Epics Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Epic User Stories
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 67 82
Rank change year-on-year +8 +15 +38
Contract jobs citing Epics 5 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.84% 0.46% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.51% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £471 - £416
25th Percentile £473 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% - +1.49%
75th Percentile £538 £438 £500
90th Percentile - - £523
Scotland median daily rate £479 £425 £625
% change year-on-year +12.71% -32.00% +47.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 552 591 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.31% 89.68% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 307 528
10th Percentile £225 £205 £212
25th Percentile £411 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +3.06% -8.63% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £16.59 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £71.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.18
% change year-on-year -12.81% +19.59% +3.68%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Epics job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Epics

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) Energy Management
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Security Patching
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Siemens