Epics Contracts in the South West

Epic User Stories
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 170 165
Rank change year-on-year +30 -5 -29
Contract jobs citing Epics 4 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% 0.028% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.031% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile £599 £725 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £750 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.07% +42.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £775 £625
90th Percentile - - £675
England median daily rate £573 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,654 3,248 3,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.02% 89.70% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,395 2,337
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £723 £668
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 332 192
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £16.89 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £61.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +26.52% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.98
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Epics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Epics in the South West

Epics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Epics in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Epics in the South West

Epics
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Bristol +22 1 - -
Epics
England

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Burndown Charts
3 2 (50.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO