Epics Contract Job Trends in Central London

Epic User Stories
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 121 135
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +25
Contract jobs citing Epics 12 7 17
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.65% 0.30% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.33% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £467 £613 £495
25th Percentile £521 £625 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +5.73%
75th Percentile £731 £725 £744
90th Percentile £788 - £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,747 2,120 2,717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 94.08% 91.93% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,329 1,906
10th Percentile £328 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £578
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.43% +0.43%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £765 £775 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 18
10th Percentile £17.43 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.96 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -37.43%
75th Percentile £41.75 £74.38 £45.64
90th Percentile £62.35 £124.75 £57.73
London median hourly rate £31.00 £37.79 £38.75
% change year-on-year -17.97% -2.49% +2.15%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Epics job vacancy trend in Central London

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Epics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Epics

Epics
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Epics in Central London over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025. 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 +10 12 £625 -7.41% 19
Epics
London

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (8.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Star Schema
2 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Finance
3 7 (58.33%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
1 9 (75.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Finance Business Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Business Finance Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Pricing Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Project Planner
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Technical Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) ActiveX
1 1 (8.33%) ADO
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 9 (75.00%) Scrum
2 9 (75.00%) User Stories
3 8 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 8 (66.67%) Backlog Management
3 8 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 8 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (58.33%) Backlog Refinement
4 7 (58.33%) Data Modelling
4 7 (58.33%) Data Reconciliation
4 7 (58.33%) Financial Modelling
4 7 (58.33%) Impact Assessments
4 7 (58.33%) Product Backlog
4 7 (58.33%) Project Governance
4 7 (58.33%) Sprint Review
5 3 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Apex Code
1 1 (8.33%) Java
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
1 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) CBAP
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) IIBA
3 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Hyperion
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Tagetik
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (8.33%) Xceptor