Storytelling Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Storytelling
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Storytelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Storytelling 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - -
75th Percentile £502 - -
90th Percentile £531 - -
North East median daily rate £454 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Storytelling 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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 347 206 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 88.30% 89.96% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 113 104
10th Percentile £190 £305 £188
25th Percentile £363 £358 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -4.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £513 £590 £588
90th Percentile £575 £650 £696
North East median daily rate £450 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 16
10th Percentile £16.52 £13.75 £12.13
25th Percentile £26.94 £14.71 £13.99
Median hourly rate £52.50 £16.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +228.13% -50.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £18.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £19.75 £68.75
North East median hourly rate £52.50 £17.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +200.00% -15.74% -41.90%

Storytelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Storytelling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Storytelling job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Storytelling
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Storytelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Storytelling

Storytelling
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storytelling within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 18 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 3 £454 - 8
Storytelling
North East

Storytelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 2 (66.67%) Co-Creation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Empathy Maps
2 2 (66.67%) Ergonomics
2 2 (66.67%) Ethnography
2 2 (66.67%) Human Factors
2 2 (66.67%) Human-Centred Design
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) User Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) WCAG