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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the North West 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank121141
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads66
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.868 %0.785 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£90£300
Average daily rate£115£300
% change on same period last year-61.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£140£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£241£273
% change on same period last year-11.99 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.41£12.91
% change on same period last year+27.15 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
North West
Matching contract IT job ads691764
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.973 %0.772 %
Daily rates quoted171114
Average minimum daily rate£289£299
Average daily rate£309£319
% change on same period last year-3.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted106146
Average minimum hourly rate£21.25£15.51
Average hourly rate£23.25£16.76
% change on same period last year+38.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.26£18.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
ManchesterDown-32£115-
MerseysideNew entry-1--
CheshireNew entry-1--
EPoS EnglandEPoS
England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

14 (26.67 %)Retail
23 (20.00 %)Microsoft
32 (13.33 %)MS Exchange
32 (13.33 %)HP
41 (6.667 %)Subversion
41 (6.667 %)Content Management
41 (6.667 %)AJAX
41 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (6.667 %)Fujitsu Siemens
41 (6.667 %)Spreadsheet
41 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
41 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
41 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (6.667 %)Siemens
41 (6.667 %)BS7799
41 (6.667 %)ISO9000
41 (6.667 %)SLA
41 (6.667 %)Cisco
41 (6.667 %)IBM
41 (6.667 %)CCNA
41 (6.667 %)Active Directory
41 (6.667 %)Toshiba
41 (6.667 %)CMMI
41 (6.667 %)Change Management
41 (6.667 %)Electronics
41 (6.667 %)Electric
41 (6.667 %)Clustering
41 (6.667 %)JavaScript
41 (6.667 %)PHP

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.667 %)CSS
11 (6.667 %)XHTML
11 (6.667 %)AJAX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (6.667 %)Apache
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Excel
11 (6.667 %)Spreadsheet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)MySQL
11 (6.667 %)Crystal Reports
11 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Subversion
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Retail
21 (6.667 %)Electronics
21 (6.667 %)Electric
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (20.00 %)Analyst
22 (13.33 %)Rollout Engineer
22 (13.33 %)Deployment Engineer
31 (6.667 %)MySQL Developer
31 (6.667 %)Electronics Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Trainer
31 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Developer
31 (6.667 %)Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Technical Support
31 (6.667 %)Helpdesk Analyst
31 (6.667 %)3rd Line Support
31 (6.667 %)Service Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Administrator
31 (6.667 %)Helpdesk Support
31 (6.667 %)Service Desk Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Hardware Engineer
31 (6.667 %)IT Administrator
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Clustering
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.667 %)ITIL
11 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
11 (6.667 %)ERP
11 (6.667 %)CMMI
11 (6.667 %)Change Management
11 (6.667 %)Content Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (6.667 %)JavaScript
11 (6.667 %)PHP
11 (6.667 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)MCSE
11 (6.667 %)CCNA
11 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)ISO9000
11 (6.667 %)SLA
11 (6.667 %)BS7799
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (13.33 %)HP
31 (6.667 %)Siemens
31 (6.667 %)Toshiba
31 (6.667 %)Fujitsu Siemens
31 (6.667 %)Oracle
31 (6.667 %)Business Objects
31 (6.667 %)SAP
31 (6.667 %)Cognos
31 (6.667 %)Cisco
31 (6.667 %)IBM