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East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Epics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Epics over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing Epics | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | - | - | 2.02% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 2.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £499 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +24.08% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £557 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £574 |
| East of England median daily rate | £375 | £700 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.43% | +55.56% | -6.25% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 82 | 173 | 209 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 95.35% | 81.22% | 84.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 42 | 90 | 127 |
| 10th Percentile | £193 | £194 | £219 |
| 25th Percentile | £315 | £350 | £314 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.79% | -5.00% | +1.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £487 | £563 | £552 |
| 90th Percentile | £524 | £600 | £641 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 45 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.25 | £10.42 | £22.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.19 | £14.17 | £24.62 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £59.50 | £43.63 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -45.38% | +36.37% | +61.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.30 | £80.00 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £176.00 | - | £72.56 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £40.00 | £40.14 | £24.62 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.34% | +63.03% | +58.84% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing Epics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Epics in Essex.