Epics Contract Job Trends in Reading

Epic User Stories
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 58 95
Rank change year-on-year -24 +37 -14
Contract jobs citing Epics 4 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.39% 0.95% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 1.02% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £593
25th Percentile - £477 £621
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £682
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -23.02% +21.24%
75th Percentile - £600 £706
90th Percentile - - £711
Berkshire median daily rate £359 £514 £641
% change year-on-year -30.19% -19.77% +22.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £78.96 - -
25th Percentile £81.23 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £86.48 - -
90th Percentile £87.37 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 861 490 1,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 83.59% 92.80% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 313 526
10th Percentile £313 £350 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £501 £501
% change year-on-year -0.10% -0.10% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 5 54
10th Percentile £35.22 £19.55 £15.40
25th Percentile £80.75 £26.75 £51.86
Median hourly rate £84.00 £67.50 £60.83
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% +10.96% -10.54%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £75.83
90th Percentile £107.40 £73.81 £87.51
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.58 £61.50 £60.53
% change year-on-year +35.91% +1.60% -3.92%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Epics job vacancy trend in Reading

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Epics

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Product Lead
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) OAuth
1 3 (75.00%) OpenID
1 3 (75.00%) SAML
2 2 (50.00%) LDAP
2 2 (50.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CSPO
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Okta
1 3 (75.00%) Ping Identity
2 2 (50.00%) ForgeRock
3 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow