EPoS Contracts

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPoS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EPoS in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited EPoS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 611 713
Rank change year-on-year +88 +102 -40
Contract jobs citing EPoS 52 71 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.38% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 55 98
10th Percentile £126 £158 £150
25th Percentile £134 £222 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -62.27% +37.50% +64.95%
75th Percentile £375 £600 £550
90th Percentile £425 £619 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £288 £290
% change year-on-year -33.91% -0.86% +163.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.16
25th Percentile - - £11.55
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £12.41
75th Percentile - - £12.62
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 - £12.41
% change year-on-year - - -27.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EPoS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPoS within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +69 49 £195 -66.67% 84
UK excluding London +52 36 £190 -33.91% 79
North of England +39 22 £126 -72.00% 18
North West +32 16 £126 -77.09% 13
London +64 11 £325 -45.83% 11
Work from Home +104 9 £233 -55.71% 17
South East +13 5 £350 -22.22% 31
East of England +6 5 £275 -54.17% 16
North East +15 4 £190 +15.15% 2
Midlands +22 3 £150 -26.83% 8
West Midlands +13 3 £150 -26.83% 3
Yorkshire - 2 £425 - 5
South West +5 1 £148 -28.05% 3

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 6 (11.54%) CMS
2 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.08%) ATM
2 3 (5.77%) LAN
2 3 (5.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Selenium
General
1 32 (61.54%) Retail
2 27 (51.92%) Social Skills
3 11 (21.15%) Finance
4 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Legal
5 1 (1.92%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (19.23%) Analyst
2 9 (17.31%) IT Technician
3 7 (13.46%) IT Support
4 4 (7.69%) Deskside Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Deskside Support
4 4 (7.69%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Desktop Support
4 4 (7.69%) Support Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) Consultant
5 3 (5.77%) EPoS Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Linux Specialist
6 2 (3.85%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Product Owner
6 2 (3.85%) Support Technician
6 2 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Ubuntu Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 9 (17.31%) Smartphone
3 6 (11.54%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.92%) mPOS
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.92%) Windows
2 3 (5.77%) Debian
2 3 (5.77%) Linux
2 3 (5.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.15%) Break/Fix
2 9 (17.31%) E-Commerce
2 9 (17.31%) Preventative Maintenance
3 6 (11.54%) CRM
4 4 (7.69%) B2B
4 4 (7.69%) Migration
4 4 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (5.77%) Logistics
5 3 (5.77%) Roadmaps
6 2 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (3.85%) Customer Service
6 2 (3.85%) IT Strategy
6 2 (3.85%) Project Delivery
6 2 (3.85%) Project Roadmap
6 2 (3.85%) User Research
7 1 (1.92%) ETL
7 1 (1.92%) Information Security
7 1 (1.92%) Programme Management
7 1 (1.92%) Risk Management
7 1 (1.92%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) SQL
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft