EPoS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Dunstable East Midlands East of England England Essex Fareham Hampshire Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highland Home Counties Hounslow Hungerford Inverness Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	452	383
Rank change on same period last year	-69
Matching contract IT job ads	142	249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.182 %	0.280 %
As % of the category below	0.867 %	1.308 %
Daily rates quoted	39	67
Average minimum daily rate	£289	£278
Average daily rate	£301	£289
% change on same period last year	+4.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£312	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£219	£257
% change on same period last year	-14.99 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.39	£12.88
Average hourly rate	£15.44	£13.32
% change on same period last year	+15.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.49	£13.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.17	£12.90
% change on same period last year	+17.65 %
Miscellaneous UK
Matching contract IT job ads	16385	19040
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	21.02 %	21.39 %
Daily rates quoted	5957	6810
Average minimum daily rate	£452	£475
Average daily rate	£487	£510
% change on same period last year	-4.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£522	£546
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£360
% change on same period last year	+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	1362	1166
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.17	£23.48
Average hourly rate	£24.36	£25.25
% change on same period last year	-3.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.56	£27.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.96	£25.02
% change on same period last year	-4.25 %

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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing EPoS across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

EPoS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing EPoS across the UK.

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPoS across the UK over the past 3 months.

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing EPoS across the UK.

EPoS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPoS across the UK over the past 3 months.

EPoS
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the UK over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	England	-44	136	£305	+2.42 %
2	London	-7	48	£440	+21.94 %
3	East of England	-23	20	£313	-14.73 %
4	South East	+4	19	£233	+3.75 %
5	East Midlands	-10	17	£134	+73.11 %
6	West Midlands	+3	11	£110	-
6	Hertfordshire	-28	11	£308	-15.87 %
7	North West	-11	9	-	-
8	Northamptonshire	-	7	£134	-
9	Yorkshire	-19	6	-	-
10	City of London	-	5	-	-
10	South Yorkshire	-5	5	-	-
10	Suffolk	-	5	-	-
10	Leicestershire	-	5	-	-
10	Sheffield	-9	5	-	-
10	Manchester	-16	5	-	-
10	Northampton	-	5	£163	-
11	Leicester	-	4	-	-
11	Berkshire	+28	4	£306	+22.50 %
12	Bedfordshire	-	3	£325	-
12	Hemel Hempstead	-	3	£95	-
12	Herefordshire	-	3	£95	-
12	South West	+8	3	£225	+16.37 %
13	Thames Valley	-	2	-	-
13	Midlands	-2	2	-	-
13	Worcestershire	-	2	-	-
13	Surrey	-	2	£400	-
13	Warwickshire	-	2	£120	-
13	Oxfordshire	-16	2	£130	+18.18 %
13	Somerset	-	2	£375	-

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing EPoS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing EPoS.

1 125 (45.45 %) Retail 2 26 (9.455 %) Windows 3 24 (8.727 %) Chip and PIN 4 23 (8.364 %) PRINCE2 5 21 (7.636 %) Oracle 6 19 (6.909 %) XML 7 18 (6.545 %) Java 7 18 (6.545 %) ATM 8 16 (5.818 %) MS Office 8 16 (5.818 %) Project Management 8 16 (5.818 %) Finance 9 15 (5.455 %) SQL 10 14 (5.091 %) SAP 10 14 (5.091 %) TCP/IP 10 14 (5.091 %) Microsoft

11 13 (4.727 %) ITIL 12 12 (4.364 %) Unix 12 12 (4.364 %) IBM 12 12 (4.364 %) SAN 12 12 (4.364 %) EFT 12 12 (4.364 %) EMV 13 11 (4.000 %) DECnet 13 11 (4.000 %) Internet 13 11 (4.000 %) EFTPOS 13 11 (4.000 %) VMS 13 11 (4.000 %) VAX 14 10 (3.636 %) Brocade 14 10 (3.636 %) DCL 14 10 (3.636 %) APACS 14 10 (3.636 %) ISO8583

