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 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 711 751 986
Rank change year-on-year +40 +235 -425
Permanent jobs citing EPoS 181 226 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.53% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 157 156 181
10th Percentile £23,200 - £24,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £32,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -26.97% -6.32%
75th Percentile £34,250 £46,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £27,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -35.29% -12.82%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for EPoS in the UK

EPoS
Top 17 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +59 157 £29,000 -14.71% 93
UK excluding London -72 137 £28,000 +1.82% 82
North of England +65 45 £28,000 -30.00% 15
London +105 38 £33,500 -33.00% 17
North West +38 35 £28,000 +7.07% 13
Work from Home +64 26 £37,500 +10.29% 13
East of England +26 24 £29,000 -29.70% 15
Midlands +2 22 £31,250 -5.30% 16
South East -6 22 £25,000 -26.47% 29
West Midlands +21 15 £33,500 -16.25% 9
Wales -1 9 £23,500 -14.55% 1
Northern Ireland +27 8 £28,000 -6.67% 2
East Midlands -6 7 £31,000 +47.62% 7
Yorkshire +59 6 £64,000 +60.00% 1
South West -89 5 £29,625 +7.73% 3
North East - 4 £27,750 - 2
Scotland -79 2 £27,500 +17.02% 5

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 7 (3.87%) Confluence
2 4 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 35 (19.34%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (7.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.66%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.66%) Revit
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.63%) Shopify
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.55%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (0.55%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 42 (23.20%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (3.87%) AWS
3 6 (3.31%) Azure
4 3 (1.66%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.10%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.10%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.55%) Boomi
6 1 (0.55%) GitHub
6 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.55%) SaaS
6 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.55%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (24.31%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (3.31%) LAN
2 6 (3.31%) Network Security
3 5 (2.76%) Internet
3 5 (2.76%) Wireless
4 3 (1.66%) Firewall
4 3 (1.66%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (1.66%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (1.66%) WAN
4 3 (1.66%) WLAN
5 1 (0.55%) ATM
5 1 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.55%) DHCP
5 1 (0.55%) DNS
5 1 (0.55%) VLAN
5 1 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.97%) MS Access
3 2 (1.10%) Power BI
3 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.97%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.87%) JIRA
3 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 98 (54.14%) Retail
2 86 (47.51%) Social Skills
3 65 (35.91%) Organisational Skills
4 64 (35.36%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.39%) Finance
6 7 (3.87%) Electronics
7 4 (2.21%) Advertising
7 4 (2.21%) Marketing
8 3 (1.66%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.55%) Automotive
10 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (26.52%) Field Engineer
2 38 (20.99%) IT Support
3 31 (17.13%) Support Engineer
4 29 (16.02%) Senior
5 28 (15.47%) Field Service Engineer
5 28 (15.47%) IT Engineer
6 26 (14.36%) IT Support Engineer
7 24 (13.26%) Senior Field Engineer
7 24 (13.26%) Senior Field Service Engineer
8 20 (11.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 20 (11.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 20 (11.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 20 (11.05%) 2nd Line Support
8 20 (11.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 12 (6.63%) Developer
10 11 (6.08%) IT Manager
11 10 (5.52%) Analyst
11 10 (5.52%) Applications Developer
11 10 (5.52%) Hardware Engineer
12 8 (4.42%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.08%) .NET
1 11 (6.08%) ASP.NET
1 11 (6.08%) HTML
1 11 (6.08%) JSON
1 11 (6.08%) XML
2 9 (4.97%) Web Services
3 3 (1.66%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.66%) React
4 2 (1.10%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.10%) CSS
4 2 (1.10%) REST
4 2 (1.10%) SOAP
5 1 (0.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 43 (23.76%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (20.99%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.63%) CCTV
4 7 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.76%) iPad
6 3 (1.66%) Acoustics
6 3 (1.66%) IPTV
6 3 (1.66%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.66%) Media Streaming
7 2 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.10%) Photography
7 2 (1.10%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.10%) Social Media
8 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.55%) FMCG
8 1 (0.55%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (53.04%) Windows
2 25 (13.81%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.87%) Mac OS
4 6 (3.31%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.66%) Android
5 3 (1.66%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (34.25%) Customer Service
1 62 (34.25%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (18.78%) Time Management
3 30 (16.57%) ITIL
4 28 (15.47%) Break/Fix
5 26 (14.36%) Innovative Thinking
6 16 (8.84%) E-Commerce
7 13 (7.18%) Collaborative Working
8 12 (6.63%) B2B
9 11 (6.08%) Project Management
10 9 (4.97%) API Integration
10 9 (4.97%) Order Management
10 9 (4.97%) Project Delivery
11 8 (4.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (3.87%) Fintech
13 6 (3.31%) Customer Requirements
13 6 (3.31%) IT Strategy
13 6 (3.31%) Roadmaps
13 6 (3.31%) Software Testing
14 5 (2.76%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.39%) SQL
2 10 (5.52%) VBA
3 9 (4.97%) T-SQL
3 9 (4.97%) VB
3 9 (4.97%) VB.NET
4 2 (1.10%) C#
4 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.10%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (11.05%) BPSS Clearance
2 18 (9.94%) Degree
3 8 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.76%) CCNA
4 5 (2.76%) CCNP
4 5 (2.76%) MCSE
4 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.21%) HNC
5 4 (2.21%) HND
6 3 (1.66%) CCAA
6 3 (1.66%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (1.66%) MCP
6 3 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.10%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.10%) CCIE
7 2 (1.10%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.68%) SLA
2 12 (6.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (18.78%) Active Directory
2 20 (11.05%) Firmware
3 8 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.31%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.66%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 64 (35.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (16.02%) Dell
3 28 (15.47%) HP
3 28 (15.47%) IBM
4 20 (11.05%) NetApp
5 12 (6.63%) VMware
6 10 (5.52%) Apple
7 9 (4.97%) Cisco
8 7 (3.87%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.21%) Meraki
9 4 (2.21%) Sage
10 3 (1.66%) Citrix
11 2 (1.10%) Google
12 1 (0.55%) Epicor
12 1 (0.55%) Ivanti
12 1 (0.55%) SAP
12 1 (0.55%) SolarWinds