The first table below looks at the demand for EDIFACT skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EDIFACT over the 3 months to 21 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 City of London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EDIFACT
Rank 202 214 235
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +21
Contract jobs citing EDIFACT 1 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.038% 0.010%
As % of the Application Development category 0.054% 0.150% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1841 1995 2685
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.65% 25.38% 27.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1452 1472 2083
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 21
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £44.75 £125.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
EDIFACT
London

EDIFACT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London EDIFACT Jobs Demand Trend

EDIFACT
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing EDIFACT across the City of London region.

City of London EDIFACT Daily Rate Trend

EDIFACT
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT.

1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Cash Management
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFTNet

EDIFACT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFTNet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Banking Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Cash Management