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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited EDI over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank125143
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.223 %0.397 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£413
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£387
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£33.25
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads8951008
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.260 %1.019 %
Daily rates quoted156145
Average minimum daily rate£288£310
Average daily rate£305£332
% change on same period last year-8.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted8888
Average minimum hourly rate£25.11£25.61
Average hourly rate£27.83£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.55£30.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
EDI EnglandEDI
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

EDI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing EDI across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West EDI Demand Trend

EDI
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West EDI Daily Rate Trend

EDI
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EDI across the North West region.

North West EDI Hourly 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 North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireNew entry-1--
EDI EnglandEDI
England

EDI
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

113 (65.00 %)SQL Server
212 (60.00 %)ERP
212 (60.00 %)C#
212 (60.00 %)C++
212 (60.00 %)VB
212 (60.00 %).NET
36 (30.00 %)RPG
36 (30.00 %)AS400
44 (20.00 %)VB6
44 (20.00 %)SQL
51 (5.000 %)RDBMS
51 (5.000 %)SAP
51 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
51 (5.000 %)Java
51 (5.000 %)J2EE
51 (5.000 %)Oracle
51 (5.000 %)ABAP
51 (5.000 %)Content Management
51 (5.000 %)Finance
51 (5.000 %)Marketing
51 (5.000 %)SEEBURGER
51 (5.000 %)SAP PI

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (60.00 %).NET
21 (5.000 %)J2EE
21 (5.000 %)SAP PI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (65.00 %)SQL Server
21 (5.000 %)RDBMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.000 %)Finance
11 (5.000 %)Marketing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (45.00 %)Developer
28 (40.00 %)Analyst
35 (25.00 %)Programmer
44 (20.00 %)Analyst Developer
44 (20.00 %)Systems Developer
44 (20.00 %)Systems Analyst
44 (20.00 %)Systems Engineer
44 (20.00 %)Analyst Programmer
44 (20.00 %)RPG Developer
44 (20.00 %)AS400 Developer
51 (5.000 %)RPG Programmer
51 (5.000 %)Team Leader
51 (5.000 %)Java Team Leader
51 (5.000 %)SAP Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (30.00 %)AS400
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (60.00 %)ERP
21 (5.000 %)Content Management
21 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (60.00 %)C#
112 (60.00 %)C++
112 (60.00 %)VB
26 (30.00 %)RPG
34 (20.00 %)SQL
34 (20.00 %)VB6
41 (5.000 %)ABAP
41 (5.000 %)Java
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.000 %)Oracle
11 (5.000 %)SAP
11 (5.000 %)SEEBURGER