Epics Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Epic User Stories
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Epics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 79 101
Rank change year-on-year -53 +22 +19
Contract jobs citing Epics 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.091% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £478 - £528
25th Percentile £481 £506 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -14.58% +18.52%
75th Percentile £494 £519 £650
90th Percentile £498 - £673
England median daily rate £500 £511 £575
% change year-on-year -2.20% -11.09% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,947 826 1,515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 88.86% 91.68% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 513 903
10th Percentile £308 £251 £238
25th Percentile £403 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £665
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 31 56
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £11.21
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.08 £12.15
Median hourly rate £23.58 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +64.00% +27.00%
75th Percentile £56.63 £31.45 £22.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £96.64 £53.75
England median hourly rate £30.79 £34.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.73% +4.95% -12.87%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Epics job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Epics
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Epics

Epics
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
West Yorkshire -24 2 £488 -4.88% 1
Epics
England

Epics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Health
2 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HL7
1 1 (50.00%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Brio