EPoS Contracts in England

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited EPoS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 577 654
Rank change year-on-year +92 +77 -57
Contract jobs citing EPoS 46 63 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.39% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 48 86
10th Percentile - £158 £150
25th Percentile £126 £205 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £550 £406
Median % change year-on-year -65.45% +35.38% +25.00%
75th Percentile £340 £600 £538
90th Percentile £425 £641 £600
UK median daily rate £190 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -62.00% +11.11% +41.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.16
25th Percentile - - £11.55
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £12.41
75th Percentile - - £12.62
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £13.00 - £12.41
% change year-on-year - - -27.00%

All Generic Skills
England

EPoS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,144 16,209 23,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.60% 33.64% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,307 11,283 17,040
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £697 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 814 571 628
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.16
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.26 £27.50
% change year-on-year +40.98% -19.07% +4.90%

EPoS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for EPoS in England

EPoS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EPoS in England.

Daily rate trend for EPoS in England

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EPoS in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for EPoS in England

EPoS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EPoS in England.

Hourly rate trend for EPoS in England

EPoS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +48 23 £126 -77.09% 15
North West +31 17 £126 -77.09% 13
London +70 7 £245 -59.17% 16
South East +35 5 £350 -22.22% 28
East of England +5 5 £275 -54.17% 13
North East +16 4 £190 +15.15% 2
Midlands +22 3 £150 -26.83% 16
West Midlands +22 3 £150 -26.83% 9
Yorkshire - 2 £425 - 1
South West +6 1 £148 -28.05% 3
EPoS
UK

EPoS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (15.22%) CMS
2 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.17%) Azure
2 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.09%) ATM
2 3 (6.52%) LAN
2 3 (6.52%) WAN
3 1 (2.17%) DHCP
3 1 (2.17%) DNS
3 1 (2.17%) Firewall
3 1 (2.17%) RFID
3 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Selenium
General
1 28 (60.87%) Retail
1 28 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Finance
3 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.17%) French Language
3 1 (2.17%) German Language
3 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) IT Support
1 9 (19.57%) IT Technician
2 5 (10.87%) Analyst
3 4 (8.70%) Deskside Analyst
3 4 (8.70%) Deskside Support
3 4 (8.70%) Deskside Support Analyst
3 4 (8.70%) Desktop Support
3 4 (8.70%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) Consultant
4 3 (6.52%) EPoS Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Linux Specialist
5 2 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Field Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Support Technician
5 2 (4.35%) Ubuntu Specialist
6 1 (2.17%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 1 (2.17%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 1 (2.17%) Service Desk Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Driving Licence
2 9 (19.57%) Smartphone
3 7 (15.22%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Debian
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
2 3 (6.52%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Break/Fix
2 10 (21.74%) E-Commerce
3 9 (19.57%) Preventative Maintenance
4 7 (15.22%) CRM
5 4 (8.70%) B2B
5 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (6.52%) Logistics
6 3 (6.52%) Migration
6 3 (6.52%) Roadmaps
7 2 (4.35%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.35%) IT Strategy
7 2 (4.35%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.35%) Project Roadmap
8 1 (2.17%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.17%) ETL
8 1 (2.17%) Information Security
8 1 (2.17%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.17%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.17%) Software Testing
8 1 (2.17%) Strategic Planning
System Software
1 8 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.17%) Adyen
2 1 (2.17%) Dell
2 1 (2.17%) Google
2 1 (2.17%) Ingenico
2 1 (2.17%) Meraki
2 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow