Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited EPoS over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 714 715
Rank change year-on-year +102 +1 +295
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 107 203 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.55% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 92 177 162
10th Percentile £15,000 £23,250 -
25th Percentile £22,425 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £29,000 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -4.92% -32.22%
75th Percentile £34,250 £37,000 £46,250
90th Percentile £59,300 £58,750 £68,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,000 £28,375 £27,500
% change year-on-year -15.42% +3.18% -35.29%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,092 37,154 40,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.61% 33.35% 43.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,772 23,650 21,978
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £109,865
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,450 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% -9.09% +4.76%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing EPoS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing EPoS.

Salary trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EPoS over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the UK over the 6 months to 19 June 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
England +97 105 £27,750 -7.50% 313
UK excluding London +124 93 £24,000 -15.42% 238
Work from Home +151 51 £30,000 -20.00% 94
North of England +69 49 £24,000 -14.29% 53
North West +29 38 £25,500 -8.93% 23
Midlands +111 37 £15,000 -51.61% 49
East Midlands +63 19 £55,000 +77.42% 22
West Midlands +73 18 £15,000 -51.81% 27
London +76 14 £55,250 +64.93% 100
Yorkshire +66 11 £24,000 -62.50% 25
South West +107 4 £30,000 -5.51% 23
Scotland +100 2 - - 20
South East +57 1 £28,000 +1.82% 53

EPoS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.93%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.93%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.93%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (14.95%) Magento
2 15 (14.02%) Shopify
3 2 (1.87%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.89%) Cloud Computing
2 15 (14.02%) BigCommerce
2 15 (14.02%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.02%) SaaS
3 9 (8.41%) Azure
4 6 (5.61%) AWS
4 6 (5.61%) DigitalOcean
5 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.87%) GitHub
7 1 (0.93%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.48%) LAN
1 8 (7.48%) WAN
1 8 (7.48%) Wireless
2 6 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (4.67%) DHCP
3 5 (4.67%) DNS
3 5 (4.67%) Firewall
3 5 (4.67%) VLAN
4 4 (3.74%) VPN
5 3 (2.80%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.93%) MySQL
2 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (83.18%) Social Skills
2 49 (45.79%) Retail
3 27 (25.23%) Organisational Skills
4 21 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (18.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (9.35%) Marketing
7 8 (7.48%) Finance
8 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (57.01%) IT Support
2 21 (19.63%) Analyst
3 18 (16.82%) Developer
3 18 (16.82%) IT Analyst
3 18 (16.82%) IT Support Analyst
3 18 (16.82%) Support Analyst
4 14 (13.08%) 1st Line Support
4 14 (13.08%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 8 (7.48%) ICT Support
5 8 (7.48%) Lead
5 8 (7.48%) Lead Developer
5 8 (7.48%) Lead Software Developer
5 8 (7.48%) SaaS Developer
5 8 (7.48%) Software Developer
6 6 (5.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (5.61%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) E-Commerce Developer
6 6 (5.61%) IT Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.41%) HTML
2 2 (1.87%) EDI
2 2 (1.87%) Node.js
2 2 (1.87%) REST
2 2 (1.87%) SOAP
2 2 (1.87%) Web Services
3 1 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.93%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.93%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.93%) CSS
3 1 (0.93%) DOM
3 1 (0.93%) jQuery
3 1 (0.93%) JSON
3 1 (0.93%) Kendo UI
3 1 (0.93%) Next.js
3 1 (0.93%) React
3 1 (0.93%) React Native
3 1 (0.93%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (0.93%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.69%) Driving Licence
2 13 (12.15%) CCTV
3 9 (8.41%) Digital Signage
4 8 (7.48%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.61%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) FMCG
7 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.02%) Windows
2 10 (9.35%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.61%) Windows 7
4 5 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (4.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (44.86%) Customer Service
2 42 (39.25%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (26.17%) ERP
4 26 (24.30%) E-Commerce
5 24 (22.43%) CRM
6 19 (17.76%) Time Management
7 18 (16.82%) Mathematics
8 17 (15.89%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (15.89%) Software Testing
9 16 (14.95%) Customer-Centricity
10 15 (14.02%) Data Privacy
10 15 (14.02%) Logistics
11 14 (13.08%) Service Delivery
12 9 (8.41%) Front End Development
12 9 (8.41%) Software Engineering
13 8 (7.48%) Asset Management
13 8 (7.48%) Line Management
13 8 (7.48%) Performance Management
13 8 (7.48%) SDLC
14 6 (5.61%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.95%) SQL
2 9 (8.41%) C#
2 9 (8.41%) Delphi
2 9 (8.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.93%) PHP
3 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (14.02%) Degree
2 6 (5.61%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 15 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) MobileIron
2 5 (4.67%) Veeam
2 5 (4.67%) VMware
3 4 (3.74%) Cisco
3 4 (3.74%) HP
3 4 (3.74%) Meraki
4 2 (1.87%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.93%) Adobe
5 1 (0.93%) Borland
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle
5 1 (0.93%) SAP