Epics Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Epic User Stories
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 58 79
Rank change year-on-year -24 +21 +14
Contract jobs citing Epics 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.17% 0.37% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.40% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £750 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +25.00% +0.08% -20.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £90.75 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Epics 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 in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 947 502 871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.98% 92.28% 82.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 299 501
10th Percentile £325 £223 £250
25th Percentile £405 £362 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £613
90th Percentile £650 £670 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 78 167
10th Percentile £18.63 £18.51 £36.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £42.51 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £62.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -4.38% +32.11% -22.76%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Epics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Epics job vacancy trend in Bristol

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Epics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Epics

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Facilities Management Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Facilities Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Facilities Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree