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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 653 638 943
Rank change year-on-year -15 +305 -280
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 125 126 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.56% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 91 109 138
10th Percentile £27,000 - £25,175
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £29,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -35.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £87,500 £79,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £28,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -32.94% +21.43%

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 23,890 22,599 64,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.58% 38.01% 45.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,124 16,431 31,543
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,113 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,383 £45,638 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £106,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%

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 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 15 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 23 October 2024. 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 -27 117 £35,000 +7.69% 69
UK excluding London -35 114 £33,000 +15.79% 61
South East +31 52 £38,392 +37.11% 8
Work from Home +61 29 £36,783 -50.96% 15
North of England -35 27 £31,500 -5.97% 12
North West -1 23 £33,000 - 2
Midlands -35 15 £31,500 -62.94% 16
East of England -34 11 £28,000 - 6
West Midlands -40 10 £28,750 -66.18% 3
London -4 7 £50,000 -9.09% 9
East Midlands -25 5 £48,750 +85.71% 13
South West -28 5 £44,000 +60.00% 15
Yorkshire +6 4 £30,000 -25.00% 9
Scotland -9 3 £42,500 +46.55% 2
Northern Ireland +27 1 £28,000 -39.13%

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 4 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.60%) Apache
2 2 (1.60%) nginx
2 2 (1.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (13.60%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.00%) AutoCAD
2 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.00%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (7.20%) Power Platform
3 7 (5.60%) Azure
4 4 (3.20%) AWS
4 4 (3.20%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.80%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.20%) LAN
1 14 (11.20%) TCP/IP
1 14 (11.20%) WAN
2 5 (4.00%) Firewall
2 5 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (3.20%) VPN
4 2 (1.60%) DHCP
4 2 (1.60%) DNS
4 2 (1.60%) VoIP
5 1 (0.80%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.40%) Power BI
3 2 (1.60%) Big Data
3 2 (1.60%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.60%) MySQL
3 2 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Git
2 3 (2.40%) GitLab
3 2 (1.60%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.60%) Selenium
3 2 (1.60%) The Grinder
General
1 57 (45.60%) Retail
2 51 (40.80%) Social Skills
3 28 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (17.60%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (9.60%) Back Office
6 5 (4.00%) Electronics
6 5 (4.00%) Legal
7 4 (3.20%) Japanese Language
8 3 (2.40%) Advertising
8 3 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Finance
9 2 (1.60%) Marketing
9 2 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 21 (16.80%) Senior
2 20 (16.00%) Field Engineer
3 17 (13.60%) IT Support
4 16 (12.80%) EPoS Manager
5 15 (12.00%) Analyst
6 14 (11.20%) Field Service Engineer
6 14 (11.20%) Support Technician
7 13 (10.40%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (9.60%) Senior Field Engineer
8 12 (9.60%) Senior Field Service Engineer
9 11 (8.80%) Lead
9 11 (8.80%) Project Manager
9 11 (8.80%) Trainer
10 10 (8.00%) Support Analyst
11 8 (6.40%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 8 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 8 (6.40%) IT Engineer
11 8 (6.40%) Support Engineer
12 7 (5.60%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (5.60%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.60%) Node.js
2 5 (4.00%) V-Ray
2 5 (4.00%) Web Services
3 4 (3.20%) CSS
3 4 (3.20%) HTML
3 4 (3.20%) Vue
4 3 (2.40%) React
4 3 (2.40%) Spring
5 2 (1.60%) Celery
5 2 (1.60%) Django
5 2 (1.60%) HTML5
5 2 (1.60%) LAMP
5 2 (1.60%) Laravel
5 2 (1.60%) REST
5 2 (1.60%) RESTful
5 2 (1.60%) Sass
6 1 (0.80%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (27.20%) Driving Licence
2 24 (19.20%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.60%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.80%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 39 (31.20%) Windows
2 10 (8.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.40%) Linux
5 2 (1.60%) Android
5 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (22.40%) Customer Service
3 23 (18.40%) Time Management
4 22 (17.60%) ITIL
5 17 (13.60%) Break/Fix
5 17 (13.60%) Project Management
6 12 (9.60%) Innovative Thinking
7 11 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (8.00%) Change Management
8 10 (8.00%) CRM
8 10 (8.00%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (8.00%) Service Management
9 9 (7.20%) Logistics
10 8 (6.40%) Software Engineering
11 7 (5.60%) E-Commerce
11 7 (5.60%) Service Delivery
12 6 (4.80%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (4.80%) ITSM
12 6 (4.80%) People Management
12 6 (4.80%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.60%) JavaScript
2 6 (4.80%) Java
3 4 (3.20%) Python
4 2 (1.60%) SQL
4 2 (1.60%) VB
5 1 (0.80%) C#
5 1 (0.80%) C++
5 1 (0.80%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (9.60%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (5.60%) Degree
3 4 (3.20%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.20%) PMP
4 1 (0.80%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.20%) SLA
2 1 (0.80%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (9.60%) Firmware
2 11 (8.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (25.60%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.80%) HP
3 12 (9.60%) Dell
3 12 (9.60%) IBM
3 12 (9.60%) NetApp
4 5 (4.00%) Adobe
4 5 (4.00%) VMware
5 4 (3.20%) Cisco
5 4 (3.20%) Meraki
6 3 (2.40%) Google
7 2 (1.60%) Sun
7 2 (1.60%) WooCommerce
7 2 (1.60%) Zoho
8 1 (0.80%) Aruba
8 1 (0.80%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.80%) Veeam