Epics Contracts in Northern Ireland

Epic User Stories
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Epics 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
UK median daily rate £504 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.45% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.50 - -
Median hourly rate £29.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 112 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.45% 75.68% 76.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 56 79
10th Percentile £154 £211 £164
25th Percentile £295 £355 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £506 £413
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +22.73% -5.71%
75th Percentile £532 £581 £508
90th Percentile £625 £663 £626
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Epics in Northern Ireland

Epics
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
County Antrim - 2 £300 - 1
Epics
UK

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Transparency
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree