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 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 560 696
Rank change year-on-year +86 +136 +11
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 272 108 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.24% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% 0.56% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 215 93 176
10th Percentile £27,000 £15,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £22,425 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £28,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -3.45% -1.69%
75th Percentile £55,000 £34,250 £35,688
90th Percentile £69,750 £62,900 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £24,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% +1.82%

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 23,637 19,143 36,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.34% 42.95% 33.70%
Number of salaries quoted 15,032 9,051 23,518
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,750 £28,116
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,508
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% - -9.09%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

EPoS job vacancy trend in the UK

EPoS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EPoS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EPoS

EPoS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EPoS over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 17 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 16 June 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
England +56 258 £35,000 +25.00% 45
UK excluding London +83 235 £30,000 +25.00% 31
South East +70 90 £31,250 -30.94% 8
Midlands +17 66 £30,000 +100.00% 7
Work from Home +5 55 £57,500 +91.67% 10
West Midlands 0 39 £30,000 +100.00% 1
London -11 32 £55,000 -0.45% 17
North of England -47 31 £38,000 +58.33% 8
North West -5 28 £38,000 +49.02% 5
East Midlands -14 27 £29,000 -47.27% 6
East of England - 20 £39,750 - 4
South West -40 19 £35,000 +16.67% 3
Scotland +8 7 £30,000 -
Yorkshire -46 2 - - 1
North East - 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £72,500 -

EPoS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (1.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.47%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.47%) Trello
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 30 (11.03%) SaaS
2 12 (4.41%) Azure
3 8 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.57%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.84%) AWS
6 4 (1.47%) Lucidchart
7 3 (1.10%) Asana
7 3 (1.10%) ClickUp
7 3 (1.10%) Stripe
8 2 (0.74%) Canva
8 2 (0.74%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.74%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.72%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (6.99%) TCP/IP
3 18 (6.62%) LAN
3 18 (6.62%) WAN
4 13 (4.78%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.10%) ATM
5 3 (1.10%) Broadband
5 3 (1.10%) DHCP
5 3 (1.10%) DNS
5 3 (1.10%) SMS
5 3 (1.10%) VoIP
6 1 (0.37%) Firewall
6 1 (0.37%) HTTP
6 1 (0.37%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.37%) Network Security
6 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.37%) RFID
6 1 (0.37%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.47%) Db2
2 4 (1.47%) DTS
2 4 (1.47%) MySQL
2 4 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.10%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (41.18%) Retail
2 61 (22.43%) Social Skills
3 27 (9.93%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (8.09%) Finance
5 19 (6.99%) Back Office
6 16 (5.88%) Banking
7 11 (4.04%) Marketing
7 11 (4.04%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.57%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.84%) Games
10 5 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.10%) Billing
11 3 (1.10%) Front Office
12 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (16.54%) Field Engineer
2 34 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
3 31 (11.40%) EPoS Engineer
4 28 (10.29%) EPoS Field Engineer
5 25 (9.19%) Account Manager
6 23 (8.46%) Sales Executive
7 22 (8.09%) Analyst
7 22 (8.09%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
8 19 (6.99%) Project Manager
9 18 (6.62%) IT Manager
10 16 (5.88%) Support Technician
11 14 (5.15%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (5.15%) Sales Manager
12 13 (4.78%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 13 (4.78%) IT Technician
13 12 (4.41%) Business Development Manager
13 12 (4.41%) Business Manager
13 12 (4.41%) Channel Sales Manager
13 12 (4.41%) Development Manager
13 12 (4.41%) Sales Support Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.47%) .NET
1 4 (1.47%) Kafka
1 4 (1.47%) Middleware
1 4 (1.47%) Node.js
1 4 (1.47%) Spring
1 4 (1.47%) Spring Boot
2 3 (1.10%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.10%) CSS
2 3 (1.10%) HTML
3 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.37%) OLE
4 1 (0.37%) QML
4 1 (0.37%) Qt
4 1 (0.37%) STL
4 1 (0.37%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.56%) Driving Licence
2 13 (4.78%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.57%) PMI
6 7 (2.57%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.84%) Digital Signage
7 5 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.47%) iSeries
8 4 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.74%) CCTV
9 2 (0.74%) NHS
10 1 (0.37%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.50%) Windows
2 11 (4.04%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.94%) Android
4 4 (1.47%) Debian
4 4 (1.47%) Linux
5 3 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (27.57%) Customer Service
2 43 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (8.46%) Break/Fix
4 19 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (6.25%) Business Development
5 17 (6.25%) CRM
5 17 (6.25%) Service Management
6 15 (5.51%) Customer Experience
6 15 (5.51%) Decision-Making
6 15 (5.51%) E-Commerce
7 14 (5.15%) Agile
8 13 (4.78%) Budget Management
8 13 (4.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (4.41%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (4.04%) ITIL
11 10 (3.68%) Coaching
11 10 (3.68%) Mentoring
12 9 (3.31%) Logistics
12 9 (3.31%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.84%) C#
2 4 (1.47%) Java
2 4 (1.47%) RPG
2 4 (1.47%) SQL
3 3 (1.10%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.37%) C++
4 1 (0.37%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 9 (3.31%) Degree
2 7 (2.57%) PMI Certification
2 7 (2.57%) PMP
3 1 (0.37%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.88%) SLA
2 4 (1.47%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.10%) GDPR
4 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) Firmware
2 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.84%) ServiceNow
3 4 (1.47%) Cisco
3 4 (1.47%) IBM
4 3 (1.10%) Draytek
4 3 (1.10%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.74%) Google