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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the City of London 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank200186
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads67
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.216 %0.264 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£306£306
Average daily rate£326£319
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£241£273
% change on same period last year-11.99 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.00
Average hourly rate-£18.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.41£12.91
% change on same period last year+27.15 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads27782650
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.911 %2.678 %
Daily rates quoted16421174
Average minimum daily rate£465£501
Average daily rate£510£538
% change on same period last year-5.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£555£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted6652
Average minimum hourly rate£21.98£24.37
Average hourly rate£24.38£25.84
% change on same period last year-5.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.78£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
EPoS LondonEPoS
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London EPoS Daily Rate Trend

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPoS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London EPoS Daily Rate Histogram

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London EPoS Hourly Rate Trend

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

118 (94.74 %)Retail
27 (36.84 %)ISEB
27 (36.84 %)Retalix
36 (31.58 %)Software Testing
36 (31.58 %)TestDirector
45 (26.32 %)Chip and PIN
45 (26.32 %)EFT
45 (26.32 %)Supplier Management
54 (21.05 %)QA
54 (21.05 %)Release Management
54 (21.05 %)User Acceptance Testing
54 (21.05 %)EMV
54 (21.05 %)IBM
63 (15.79 %)Oracle Applications
63 (15.79 %)Oracle
63 (15.79 %)Oracle Reports
72 (10.53 %)Progress
72 (10.53 %)LoadRunner
72 (10.53 %)Retek
72 (10.53 %)Stakeholder Management
72 (10.53 %)ClearQuest
72 (10.53 %)Performance Testing
72 (10.53 %)Auditing
81 (5.263 %)Test Management
81 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
81 (5.263 %)Project Management
81 (5.263 %)Microsoft
81 (5.263 %)Risk Management
81 (5.263 %)Finance
81 (5.263 %)Systems Analysis

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (15.79 %)Oracle Applications
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)Oracle Reports
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (31.58 %)TestDirector
22 (10.53 %)LoadRunner
22 (10.53 %)ClearQuest
31 (5.263 %)Ant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (94.74 %)Retail
22 (10.53 %)Auditing
31 (5.263 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (36.84 %)Test Manager
25 (26.32 %)Analyst
34 (21.05 %)Technical Support
34 (21.05 %)Senior Technical Support
43 (15.79 %)Test Analyst
52 (10.53 %)Business Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Systems Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Performance Test Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Performance Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (26.32 %)Chip and PIN
15 (26.32 %)EFT
24 (21.05 %)EMV
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)Software Testing
25 (26.32 %)Supplier Management
34 (21.05 %)Release Management
34 (21.05 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (10.53 %)Performance Testing
42 (10.53 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (5.263 %)Systems Analysis
51 (5.263 %)Test Management
51 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
51 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
51 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
51 (5.263 %)Data Modelling
51 (5.263 %)PRINCE
51 (5.263 %)Project Management
51 (5.263 %)Risk Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (36.84 %)ISEB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (21.05 %)QA
21 (5.263 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (36.84 %)Retalix
24 (21.05 %)IBM
33 (15.79 %)Oracle
42 (10.53 %)Progress
42 (10.53 %)Retek
51 (5.263 %)Microsoft