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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the Northamptonshire 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
Rank2841
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below10.81 %2.128 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£241£273
% change on same period last year-11.99 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£11.00-
Average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£13.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.41£12.91
% change on same period last year+27.15 %
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Northamptonshire
Matching contract IT job ads3747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted194
Average minimum daily rate£388£350
Average daily rate£409£370
% change on same period last year+10.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted413
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£16.21
Average hourly rate£11.63£25.29
% change on same period last year-54.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.25£34.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
EPoS East MidlandsEPoS
East Midlands

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire EPoS Daily Rate Trend

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EPoS across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Northamptonshire EPoS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Northamptonshire 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
NorthamptonNo change04--
EPoS East MidlandsEPoS
East Midlands

EPoS
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

12 (9.524 %)HP
21 (4.762 %)VERITAS
21 (4.762 %)Lotus
21 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (4.762 %)Symantec
21 (4.762 %)C
21 (4.762 %)Windows
21 (4.762 %)Lotus Notes
21 (4.762 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.762 %)Toshiba
21 (4.762 %)Backup Exec
21 (4.762 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (4.762 %)Retail

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.762 %)Lotus Notes
11 (4.762 %)MS Exchange
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.762 %)Retail
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (71.43 %)Hardware Engineer
211 (52.38 %)Computer Engineer
32 (9.524 %)Break Fix Engineer
32 (9.524 %)Support Engineer
41 (4.762 %)Helpdesk Support
41 (4.762 %)Analyst
41 (4.762 %)Helpdesk Analyst
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.762 %)Windows
11 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (4.762 %)Windows 2000 Server
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.762 %)C
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.762 %)Backup Exec
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (9.524 %)HP
21 (4.762 %)VERITAS
21 (4.762 %)Lotus
21 (4.762 %)Symantec
21 (4.762 %)Toshiba