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This section looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited EPoS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5771
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.378 %1.389 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£238
Average daily rate-£256
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£216£286
% change on same period last year-24.43 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£11.67-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£13.33-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.94£17.37
% change on same period last year-14.00 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads148144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.195 %0.143 %
Daily rates quoted2424
Average minimum daily rate£289£283
Average daily rate£320£300
% change on same period last year+6.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted3530
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£33.37
Average hourly rate£28.70£34.53
% change on same period last year-16.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.83£35.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
EPoS East of EnglandEPoS
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

EPoS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing EPoS across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridgeshire EPoS Demand Trend

EPoS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire EPoS Daily Rate Trend

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire EPoS Hourly Rate Trend

EPoS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPoS across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Cambridgeshire EPoS Hourly Rate Histogram

EPoS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeNew entry-1--
HuntingdonNew entry-1--
EPoS East of EnglandEPoS
East of England

EPoS
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

13 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (60.00 %)A+ Certification
13 (60.00 %)Terminal Services
13 (60.00 %)ISA Server
13 (60.00 %)IIS
13 (60.00 %)MCP
13 (60.00 %)Capita
13 (60.00 %)Data Protection
21 (20.00 %)MSDE
21 (20.00 %)Pensions
21 (20.00 %)Data Protection Act
21 (20.00 %)Retail
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)IIS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)MSDE
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Pensions
11 (20.00 %)Retail
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Support Engineer
23 (60.00 %)IT Support Engineer
32 (40.00 %)2nd Line Support
41 (20.00 %)Field Engineer
41 (20.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
41 (20.00 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
41 (20.00 %)Break Fix Engineer
41 (20.00 %)Field Support Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Data Protection Act
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Data Protection
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (60.00 %)A+ Certification
13 (60.00 %)MCP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (60.00 %)Terminal Services
13 (60.00 %)ISA Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Capita
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft