EPoS Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EPoS over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing EPoS 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.45% - 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% - 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
UK median daily rate £155 £163 £190
% change year-on-year -4.70% -14.21% -9.52%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 87 86 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 39.55% 34.82% 25.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 34 14
10th Percentile £122 £327 £132
25th Percentile £263 £423 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £525 £238
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +121.05% -40.63%
75th Percentile £545 £606 £455
90th Percentile £663 £623 £488
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £530
% change year-on-year +0.96% -1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 12 3
10th Percentile £17.72 - -
25th Percentile - £12.31 £21.19
Median hourly rate £43.96 £15.05 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year +192.09% -33.29% -
75th Percentile - £15.33 £23.94
90th Percentile £44.21 £16.14 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £29.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +24.14% -42.00% +11.73%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

EPoS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

EPoS
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing EPoS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing EPoS

EPoS
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing EPoS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing EPoS

EPoS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance