Epics Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

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North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Epics 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.61% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £385 - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile £590 - -
North East median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 409 197 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 82.79% 84.55% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 146 101
10th Percentile £295 £219 £188
25th Percentile £385 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £477
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% -13.27%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £590
90th Percentile £591 £625 £650
North East median daily rate £450 £465 £489
% change year-on-year -3.23% -4.81% -11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 36
10th Percentile £17.00 £11.60 £11.50
25th Percentile £50.63 £12.39 £12.13
Median hourly rate £61.16 £16.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +270.67% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £41.13 £48.75
90th Percentile - £50.38 £50.00
North East median hourly rate £65.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +293.94% -5.71% -57.06%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Epics job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Epics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Epics

Epics
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Epics in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Epics in Tyne and Wear

Epics
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 3 £500 - 2
Epics
North East

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) BPMN
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) SFIA
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility