The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPoS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Rank 42 - 46
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing EPoS 1 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.228% - 0.585%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.124% - 3.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £308 - £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £300 £289
% change year-on-year
+5.41% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +56.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
89 85 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.27% 13.69% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 38 43
Average daily rate £340 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.23% +0.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £158 £159
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £518 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
Average hourly rate £24.75 £15.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.00% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.62 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £78.40 £20.80 £61.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
EPoS
West Midlands

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing EPoS across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Birmingham EPoS Jobs Demand Trend

EPoS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing EPoS across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham EPoS Daily Rate Trend

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EPoS across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham EPoS Hourly Rate Trend

EPoS
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing EPoS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited EPoS.

1 2 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing EPoS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited EPoS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management