EPoS Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EPoS over the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 42 71
Rank change year-on-year -21 +29 +4
Contract jobs citing EPoS 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.66% 0.81% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 1.56% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £146 £265 £275
25th Percentile £146 £363 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £147 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year -73.33% +57.14% +62.79%
75th Percentile £473 £575 £388
90th Percentile £669 - £395
East of England median daily rate £164 £575 £313
% change year-on-year -71.48% +84.00% -23.31%

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

EPoS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 202 192 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 26.51% 51.89% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 105 100
10th Percentile £325 £396 £284
25th Percentile £400 £463 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +13.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £616
90th Percentile £760 £683 £728
East of England median daily rate £450 £506 £488
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 51 65
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.95 £34.90
25th Percentile £17.63 £50.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £60.25 £72.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.90% +11.54% -1.52%
75th Percentile £76.25 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.70 - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.11 £66.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.50% +20.00% -15.71%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing EPoS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

EPoS job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

EPoS
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing EPoS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing EPoS

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EPoS in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for EPoS in Hertfordshire

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing EPoS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing EPoS

EPoS
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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
Watford -3 2 £146 -26.83% 1
Hemel Hempstead -5 1 £750 +36.36%
EPoS
East of England

EPoS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Payment Gateway
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) EPoS Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Expert
2 1 (20.00%) Subject Matter Expert
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS