The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPoS over the 3 months to 21 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 East Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Rank 81 - 78
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing EPoS 3 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.236% - 0.369%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.277% - 2.304%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £525 - £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £289
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +12.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £12.25
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +59.18%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
235 220 217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 18.49% 16.09% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 96 78
Average daily rate £320 £373 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.09% +6.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £506 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 24
Average hourly rate £16.72 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.20% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.38 £10.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £57.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
EPoS
England

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands EPoS Hourly Rate Trend

EPoS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicestershire - 2 £525 -
EPoS
England

EPoS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) VeriFone
3 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Wincor Nixdorf
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) EFT
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) BASE24
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 8583

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) BASE24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) EFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VeriFone
2 1 (25.00%) Wincor Nixdorf
2 1 (25.00%) SAP