EPoS Contracts in the North of England

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EPoS over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 162 187
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 +54
Contract jobs citing EPoS 21 12 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.52% 0.29% 0.077%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 1.04% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 4
10th Percentile £139 - £152
25th Percentile £148 £126 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £190 £165
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +15.15% -61.18%
75th Percentile £173 £308 £286
90th Percentile £600 £425 £489
England median daily rate £163 £333 £538
% change year-on-year -50.98% -38.14% +43.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
England median hourly rate - £18.07 -

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,370 1,152 1,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 34.14% 27.87% 28.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 692 973
10th Percentile £295 £300 £255
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £573 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £706 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 81 56
10th Percentile £17.54 £12.15 £15.66
25th Percentile £22.75 £13.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £35.00 £16.19 £27.74
Median % change year-on-year +116.18% -41.64% +42.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £34.75 £45.88
90th Percentile £78.50 £58.00 £65.88
England median hourly rate £30.25 £47.50 £42.19
% change year-on-year -36.32% +12.59% +62.27%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing EPoS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for EPoS in the North of England

EPoS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EPoS in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for EPoS in the North of England

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EPoS in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EPoS in the North of England

EPoS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EPoS in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for EPoS in the North of England

EPoS
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 August 2025. 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
Yorkshire -7 9 £160 -62.35% 4
North West -6 7 £163 +29.37% 11
North East -5 5 £157 -17.63% 2
EPoS
England

EPoS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) ATM
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) EPoS Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Field Service Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) IT Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) ATM Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Implementation Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Trainer
5 2 (9.52%) EPoS Field Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Trainer
6 1 (4.76%) Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Deployment Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Implementation Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Implementation Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Project Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Release Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (23.81%) Supplier Management
2 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 3 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (4.76%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.76%) Capacity Management
4 1 (4.76%) Manual Testing
4 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
4 1 (4.76%) Project Governance
4 1 (4.76%) Project Management
4 1 (4.76%) Project Planning
4 1 (4.76%) Release Management
4 1 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (4.76%) Test Scripting
4 1 (4.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Sun