The first table below looks at the demand for EDI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EDI over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Rank 29 - 41
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing EDI 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.053% - 0.345%
As % of the Application Development category 5.000% - 1.205%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £400 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £335
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +11.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Application Development
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
40 48 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.05% 17.65% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 40
Average daily rate £350 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
Average hourly rate - £190.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +300.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
EDI
East of England

EDI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing EDI across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bedfordshire EDI Jobs Demand Trend

EDI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing EDI across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire EDI Daily Rate Trend

EDI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton - 1 £400 -
EDI
East of England

EDI
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing EDI also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited EDI.

1 2 (50.00%) GIS
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SAP PI
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing EDI also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited EDI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) GIS
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Business Process Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Process Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) EDI Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) EDI Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) SAP