EPoS Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 105 132 113
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -19
Contract jobs citing EPoS 10 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.488% 0.211% 0.143%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.421% 1.079% 0.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
Average daily rate £95 £331 £105
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-71.32% +215.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £89 £325 £87
10% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £346 £117
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £289
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +12.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
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 West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 413 649 506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.17% 19.58% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 347 209
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £252 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 44 55
Average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.23 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.65 £42.50
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South 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 South West 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
Dorset - 6 £95 -
Wiltshire +7 2 £130 -
Cornwall - 1 £85 -
Somerset - 1 £240 -
EPoS
England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (58.06%) Finance
2 14 (45.16%) Retail
3 13 (41.94%) EMV
4 12 (38.71%) C++
4 12 (38.71%) C
4 12 (38.71%) Test Scripting
5 11 (35.48%) Time Management
5 11 (35.48%) APACS
6 10 (32.26%) VeriFone
7 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
8 7 (22.58%) Linux
8 7 (22.58%) SQL
8 7 (22.58%) Software Testing
9 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
9 6 (19.35%) Degree
9 6 (19.35%) Oracle
9 6 (19.35%) E-Commerce
9 6 (19.35%) Web Services
9 6 (19.35%) ITIL
9 6 (19.35%) Chip and PIN
9 6 (19.35%) Mobile Commerce
9 6 (19.35%) ATG
9 6 (19.35%) Analytics
10 4 (12.90%) Kronos
10 4 (12.90%) Lawson
10 4 (12.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (12.90%) Fiserv
11 3 (9.677%) ISEB
11 3 (9.677%) Hyperion
12 2 (6.452%) FTP

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (19.35%) Web Services
2 1 (3.226%) WinForms
2 1 (3.226%) .NET
2 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.452%) FTP
2 1 (3.226%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.226%) JMeter
1 1 (3.226%) JIRA
1 1 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (58.06%) Finance
2 14 (45.16%) Retail
3 1 (3.226%) Banking
3 1 (3.226%) Back Office
3 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Developer
1 13 (41.94%) Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Software Developer
3 6 (19.35%) Test Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Support Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Help Desk Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Applications Support
4 5 (16.13%) C++ Developer
4 5 (16.13%) C++ Programmer
4 5 (16.13%) Programmer
5 4 (12.90%) Software Programmer
5 4 (12.90%) C Developer
5 4 (12.90%) C Programmer
5 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Tester
6 2 (6.452%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Systems Test Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Systems Tester
6 2 (6.452%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) EPoS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) EMV
2 11 (35.48%) APACS
3 6 (19.35%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (3.226%) AS400
4 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.226%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Linux
2 2 (6.452%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Test Scripting
2 11 (35.48%) Time Management
3 7 (22.58%) Software Testing
4 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
4 6 (19.35%) Mobile Commerce
4 6 (19.35%) ITIL
4 6 (19.35%) E-Commerce
4 6 (19.35%) Analytics
5 2 (6.452%) Project Management
5 2 (6.452%) Validation
6 1 (3.226%) Migration
6 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (3.226%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.226%) SOA
6 1 (3.226%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) C
1 12 (38.71%) C++
2 7 (22.58%) SQL
3 2 (6.452%) VBScript
4 1 (3.226%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 3 (9.677%) ISEB
3 1 (3.226%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) VeriFone
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
3 6 (19.35%) ATG
3 6 (19.35%) Oracle
4 4 (12.90%) Fiserv
4 4 (12.90%) Kronos
5 3 (9.677%) Hyperion
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