Story Mapping Contract Job Trends in Central London

Story Mapping
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Story Mapping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Contract jobs citing Story Mapping 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.082% - 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% - 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £421 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £464 - £588
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £635 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +15.45% +10.00% -11.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Story Mapping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,083 1,843 2,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.33% 93.08% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,410 1,191 1,564
10th Percentile £362 £350 £350
25th Percentile £451 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 24 23
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £20.22
25th Percentile £19.13 £22.75 £22.75
Median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £45.03 £43.97 £30.41
90th Percentile £59.64 £50.75 £41.47
London median hourly rate £35.61 £34.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +3.20% +23.21% -26.80%

Story Mapping
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Story Mapping relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Story Mapping job vacancy trend in Central London

Story Mapping
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Story Mapping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Story Mapping

Story Mapping
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Story Mapping within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
City of London - 2 £443 - 2
Story Mapping
London

Story Mapping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Banking Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Banking Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CBAP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification