Epics Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Epic User Stories
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Epics 14 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.87% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £402 - -
25th Percentile £410 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £524 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £675
% change year-on-year +15.63% -40.74% +22.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 666 157 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 89.16% 92.35% 74.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 108 60
10th Percentile £358 £305 £196
25th Percentile £413 £400 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £460 £358
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +28.49% -33.08%
75th Percentile £527 £537 £499
90th Percentile £626 £549 £519
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 1
10th Percentile £18.30 £26.13 -
25th Percentile £44.82 £27.59 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.70% +123.61% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £36.30 -
90th Percentile £60.62 £38.53 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £23.42 £18.50
% change year-on-year +45.13% +26.59% -32.73%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Epics job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Epics

Epics
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. 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
Telford - 14 £450 - 2
Epics
West Midlands

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 4 (28.57%) Confluence
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 5 (35.71%) PowerApps
3 4 (28.57%) Google Analytics
4 2 (14.29%) Power Automate
5 1 (7.14%) Azure
5 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Figma
5 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Balsamiq
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
1 6 (42.86%) Power Platform Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Product Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Insight Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Product Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Insight Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Pega Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Microsoft Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) JSON
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.14%) Handlebars
2 1 (7.14%) Kafka
2 1 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
1 14 (100.00%) User Stories
2 11 (78.57%) Roadmaps
3 8 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (57.14%) Sprint Planning
4 7 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 6 (42.86%) Analytics
5 6 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (35.71%) DevOps
6 5 (35.71%) Product Vision
7 4 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 4 (28.57%) Continuous Delivery
7 4 (28.57%) Customer Insight
7 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
7 4 (28.57%) Process Management
7 4 (28.57%) Product Management
7 4 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
7 4 (28.57%) Product Strategy
7 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (28.57%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Google
2 4 (28.57%) Splunk
3 1 (7.14%) Pega