The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPoS over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Rank 339 371 393
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +22
Contract jobs citing EPoS 38 39 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.176% 0.145% 0.133%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.530% 0.452% 0.351%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 21
Average daily rate £425 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £275 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £615 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £300 £285
% change year-on-year
+5.41% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £25.00 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.35 £25.00 £18.25
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7165 8624 11965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.11% 32.02% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4963 5869 8076
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 210 199
Average hourly rate £22.75 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.11% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
EPoS
England

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +26 10 £425 +38.21%
Harrow - 1 £320 -
EPoS
England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 54 (71.05%) Retail
2 20 (26.32%) PRINCE2
3 17 (22.37%) Windows
4 16 (21.05%) E-Commerce
4 16 (21.05%) Project Management
5 11 (14.47%) SaaS
6 10 (13.16%) ITIL
6 10 (13.16%) Finance
7 9 (11.84%) ATM
8 8 (10.53%) ETL
8 8 (10.53%) Oracle
8 8 (10.53%) DB2
8 8 (10.53%) EMV
8 8 (10.53%) webMethods
8 8 (10.53%) Mainframe
8 8 (10.53%) Business Analysis
8 8 (10.53%) ESB
9 7 (9.211%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (9.211%) Active Directory
9 7 (9.211%) Windows 7
10 6 (7.895%) Windows XP
10 6 (7.895%) MS Office
10 6 (7.895%) Chip and PIN
11 5 (6.579%) Supplier Management
11 5 (6.579%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (6.579%) Service Delivery
11 5 (6.579%) Waterfall
12 4 (5.263%) VeriFone
12 4 (5.263%) IBM Mainframe
12 4 (5.263%) IBM

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 (2.632%) XML
1 2 (2.632%) .NET
2 1 (1.316%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (10.53%) ESB
2 4 (5.263%) MS Exchange
2 4 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (3.947%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.895%) MS Office
2 2 (2.632%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.316%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.316%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.84%) ATM
2 2 (2.632%) 3G
3 1 (1.316%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.316%) DNS
3 1 (1.316%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.53%) DB2
2 3 (3.947%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.316%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 54 (71.05%) Retail
2 10 (13.16%) Finance
3 1 (1.316%) Marketing
3 1 (1.316%) Banking
3 1 (1.316%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (26.32%) Project Manager
2 15 (19.74%) Analyst
3 12 (15.79%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.211%) Architect
4 7 (9.211%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (9.211%) Developer
5 6 (7.895%) EMV Project Manager
5 6 (7.895%) Lead Developer
5 6 (7.895%) Technical Leader
6 5 (6.579%) ATM Engineer
6 5 (6.579%) Systems Developer
6 5 (6.579%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Technical Developer
8 3 (3.947%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Tester
8 3 (3.947%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Break Fix Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) IT Support
9 2 (2.632%) EPoS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) SaaS
2 8 (10.53%) EMV
2 8 (10.53%) Mainframe
3 6 (7.895%) Chip and PIN
4 4 (5.263%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (3.947%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.947%) PMI
5 3 (3.947%) EFT
6 2 (2.632%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (2.632%) EFTPOS
6 2 (2.632%) Smartcard
6 2 (2.632%) APACS
7 1 (1.316%) PDA
7 1 (1.316%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.37%) Windows
2 7 (9.211%) Windows 7
3 6 (7.895%) Windows XP
4 4 (5.263%) Windows Vista
5 2 (2.632%) UNIX
6 1 (1.316%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.316%) Android
6 1 (1.316%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.32%) PRINCE2
2 16 (21.05%) E-Commerce
2 16 (21.05%) Project Management
3 10 (13.16%) ITIL
4 8 (10.53%) ETL
4 8 (10.53%) Business Analysis
5 7 (9.211%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (6.579%) Supplier Management
6 5 (6.579%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (6.579%) Service Delivery
6 5 (6.579%) Waterfall
7 4 (5.263%) Scrum
7 4 (5.263%) Migration
7 4 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (3.947%) Resource Management
8 3 (3.947%) Logistics
8 3 (3.947%) Time Management
8 3 (3.947%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (2.632%) Product Management
9 2 (2.632%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.632%) PHP
2 1 (1.316%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.316%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.263%) ISEB
2 3 (3.947%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.947%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.316%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.316%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.947%) QA
2 2 (2.632%) SLA
2 2 (2.632%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 7 (9.211%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (10.53%) Oracle
1 8 (10.53%) webMethods
2 4 (5.263%) VeriFone
2 4 (5.263%) IBM
2 4 (5.263%) HP
2 4 (5.263%) Dell
2 4 (5.263%) Citrix
3 3 (3.947%) Epicor
3 3 (3.947%) NCR
4 2 (2.632%) TIBCO
4 2 (2.632%) SAP
5 1 (1.316%) Wincor Nixdorf
5 1 (1.316%) ATG
5 1 (1.316%) Software AG
5 1 (1.316%) JDA
5 1 (1.316%) Cognos
5 1 (1.316%) Remedy
5 1 (1.316%) hybris
5 1 (1.316%) VocaLink
City, London
1st Line", "Service Desk", Helpdesk, Windows, Remedy, "Active Directory", stores, retail, EPOS... *Windows 7, Active Directory, Office, Exchange... *Retail systems experience - EPOS, warehouse management, stock management, EFT, Tills.
Reed Technology
Rate: £15.00 - £16.00 per hour + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013