senior Analyst
6 34 (7.61%) Content Designer
6 34 (7.61%) Designer
6 34 (7.61%) Senior Content Designer
6 34 (7.61%) Senior Designer
7 32 (7.16%) Product Manager
8 30 (6.71%) Technical Analyst
9 29 (6.49%) Lead
10 27 (6.04%) Technical Business Analyst
11 24 (5.37%) Senior Business Analyst
12 19 (4.25%) Senior Developer
13 16 (3.58%) Software Developer
14 12 (2.68%) Technical Architect
15 11 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.61%) .NET
2 29 (6.49%) React
3 23 (5.15%) Node.js
4 20 (4.47%) HTML
5 17 (3.80%) CSS
6 15 (3.36%) REST
6 15 (3.36%) XML
7 13 (2.91%) ASP.NET
8 12 (2.68%) .NET Framework
9 11 (2.46%) Django
10 10 (2.24%) AngularJS
10 10 (2.24%) HTML5
10 10 (2.24%) Lightning Web Components
10 10 (2.24%) React Native
11 9 (2.01%) Vue
11 9 (2.01%) XSLT
12 8 (1.79%) .NET Core
12 8 (1.79%) Next.js
12 8 (1.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 8 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 163 (36.47%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.94%) NHS
3 16 (3.58%) FMCG
3 16 (3.58%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.91%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.24%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (0.89%) PMI
9 4 (0.89%) Replication
10 3 (0.67%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.67%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.67%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.67%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.47%) Linux
2 14 (3.13%) Windows
3 11 (2.46%) Android
3 11 (2.46%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (72.93%) Agile
2 138 (30.87%) Roadmaps
3 108 (24.16%) Acceptance Criteria
4 106 (23.71%) Scrum
5 97 (21.70%) DevOps
6 90 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (19.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 86 (19.24%) Business Analysis
9 80 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 71 (15.88%) CI/CD
11 61 (13.65%) User Experience
12 59 (13.20%) Mentoring
13 58 (12.98%) Workshop Facilitation
14 49 (10.96%) Coaching
14 49 (10.96%) Community of Practice
15 48 (10.74%) Epics
16 46 (10.29%) Migration
16 46 (10.29%) Product Backlog
17 45 (10.07%) Actionable Insight
18 43 (9.62%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 61 (13.65%) C#
2 42 (9.40%) JavaScript
3 32 (7.16%) SQL
4 26 (5.82%) Java
5 24 (5.37%) TypeScript
6 23 (5.15%) Python
7 10 (2.24%) C++
8 5 (1.12%) PHP
8 5 (1.12%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.89%) C
9 4 (0.89%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.67%) Rust
11 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.45%) R
11 2 (0.45%) Tcl
12 1 (0.22%) Ruby
12 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 85 (19.02%) SC Cleared
3 57 (12.75%) Degree
4 26 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.34%) CISM
8 6 (1.34%) CISSP
8 6 (1.34%) GIAC
8 6 (1.34%) SANS
9 4 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.45%) CSPO
11 2 (0.45%) HND
11 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.45%) NVQ Level 3
12 1 (0.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (11.86%) QA
2 25 (5.59%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (1.57%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.34%) COBIT
4 6 (1.34%) NIST
4 6 (1.34%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.89%) 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 16 (3.58%) Docker
2 6 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.24%) Terraform
3 8 (1.79%) Ansible
4 6 (1.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.34%) Grafana
4 6 (1.34%) Kibana
5 1 (0.22%) Packer
5 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 72 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.58%) Salesforce
3 9 (2.01%) Adobe
3 9 (2.01%) Google
4 6 (1.34%) Hotjar
5 5 (1.12%) McAfee
5 5 (1.12%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.89%) Intel
6 4 (0.89%) SAP
7 3 (0.67%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.67%) Coverity
7 3 (0.67%) Oracle
8 2 (0.45%) Remedy
9 1 (0.22%) IBM
9 1 (0.22%) Mercator
9 1 (0.22%) Pardot
9 1 (0.22%) Sun
9 1 (0.22%) UiPath