Story Mapping Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Story Mapping
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Story Mapping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 109 119
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 +38
Contract jobs citing Story Mapping 1 8 8
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.055% 0.50% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.53% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile £438 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £463 £438 £481
90th Percentile - - £491
UK median daily rate £550 £450 £478
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.76% -9.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,502 1,496 1,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 81.94% 93.44% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 784 887 1,164
10th Percentile £275 £261 £225
25th Percentile £381 £372 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £606 £656
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 48 90
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.21 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £17.30 £15.75
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.34
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +8.30% +18.98%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.66 £46.24
90th Percentile £75.00 £50.06 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.52% -21.23% +0.69%

Story Mapping
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Story Mapping job vacancy trend in Scotland

Story Mapping
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Story Mapping

Story Mapping
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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
Edinburgh -10 1 £450 +5.88% 2
Story Mapping
UK

Story Mapping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland