EPoS Job Trends in the South West

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited EPoS over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 203 217
Rank change year-on-year +36 +14 +79
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 15 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.33% 0.089% 0.092%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.10% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £24,930 £32,400 -
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,780 £44,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.05% +60.00% -14.06%
75th Percentile £33,250 £51,875 £28,750
90th Percentile - £56,000 -
England median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -17.33% +13.64% -12.00%

All Generic Skills
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,359 1,736 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.58% 31.00% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 851 921 1,247
10th Percentile £27,375 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,404 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.95%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing EPoS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

EPoS job vacancy trend in the South West

EPoS
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing EPoS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing EPoS

EPoS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +27 6 £31,500 -28.41% 2
Devon - 5 - - 1
Somerset - 3 £30,780 - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £25,100 - 1
EPoS
England

EPoS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Advertising
4 2 (13.33%) Retail
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Field Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Account Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Support Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) EPoS Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) EPoS Field Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Technician
5 1 (6.67%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 4 (26.67%) Driving Licence
3 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Customer Service
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Coaching
4 3 (20.00%) Break/Fix
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
5 2 (13.33%) Proactive Maintenance
5 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft