Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 717 762 986
Rank change year-on-year +45 +224 -401
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 179 209 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.47% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 155 139 177
10th Percentile £23,200 - £23,900
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £34,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -20.00% -5.56%
75th Percentile £34,250 £46,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £31,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -16.00% -21.05%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing EPoS.

Salary trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +92 156 £29,000 -14.71% 57
UK excluding London -13 135 £28,000 -11.11% 60
North of England +67 47 £28,000 -30.00% 13
London +125 38 £33,500 -33.00% 10
North West +43 33 £28,000 +7.07% 6
Work from Home +78 26 £38,000 +11.76% 11
East of England +35 24 £29,000 -29.70% 4
South East +23 24 £26,250 -22.79% 11
Midlands +16 17 £31,500 -13.70% 10
West Midlands +30 10 £33,500 -16.25% 4
Wales +10 9 £23,500 -60.83% 1
Yorkshire +72 8 £64,000 +60.00% 2
Northern Ireland +36 7 £28,000 -6.67% 7
East Midlands -10 7 £31,000 -4.62% 6
North East - 6 £28,000 - 5
South West -53 5 £29,625 +7.73% 9
Scotland -78 2 £27,500 +17.02% 6

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 (3.91%) Confluence
2 4 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (19.55%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.68%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.68%) Revit
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.70%) Shopify
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.56%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (0.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.91%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (3.91%) AWS
3 6 (3.35%) Azure
4 3 (1.68%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.12%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.56%) Boomi
6 1 (0.56%) GitHub
6 1 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.56%) SaaS
6 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (24.58%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (4.47%) LAN
3 6 (3.35%) Network Security
4 5 (2.79%) Internet
4 5 (2.79%) WAN
4 5 (2.79%) Wireless
5 3 (1.68%) Firewall
5 3 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.68%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.68%) WLAN
6 2 (1.12%) ATM
7 1 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.56%) VLAN
7 1 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.03%) MS Access
3 2 (1.12%) Power BI
3 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.03%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.91%) JIRA
3 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 99 (55.31%) Retail
2 82 (45.81%) Social Skills
3 62 (34.64%) Organisational Skills
4 61 (34.08%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.50%) Finance
6 7 (3.91%) Electronics
7 4 (2.23%) Advertising
7 4 (2.23%) Marketing
8 3 (1.68%) Automotive
8 3 (1.68%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.56%) Back Office
9 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 47 (26.26%) Field Engineer
2 37 (20.67%) IT Support
3 31 (17.32%) Support Engineer
4 28 (15.64%) IT Engineer
5 27 (15.08%) Field Service Engineer
5 27 (15.08%) Senior
6 25 (13.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (12.29%) Senior Field Engineer
7 22 (12.29%) Senior Field Service Engineer
8 19 (10.61%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 19 (10.61%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 19 (10.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 19 (10.61%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (10.61%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 15 (8.38%) Hardware Engineer
10 12 (6.70%) Developer
11 11 (6.15%) Field Hardware Engineer
11 11 (6.15%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
11 11 (6.15%) IT Manager
12 10 (5.59%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.15%) .NET
1 11 (6.15%) ASP.NET
1 11 (6.15%) HTML
1 11 (6.15%) JSON
1 11 (6.15%) XML
2 9 (5.03%) Web Services
3 3 (1.68%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.68%) React
4 2 (1.12%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.12%) CSS
4 2 (1.12%) REST
4 2 (1.12%) SOAP
5 1 (0.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 42 (23.46%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (20.11%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.70%) CCTV
4 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.79%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.79%) iPad
6 4 (2.23%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.68%) Acoustics
7 3 (1.68%) IPTV
7 3 (1.68%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.12%) Photography
8 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Social Media
9 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.56%) FMCG
9 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 94 (52.51%) Windows
2 24 (13.41%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.91%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.68%) Android
4 3 (1.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (34.08%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (33.52%) Customer Service
3 32 (17.88%) Time Management
4 28 (15.64%) ITIL
5 26 (14.53%) Break/Fix
6 24 (13.41%) Innovative Thinking
7 16 (8.94%) E-Commerce
8 13 (7.26%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (6.70%) B2B
10 11 (6.15%) Project Management
11 10 (5.59%) Project Delivery
12 9 (5.03%) API Integration
12 9 (5.03%) Order Management
12 9 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (3.91%) Fintech
14 6 (3.35%) Customer Requirements
14 6 (3.35%) IT Strategy
14 6 (3.35%) Roadmaps
14 6 (3.35%) Software Testing
15 5 (2.79%) Performance Measurement
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.50%) SQL
2 10 (5.59%) VBA
3 9 (5.03%) T-SQL
3 9 (5.03%) VB
3 9 (5.03%) VB.NET
4 2 (1.12%) C#
4 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (10.06%) Degree
2 13 (7.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.79%) CCNA
4 5 (2.79%) CCNP
4 5 (2.79%) MCSE
4 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.23%) HNC
5 4 (2.23%) HND
6 3 (1.68%) CCAA
6 3 (1.68%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (1.68%) MCP
6 3 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.12%) CCIE
7 2 (1.12%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.76%) SLA
2 12 (6.70%) GDPR
3 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (18.44%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.26%) Firmware
3 8 (4.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.35%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.68%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.56%) SCCM
2 1 (0.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 64 (35.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (15.08%) Dell
3 26 (14.53%) HP
3 26 (14.53%) IBM
4 13 (7.26%) NetApp
5 12 (6.70%) VMware
6 10 (5.59%) Apple
6 10 (5.59%) Cisco
7 7 (3.91%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.23%) Meraki
8 4 (2.23%) Sage
9 3 (1.68%) Citrix
10 2 (1.12%) Google
11 1 (0.56%) Epicor
11 1 (0.56%) Ivanti
11 1 (0.56%) SAP
11 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds