Epics Contracts in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 140 149
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 -20
Contract jobs citing Epics 6 12 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.45% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £538 - £400
25th Percentile £566 £468 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £485 £425
Median % change year-on-year +23.71% +14.12% -2.97%
75th Percentile £680 £503 £489
90th Percentile £706 - £516
South East median daily rate £600 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,313 2,661 3,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.02% 91.82% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,850 2,115
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £576
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 64 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £22.88 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
% change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.51%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Epics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Epics in the Thames Valley

Epics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Epics in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Epics in the Thames Valley

Epics
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Epics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Epics in the Thames Valley

Epics
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Berkshire -11 6 £600 +23.71% 2
Epics
South East

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Billing
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 6 (100.00%) User Stories
2 5 (83.33%) Backlog Management
2 5 (83.33%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Business Strategy
3 4 (66.67%) Scrum
4 3 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
4 3 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (33.33%) Product Management
5 2 (33.33%) Runbook
5 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Sprint Review
6 1 (16.67%) Use Case
6 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft