Epics Contracts in the South East

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England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Epics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Epics over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 197 221
Rank change year-on-year +5 +24 -40
Contract jobs citing Epics 11 19 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.33% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.36% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 21
10th Percentile £548 £488 £413
25th Percentile £572 £509 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £699 £584 £538
90th Percentile £704 £656 £555
England median daily rate £560 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate - £65.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year - +145.28% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Epics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,738 5,226 6,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.09% 89.47% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,767 3,619 4,727
10th Percentile £232 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £698 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 219 290
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.29 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £63.80
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Epics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Epics in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Epics in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Epics in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Epics in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Epics in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +10 7 £600 +23.71% 3
Berkshire -12 6 £600 +23.71% 3
Hampshire +8 3 £700 +24.44% 2
West Sussex +4 1 £600 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Epics
England

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Google Workspace
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Miro
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Billing
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Product Owner
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Agile Scrum Master
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Management Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Scrum Master
3 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
1 9 (81.82%) Product Backlog
1 9 (81.82%) User Stories
2 8 (72.73%) Roadmaps
3 7 (63.64%) Backlog Management
3 7 (63.64%) Product Roadmap
3 7 (63.64%) Scrum
4 5 (45.45%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 5 (45.45%) Business Strategy
5 3 (27.27%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (27.27%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (27.27%) Product Management
5 3 (27.27%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
6 2 (18.18%) DevOps
6 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (18.18%) Project Management
6 2 (18.18%) Runbook
6 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
2 1 (9.09%) Citrix
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce