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 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 240 176 123
Rank change year-on-year -64 -53 +61
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 462 773 2,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.31% 2.05% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.13% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 330 514 1,196
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,063 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £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 £82,500 £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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
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 9 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 (7.79%) Confluence
2 23 (4.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) nginx
4 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.30%) InVision
3 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.30%) Sketch
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (4.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.65%) Magento
2 3 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 81 (17.53%) Azure
2 54 (11.69%) AWS
3 51 (11.04%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (9.96%) SaaS
5 34 (7.36%) Power Platform
6 30 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (4.11%) dbt
8 17 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 12 (2.60%) Serverless
11 9 (1.95%) GitHub
12 8 (1.73%) IaaS
12 8 (1.73%) PaaS
13 7 (1.52%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.30%) Azure Service Fabric
14 6 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.81%) Internet
2 10 (2.16%) Broadband
2 10 (2.16%) WPA
3 6 (1.30%) Intranet
4 1 (0.22%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.16%) Power BI
3 7 (1.52%) Redis
4 6 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.65%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.65%) 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
1 102 (22.08%) JIRA
2 27 (5.84%) Visual Studio
3 24 (5.19%) Git
4 23 (4.98%) Team Foundation Server
5 15 (3.25%) Selenium
6 9 (1.95%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.95%) JMeter
7 8 (1.73%) SpecFlow
8 7 (1.52%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.30%) Postman
10 5 (1.08%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (0.87%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.87%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.65%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.65%) git-flow
12 3 (0.65%) Moq
12 3 (0.65%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.65%) xUnit.net
General
1 103 (22.29%) Social Skills
2 93 (20.13%) Finance
3 53 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (8.87%) Marketing
6 38 (8.23%) Public Sector
7 32 (6.93%) Retail
8 16 (3.46%) Banking
9 14 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.38%) Legal
11 10 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.52%) Publishing
13 5 (1.08%) Retail Finance
14 4 (0.87%) German Language
15 3 (0.65%) Billing
15 3 (0.65%) Law
16 2 (0.43%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Automotive
16 2 (0.43%) Games
16 2 (0.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 183 (39.61%) Analyst
2 154 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 113 (24.46%) Senior
4 44 (9.52%) Architect
5 39 (8.44%) Developer
5 39 (8.44%) Senior Analyst
6 38 (8.23%) Product Manager
7 36 (7.79%) Designer
7 36 (7.79%) Lead
7 36 (7.79%) Product Owner
8 34 (7.36%) Content Designer
8 34 (7.36%) Senior Content Designer
8 34 (7.36%) Senior Designer
9 28 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
10 25 (5.41%) Technical Business Analyst
11 24 (5.19%) Senior Business Analyst
12 19 (4.11%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.11%) Technical Architect
13 16 (3.46%) Software Developer
14 11 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.58%) .NET
2 32 (6.93%) React
3 27 (5.84%) Node.js
4 20 (4.33%) HTML
5 18 (3.90%) Django
6 17 (3.68%) CSS
7 15 (3.25%) REST
8 14 (3.03%) XML
9 13 (2.81%) ASP.NET
10 12 (2.60%) .NET Framework
11 10 (2.16%) HTML5
11 10 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (2.16%) React Native
12 9 (1.95%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.95%) Vue
12 9 (1.95%) XSLT
13 8 (1.73%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 7 (1.52%) Gherkin
14 7 (1.52%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 160 (34.63%) Product Ownership
2 38 (8.23%) NHS
3 16 (3.46%) FMCG
3 16 (3.46%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.16%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.08%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.87%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (0.87%) PMI
8 4 (0.87%) Replication
9 3 (0.65%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.65%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.65%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.90%) Linux
2 14 (3.03%) Windows
3 11 (2.38%) Android
3 11 (2.38%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (71.21%) Agile
2 150 (32.47%) Roadmaps
3 114 (24.68%) Acceptance Criteria
4 105 (22.73%) DevOps
4 105 (22.73%) Scrum
5 92 (19.91%) Requirements Gathering
6 90 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (18.83%) Business Analysis
8 84 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (16.88%) CI/CD
10 65 (14.07%) Mentoring
11 61 (13.20%) User Experience
12 60 (12.99%) Workshop Facilitation
13 48 (10.39%) Coaching
13 48 (10.39%) Continuous Integration
13 48 (10.39%) Product Strategy
14 47 (10.17%) Community of Practice
14 47 (10.17%) Epics
15 46 (9.96%) Migration
16 45 (9.74%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.07%) C#
2 42 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 35 (7.58%) SQL
4 31 (6.71%) Python
5 26 (5.63%) Java
6 21 (4.55%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.16%) C++
8 5 (1.08%) PHP
9 4 (0.87%) C
9 4 (0.87%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.65%) Rust
10 3 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.43%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.43%) R
11 2 (0.43%) Ruby
11 2 (0.43%) Tcl
12 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (22.08%) Security Cleared
2 91 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 59 (12.77%) Degree
4 27 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.68%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.95%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.30%) CISM
7 6 (1.30%) CISSP
7 6 (1.30%) GIAC
7 6 (1.30%) SANS
8 5 (1.08%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.87%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.65%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.65%) IIBA
10 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.43%) CBAP
11 2 (0.43%) CSPO
11 2 (0.43%) HND
11 2 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.69%) QA
2 25 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.30%) COBIT
4 6 (1.30%) NIST
4 6 (1.30%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 4 (0.87%) 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 (3.03%) Docker
2 4 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (1.73%) Kubernetes
1 8 (1.73%) Terraform
2 6 (1.30%) Ansible
2 6 (1.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (1.30%) Grafana
2 6 (1.30%) Kibana
3 1 (0.22%) Packer
3 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 72 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.25%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.95%) Adobe
4 7 (1.52%) Google
5 6 (1.30%) Hotjar
5 6 (1.30%) SAP
6 4 (0.87%) Oracle
6 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.65%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.65%) Coverity
7 3 (0.65%) Intel
7 3 (0.65%) McAfee
8 2 (0.43%) Remedy
9 1 (0.22%) Mercator
9 1 (0.22%) Pardot
9 1 (0.22%) Sun