Storytelling Contracts

Storytelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Storytelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Storytelling over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 469 545
Rank change year-on-year +67 +76 +137
Contract jobs citing Storytelling 120 110 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.26% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.30% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 50 69
10th Percentile £272 £316 £300
25th Percentile £352 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £544 £575
Median % change year-on-year -21.84% -5.43% +9.11%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £725
90th Percentile £619 £700 £855
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.06% +32.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 8
10th Percentile £47.48 £35.50 £23.90
25th Percentile £47.83 £42.75 £29.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 £50.00 £32.31
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +54.77% -0.60%
75th Percentile £50.75 £52.33 £37.56
90th Percentile £51.01 £60.00 £45.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £68.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year - +63.86% +207.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,547 36,622 51,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.04% 86.09% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,007 23,613 35,611
10th Percentile £303 £300 £325
25th Percentile £409 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 2,439 1,690
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £15.77
Median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%
75th Percentile £59.90 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%

Storytelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Storytelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Storytelling in the UK

Storytelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Storytelling.

Daily rate trend for Storytelling in the UK

Storytelling
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Storytelling over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Storytelling in the UK

Storytelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Storytelling.

Hourly rate trend for Storytelling in the UK

Storytelling
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storytelling within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
England +59 112 £425 -20.93% 814
London +54 76 £413 -21.43% 515
Work from Home +32 35 £563 +2.27% 501
UK excluding London +49 34 £538 -2.27% 423
Midlands +27 13 £400 - 58
South West +46 12 £575 +24.32% 31
West Midlands +20 12 £550 - 34
North of England +26 8 £450 -35.71% 92
Yorkshire - 5 £401 - 24
North West +9 3 £453 -35.36% 59
North East - 2 - - 9
South East +21 1 £600 +9.09% 175
Wales - 1 £273 - 7
East Midlands - 1 £251 - 20
East of England - 1 £475 - 40

Storytelling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (5.83%) SAS
2 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.83%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.83%) CMS
2 1 (0.83%) Confluence
2 1 (0.83%) Facebook Platform
2 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (6.67%) Photoshop
4 6 (5.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (4.17%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (3.33%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (2.50%) Acrobat
7 3 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (2.50%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (1.67%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (1.67%) Maya
8 2 (1.67%) NUKE
9 1 (0.83%) Sketch
9 1 (0.83%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 15 (12.50%) Figma
3 11 (9.17%) Adobe Analytics
4 7 (5.83%) Azure
5 5 (4.17%) Snowflake
6 4 (3.33%) AWS
6 4 (3.33%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.50%) ChatGPT
7 3 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.50%) SaaS
8 2 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.67%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.67%) dbt
8 2 (1.67%) GitHub
8 2 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.83%) GCP
9 1 (0.83%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.67%) Internet
1 2 (1.67%) Intranet
2 1 (0.83%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.00%) Power BI
2 10 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (6.67%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.17%) Qlik Sense
4 5 (4.17%) Tableau
5 3 (2.50%) Power Query
5 3 (2.50%) Spotfire
6 2 (1.67%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.83%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.83%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.83%) GIS
7 1 (0.83%) Metadata
7 1 (0.83%) QGIS
7 1 (0.83%) QlikView
7 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.83%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.83%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.67%) ERwin
1 2 (1.67%) Git
1 2 (1.67%) MagicDraw
2 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Terragrunt
General
1 55 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 45 (37.50%) Finance
3 41 (34.17%) Marketing
4 38 (31.67%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (14.17%) Banking
6 11 (9.17%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 10 (8.33%) Retail
8 9 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (5.00%) Advertising
10 5 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
10 5 (4.17%) Investment Banking
11 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.50%) Legal
12 3 (2.50%) Tech for Good
13 2 (1.67%) Automotive
13 2 (1.67%) Public Speaking
13 2 (1.67%) Publishing
14 1 (0.83%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (15.83%) Designer
2 17 (14.17%) Lead
3 15 (12.50%) Senior
4 10 (8.33%) Analyst
5 8 (6.67%) Strategy Manager
6 7 (5.83%) Analytics Manager
6 7 (5.83%) Data Analyst
6 7 (5.83%) Data Analytics Manager
6 7 (5.83%) Data Manager
6 7 (5.83%) Insight Manager
7 5 (4.17%) Senior Designer
7 5 (4.17%) User Experience Researcher
7 5 (4.17%) UX Designer
8 4 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 4 (3.33%) Campaign Manager
8 4 (3.33%) Engagement Manager
8 4 (3.33%) Product Designer
8 4 (3.33%) Visual Designer
9 3 (2.50%) Marketing Manager
9 3 (2.50%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) ATL
1 1 (0.83%) CSS
1 1 (0.83%) GeoJSON
1 1 (0.83%) HTML
1 1 (0.83%) PostGIS
1 1 (0.83%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.83%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.00%) Social Media
2 9 (7.50%) Mobile App
3 8 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.00%) Animation
4 6 (5.00%) Motion Graphics
5 5 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.33%) Data Structures
6 4 (3.33%) Graphic Design
6 4 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.33%) Video Editing
7 3 (2.50%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.50%) Blog
7 3 (2.50%) Photography
7 3 (2.50%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.67%) PMI
9 1 (0.83%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.83%) FMCG
9 1 (0.83%) IVR
9 1 (0.83%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.33%) Android
1 4 (3.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.67%) Decision-Making
2 34 (28.33%) Analytics
3 33 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (21.67%) Visualisation
5 22 (18.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 21 (17.50%) Data Visualisation
7 20 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (15.83%) Agile
9 18 (15.00%) User Experience
10 15 (12.50%) Prototyping
11 14 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (11.67%) UX Design
12 13 (10.83%) Data Modelling
12 13 (10.83%) Web Analytics
13 12 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (10.00%) Project Management
13 12 (10.00%) Roadmaps
14 11 (9.17%) Actionable Insight
14 11 (9.17%) Infographics
14 11 (9.17%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.17%) SQL
2 14 (11.67%) Python
3 12 (10.00%) R
4 3 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.67%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (15.00%) Degree
2 3 (2.50%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.67%) MBA
3 2 (1.67%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.50%) PMO
4 2 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.83%) GxP
5 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.83%) SCOM
2 1 (0.83%) Terraform
2 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (15.83%) Adobe
2 13 (10.83%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.83%) Google
3 7 (5.83%) Teradata
4 6 (5.00%) Databricks
4 6 (5.00%) SAP
5 4 (3.33%) Workday
6 3 (2.50%) YouTube
7 2 (1.67%) Facebook
7 2 (1.67%) Instagram
8 1 (0.83%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.83%) Avaya
8 1 (0.83%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.83%) Cisco
8 1 (0.83%) Citrix
8 1 (0.83%) Dell
8 1 (0.83%) Genesys
8 1 (0.83%) HP
8 1 (0.83%) IBM
8 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow