Epics Contract Job Trends in London

Epic User Stories
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Epics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 336 349
Rank change year-on-year +26 +13 -8
Contract jobs citing Epics 63 58 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.47% 0.36% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.40% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 43 86
10th Percentile £429 £375 £405
25th Percentile £505 £504 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.76% -5.83%
75th Percentile £650 £631 £614
90th Percentile £775 £685 £681
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,447 14,385 20,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 88.98% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,280 9,878 14,917
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 191 220
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.89 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% -11.25% +7.07%
75th Percentile £49.75 £53.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Epics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Epics in London

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Epics

Epics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Epics in London over the 6 months to 30 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Epics in London

Epics
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Epics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Epics

Epics
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Central London +4 15 £588 - 5
East London +8 1 £594 +42.28%
South London +2 1 - -
Epics
England

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (23.81%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) Appian
2 1 (1.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (9.52%) MS Visio
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) HFM
2 1 (1.59%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) Endur
2 1 (1.59%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) AWS
2 7 (11.11%) Google Analytics
3 5 (7.94%) Azure
3 5 (7.94%) GitHub
3 5 (7.94%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (3.17%) GCP
4 2 (3.17%) Google Tag Manager
4 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.17%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.94%) DNS
1 5 (7.94%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (9.52%) Star Schema
2 3 (4.76%) DB2
2 3 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.17%) Power BI
4 1 (1.59%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.59%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.59%) Data Vault
4 1 (1.59%) Looker
4 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (38.10%) JIRA
2 9 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 7 (11.11%) Git
4 5 (7.94%) Browser DevTools
4 5 (7.94%) Vite
4 5 (7.94%) webpack
5 4 (6.35%) Postman
5 4 (6.35%) TeamCity
6 3 (4.76%) Bitbucket
6 3 (4.76%) Cucumber
6 3 (4.76%) Selenium
7 1 (1.59%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.59%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (1.59%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.59%) SoapUI
General
1 32 (50.79%) Social Skills
2 26 (41.27%) Finance
3 16 (25.40%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (22.22%) Banking
5 8 (12.70%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (9.52%) Front Office
7 6 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (7.94%) Marketing
9 3 (4.76%) Investment Banking
10 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
10 2 (3.17%) Retail
11 1 (1.59%) Back Office
11 1 (1.59%) French Language
11 1 (1.59%) Games
11 1 (1.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (53.97%) Analyst
2 33 (52.38%) Business Analyst
3 6 (9.52%) Product Owner
4 5 (7.94%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 5 (7.94%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (7.94%) Technical Business Analyst
4 5 (7.94%) Web Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Developer
5 4 (6.35%) Finance Business Analyst
5 4 (6.35%) Financial Analyst
5 4 (6.35%) Lead
5 4 (6.35%) Senior
5 4 (6.35%) Wealth Management Business Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Agile Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Agile Java Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Charles River Business Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Java Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Technical Leader
6 3 (4.76%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.29%) CSS
1 9 (14.29%) HTML
2 8 (12.70%) React
3 7 (11.11%) AngularJS
4 6 (9.52%) RESTful
5 5 (7.94%) GatsbyJS
5 5 (7.94%) HTML5
5 5 (7.94%) Jest
5 5 (7.94%) Next.js
5 5 (7.94%) Node.js
5 5 (7.94%) Parceljs
5 5 (7.94%) React Native
5 5 (7.94%) Sass
5 5 (7.94%) Vue
6 4 (6.35%) Swagger
6 4 (6.35%) XML
7 3 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (4.76%) Gherkin
7 3 (4.76%) SOAP
8 1 (1.59%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (36.51%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.94%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.94%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (6.35%) Reinsurance
4 3 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.17%) DTCC
5 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.59%) Derivative
6 1 (1.59%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.59%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.59%) PMI
6 1 (1.59%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (95.24%) Agile
2 43 (68.25%) User Stories
3 34 (53.97%) Scrum
4 22 (34.92%) Acceptance Criteria
5 20 (31.75%) Sprint Planning
6 17 (26.98%) Analytics
6 17 (26.98%) Data Modelling
7 16 (25.40%) Product Backlog
7 16 (25.40%) Sprint Retrospective
8 15 (23.81%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (22.22%) Backlog Management
9 14 (22.22%) Business Analysis
9 14 (22.22%) Kanban
9 14 (22.22%) Roadmaps
10 13 (20.63%) Data Analysis
10 13 (20.63%) Wealth Management
11 12 (19.05%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (19.05%) User Experience
12 10 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.46%) JavaScript
1 11 (17.46%) SQL
2 8 (12.70%) Java
3 5 (7.94%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.76%) VBA
5 2 (3.17%) Python
6 1 (1.59%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.59%) C#
6 1 (1.59%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) IIBA
3 2 (3.17%) PMP
4 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.59%) CBAP
4 1 (1.59%) CLAS
4 1 (1.59%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.94%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.94%) WCAG
3 3 (4.76%) QA
4 1 (1.59%) FATCA
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.59%) MiFID
4 1 (1.59%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.17%) SCCM
3 1 (1.59%) Kibana
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Google
2 5 (7.94%) Amplitude
3 4 (6.35%) Charles River
3 4 (6.35%) Oracle
4 3 (4.76%) Atlassian
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.17%) Citrix
5 2 (3.17%) Hyperion
5 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.17%) SAP
5 2 (3.17%) Tagetik
5 2 (3.17%) Xceptor
6 1 (1.59%) Calypso
6 1 (1.59%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.59%) Databricks
6 1 (1.59%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.59%) FNZ
6 1 (1.59%) Murex
6 1 (1.59%) OpenLink
6 1 (1.59%) Workday