The first table below looks at the demand for EDI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EDI over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Rank 57 - 71
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing EDI 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.554% - 0.201%
As % of the Application Development category 2.424% - 0.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £475
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
165 238 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.85% 29.46% 26.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 127 175
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
EDI
North West

EDI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warrington - 4 - -
EDI
North West

EDI
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (75.00%) CRM

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Payroll Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle