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This section looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the London 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
Rank344391
Rank change on same period last yearUp+47
Matching contract IT job ads5777
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.078 %
As % of the category below0.645 %0.559 %
Daily rates quoted3131
Average minimum daily rate£345£311
Average daily rate£371£328
% change on same period last year+12.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£258£259
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted74
Average minimum hourly rate£16.29£12.00
Average hourly rate£17.29£12.63
% change on same period last year+36.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.29£13.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.38£20.55
% change on same period last year-25.13 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads883613770
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.78 %13.93 %
Daily rates quoted43046169
Average minimum daily rate£477£495
Average daily rate£514£532
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£569
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted349416
Average minimum hourly rate£22.75£24.44
Average hourly rate£24.30£26.22
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£27.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
EPoS EnglandEPoS
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London 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 London region.

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

London 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 London region.

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonDown-813£354-
UxbridgeDown-103£263+45.83 %
EPoS EnglandEPoS
England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

170 (66.04 %)Retail
213 (12.26 %)Windows
310 (9.434 %)Oracle
49 (8.491 %)E-Commerce
49 (8.491 %)Chip and PIN
58 (7.547 %)EFT
58 (7.547 %)SQL
58 (7.547 %)UML
67 (6.604 %)PRINCE2
67 (6.604 %)WAN
67 (6.604 %)IBM
67 (6.604 %)Active Directory
67 (6.604 %)EMV
67 (6.604 %)Supplier Management
67 (6.604 %)Software Testing
67 (6.604 %)Retalix
76 (5.660 %)Logistics
76 (5.660 %)TestDirector
76 (5.660 %)ISEB
76 (5.660 %)Windows XP
76 (5.660 %)MS Office
85 (4.717 %)MS Visio
85 (4.717 %).NET
85 (4.717 %)LAN
85 (4.717 %)Project Management
85 (4.717 %)Finance
85 (4.717 %)QA
85 (4.717 %)Test Scripting
94 (3.774 %)Release Management
94 (3.774 %)User Acceptance Testing

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (4.717 %).NET
23 (2.830 %)SOAP
23 (2.830 %)WebServices
23 (2.830 %)XML
23 (2.830 %)Ruby on Rails
32 (1.887 %)WSDL
41 (0.943 %)ADO
41 (0.943 %)ASP
41 (0.943 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.943 %)WebSphere
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (3.774 %)MQSeries
23 (2.830 %)MS Exchange
23 (2.830 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.943 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (0.943 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (0.943 %)Lotus Notes
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.660 %)MS Office
25 (4.717 %)MS Visio
33 (2.830 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.830 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.943 %)Retail-J
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (6.604 %)WAN
25 (4.717 %)LAN
33 (2.830 %)TCP/IP
33 (2.830 %)SAN
33 (2.830 %)Internet
33 (2.830 %)DECnet
42 (1.887 %)SNMP
42 (1.887 %)ADSL
51 (0.943 %)ATM
51 (0.943 %)LDAP
51 (0.943 %)VPN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.830 %)Oracle Reports
22 (1.887 %)Datawarehouse
22 (1.887 %)Data Cleansing
22 (1.887 %)SQL Server
22 (1.887 %)DB2
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (5.660 %)TestDirector
22 (1.887 %)InstallShield
22 (1.887 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.943 %)Ant
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
170 (66.04 %)Retail
25 (4.717 %)Finance
34 (3.774 %)Games
43 (2.830 %)Banking
43 (2.830 %)Retail Banking
52 (1.887 %)Back Office
61 (0.943 %)Online Games
61 (0.943 %)FMCG
61 (0.943 %)Manufacturing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (36.79 %)Analyst
230 (28.30 %)Business Analyst
318 (16.98 %)Project Manager
47 (6.604 %)Test Manager
55 (4.717 %)Systems Analyst
64 (3.774 %)IT Manager
64 (3.774 %)1st Line Support
64 (3.774 %)Support Engineer
64 (3.774 %)Technical Support
64 (3.774 %)Senior Technical Support
64 (3.774 %)Developer
73 (2.830 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
73 (2.830 %)IT Project Manager
73 (2.830 %)Systems Architect
73 (2.830 %)IT Support Engineer
73 (2.830 %)Systems Manager
73 (2.830 %)Helpdesk Support
73 (2.830 %)Systems Engineer
73 (2.830 %)Consultant
73 (2.830 %)Test Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (8.491 %)Chip and PIN
28 (7.547 %)EFT
37 (6.604 %)EMV
43 (2.830 %)AS400
43 (2.830 %)APACS
43 (2.830 %)VAX
52 (1.887 %)Smartcard
61 (0.943 %)Blackberry
61 (0.943 %)EFTPOS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (12.26 %)Windows
26 (5.660 %)Windows XP
33 (2.830 %)VMS
33 (2.830 %)Linux
33 (2.830 %)Windows 2000
42 (1.887 %)AIX
42 (1.887 %)UNIX
51 (0.943 %)Windows Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (8.491 %)E-Commerce
28 (7.547 %)UML
37 (6.604 %)PRINCE2
37 (6.604 %)Supplier Management
37 (6.604 %)Software Testing
46 (5.660 %)Logistics
55 (4.717 %)Test Scripting
55 (4.717 %)Project Management
64 (3.774 %)Migration
64 (3.774 %)Stakeholder Management
64 (3.774 %)Release Management
64 (3.774 %)User Acceptance Testing
64 (3.774 %)Supply Chain Management
64 (3.774 %)Business Analysis
73 (2.830 %)Scrum
73 (2.830 %)Agile Software Development
73 (2.830 %)CRM
82 (1.887 %)Data Modelling
82 (1.887 %)Service Delivery
82 (1.887 %)B2B
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (7.547 %)SQL
23 (2.830 %)Java
23 (2.830 %)DCL
23 (2.830 %)Ruby
32 (1.887 %)VB
41 (0.943 %)VC++
41 (0.943 %)C++
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.660 %)ISEB
22 (1.887 %)Cisco Certification
22 (1.887 %)CCNP
22 (1.887 %)CCNA
31 (0.943 %)MCP
31 (0.943 %)MCSE
31 (0.943 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.943 %)PRINCE2 Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.717 %)QA
22 (1.887 %)ISO8583
31 (0.943 %)SLA
31 (0.943 %)PCI DSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (6.604 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.943 %)Tivoli
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (9.434 %)Oracle
27 (6.604 %)IBM
27 (6.604 %)Retalix
34 (3.774 %)HP
43 (2.830 %)Brocade
52 (1.887 %)Symantec
52 (1.887 %)JDA
52 (1.887 %)Retek
52 (1.887 %)Microsoft
52 (1.887 %)SAP
52 (1.887 %)Cisco
61 (0.943 %)Sybase
61 (0.943 %)Compaq
61 (0.943 %)Lotus
61 (0.943 %)Novell
61 (0.943 %)Fujitsu
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