The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPoS over the 3 months to 17 May 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Rank 202 225 209
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -16
Contract jobs citing EPoS 21 22 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.269% 0.217% 0.411%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.364% 1.149% 2.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 11
Average daily rate £350 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £276 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £365 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £289
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +12.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
Average hourly rate £14.00 - £12.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 - £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 - £12.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £19.50 £12.25
% change year-on-year
-6.41% +59.18%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1540 1915 1982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.71% 18.85% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 817 810
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 180 182
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.92 £12.80 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
EPoS
England

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East EPoS Daily Rate Trend

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPoS across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East EPoS Daily Rate Histogram

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Buckinghamshire +21 12 £350 -
Hampshire -4 4 £323 -16.77%
Berkshire +11 2 - -
Home Counties - 1 - -
EPoS
England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 22 (47.83%) Retail
2 21 (45.65%) Finance
3 10 (21.74%) MS Office
4 8 (17.39%) ISO 8583
4 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 8 (17.39%) C#
4 8 (17.39%) ITIL
4 8 (17.39%) E-Commerce
5 7 (15.22%) SQL
5 7 (15.22%) EFT
5 7 (15.22%) EFTPOS
5 7 (15.22%) Smartcard
5 7 (15.22%) Mobile Commerce
5 7 (15.22%) Wincor Nixdorf
6 6 (13.04%) NHibernate
6 6 (13.04%) WCF
6 6 (13.04%) MVC
6 6 (13.04%) PRINCE2
6 6 (13.04%) Windows
6 6 (13.04%) JavaScript
6 6 (13.04%) VeriFone
6 6 (13.04%) KnockoutJS
7 5 (10.87%) Windows XP
7 5 (10.87%) SAP
7 5 (10.87%) EMV
7 5 (10.87%) BASE24
8 4 (8.696%) Telecoms
8 4 (8.696%) VocaLink
8 4 (8.696%) Test Scripting
8 4 (8.696%) Business Analysis

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 6 (13.04%) NHibernate
1 6 (13.04%) WCF
1 6 (13.04%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (2.174%) .NET
2 1 (2.174%) J2EE
2 1 (2.174%) EJB
2 1 (2.174%) JDBC
2 1 (2.174%) JSP
2 1 (2.174%) Servlets
2 1 (2.174%) XML
2 1 (2.174%) JMS
2 1 (2.174%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.174%) WebLogic
1 1 (2.174%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 5.5
1 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (21.74%) MS Office
2 2 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.696%) ATM
2 1 (2.174%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.174%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.174%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.174%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.174%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (2.174%) Ant
2 1 (2.174%) JUnit
General
1 22 (47.83%) Retail
2 21 (45.65%) Finance
3 4 (8.696%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.348%) Automotive
4 2 (4.348%) Banking
5 1 (2.174%) Back Office
5 1 (2.174%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Analyst
2 12 (26.09%) Project Manager
3 9 (19.57%) Developer
3 9 (19.57%) Support Analyst
4 8 (17.39%) C# Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Programmer
5 6 (13.04%) Agile C# Developer
5 6 (13.04%) C# Programmer
6 5 (10.87%) Applications Support
6 5 (10.87%) Systems Support
6 5 (10.87%) Business Analyst
6 5 (10.87%) Applications Support Analyst
7 4 (8.696%) Systems Support Analyst
7 4 (8.696%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (8.696%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.522%) Help Desk Analyst
8 3 (6.522%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (6.522%) Applications Support Engineer
8 3 (6.522%) Systems Support Engineer
8 3 (6.522%) EPoS Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) EFT
1 7 (15.22%) EFTPOS
1 7 (15.22%) Smartcard
2 5 (10.87%) EMV
3 2 (4.348%) APACS
4 1 (2.174%) CMDB
4 1 (2.174%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (2.174%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Windows
2 5 (10.87%) Windows XP
3 3 (6.522%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.174%) UNIX
4 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.174%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) ITIL
1 8 (17.39%) E-Commerce
2 7 (15.22%) Mobile Commerce
3 6 (13.04%) PRINCE2
3 6 (13.04%) MVC
4 4 (8.696%) Business Analysis
4 4 (8.696%) Test Scripting
5 3 (6.522%) ERP
5 3 (6.522%) SOA
5 3 (6.522%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.522%) Project Management
5 3 (6.522%) CRM
6 2 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (4.348%) Test Strategy
6 2 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (4.348%) OOD
6 2 (4.348%) OO
6 2 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.348%) Scrum
7 1 (2.174%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) C#
2 7 (15.22%) SQL
3 6 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.174%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.174%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (4.348%) PMP
1 2 (4.348%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.174%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.39%) ISO 8583
2 2 (4.348%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.348%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (6.522%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.522%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.348%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.174%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.22%) Wincor Nixdorf
3 6 (13.04%) VeriFone
4 5 (10.87%) SAP
5 4 (8.696%) Citrix
5 4 (8.696%) VocaLink
6 3 (6.522%) VMware
7 2 (4.348%) Sage
7 2 (4.348%) CA
8 1 (2.174%) NCR
8 1 (2.174%) BEA
8 1 (2.174%) Oracle
8 1 (2.174%) TSYS
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