EPoS Job Trends

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 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 618 621
Rank change year-on-year +145 +3 +222
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 179 93 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 0.47% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 138 58 76
10th Percentile £24,725 £23,925 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,563 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,438 £39,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £57,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,236 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -14.04% +25.00% -11.76%

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 20,616 19,935 20,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.19% 37.19% 36.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,355 9,359 14,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

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 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 16 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 15 January 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 +134 161 £31,500 -16.00% 59
UK excluding London +105 154 £32,236 -14.04% 59
Work from Home +97 60 £60,000 +65.52% 6
North of England +47 50 £30,000 -20.00% 14
South East +44 49 £35,000 +16.67% 16
North West +41 31 £30,000 -20.00% 9
Midlands +39 31 £85,000 +100.00% 18
West Midlands +40 26 £85,000 +137.76% 12
South West +13 17 £30,780 +0.92% 9
Yorkshire +2 16 £28,000 -6.67% 4
London +73 15 £31,500 -37.00% 9
East Midlands -14 5 £30,000 -38.46% 6
Wales - 5 £35,000 -
Scotland +5 3 £25,250 -40.59% 2
North East - 3 £39,500 - 2
East of England +14 2 £35,000 -33.33% 2

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 8 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.08%) SaaS
2 10 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.79%) Azure
4 4 (2.23%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.68%) Google Docs
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (22.91%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (10.06%) Structured Cabling
3 9 (5.03%) LAN
3 9 (5.03%) TCP/IP
3 9 (5.03%) WAN
4 8 (4.47%) ATM
4 8 (4.47%) VPN
5 1 (0.56%) Broadband
5 1 (0.56%) Mobile Broadband
5 1 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.56%) MySQL
2 1 (0.56%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) Spark SQL
2 1 (0.56%) Tableau
General
1 49 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 39 (21.79%) Retail
3 20 (11.17%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (6.70%) Back Office
5 9 (5.03%) Marketing
5 9 (5.03%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (3.91%) Finance
7 6 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.35%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.79%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.23%) Advertising
9 4 (2.23%) Electronics
9 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (15.08%) Field Engineer
2 22 (12.29%) Account Manager
2 22 (12.29%) Field Service Engineer
3 18 (10.06%) Channel Sales Manager
3 18 (10.06%) Sales Manager
4 17 (9.50%) Support Specialist
5 16 (8.94%) IT Support
6 15 (8.38%) Support Technician
7 14 (7.82%) EPoS Engineer
8 11 (6.15%) EPoS Manager
9 10 (5.59%) Analyst
10 9 (5.03%) Support Analyst
11 8 (4.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 8 (4.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
11 8 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 8 (4.47%) EPoS Field Engineer
12 7 (3.91%) Senior
12 7 (3.91%) Trainer
13 6 (3.35%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.12%) .NET
2 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.55%) Driving Licence
2 15 (8.38%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.23%) CCTV
4 4 (2.23%) PDA
5 3 (1.68%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.12%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.12%) NHS
7 1 (0.56%) BYOD
7 1 (0.56%) FMCG
7 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.50%) Windows
2 5 (2.79%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.23%) Android
3 4 (2.23%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.12%) Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Debian
5 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (31.28%) Customer Service
2 48 (26.82%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (14.53%) Coaching
4 20 (11.17%) Decision-Making
5 16 (8.94%) Break/Fix
5 16 (8.94%) Mentoring
6 14 (7.82%) CRM
7 11 (6.15%) Service Delivery
8 10 (5.59%) Time Management
9 9 (5.03%) E-Commerce
10 8 (4.47%) Inventory Management
11 7 (3.91%) Customer Experience
11 7 (3.91%) Digital Marketing
12 6 (3.35%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (3.35%) Customer-Centricity
13 5 (2.79%) Business Development
13 5 (2.79%) ITIL
13 5 (2.79%) Project Management
14 4 (2.23%) Problem Management
14 4 (2.23%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.56%) C#
1 1 (0.56%) Python
1 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (2.23%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.68%) A+ Certification
2 3 (1.68%) MCP
3 2 (1.12%) Degree
4 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.91%) SLA
2 2 (1.12%) GDPR
2 2 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.23%) Cisco
2 4 (2.23%) HP
2 4 (2.23%) Meraki
2 4 (2.23%) SAP
3 3 (1.68%) Google
3 3 (1.68%) iManage
4 2 (1.12%) Xero
5 1 (0.56%) Remedy
5 1 (0.56%) Xamarin