EPoS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited EPoS over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 460 582
Rank change year-on-year +45 +122 -78
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 216 95 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 0.72% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 169 84 143
10th Percentile £27,000 £15,000 £22,840
25th Percentile £29,000 £22,425 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £24,000 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £36,017
90th Percentile £55,500 £47,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £31,500 £25,750 £29,125
% change year-on-year +22.33% -11.59% -1.27%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 16,453 13,174 23,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.06% 39.02% 31.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10,888 6,005 14,320
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,065 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,310 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing EPoS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

EPoS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

EPoS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EPoS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EPoS

EPoS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing EPoS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK excluding London

EPoS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +44 73 £35,000 +25.00% 7
Midlands -8 60 £30,000 +100.00% 9
East Midlands -17 31 £28,000 -37.78% 5
West Midlands -6 29 £30,000 +100.00% 4
North of England -38 29 £38,000 +58.33% 8
North West -21 28 £38,000 +61.70% 5
South West -40 22 £35,000 +16.67% 8
East of England - 22 £39,500 - 4
Scotland +15 7 £30,000 - 4
Wales - 2 £53,750 - 3
North East - 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
EPoS
UK

EPoS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (10.19%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.31%) Trello
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.80%) SaaS
2 10 (4.63%) Azure
2 10 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.24%) AWS
5 3 (1.39%) Asana
5 3 (1.39%) ClickUp
5 3 (1.39%) Stripe
6 2 (0.93%) Canva
6 2 (0.93%) Google Analytics
6 2 (0.93%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 11 (5.09%) LAN
2 11 (5.09%) WAN
3 9 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.85%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.39%) ATM
5 3 (1.39%) DHCP
5 3 (1.39%) DNS
5 3 (1.39%) SMS
5 3 (1.39%) VoIP
6 2 (0.93%) RFID
7 1 (0.46%) Firewall
7 1 (0.46%) HTTP
7 1 (0.46%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.46%) Network Security
7 1 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.46%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.85%) MySQL
3 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.39%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 94 (43.52%) Retail
2 58 (26.85%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (8.33%) Banking
5 14 (6.48%) Finance
6 12 (5.56%) Back Office
7 11 (5.09%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.70%) Marketing
9 7 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.24%) Games
10 6 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.31%) Billing
12 4 (1.85%) Front Office
13 3 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (15.28%) Field Engineer
2 31 (14.35%) EPoS Engineer
3 28 (12.96%) EPoS Field Engineer
4 25 (11.57%) Field Service Engineer
5 24 (11.11%) Sales Executive
6 22 (10.19%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
7 19 (8.80%) Analyst
8 17 (7.87%) Account Manager
9 15 (6.94%) Project Manager
10 13 (6.02%) IT Manager
11 12 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
11 12 (5.56%) Business Manager
11 12 (5.56%) Development Manager
11 12 (5.56%) Field Sales Executive
11 12 (5.56%) Field Service Technician
11 12 (5.56%) Sales Support
11 12 (5.56%) Sales Support Executive
12 10 (4.63%) IT Technician
13 9 (4.17%) Support Technician
14 8 (3.70%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.85%) .NET
2 3 (1.39%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.39%) CSS
2 3 (1.39%) HTML
3 2 (0.93%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.46%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.46%) OLE
4 1 (0.46%) QML
4 1 (0.46%) Qt
4 1 (0.46%) STL
4 1 (0.46%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.26%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.09%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.09%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.24%) PMI
5 7 (3.24%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.31%) Digital Signage
7 4 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.39%) CCTV
9 2 (0.93%) NHS
10 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.50%) Windows
2 8 (3.70%) Android
2 8 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.85%) Debian
3 4 (1.85%) Linux
4 3 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.63%) Customer Service
2 33 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (9.26%) Service Management
4 18 (8.33%) Customer Experience
5 17 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (6.94%) Business Development
7 14 (6.48%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (6.02%) ITIL
9 12 (5.56%) Break/Fix
9 12 (5.56%) Logistics
9 12 (5.56%) Proactive Maintenance
10 11 (5.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (4.17%) Decision-Making
11 9 (4.17%) Migration
11 9 (4.17%) Project Management
11 9 (4.17%) Time Management
12 8 (3.70%) CRM
12 8 (3.70%) Service Delivery
12 8 (3.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (3.70%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.31%) C#
2 3 (1.39%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.39%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) C++
3 1 (0.46%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 10 (4.63%) Degree
2 7 (3.24%) PMI Certification
2 7 (3.24%) PMP
3 1 (0.46%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.41%) SLA
2 3 (1.39%) GDPR
3 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Firmware
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.78%) ServiceNow
3 3 (1.39%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.93%) Google
5 1 (0.46%) Cisco