The first table below looks at the demand for EDI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EDI over the 3 months to 20 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 Bristol 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Rank 47 - 51
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing EDI 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.379% - 0.161%
As % of the Application Development category 1.852% - 1.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
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
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
108 197 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 20.45% 23.48% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 136 35
Average daily rate £309 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.92% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £405 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
EDI
South West

EDI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol EDI Daily Rate Trend

EDI
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) SAPscript
2 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (33.33%) SAP R/3
2 1 (33.33%) ABAP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Smart Forms
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) ESB
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (33.33%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (33.33%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP R/3
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) ABAP Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Developer
2 1 (33.33%) EDI Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP EDI Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) ABAP
1 1 (33.33%) SAPscript
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP