Epic User Stories
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Epics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Epics over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 601 692 556
Rank change year-on-year +91 -136 +11
Permanent jobs citing Epics 105 210 480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.21% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.25% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 33 111 245
10th Percentile £43,351 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £49,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +25.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £97,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -31.43% +21.74% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Epics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,302 84,920 96,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.76% 85.59% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27,015 59,883 56,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,008 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Epics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Epics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Epics in the UK

Epics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Epics.

Salary trend for Epics in the UK

Epics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Epics over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Epics in the UK

Epics
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Epics within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +101 99 £55,000 -29.03% 104
Work from Home +161 62 £63,750 -15.00% 62
UK excluding London +123 57 £48,000 -31.43% 68
London +81 48 £77,500 -7.46% 50
South East +107 18 £55,000 -31.25% 21
East of England - 15 - - 12
Midlands +61 11 £48,000 -40.00% 8
West Midlands +59 11 £48,000 -45.14% 6
Scotland +98 6 - -
North of England +42 5 £45,000 -30.77% 10
North West -12 4 - - 8
South West +84 2 £55,000 -21.43% 14
Yorkshire +60 1 £45,000 +42.86% 2

Epics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.90%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.95%) Lorenzo
3 1 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.95%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.95%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.24%) SaaS
2 10 (9.52%) AWS
2 10 (9.52%) Azure
3 9 (8.57%) Miro
4 4 (3.81%) Nutanix
5 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.86%) GCP
5 3 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.90%) GitHub
6 2 (1.90%) Serverless
7 1 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.95%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.71%) Firewall
2 4 (3.81%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (3.81%) DNS
2 4 (3.81%) HTTP
2 4 (3.81%) SSH
2 4 (3.81%) VPN
3 2 (1.90%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (46.67%) Big Data
2 4 (3.81%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.86%) Power BI
3 3 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.86%) Tableau
4 2 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.90%) QlikView
5 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (29.52%) JIRA
2 6 (5.71%) Git
3 3 (2.86%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.90%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.95%) PROIV
General
1 64 (60.95%) Analytical Skills
1 64 (60.95%) Social Skills
2 53 (50.48%) Marketing
3 49 (46.67%) Advertising
4 26 (24.76%) Finance
5 7 (6.67%) Banking
6 4 (3.81%) Legal
6 4 (3.81%) Retail
6 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.86%) Law
8 2 (1.90%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.95%) Games
9 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 66 (62.86%) Senior
2 51 (48.57%) Senior Manager
3 49 (46.67%) Account Manager
3 49 (46.67%) Senior Account Manager
4 17 (16.19%) Product Owner
5 16 (15.24%) Analyst
5 16 (15.24%) Business Analyst
6 10 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
7 8 (7.62%) Agile Product Owner
8 7 (6.67%) Developer
9 6 (5.71%) Product Developer
10 5 (4.76%) Consultant
11 4 (3.81%) Architect
11 4 (3.81%) Banking Analyst
11 4 (3.81%) Banking Business Analyst
11 4 (3.81%) IT Support
11 4 (3.81%) Senior Architect
11 4 (3.81%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
12 3 (2.86%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.81%) LDAP
2 2 (1.90%) .NET
2 2 (1.90%) FpML
2 2 (1.90%) REST
2 2 (1.90%) XML
3 1 (0.95%) ADO
3 1 (0.95%) FHIR
3 1 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 49 (46.67%) Digital Media
1 49 (46.67%) Marketing Technology
2 27 (25.71%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.71%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.81%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.90%) DTCC
5 2 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.95%) NHS
6 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.95%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.67%) Windows
2 4 (3.81%) Android
3 2 (1.90%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (59.05%) Process Improvement
2 54 (51.43%) Project Management
3 53 (50.48%) Artificial Intelligence
4 52 (49.52%) Collaborative Working
5 51 (48.57%) Analytical Thinking
5 51 (48.57%) Time Management
6 50 (47.62%) Strategic Thinking
7 49 (46.67%) Customer Retention
7 49 (46.67%) Digital Marketing
7 49 (46.67%) Marketing Strategy
8 37 (35.24%) Agile
9 33 (31.43%) User Stories
10 32 (30.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (20.95%) Roadmaps
12 20 (19.05%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 20 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (18.10%) Mentoring
13 19 (18.10%) Scrum
14 17 (16.19%) Coaching
15 16 (15.24%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.76%) Python
2 3 (2.86%) SQL
3 2 (1.90%) C#
3 2 (1.90%) Java
3 2 (1.90%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.95%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.95%) C
4 1 (0.95%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (6.67%) Degree
2 4 (3.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.86%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.90%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.90%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.90%) CEH
4 2 (1.90%) CISM
4 2 (1.90%) CISSP
4 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.81%) QA
2 3 (2.86%) GDPR
2 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (1.90%) EMIR
3 2 (1.90%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.90%) MiFID
3 2 (1.90%) NIST
3 2 (1.90%) PMO
3 2 (1.90%) SEPA
4 1 (0.95%) DICOM
4 1 (0.95%) HL7
4 1 (0.95%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 4 (3.81%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.81%) Ansible
1 4 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.57%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.81%) Cisco
3 4 (3.81%) Okta
3 4 (3.81%) Perforce
3 4 (3.81%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.81%) VMware
4 3 (2.86%) Google
5 2 (1.90%) Avaloq
5 2 (1.90%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.90%) Calypso
5 2 (1.90%) Charles River
5 2 (1.90%) Cloudera
5 2 (1.90%) Currenex
5 2 (1.90%) Murex
5 2 (1.90%) OneTrust
5 2 (1.90%) Varonis
6 1 (0.95%) Foundry
6 1 (0.95%) MEDITECH
6 1 (0.95%) Palantir