Epics Contracts in Scotland

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UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Epics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Epics over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 152 148
Rank change year-on-year +58 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Epics 35 11 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.58% 0.38% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 0.41% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 7 14
10th Percentile £426 £403 -
25th Percentile £475 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.71% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £488
90th Percentile - £544 £492
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Epics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,963 2,651 3,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.54% 92.63% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,196 1,908 2,313
10th Percentile £229 £263 £241
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 46
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £18.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £49.34
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Epics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Epics in Scotland

Epics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Epics in Scotland

Epics
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Epics in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Epics in Scotland

Epics
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 Epics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Glasgow +12 13 £563 +5.14%
Edinburgh +42 10 £450 +5.88%
South Lanarkshire - 10 £563 -
Epics
UK

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 21 (60.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 22 (62.86%) JIRA
General
1 22 (62.86%) Public Sector
2 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Finance
4 5 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (11.43%) Electronics
5 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
5 4 (11.43%) Marketing
5 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Product Manager
2 14 (40.00%) Analyst
3 11 (31.43%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Agile Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Product Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Project Officer
5 2 (5.71%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Support Officer
6 1 (2.86%) Exchange Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Agile
2 32 (91.43%) User Stories
3 23 (65.71%) User Research
4 15 (42.86%) Roadmaps
5 14 (40.00%) Service Design
6 12 (34.29%) Project Management
7 11 (31.43%) Scrum
8 10 (28.57%) Backlog Management
8 10 (28.57%) Product Management
9 8 (22.86%) Business Analysis
9 8 (22.86%) Coaching
9 8 (22.86%) DevOps
9 8 (22.86%) Product Backlog
10 7 (20.00%) User Experience
10 7 (20.00%) Value Proposition
11 6 (17.14%) Business Case
11 6 (17.14%) Impact Assessments
11 6 (17.14%) Story Mapping
11 6 (17.14%) Strategic Roadmap
11 6 (17.14%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
1 18 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.86%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Cadence
2 4 (11.43%) SAP
3 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.86%) Google
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft