The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 111 118 117
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Contract jobs citing EPoS 3 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.140% 0.474% 0.378%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.621% 2.258% 2.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 5
Average daily rate £375 £350 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +4.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £300 £289
% change year-on-year
+5.41% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +96.07%
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
483 620 484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 22.58% 20.98% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 273 189
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £200 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 66 67
Average hourly rate £32.50 £29.00 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
EPoS
England

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England EPoS Daily Rate Trend

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

East of England EPoS Daily Rate Histogram

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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hertfordshire 0 2 £375 -3.22%
Bedfordshire -3 1 - -
EPoS
England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 11 (64.71%) Retail
2 5 (29.41%) Chip and PIN
2 5 (29.41%) PCI DSS
3 3 (17.65%) EFTPOS
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Validation
4 2 (11.76%) NFC
4 2 (11.76%) Smartcard
4 2 (11.76%) EMV
4 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
5 1 (5.882%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.882%) QA
5 1 (5.882%) Data Entry
5 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.882%) Twitter
5 1 (5.882%) EFT
5 1 (5.882%) MS Office
5 1 (5.882%) Web Services
5 1 (5.882%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) Windows
5 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.882%) Citrix
5 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Retalix
5 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 1 (5.882%) Web Services
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) NFC
General
1 11 (64.71%) Retail
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (5.882%) QA Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.882%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (5.882%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Chip and PIN
2 3 (17.65%) EFTPOS
3 2 (11.76%) Smartcard
3 2 (11.76%) EMV
4 1 (5.882%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
1 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (11.76%) Validation
2 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
2 2 (11.76%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
3 1 (5.882%) Supplier Management
3 1 (5.882%) Data Entry
3 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
3 1 (5.882%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Twitter
1 1 (5.882%) Citrix
1 1 (5.882%) Retalix