User Stories Contracts in the West Midlands

User Story
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for User Stories skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Stories over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 74 56
Rank change year-on-year -15 -18 +10
Contract jobs citing User Stories 27 55 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.35% 2.49% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 2.84% 4.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 38 111
10th Percentile £411 £396 £380
25th Percentile £417 £431 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +4.88% +13.89%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £650 £638
England median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

User Stories is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,649 1,938 3,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.24% 87.65% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,313 2,350
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.00% +16.53%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £586
90th Percentile £734 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 51 58
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £12.18
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.03 £13.90
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - +30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £40.38 £28.75 £19.97
90th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £24.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

User Stories
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing User Stories as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for User Stories in the West Midlands

User Stories
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for User Stories in the West Midlands

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Stories in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Stories in the West Midlands

User Stories
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Stories in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for User Stories in the West Midlands

User Stories
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +6 22 £488 -11.36% 7
Staffordshire +5 1 - - 3
Warwickshire -8 1 £575 +130.00% 5
User Stories
England

User Stories
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (14.81%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) GIS
General
1 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
1 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.41%) Marketing
3 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Local Government
4 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Product Owner
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Finance Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Business Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Business Transformation Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Business Transformation Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Service Designer
6 1 (3.70%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Product Ownership
2 3 (11.11%) Taxonomies
3 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.41%) IoT
3 2 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.70%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Agile
2 8 (29.63%) Business Analysis
2 8 (29.63%) Roadmaps
2 8 (29.63%) Scrum
3 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (18.52%) DevOps
4 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (14.81%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 4 (14.81%) Business Transformation
5 4 (14.81%) Change Control
5 4 (14.81%) Conflict Resolution
5 4 (14.81%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (14.81%) Product Backlog
5 4 (14.81%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (14.81%) Project Management
5 4 (14.81%) Technical Analysis
6 3 (11.11%) Data Design
6 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 3 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Marketo
3 1 (3.70%) Anaplan
3 1 (3.70%) Guidewire
3 1 (3.70%) Progress
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow