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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) skills within the Scotland 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank102124
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.195 %0.356 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£409
% change on same period last year-12.53 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£39.17
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads513842
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.693 %0.830 %
Daily rates quoted107155
Average minimum daily rate£313£321
Average daily rate£336£337
% change on same period last year-0.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted1936
Average minimum hourly rate£28.34£28.74
Average hourly rate£29.97£30.27
% change on same period last year-1.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.59£31.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
EDI UKEDI
UK

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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland EDI Daily Rate Trend

EDI
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
11 (50.00 %)ABAP
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSLT
11 (50.00 %)EAI
11 (50.00 %)XML Schema
11 (50.00 %)B2B
11 (50.00 %)NetWeaver
11 (50.00 %)BAPI
11 (50.00 %)SAP XI
11 (50.00 %)Banking
11 (50.00 %)Retail
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (50.00 %)SAP ALE
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSLT
11 (50.00 %)XML Schema
11 (50.00 %)BAPI
11 (50.00 %)SAP XI
11 (50.00 %)SAP ALE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)NetWeaver
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Banking
11 (50.00 %)Retail
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Developer
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Consultant
11 (50.00 %)SAP Consultant
11 (50.00 %)ABAP Consultant
11 (50.00 %)SQL Developer
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)EAI
11 (50.00 %)B2B
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
11 (50.00 %)ABAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)SAP