The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the Salisbury region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPoS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Salisbury 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing EPoS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salisbury - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £285
% change year-on-year
-15.38% +14.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+60.71% +12.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Salisbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
3 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salisbury 12.00% 10.53% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £390 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +24.80%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
EPoS
Wiltshire

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salisbury 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 Salisbury region.

Salisbury 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 Salisbury region.

Salisbury EPoS Hourly Rate Trend

EPoS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salisbury 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 9 (100.00%) EMV
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (88.89%) C
2 8 (88.89%) C++
2 8 (88.89%) APACS
3 7 (77.78%) VeriFone
4 5 (55.56%) Linux
5 4 (44.44%) Chip and PIN
6 2 (22.22%) Hyperion
7 1 (11.11%) Validation
7 1 (11.11%) ISEB
7 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salisbury 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.

General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
1 8 (88.89%) Software Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Programmer
2 3 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 3 (33.33%) C++ Programmer
2 3 (33.33%) C Developer
2 3 (33.33%) C Programmer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Programmer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) EMV
2 8 (88.89%) APACS
3 4 (44.44%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Validation
1 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C
1 8 (88.89%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) VeriFone
2 2 (22.22%) Hyperion