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing EPoS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing EPoS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 19 (6.909 %) XML 2 9 (3.273 %) .NET 3 7 (2.545 %) AJAX 4 6 (2.182 %) WebSphere 4 6 (2.182 %) Struts 5 3 (1.091 %) WebServices 5 3 (1.091 %) SOAP 5 3 (1.091 %) J2EE 5 3 (1.091 %) CSS 6 2 (0.727 %) ASP 6 2 (0.727 %) ASP.NET 6 2 (0.727 %) HTML 6 2 (0.727 %) WSDL 7 1 (0.364 %) Hibernate 7 1 (0.364 %) DAO 7 1 (0.364 %) Spring 7 1 (0.364 %) JSF 7 1 (0.364 %) CORBA 7 1 (0.364 %) Swing 7 1 (0.364 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 5 (1.818 %) WebSphere MQ 2 4 (1.455 %) Lotus Notes 3 3 (1.091 %) MQSeries 3 3 (1.091 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 2 (0.727 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (0.727 %) SAS 5 1 (0.364 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.364 %) Lotus Domino 5 1 (0.364 %) Apache 5 1 (0.364 %) WebLogic 5 1 (0.364 %) IIS
Applications 1 16 (5.818 %) MS Office 2 8 (2.909 %) MS Excel 3 6 (2.182 %) MS Visio 4 4 (1.455 %) MS Project 5 2 (0.727 %) SPSS	Business Applications 1 9 (3.273 %) Retail-J 2 2 (0.727 %) Navision 2 2 (0.727 %) SAP R/3 3 1 (0.364 %) BASE24 3 1 (0.364 %) SAP Retail 3 1 (0.364 %) GoldMine
Communications & Networking 1 18 (6.545 %) ATM 2 14 (5.091 %) TCP/IP 3 12 (4.364 %) SAN 4 11 (4.000 %) Internet 4 11 (4.000 %) DECnet 5 5 (1.818 %) LAN 5 5 (1.818 %) WAN 6 3 (1.091 %) VoIP 6 3 (1.091 %) LDAP 7 1 (0.364 %) Ethernet 7 1 (0.364 %) FTP 7 1 (0.364 %) Firewall 7 1 (0.364 %) Cisco IPT	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (2.545 %) SQL Server 2 3 (1.091 %) SQL Server 2000 2 3 (1.091 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 2 3 (1.091 %) SQL Server 2005 2 3 (1.091 %) MySQL 2 3 (1.091 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 2 (0.727 %) DB2 3 2 (0.727 %) Crystal Reports 3 2 (0.727 %) Datawarehouse 3 2 (0.727 %) BusinessObjects 3 2 (0.727 %) SAP BW 4 1 (0.364 %) ETL 4 1 (0.364 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (0.364 %) MS Access 4 1 (0.364 %) Database Marketing
Development Applications 1 3 (1.091 %) TestDirector 1 3 (1.091 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (0.364 %) WinRunner 2 1 (0.364 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (0.364 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (0.364 %) InstallShield 2 1 (0.364 %) Subversion	General 1 125 (45.45 %) Retail 2 16 (5.818 %) Finance 3 9 (3.273 %) Banking 4 8 (2.909 %) Back Office 5 7 (2.545 %) Auditing 6 6 (2.182 %) Retail Banking 7 3 (1.091 %) Marketing 7 3 (1.091 %) Electronics 7 3 (1.091 %) Games 8 2 (0.727 %) Manufacturing 9 1 (0.364 %) Pharmaceutical 9 1 (0.364 %) Telecoms 9 1 (0.364 %) Automotive 9 1 (0.364 %) Electric 9 1 (0.364 %) Online Games
