Storytelling Job Trends

Storytelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Storytelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 529 559
Rank change year-on-year +180 +30 +33
Permanent jobs citing Storytelling 326 188 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.35% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.39% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 144 62 121
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £25,313 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -28.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60,313 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £86,250 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £25,625 £44,500
% change year-on-year +75.61% -42.42% -8.94%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Storytelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Storytelling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Storytelling job vacancy trend in the UK

Storytelling
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Storytelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Storytelling

Storytelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Storytelling over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Storytelling in the UK

Storytelling
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Storytelling within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +160 274 £47,500 +9.20% 226
UK excluding London +146 143 £45,000 +75.61% 204
London +74 133 £51,000 -35.24% 53
Work from Home +90 120 £50,500 +97.07% 115
North of England +45 42 £43,750 +70.73% 31
South East +57 38 £37,500 -58.33% 75
North West +41 24 £45,000 +48.45% 15
Midlands +35 20 £47,500 -22.45% 24
South West +16 17 £48,750 +90.24% 24
West Midlands +34 16 £50,000 -18.37% 8
East of England - 16 £45,500 - 37
Yorkshire -8 12 £30,000 +17.07% 12
North East +9 6 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Scotland -3 4 £41,500 +61.95% 7
East Midlands -9 4 £24,000 - 16
Wales +5 3 £47,500 -13.64% 8
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 5

Storytelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.60%) Confluence
2 12 (3.68%) CMS
3 4 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.23%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 53 (16.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (5.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (3.68%) InDesign
6 10 (3.07%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (2.76%) Adobe Premiere
8 7 (2.15%) Maya
8 7 (2.15%) Photoshop
9 5 (1.53%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (1.53%) MotionBuilder
10 4 (1.23%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.92%) Blender
11 3 (0.92%) CapCut
12 2 (0.61%) CINEMA 4D
12 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.61%) Trello
13 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.31%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.84%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.61%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.61%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.61%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.61%) SAP PP
3 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Shopify
4 1 (0.31%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 76 (23.31%) Power Platform
2 30 (9.20%) Azure
3 29 (8.90%) Figma
4 28 (8.59%) SaaS
5 27 (8.28%) Adobe Analytics
6 13 (3.99%) GCP
7 12 (3.68%) AWS
7 12 (3.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (3.37%) Canva
8 11 (3.37%) H2O.ai
8 11 (3.37%) OpenShift
9 10 (3.07%) Google Analytics
10 9 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.76%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.84%) dbt
12 3 (0.92%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.92%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.92%) Dataform
12 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.07%) Unified Communications
2 9 (2.76%) Broadband
3 3 (0.92%) Intranet
4 1 (0.31%) 5G
4 1 (0.31%) Internet
4 1 (0.31%) Network Security
4 1 (0.31%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (23.31%) Power BI
2 26 (7.98%) Tableau
3 20 (6.13%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.29%) Data Lake
4 14 (4.29%) Metadata
5 13 (3.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.15%) Power Query
8 6 (1.84%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.53%) Looker
10 4 (1.23%) Big Data
11 3 (0.92%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.92%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.92%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.61%) MySQL
12 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.52%) JIRA
2 6 (1.84%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.61%) Mocha
3 2 (0.61%) webpack
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 137 (42.02%) Marketing
2 115 (35.28%) Social Skills
3 98 (30.06%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (29.75%) Finance
5 33 (10.12%) Retail
6 25 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (7.67%) Manufacturing
6 25 (7.67%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (7.36%) Games
8 23 (7.06%) Legal
9 22 (6.75%) Law
10 21 (6.44%) Banking
11 20 (6.13%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (5.83%) Publishing
13 16 (4.91%) Multimedia
13 16 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (4.60%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.84%) Advertising
16 4 (1.23%) Brand Awareness
17 3 (0.92%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 66 (20.25%) Senior
2 38 (11.66%) Analyst
3 30 (9.20%) Data Analyst
4 23 (7.06%) Data Scientist
5 19 (5.83%) Senior Manager
6 18 (5.52%) Commercial Analyst
6 18 (5.52%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 18 (5.52%) Lead
6 18 (5.52%) Strategy Manager
7 17 (5.21%) Designer
7 17 (5.21%) Marketing Manager
8 14 (4.29%) Business Manager
9 12 (3.68%) Content Manager
9 12 (3.68%) Insight Manager
9 12 (3.68%) Marketing Executive
9 12 (3.68%) Procurement Analyst
10 10 (3.07%) Communications Manager
10 10 (3.07%) Senior Strategy Manager
11 9 (2.76%) Developer
11 9 (2.76%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.91%) PyTorch
2 12 (3.68%) TensorFlow
3 11 (3.37%) Keras
4 7 (2.15%) PySpark
5 6 (1.84%) HTML
5 6 (1.84%) Unreal Engine
6 4 (1.23%) CSS
6 4 (1.23%) Hugging Face
6 4 (1.23%) NumPy
6 4 (1.23%) Pandas
6 4 (1.23%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.61%) D3.js
7 2 (0.61%) EDI
7 2 (0.61%) Node.js
7 2 (0.61%) React
7 2 (0.61%) Redux
7 2 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 71 (21.78%) Social Media
2 29 (8.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (5.83%) Blog
3 19 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 18 (5.52%) FMCG
4 18 (5.52%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.29%) Animation
5 14 (4.29%) Web Conferencing
6 12 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.37%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.45%) Video Editing
9 7 (2.15%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.15%) Digital Media
9 7 (2.15%) Motion Graphics
9 7 (2.15%) Photography
10 6 (1.84%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.84%) State Machine
11 5 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.53%) Xbox
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.61%) Linux
1 2 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (47.85%) Analytics
2 91 (27.91%) AI
2 91 (27.91%) Business Intelligence
2 91 (27.91%) Decision-Making
3 80 (24.54%) Visualisation
4 63 (19.33%) Actionable Insight
5 60 (18.40%) Agile
5 60 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (15.64%) Machine Learning
6 51 (15.64%) User Experience
7 46 (14.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (11.66%) Business Strategy
8 38 (11.66%) Computer Science
9 37 (11.35%) Matrix Organization
9 37 (11.35%) Strategic Thinking
10 36 (11.04%) Data Modelling
11 34 (10.43%) Data Visualisation
12 33 (10.12%) Coaching
12 33 (10.12%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 66 (20.25%) SQL
2 42 (12.88%) Python
3 21 (6.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (3.37%) R
5 5 (1.53%) RPG
6 3 (0.92%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (24.54%) Degree
2 28 (8.59%) Master's Degree
3 13 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.99%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 8 (2.45%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.84%) ACCA
6 6 (1.84%) CIMA
7 5 (1.53%) PhD
7 5 (1.53%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.23%) MBA
9 3 (0.92%) APMP
10 2 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.61%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.42%) Accessibility
2 30 (9.20%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.29%) Actionable Recommendations
4 10 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.76%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.53%) GDPR
7 3 (0.92%) QA
7 3 (0.92%) WCAG
8 2 (0.61%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.61%) GMP
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.61%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.23%) Docker
Vendors
1 63 (19.33%) Adobe
2 31 (9.51%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.52%) Google
3 18 (5.52%) TikTok
4 17 (5.21%) Instagram
4 17 (5.21%) Qualtrics
5 15 (4.60%) Databricks
5 15 (4.60%) YouTube
6 12 (3.68%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.37%) Dell
7 11 (3.37%) NVIDIA
8 9 (2.76%) Cisco
8 9 (2.76%) Zoho
9 8 (2.45%) Facebook
10 4 (1.23%) Hootsuite
10 4 (1.23%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.23%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.92%) Avid
11 3 (0.92%) SAP
12 2 (0.61%) Intel