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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 705 752
Rank change year-on-year +73 +47 +229
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 86 181 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.51% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 69 157 157
10th Percentile £15,000 £23,200 -
25th Percentile £22,425 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -10.77% -27.78%
75th Percentile £55,000 £34,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £64,000 £58,750 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year - +1.82% -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 20,720 35,284 43,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.08% 35.31% 43.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,777 23,033 23,186
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,483
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
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 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £109,865
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -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 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 14 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 21 May 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 +92 84 £30,000 +3.45% 143
UK excluding London +109 72 £28,000 - 153
Work from Home +135 47 £30,000 -20.00% 49
Midlands +75 36 £15,000 -52.00% 24
North of England +22 25 £23,500 -16.07% 33
North West -16 21 £22,850 -18.39% 18
East Midlands +49 19 £37,500 +20.97% 14
West Midlands +59 17 £15,000 -55.22% 10
London +100 14 £55,250 +64.93% 29
South West +123 4 £30,000 +1.27% 11
Yorkshire +62 4 £30,000 -53.13% 11
South East +68 3 £28,000 +12.00% 34
Scotland +122 2 - - 12
East of England +20 2 £52,500 +81.03% 19

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 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.33%) Confluence
3 1 (1.16%) Joomla!
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (18.60%) Magento
2 15 (17.44%) Shopify
3 2 (2.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.44%) BigCommerce
1 15 (17.44%) SaaS
2 14 (16.28%) Cloud Computing
3 11 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (8.14%) AWS
4 7 (8.14%) Azure
5 6 (6.98%) DigitalOcean
6 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.33%) GitHub
8 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.16%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (3.49%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (3.49%) VPN
3 1 (1.16%) DHCP
3 1 (1.16%) DNS
3 1 (1.16%) Firewall
3 1 (1.16%) Internet
3 1 (1.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.49%) MySQL
2 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Git
1 3 (3.49%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (3.49%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 65 (75.58%) Social Skills
2 45 (52.33%) Retail
3 20 (23.26%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (16.28%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (11.63%) Marketing
7 7 (8.14%) Finance
8 3 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.16%) Back Office
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (45.35%) IT Support
2 18 (20.93%) Analyst
2 18 (20.93%) Developer
3 15 (17.44%) IT Analyst
4 14 (16.28%) IT Support Analyst
4 14 (16.28%) Support Analyst
5 11 (12.79%) 1st Line Support
5 11 (12.79%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 8 (9.30%) Lead
7 7 (8.14%) Consultant
8 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) IT Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Lead Developer
8 6 (6.98%) Lead Software Developer
8 6 (6.98%) SaaS Developer
8 6 (6.98%) Software Developer
8 6 (6.98%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) HTML
2 5 (5.81%) .NET
3 3 (3.49%) .NET Core
3 3 (3.49%) JSON
3 3 (3.49%) WinForms
4 2 (2.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.33%) CSS
4 2 (2.33%) EDI
4 2 (2.33%) Node.js
4 2 (2.33%) REST
4 2 (2.33%) SOAP
4 2 (2.33%) Web Services
5 1 (1.16%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.16%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.16%) DOM
5 1 (1.16%) jQuery
5 1 (1.16%) Kendo UI
5 1 (1.16%) React
5 1 (1.16%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.98%) CCTV
2 6 (6.98%) Mobile App
2 6 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.16%) Digital Signage
3 1 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.12%) Windows
2 9 (10.47%) Windows 10
3 8 (9.30%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.16%) Android
5 1 (1.16%) Linux
5 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.37%) Customer Service
1 33 (38.37%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (31.40%) E-Commerce
3 24 (27.91%) ERP
4 18 (20.93%) CRM
5 15 (17.44%) Data Privacy
5 15 (17.44%) Logistics
6 14 (16.28%) Customer-Centricity
6 14 (16.28%) Mathematics
7 13 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (15.12%) Software Testing
7 13 (15.12%) Time Management
8 11 (12.79%) Service Delivery
9 10 (11.63%) Inventory Management
10 9 (10.47%) Performance Management
11 8 (9.30%) Software Engineering
12 7 (8.14%) B2B
12 7 (8.14%) Front End Development
12 7 (8.14%) SDLC
13 6 (6.98%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.63%) C#
2 9 (10.47%) Delphi
2 9 (10.47%) SQL
3 8 (9.30%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.16%) Java
4 1 (1.16%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.16%) PHP
4 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) Degree
2 6 (6.98%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.16%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) SLA
2 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 11 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (24.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.49%) Borland
2 3 (3.49%) Cisco
2 3 (3.49%) HP
2 3 (3.49%) Meraki
2 3 (3.49%) Oracle
2 3 (3.49%) VMware
3 2 (2.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe
4 1 (1.16%) Facebook
4 1 (1.16%) MobileIron
4 1 (1.16%) Veeam
4 1 (1.16%) Xamarin