Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited EPoS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 652 694
Rank change year-on-year +103 +42 -48
Contract jobs citing EPoS 49 67 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.34% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 50 121
10th Percentile £126 £182 -
25th Percentile £129 £217 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £525 £325
Median % change year-on-year -63.81% +61.54% -
75th Percentile £372 £600 £546
90th Percentile £428 £621 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £319 £285
% change year-on-year -40.39% +11.84% +159.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.16
25th Percentile - - £11.55
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £12.41
75th Percentile - - £12.62
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 - £12.41

All Generic Skills
UK

EPoS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing EPoS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EPoS.

Daily rate trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EPoS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EPoS.

Hourly rate trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +114 47 £190 -65.45% 57
UK excluding London +80 38 £190 -40.39% 60
North of England +47 23 £126 -77.09% 13
North West +26 17 £126 -77.09% 6
Work from Home +122 8 £233 -57.73% 11
London +73 7 £245 -59.17% 10
South East +30 6 £388 -13.89% 11
East of England +19 5 £275 -32.52% 4
North East +23 4 £190 +15.15% 5
West Midlands +29 3 £150 -26.83% 4
Midlands +22 3 £150 -26.83% 10
Yorkshire +21 2 £425 - 2
South West +21 1 £148 -28.05% 9

EPoS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.29%) CMS
2 2 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.04%) Azure
2 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) ATM
2 3 (6.12%) LAN
2 3 (6.12%) WAN
3 1 (2.04%) DHCP
3 1 (2.04%) DNS
3 1 (2.04%) Firewall
3 1 (2.04%) RFID
3 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Selenium
General
1 31 (63.27%) Retail
2 28 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Finance
4 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) French Language
5 1 (2.04%) German Language
5 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (18.37%) IT Support
1 9 (18.37%) IT Technician
2 5 (10.20%) Analyst
3 4 (8.16%) Deskside Analyst
3 4 (8.16%) Deskside Support
3 4 (8.16%) Deskside Support Analyst
3 4 (8.16%) Desktop Support
3 4 (8.16%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Consultant
4 3 (6.12%) EPoS Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Linux Specialist
5 2 (4.08%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Field Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Product Owner
5 2 (4.08%) Support Technician
5 2 (4.08%) Ubuntu Specialist
6 1 (2.04%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) Product Manager
6 1 (2.04%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.53%) Driving Licence
2 9 (18.37%) Smartphone
3 7 (14.29%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.45%) Windows
2 3 (6.12%) Debian
2 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) Break/Fix
1 11 (22.45%) E-Commerce
2 9 (18.37%) Preventative Maintenance
3 7 (14.29%) CRM
4 4 (8.16%) B2B
4 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.12%) Logistics
5 3 (6.12%) Migration
5 3 (6.12%) Roadmaps
6 2 (4.08%) Analytics
6 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.08%) Customer Service
6 2 (4.08%) IT Strategy
6 2 (4.08%) Project Delivery
6 2 (4.08%) Project Roadmap
6 2 (4.08%) User Research
7 1 (2.04%) ETL
7 1 (2.04%) Information Security
7 1 (2.04%) Programme Management
7 1 (2.04%) Risk Management
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) Adyen
2 1 (2.04%) Dell
2 1 (2.04%) Google
2 1 (2.04%) Ingenico
2 1 (2.04%) Meraki
2 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow