Epic User Stories
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Epics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Epics over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 558 570
Rank change year-on-year -138 +12 +60
Permanent jobs citing Epics 209 481 868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.47% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.50% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 110 246 482
10th Percentile £46,200 £46,250 £44,000
25th Percentile £49,188 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Epics in the UK

Epics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Epics.

Salary trend for Epics in the UK

Epics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Epics over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Epics in the UK

Epics
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -127 157 £77,500 +29.17% 47
UK excluding London -122 119 £70,000 +21.74% 24
London -7 77 £83,750 +19.64% 27
Work from Home -51 57 £75,000 +30.43% 21
Scotland -58 29 - - 3
North of England -20 26 £65,000 +13.04% 3
South West -12 25 £70,000 -15.15% 3
North West -6 18 £95,000 +65.22% 2
Midlands -56 15 £80,000 +60.00% 7
South East -16 12 £80,000 +23.08% 5
West Midlands -27 12 £87,500 +75.00% 5
Yorkshire +43 8 £31,500 -40.00% 1
Northern Ireland +32 7 - -
Wales +9 7 £42,500 - 2
East Midlands -22 3 £70,000 +16.67% 2

Epics
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 47 (22.49%) Confluence
2 18 (8.61%) SharePoint
3 15 (7.18%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.48%) CMS
4 1 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (12.44%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.87%) Trello
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (8.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (24.88%) Azure
2 35 (16.75%) Power Platform
3 30 (14.35%) Miro
4 26 (12.44%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (8.13%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (5.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (4.78%) SaaS
8 8 (3.83%) AWS
9 2 (0.96%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.48%) Asana
10 1 (0.48%) Collibra
10 1 (0.48%) dbt
10 1 (0.48%) Google Data Studio
10 1 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.39%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.96%) DSL
2 2 (0.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.61%) Power BI
2 15 (7.18%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (7.18%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.26%) Tableau
4 10 (4.78%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.83%) Data Lake
5 8 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.83%) HDInsight
5 8 (3.83%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.35%) Big Data
7 6 (2.87%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (2.87%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.91%) Looker
8 4 (1.91%) QlikView
9 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.48%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.48%) LogicBlox
10 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 73 (34.93%) JIRA
2 21 (10.05%) Team Foundation Server
3 20 (9.57%) Cypress.io
4 18 (8.61%) Visual Studio
5 15 (7.18%) Cucumber
6 7 (3.35%) Postman
7 5 (2.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.96%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.96%) Git
8 2 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 55 (26.32%) Finance
2 44 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 40 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (17.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (11.96%) Law
6 24 (11.48%) Banking
7 17 (8.13%) Investment Banking
8 12 (5.74%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.35%) Marketing
10 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.44%) Retail
11 2 (0.96%) Games
12 1 (0.48%) Aviation
12 1 (0.48%) Back Office
12 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Legal
12 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (44.02%) Analyst
2 91 (43.54%) Business Analyst
3 56 (26.79%) Senior
4 41 (19.62%) Product Owner
5 30 (14.35%) Senior Analyst
5 30 (14.35%) Senior Business Analyst
6 22 (10.53%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.61%) Lead
8 17 (8.13%) Architect
9 15 (7.18%) Full Stack Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) Full Stack Software Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) Java Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) Java Software Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) Lead Java Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) Lead Software Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) Product Manager
10 9 (4.31%) Data Manager
10 9 (4.31%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 9 (4.31%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
10 9 (4.31%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.18%) CSS
1 15 (7.18%) HTML
1 15 (7.18%) JDBC
1 15 (7.18%) Kafka
1 15 (7.18%) React
1 15 (7.18%) Spring
1 15 (7.18%) Spring Boot
2 12 (5.74%) Web Services
3 7 (3.35%) REST
4 5 (2.39%) FFmpeg
4 5 (2.39%) GStreamer
4 5 (2.39%) Nightwatchjs
4 5 (2.39%) OpenCV
4 5 (2.39%) XML
5 4 (1.91%) YAML
6 3 (1.44%) .NET
6 3 (1.44%) JSON
7 2 (0.96%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.96%) RESTful
7 2 (0.96%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 87 (41.63%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.66%) FMCG
3 15 (7.18%) Private Cloud
4 8 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.35%) Market Risk
6 6 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.39%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.39%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.39%) Replication
7 5 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.39%) Video\Live Streaming
8 4 (1.91%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.48%) PMI
10 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.39%) Android
1 5 (2.39%) Apple iOS
1 5 (2.39%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (2.39%) Linux
1 5 (2.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (81.34%) Agile
2 138 (66.03%) User Stories
3 97 (46.41%) Scrum
4 89 (42.58%) Acceptance Criteria
5 58 (27.75%) Backlog Refinement
6 55 (26.32%) Software Engineering
7 51 (24.40%) Business Analysis
7 51 (24.40%) DevOps
7 51 (24.40%) Roadmaps
8 49 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (21.53%) Product Backlog
10 44 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
11 40 (19.14%) CI/CD
12 39 (18.66%) Backlog Management
13 35 (16.75%) Product Vision
14 34 (16.27%) Continuous Integration
15 32 (15.31%) Project Delivery
16 31 (14.83%) Wireframes
17 30 (14.35%) Requirements Workshops
17 30 (14.35%) UML
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.79%) SQL
2 20 (9.57%) C#
2 20 (9.57%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.18%) Java
3 15 (7.18%) Python
4 6 (2.87%) R
4 6 (2.87%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.39%) Bash
5 5 (2.39%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.44%) C++
7 1 (0.48%) C
Qualifications
1 51 (24.40%) Degree
2 44 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 38 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.70%) Master's Degree
5 12 (5.74%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.87%) IIBA
7 5 (2.39%) PhD
8 3 (1.44%) CSPO
8 3 (1.44%) MBA
9 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.48%) ISEB
10 1 (0.48%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.13%) Accessibility
1 17 (8.13%) QA
2 5 (2.39%) GDPR
3 4 (1.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.96%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (0.48%) GRC
5 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (3.35%) Firmware
2 5 (2.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Grafana
2 1 (0.48%) Kibana
Vendors
1 19 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.83%) Databricks
3 3 (1.44%) Google
4 2 (0.96%) IBM
5 1 (0.48%) Cadence
5 1 (0.48%) Pega
5 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.48%) Sitecore