Storybook Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Storybook
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Storybook skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Storybook 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.18% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.93% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £549 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £591 - -
90th Percentile £619 - -
South East median daily rate £575 - -

All Development Application Skills
Thames Valley

Storybook falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 207 207 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.47% 12.15% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 118 162
10th Percentile £310 £359 £352
25th Percentile £400 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -5.83% +11.50%
75th Percentile £538 £616 £625
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £475 £485 £538
% change year-on-year -2.06% -9.77% +0.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £77.80 £52.64 -
25th Percentile £82.00 £54.72 £46.25
Median hourly rate £90.00 £56.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.60% +19.46% -
75th Percentile £100.00 £57.62 £48.75
90th Percentile £103.30 - £61.50
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £61.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.81% +2.33%

Storybook
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Storybook relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Storybook job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Storybook
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Storybook.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Storybook

Storybook
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storybook within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £575 - 2
Storybook
South East

Storybook
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (75.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) Spring
1 4 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 4 (100.00%) Vitest
2 3 (75.00%) RESTful
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) API Development
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (75.00%) Secure Coding
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) API Design
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP