Epics Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 107 117 130
Rank change year-on-year +10 +13 +27
Contract jobs citing Epics 12 7 17
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.71% 0.34% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.37% 0.67%
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% +1.05%
75th Percentile £731 £725 £744
90th Percentile £788 - £775
Central London median daily rate £625 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +5.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,588 1,911 2,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.52% 91.79% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,170 1,773
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £764 £783 £808
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £578
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.43% +0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.22%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -37.43%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Epics job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Epics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Epics

Epics
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Epics in the City of London

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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