The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
Rank 203 198 194
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -4
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 7 17 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.133% 0.308% 0.188%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.397% 1.081% 0.694%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 7
Average salary £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -21.87%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1762 1573 1584
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 33.59% 28.52% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1472 1287 1334
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
EPoS
England

EPoS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT 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
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing EPoS across the South West region.

South West EPoS Salary Trend

EPoS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing EPoS across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West EPoS Salary Histogram

EPoS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Somerset - 6 £37,500 -
Wiltshire +6 1 £20,500 -18.00%
EPoS
England

EPoS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited EPoS.

1 7 (33.33%) SQL
1 7 (33.33%) .NET
1 7 (33.33%) Retail
1 7 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 7 (33.33%) QA
2 5 (23.81%) SAN
2 5 (23.81%) HP
2 5 (23.81%) Dell
2 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET
2 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (23.81%) WinForms
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) MVC
3 4 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (19.05%) UNIX
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco
3 4 (19.05%) IBM
3 4 (19.05%) C#
3 4 (19.05%) Dell Certification
3 4 (19.05%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (19.05%) EFT
4 3 (14.29%) Java
4 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 3 (14.29%) Finance
5 2 (9.524%) Regression Testing
5 2 (9.524%) ISTQB
5 2 (9.524%) HTTP
5 2 (9.524%) ISEB

EPoS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited EPoS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (33.33%) .NET
2 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET
2 5 (23.81%) WinForms
3 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) SAN
2 2 (9.524%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (9.524%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (33.33%) Retail
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (4.762%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Hardware Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Lead Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Field Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Tester
4 3 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) QA Tester
4 3 (14.29%) QA Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) QA Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Quality Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Tester
5 2 (9.524%) Quality Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Senior QA Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Senior QA Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Oracle Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) EFT
2 1 (4.762%) PDA
2 1 (4.762%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) UNIX
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (19.05%) MVC
4 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 2 (9.524%) Regression Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) C#
3 3 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (4.762%) Delphi
4 1 (4.762%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) Dell Certification
3 2 (9.524%) ISEB
3 2 (9.524%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.762%) Degree
4 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.762%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.762%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) HP
1 5 (23.81%) Dell
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) IBM
3 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.762%) Sun
4 1 (4.762%) Oracle
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You will provide 2nd Line IT Support and work with Server, Active Directory and Exchange as well as IIS, SharePoint and Cisco technology. This is a fantastic opportunity...
Connectus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013