Job Titles 1 82 (29.82 %) Analyst 2 35 (12.73 %) Project Manager 3 29 (10.55 %) Business Analyst 4 25 (9.091 %) Field Engineer 5 20 (7.273 %) Tester 6 14 (5.091 %) Developer 6 14 (5.091 %) Support Analyst 6 14 (5.091 %) Installations Engineer 7 13 (4.727 %) Test Analyst 8 11 (4.000 %) Systems Engineer 8 11 (4.000 %) Software Tester 8 11 (4.000 %) Technical Analyst 9 10 (3.636 %) Team Leader 9 10 (3.636 %) Consultant 10 9 (3.273 %) Systems Analyst 11 7 (2.545 %) 1st Line Support 12 6 (2.182 %) Helpdesk Support 13 5 (1.818 %) Support Engineer 13 5 (1.818 %) Applications Support 13 5 (1.818 %) Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 24 (8.727 %) Chip and PIN 2 12 (4.364 %) EFT 2 12 (4.364 %) EMV 3 11 (4.000 %) EFTPOS 3 11 (4.000 %) VAX 4 10 (3.636 %) APACS 5 9 (3.273 %) Smartcard 6 5 (1.818 %) Asset Management 7 4 (1.455 %) AS400 8 2 (0.727 %) PDA 9 1 (0.364 %) Data Protection Act 9 1 (0.364 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 1 (0.364 %) Mainframe 9 1 (0.364 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 26 (9.455 %) Windows 2 12 (4.364 %) Unix 3 11 (4.000 %) VMS 4 10 (3.636 %) Linux 5 6 (2.182 %) Windows XP 6 4 (1.455 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (0.727 %) Windows NT 7 2 (0.727 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (8.364 %) PRINCE2 2 16 (5.818 %) Project Management 3 13 (4.727 %) ITIL 4 10 (3.636 %) ERP 5 9 (3.273 %) Change Management 5 9 (3.273 %) Integration Testing 6 8 (2.909 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 7 (2.545 %) E-Commerce 7 7 (2.545 %) UML 8 6 (2.182 %) Logistics 8 6 (2.182 %) Business Analysis 8 6 (2.182 %) Test Scripting 9 5 (1.818 %) CRM 10 4 (1.455 %) Migration 10 4 (1.455 %) Service Delivery 11 3 (1.091 %) Software Testing 11 3 (1.091 %) GAP Analysis 11 3 (1.091 %) Programme Management 11 3 (1.091 %) Supply Chain Management 11 3 (1.091 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 18 (6.545 %) Java 2 15 (5.455 %) SQL 3 10 (3.636 %) DCL 4 5 (1.818 %) Perl 5 4 (1.455 %) C 5 4 (1.455 %) VB 6 3 (1.091 %) VB.NET 6 3 (1.091 %) C# 6 3 (1.091 %) C++ 7 2 (0.727 %) JavaScript 7 2 (0.727 %) VC++ 8 1 (0.364 %) PHP 8 1 (0.364 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 9 (3.273 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 8 (2.909 %) ISEB 3 4 (1.455 %) Degree 4 2 (0.727 %) MCP 4 2 (0.727 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (0.727 %) A+ Certification 5 1 (0.364 %) Sun Certification 5 1 (0.364 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.364 %) PMP 5 1 (0.364 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (3.636 %) ISO8583 2 9 (3.273 %) QA 3 4 (1.455 %) SLA 4 1 (0.364 %) BS7799 4 1 (0.364 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (0.364 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 6 (2.182 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.727 %) VMware ESX 2 2 (0.727 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (0.364 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 3 1 (0.364 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 5 (1.818 %) Tivoli 2 2 (0.727 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 21 (7.636 %) Oracle 2 14 (5.091 %) SAP 2 14 (5.091 %) Microsoft 3 12 (4.364 %) IBM 4 10 (3.636 %) HP 4 10 (3.636 %) Brocade 5 7 (2.545 %) Agresso 6 5 (1.818 %) Lotus 6 5 (1.818 %) Stellent 6 5 (1.818 %) Mediasurface 6 5 (1.818 %) NCR 6 5 (1.818 %) Novell 7 4 (1.455 %) CA 8 3 (1.091 %) Dell 8 3 (1.091 %) Siemens 8 3 (1.091 %) Wincor Nixdorf 8 3 (1.091 %) Fujitsu Siemens 9 2 (0.727 %) VMware 9 2 (0.727 %) Mapinfo 9 2 (0.727 %) Symantec