The first table below looks at the demand for EDI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham 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 41 54 48
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Contract jobs citing EDI 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.456% 0.322% 0.195%
As % of the Application Development category 2.020% 1.212% 0.741%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £458 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.50% -
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
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
99 165 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.55% 26.57% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 77
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
EDI
West Midlands

EDI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham EDI Daily Rate Trend

EDI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (75.00%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) ABAP
2 2 (50.00%) SAP CO
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Security
2 2 (50.00%) SAP FI
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (25.00%) CCA
3 1 (25.00%) Informatica
3 1 (25.00%) SAPscript
3 1 (25.00%) SAP BI
3 1 (25.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Smart Forms
3 1 (25.00%) BAPI
3 1 (25.00%) BODI
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 1 (25.00%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (25.00%) BAPI
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP CO
1 2 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (50.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (25.00%) BODI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) SAP FI Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) SAP CO Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Data Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SAP MDM Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Security
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) ABAP
2 1 (25.00%) SAPscript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Informatica
2 1 (25.00%) Business Objects