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NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Revenue Recognition) (Details) (Sales Revenue, Net, Product Concentration Risk) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Time and Material Contracts |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of total revenues | 84.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ProductConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epam_TimeandMaterialContractsMember | 82.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ProductConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epam_TimeandMaterialContractsMember | 84.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ProductConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epam_TimeandMaterialContractsMember
Fixed Price Contracts |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of total revenues | 13.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ProductConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epam_FixedPriceContractsMember | 15.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ProductConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epam_FixedPriceContractsMember | 13.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ProductConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epam_FixedPriceContractsMember

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