Epics Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Epic User Stories
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 53 67
Rank change year-on-year -24 +14 +20
Contract jobs citing Epics 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.25% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.25% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £481 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £494 £519 £538
90th Percentile £498 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £513 £600
% change year-on-year -4.88% -14.58% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 695 398 735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.86% 92.34% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 258 448
10th Percentile £313 £263 £279
25th Percentile £413 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £553 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £460 £490
% change year-on-year +8.70% -6.12% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 19
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.62
25th Percentile £14.25 £28.86 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.50 £41.00 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -64.63% +233.33% -80.32%
75th Percentile £28.75 £97.60 £13.88
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £16.59
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.38 £27.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year -44.09% +103.70% -69.68%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Epics job vacancy trend in Leeds

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Epics

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Health
2 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HL7
1 1 (50.00%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Brio