East of England EPoS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the East of England 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brighton Broxbourne Buckingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chelmsford Cheshire City of London Dartford Derby Derbyshire Douglas Dundee Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Huntingdon Isle of Man Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Salford Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wakefield Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	113	121
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	21	39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.028 %	0.038 %
As % of the category below	3.153 %	5.306 %
Daily rates quoted	9	26
Average minimum daily rate	£216	£314
Average daily rate	£236	£321
% change on same period last year	-26.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£256	£328
UK excluding London average daily rate	£226	£293
% change on same period last year	-23.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£10.00	-
Average hourly rate	£11.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£12.29	£16.59
% change on same period last year	-25.90 %
Miscellaneous East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	666	735
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.900 %	0.725 %
Daily rates quoted	176	230
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£309
Average daily rate	£347	£324
% change on same period last year	+7.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	132	120
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.72	£29.55
Average hourly rate	£28.19	£31.19
% change on same period last year	-9.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.67	£32.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.26	£28.13
% change on same period last year	-10.19 %
EPoS 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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

EPoS
Daily Rate Trend

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

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPoS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

EPoS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPoS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	-5	11	£251	-23.19 %
Cambridgeshire	+24	5	-	-
Bedfordshire	-	3	-	-
Suffolk	-	1	-	-
Essex	+1	1	£90	-

EPoS England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 16 (42.11 %) Retail 2 6 (15.79 %) PRINCE2 2 6 (15.79 %) WebSphere 3 5 (13.16 %) Linux 3 5 (13.16 %) IBM 3 5 (13.16 %) WebSphere MQ 3 5 (13.16 %) Project Management 4 4 (10.53 %) Novell 4 4 (10.53 %) Chip and PIN 4 4 (10.53 %) Change Management 4 4 (10.53 %) Tivoli 4 4 (10.53 %) Data Protection 5 3 (7.895 %) Capita 5 3 (7.895 %) Degree 5 3 (7.895 %) ISA Server

5 3 (7.895 %) ERP 5 3 (7.895 %) Microsoft Certification 5 3 (7.895 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 3 (7.895 %) A+ Certification 5 3 (7.895 %) MCP 5 3 (7.895 %) IIS 5 3 (7.895 %) MS Project 5 3 (7.895 %) Terminal Services 6 2 (5.263 %) LDAP 6 2 (5.263 %) SQL Server 6 2 (5.263 %) Microsoft 6 2 (5.263 %) ATM 6 2 (5.263 %) TestDirector 6 2 (5.263 %) Data Protection Act 6 2 (5.263 %) Computer Science

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 6 (15.79 %) WebSphere 2 1 (2.632 %) .NET 2 1 (2.632 %) J2EE 2 1 (2.632 %) XML 2 1 (2.632 %) JMS 2 1 (2.632 %) Hibernate 2 1 (2.632 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 5 (13.16 %) WebSphere MQ 2 3 (7.895 %) IIS 3 1 (2.632 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 3 (7.895 %) MS Project 2 1 (2.632 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 2 (5.263 %) LDAP 1 2 (5.263 %) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (5.263 %) SQL Server 2 1 (2.632 %) MSDE	Development Applications 1 2 (5.263 %) TestDirector
General 1 16 (42.11 %) Retail 2 2 (5.263 %) Marketing 3 1 (2.632 %) Pensions 3 1 (2.632 %) Back Office 3 1 (2.632 %) Construction 3 1 (2.632 %) Government 3 1 (2.632 %) Manufacturing	Job Titles 1 10 (26.32 %) Project Manager 2 8 (21.05 %) Analyst 3 5 (13.16 %) Systems Analyst 4 4 (10.53 %) Field Engineer 4 4 (10.53 %) Support Engineer 5 3 (7.895 %) Field Service Engineer 5 3 (7.895 %) IT Support Engineer 5 3 (7.895 %) Business Analyst 6 2 (5.263 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 6 2 (5.263 %) Test Analyst 6 2 (5.263 %) Infrastructure Manager 6 2 (5.263 %) 2nd Line Support 7 1 (2.632 %) Implementation Manager 7 1 (2.632 %) Field Support Engineer 7 1 (2.632 %) Environment Manager 7 1 (2.632 %) Project Officer 7 1 (2.632 %) Break Fix Engineer 7 1 (2.632 %) Project Leader 7 1 (2.632 %) Java Developer 7 1 (2.632 %) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 4 (10.53 %) Chip and PIN 2 2 (5.263 %) Data Protection Act 2 2 (5.263 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 5 (13.16 %) Linux 2 1 (2.632 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (15.79 %) PRINCE2 2 5 (13.16 %) Project Management 3 4 (10.53 %) Change Management 3 4 (10.53 %) Data Protection 4 3 (7.895 %) ERP 5 2 (5.263 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 1 (2.632 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (2.632 %) ITIL 6 1 (2.632 %) SOA 6 1 (2.632 %) Six Sigma 6 1 (2.632 %) UML 6 1 (2.632 %) Risk Management 6 1 (2.632 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (2.632 %) Supply Chain Management 6 1 (2.632 %) Business Analysis 6 1 (2.632 %) Project Planning 6 1 (2.632 %) Lean Six Sigma	Programming Languages 1 1 (2.632 %) Java 1 1 (2.632 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 3 (7.895 %) Microsoft Certification 1 3 (7.895 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 3 (7.895 %) A+ Certification 1 3 (7.895 %) MCP 1 3 (7.895 %) Degree 2 1 (2.632 %) ISEB 2 1 (2.632 %) Sun Certification	System Software 1 3 (7.895 %) Terminal Services 1 3 (7.895 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 4 (10.53 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 5 (13.16 %) IBM 2 4 (10.53 %) Novell 3 3 (7.895 %) Capita 4 2 (5.263 %) Microsoft 5 1 (2.632 %) HP 5 1 (2.632 %) Retalix