Story Mapping Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Story Mapping
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Story Mapping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 171 -
Rank change year-on-year -72 - -
Contract jobs citing Story Mapping 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.014% 0.055% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.061% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £429 -
25th Percentile £300 £434 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £301 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.03% - -
75th Percentile £301 £484 -
90th Percentile - £486 -
England median daily rate £550 £475 £478
% change year-on-year +15.79% -0.52% -13.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,910 3,275 4,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.18% 89.33% 83.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,541 2,117 2,415
10th Percentile £313 £269 £300
25th Percentile £402 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £466 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% -5.86% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £582
90th Percentile £675 £650 £665
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 181 380
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.82 £11.11
25th Percentile £22.63 £17.44 £12.55
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.08 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.46% +13.98% -4.97%
75th Percentile £71.50 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.50 £64.04
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

Story Mapping
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Story Mapping job vacancy trend in the North of England

Story Mapping
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Story Mapping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Story Mapping

Story Mapping
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
North West - 1 £301 - 1
Story Mapping
England

Story Mapping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) BPR
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) TQM