Epics Contracts in Central London

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The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 155 179
Rank change year-on-year +27 +24 -35
Contract jobs citing Epics 8 21 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.32% 0.54% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.59% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 14
10th Percentile £354 £450 £408
25th Percentile £366 £476 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £542 £515
Median % change year-on-year -26.13% +5.15% +8.99%
75th Percentile £475 £638 £668
90th Percentile £500 £670 £700
London median daily rate £550 £554 £538
% change year-on-year -0.72% +3.07% +2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,225 3,560 4,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.34% 91.66% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,580 2,408 3,216
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 40
10th Percentile £19.52 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £22.25 £20.42 £23.44
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £36.50 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £56.15 £88.30 £62.83
London median hourly rate £29.00 £39.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year -25.64% +9.09% +10.96%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Epics in Central London

Epics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Epics in Central London

Epics
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Epics in Central London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Epics in Central London

Epics
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the Central London region over the 6 months to 23 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
City of London +39 7 £425 -21.62% 2
Epics
London

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Manual Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Market Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum Master
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (12.50%) ADO
2 1 (12.50%) Gherkin
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Derivative
1 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) BDD
4 3 (37.50%) Data Mapping
4 3 (37.50%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (37.50%) User Stories
5 2 (25.00%) Coaching
5 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (25.00%) Design Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Product Backlog
5 2 (25.00%) Product Management
5 2 (25.00%) Product Vision
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Murex