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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills within the Sheffield 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2542
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.001 %
As % of the category below29.17 %1.724 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£90-
Average daily rate£90-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£90-
UK excluding London average daily rate£226£269
% change on same period last year-15.99 %
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£14.08£16.45
% change on same period last year-14.43 %
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Sheffield
Matching contract IT job ads2458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.059 %
Daily rates quoted410
Average minimum daily rate£234£243
Average daily rate£254£260
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£274£276
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted814
Average minimum hourly rate£24.94£16.47
Average hourly rate£25.23£17.80
% change on same period last year+41.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.52£19.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.85£26.56
% change on same period last year-6.42 %
EPoS South YorkshireEPoS
South Yorkshire

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield EPoS Hourly Rate Trend

EPoS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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.

13 (30.00 %)C
13 (30.00 %)Cocoa
13 (30.00 %)Retail
13 (30.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (30.00 %)Test Scripting
22 (20.00 %)Logistics
22 (20.00 %)Business Analysis
22 (20.00 %)Software Testing
31 (10.00 %)Service Delivery

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)Cocoa
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Retail
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Developer
13 (30.00 %)Analyst
13 (30.00 %)Test Manager
13 (30.00 %)Technical Analyst
22 (20.00 %)Tester
31 (10.00 %)Installations Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Field Service Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Field Engineer
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (30.00 %)Test Scripting
22 (20.00 %)Logistics
22 (20.00 %)Business Analysis
22 (20.00 %)Software Testing
31 (10.00 %)Service Delivery
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)C