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This section looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank409406
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads153251
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.204 %0.254 %
As % of the category below1.041 %1.248 %
Daily rates quoted59104
Average minimum daily rate£297£272
Average daily rate£319£285
% change on same period last year+12.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£298
UK excluding London average daily rate£258£259
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted2917
Average minimum hourly rate£13.22£16.35
Average hourly rate£13.80£16.94
% change on same period last year-18.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.39£17.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.38£20.55
% change on same period last year-25.13 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1469620118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.59 %20.35 %
Daily rates quoted55777447
Average minimum daily rate£448£473
Average daily rate£483£508
% change on same period last year-4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£517£542
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted12611397
Average minimum hourly rate£22.46£26.59
Average hourly rate£24.45£28.35
% change on same period last year-13.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.43£30.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
EPoS UKEPoS
UK

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
LondonUp+4757£371+12.96 %
South EastUp+3329£237-6.21 %
East MidlandsUp+1021£125+70.45 %
East of EnglandDown-1318£333-5.70 %
North WestDown-159£150+25.00 %
YorkshireDown-196£383+32.98 %
South WestUp+276£281+22.28 %
MidlandsUp+134--
North EastUp+173--
West MidlandsDown-43£120-64.44 %
EPoS UKEPoS
UK

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1146 (51.59 %)Retail
232 (11.31 %)Windows
320 (7.067 %)SQL
320 (7.067 %)Microsoft
419 (6.714 %)PRINCE2
517 (6.007 %)MS Office
616 (5.654 %)E-Commerce
714 (4.947 %)Linux
714 (4.947 %)Java
714 (4.947 %)IBM
714 (4.947 %)EFT
813 (4.594 %)Chip and PIN
813 (4.594 %)Project Management
813 (4.594 %)Oracle
813 (4.594 %)Finance
912 (4.240 %).NET
1011 (3.887 %)SAP
1011 (3.887 %)UML
1011 (3.887 %)MS Excel
1011 (3.887 %)Banking
1011 (3.887 %)Test Scripting
1011 (3.887 %)Retalix
1110 (3.534 %)Retail Banking
1110 (3.534 %)User Acceptance Testing
1110 (3.534 %)TestDirector
129 (3.180 %)ATM
129 (3.180 %)Active Directory
129 (3.180 %)ERP
129 (3.180 %)SQL Server
129 (3.180 %)Business Analysis

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (4.240 %).NET
27 (2.473 %)WebSphere
36 (2.120 %)XML
43 (1.060 %)WebServices
43 (1.060 %)CSS
43 (1.060 %)SOAP
43 (1.060 %)Ruby on Rails
52 (0.707 %)AJAX
52 (0.707 %)XHTML
52 (0.707 %)J2EE
52 (0.707 %)WSDL
61 (0.353 %)Hibernate
61 (0.353 %)DAO
61 (0.353 %)Spring
61 (0.353 %)JSF
61 (0.353 %)HTML
61 (0.353 %)CORBA
61 (0.353 %)Swing
61 (0.353 %)ADO
61 (0.353 %)ASP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (2.120 %)WebSphere MQ
25 (1.767 %)Lotus Notes
25 (1.767 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (1.767 %)MS Exchange
34 (1.413 %)MQSeries
42 (0.707 %)Apache
42 (0.707 %)IIS
51 (0.353 %)WebLogic
51 (0.353 %)Lotus Domino
51 (0.353 %)CMS
51 (0.353 %)Exchange Server 2007
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (6.007 %)MS Office
211 (3.887 %)MS Excel
36 (2.120 %)MS Visio
45 (1.767 %)MS Project
51 (0.353 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.353 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (2.120 %)Retail-J
23 (1.060 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.707 %)Navision
41 (0.353 %)BASE24
41 (0.353 %)SageCRM MME
41 (0.353 %)GoldMine
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (3.180 %)ATM
27 (2.473 %)WAN
36 (2.120 %)LAN
45 (1.767 %)TCP/IP
54 (1.413 %)SAN
54 (1.413 %)Internet
63 (1.060 %)MPLS
63 (1.060 %)DECnet
63 (1.060 %)LDAP
72 (0.707 %)ADSL
72 (0.707 %)SNMP
81 (0.353 %)VPN
81 (0.353 %)Firewall
81 (0.353 %)Wireless
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (3.180 %)SQL Server
23 (1.060 %)Oracle Reports
23 (1.060 %)MySQL
23 (1.060 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (1.060 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
23 (1.060 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (1.060 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
32 (0.707 %)Data Cleansing
32 (0.707 %)SAP BW
32 (0.707 %)Datawarehouse
32 (0.707 %)DB2
41 (0.353 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.353 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.353 %)BusinessObjects
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (3.534 %)TestDirector
22 (0.707 %)InstallShield
22 (0.707 %)Subversion
22 (0.707 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.353 %)Ant
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1146 (51.59 %)Retail
213 (4.594 %)Finance
311 (3.887 %)Banking
410 (3.534 %)Retail Banking
55 (1.767 %)Back Office
64 (1.413 %)Games
64 (1.413 %)Insurance
73 (1.060 %)Marketing
73 (1.060 %)Electronics
82 (0.707 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.353 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.353 %)Automotive
91 (0.353 %)Construction
91 (0.353 %)Government
91 (0.353 %)Online Games
91 (0.353 %)FMCG
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
193 (32.86 %)Analyst
250 (17.67 %)Business Analyst
341 (14.49 %)Project Manager
420 (7.067 %)Developer
515 (5.300 %)Hardware Engineer
611 (3.887 %)Computer Engineer
611 (3.887 %)Test Manager
710 (3.534 %)Test Analyst
710 (3.534 %)Systems Analyst
710 (3.534 %)Field Engineer
89 (3.180 %)Support Engineer
89 (3.180 %)Technical Analyst
98 (2.827 %)Consultant
98 (2.827 %)Support Analyst
107 (2.473 %)1st Line Support
107 (2.473 %)Tester
107 (2.473 %)Helpdesk Support
107 (2.473 %)Deployment Engineer
107 (2.473 %)Break Fix Engineer
116 (2.120 %)Technical Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (4.947 %)EFT
213 (4.594 %)Chip and PIN
38 (2.827 %)EMV
45 (1.767 %)AS400
45 (1.767 %)APACS
53 (1.060 %)IVR
53 (1.060 %)VAX
62 (0.707 %)PDA
62 (0.707 %)Data Protection Act
62 (0.707 %)Computer Science
62 (0.707 %)Smartcard
71 (0.353 %)Blackberry
71 (0.353 %)Management Information System
71 (0.353 %)EFTPOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (11.31 %)Windows
214 (4.947 %)Linux
38 (2.827 %)Windows XP
47 (2.473 %)UNIX
55 (1.767 %)Windows 2000
63 (1.060 %)VMS
72 (0.707 %)AIX
81 (0.353 %)Windows NT
81 (0.353 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (6.714 %)PRINCE2
216 (5.654 %)E-Commerce
313 (4.594 %)Project Management
411 (3.887 %)UML
411 (3.887 %)Test Scripting
510 (3.534 %)User Acceptance Testing
69 (3.180 %)ERP
69 (3.180 %)Business Analysis
77 (2.473 %)Supplier Management
77 (2.473 %)Software Testing
86 (2.120 %)Logistics
86 (2.120 %)Change Management
86 (2.120 %)Stakeholder Management
86 (2.120 %)Data Modelling
86 (2.120 %)CRM
86 (2.120 %)Systems Analysis
95 (1.767 %)Risk Management
95 (1.767 %)Migration
95 (1.767 %)Supply Chain Management
104 (1.413 %)Agile Software Development
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (7.067 %)SQL
214 (4.947 %)Java
36 (2.120 %)VB.NET
45 (1.767 %)C#
53 (1.060 %)JavaScript
53 (1.060 %)VB
53 (1.060 %)DCL
53 (1.060 %)Ruby
62 (0.707 %)VC++
62 (0.707 %)PHP
62 (0.707 %)C++
71 (0.353 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (2.473 %)ISEB
26 (2.120 %)PRINCE2 Certification
35 (1.767 %)Degree
44 (1.413 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (1.413 %)MCP
53 (1.060 %)A+ Certification
62 (0.707 %)HNC
62 (0.707 %)HND
62 (0.707 %)Cisco Certification
62 (0.707 %)CCNP
62 (0.707 %)CCNA
71 (0.353 %)MCSE
71 (0.353 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.827 %)QA
25 (1.767 %)SLA
34 (1.413 %)ISO8583
41 (0.353 %)ISO9000
41 (0.353 %)BS7799
41 (0.353 %)PCI DSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (3.180 %)Active Directory
22 (0.707 %)Terminal Services
22 (0.707 %)ISA Server
22 (0.707 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.353 %)VMware ESX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (2.120 %)Tivoli
22 (0.707 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (7.067 %)Microsoft
214 (4.947 %)IBM
313 (4.594 %)Oracle
411 (3.887 %)SAP
411 (3.887 %)Retalix
58 (2.827 %)HP
66 (2.120 %)Lotus
75 (1.767 %)Novell
75 (1.767 %)Retek
84 (1.413 %)BT
84 (1.413 %)Dell
93 (1.060 %)Compaq
93 (1.060 %)Cisco
93 (1.060 %)Sun
93 (1.060 %)Symantec
93 (1.060 %)Toshiba
93 (1.060 %)Brocade
102 (0.707 %)VERITAS
102 (0.707 %)Capita
102 (0.707 %)JDA
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