The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 71 64 49
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -15
Contract jobs citing EPoS 1 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.132% 0.225% 0.985%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.606% 1.515% 4.110%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £300 £85 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+252.94% -63.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £289
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +12.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +40.00%
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
165 132 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 21.80% 14.83% 23.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 66 73
Average daily rate £300 £331 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.43% +1.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £250 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 10
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.13 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £19.10 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
EPoS
West Yorkshire

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds EPoS Hourly Rate Trend

EPoS
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) V-Model
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) V-Model
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center