Story Mapping Contracts in England

Story Mapping
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Story Mapping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Story Mapping over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 532 613
Rank change year-on-year +53 +81 +112
Contract jobs citing Story Mapping 6 10 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.027% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.031% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 33
10th Percentile £433 £350 £463
25th Percentile £444 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £519 £569 £575
90th Percentile £538 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Story Mapping
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Story Mapping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Story Mapping in England

Story Mapping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Story Mapping in England.

Daily rate trend for Story Mapping in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +31 2 £550 +10.00% 8
Yorkshire - 2 £463 -
North of England - 2 £463 - 1
South East +46 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Story Mapping
UK

Story Mapping
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Lucidchart
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce Product Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) User Stories
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Product Management
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Use Case
3 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (33.33%) Journey Map
4 2 (33.33%) Objectives and Key Results
4 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
4 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (33.33%) Product Vision
4 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
4 2 (33.33%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Dell
1 2 (33.33%) Veritas
2 1 (16.67%) Genesys
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle