The first table below looks at the demand for EDI skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EDI over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Rank 487 484 474
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -10
Contract jobs citing EDI 47 102 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.100% 0.172% 0.186%
As % of the Application Development category 0.366% 0.673% 0.676%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 34 52
Average daily rate £400 £373 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.38% +11.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £222 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £635 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £335
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +11.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12831 15156 16571
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.23% 25.57% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8032 8869 9678
Average daily rate £375 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 395 571
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

EDI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

EDI Daily Rate Trend

EDI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EDI within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

EDI Daily Rate Histogram

EDI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EDI within the UK.

EDI Hourly Rate Trend

EDI
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +10 39 £400 +6.66%
South East -11 12 £406 -4.41%
London +17 6 £533 +136.66%
North West +8 6 - -
West Midlands +9 5 £475 +58.33%
South West +30 4 £335 -
Cheshire - 4 - -
Warrington - 4 - -
East of England +11 3 £400 +33.33%
Surrey +18 2 £275 -15.38%
Birmingham +11 2 £458 +52.50%
Hampshire -15 2 - -
Bristol - 2 - -
Bedfordshire - 2 £400 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 2 £500 -
City of London +10 1 £685 -
Hertfordshire +10 1 £400 -
Berkshire +7 1 - -
Coventry +3 1 £475 -
Middlesex +1 1 £413 -
East Midlands 0 1 - -
Bracknell -13 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 £335 -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Kent - 1 £250 -
Leamington Spa - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 - -

EDI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 49 (36.30%) SAP
2 37 (27.41%) Oracle
3 28 (20.74%) Java
3 28 (20.74%) UNIX
4 27 (20.00%) Migration
5 25 (18.52%) Finance
5 25 (18.52%) B2B
6 24 (17.78%) Middleware
7 23 (17.04%) SQL
7 23 (17.04%) Computer Science
8 22 (16.30%) Degree
8 22 (16.30%) ERP
9 20 (14.81%) webMethods
9 20 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
9 20 (14.81%) Unit Testing
10 19 (14.07%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (13.33%) SSL
11 18 (13.33%) Logistics
12 17 (12.59%) Manufacturing
12 17 (12.59%) Oracle EBS R12
12 17 (12.59%) XML
13 13 (9.630%) CRM
13 13 (9.630%) Oracle 8/8i
14 12 (8.889%) E-Commerce
14 12 (8.889%) ABAP
14 12 (8.889%) EDIFACT
14 12 (8.889%) Security Cleared
15 11 (8.148%) Retail
15 11 (8.148%) GIS
16 10 (7.407%) Oracle EBS

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 24 (17.78%) Middleware
2 17 (12.59%) XML
3 12 (8.889%) EDIFACT
4 8 (5.926%) SAP ALE
5 7 (5.185%) BAPI
5 7 (5.185%) .NET
6 6 (4.444%) SAP Smart Forms
7 5 (3.704%) SAP PI
8 4 (2.963%) Web Services
9 3 (2.222%) HTML
9 3 (2.222%) JSP
10 2 (1.481%) ASP.NET
10 2 (1.481%) JDBC
10 2 (1.481%) XSL
10 2 (1.481%) GWT
11 1 (0.741%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.741%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.741%) WCF
11 1 (0.741%) MDX
11 1 (0.741%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.185%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (3.704%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.704%) Gentran
3 3 (2.222%) ESB
3 3 (2.222%) Apache
4 2 (1.481%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.481%) MQSeries
4 2 (1.481%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.741%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.741%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.741%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.741%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 4 (2.963%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.222%) MS Project
2 3 (2.222%) MS Office
3 2 (1.481%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (12.59%) Oracle EBS R12
2 10 (7.407%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (7.407%) Oracle Payroll
3 7 (5.185%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (5.185%) SAP SD
4 6 (4.444%) MFGPRO
5 5 (3.704%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (3.704%) SAP MM
6 4 (2.963%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (2.222%) SAP Retail
7 3 (2.222%) SAP R/3
7 3 (2.222%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (2.222%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (1.481%) SAP FI
8 2 (1.481%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (1.481%) SAP ERP
8 2 (1.481%) SAP CO
8 2 (1.481%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (1.481%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.741%) SAP AFS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.33%) SSL
2 3 (2.222%) FTP
3 2 (1.481%) Internet
4 1 (0.741%) RTP
4 1 (0.741%) LDAP
4 1 (0.741%) HTTP
4 1 (0.741%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.630%) Oracle 8/8i
2 11 (8.148%) GIS
3 4 (2.963%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (2.222%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (1.481%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.481%) PowerCenter
5 2 (1.481%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.741%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.741%) BODI
6 1 (0.741%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.741%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.741%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.741%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.741%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.741%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 2 (1.481%) TestNG
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.741%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (0.741%) NWDI
General
1 25 (18.52%) Finance
2 17 (12.59%) Manufacturing
3 11 (8.148%) Retail
4 7 (5.185%) Automotive
5 4 (2.963%) French Language
6 3 (2.222%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.481%) Billing
8 1 (0.741%) Advertising
8 1 (0.741%) German Language
8 1 (0.741%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.741%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (29.63%) Consultant
2 28 (20.74%) Developer
3 25 (18.52%) Analyst
4 20 (14.81%) EDI Consultant
5 17 (12.59%) SAP Consultant
6 12 (8.889%) Business Analyst
7 10 (7.407%) Senior Developer
7 10 (7.407%) Technical Leader
8 9 (6.667%) webMethods Developer
8 9 (6.667%) Senior webMethods Developer
9 8 (5.926%) EDI Analyst
9 8 (5.926%) SAP EDI Consultant
10 5 (3.704%) Architect
11 4 (2.963%) EDI Business Analyst
11 4 (2.963%) Support Analyst
11 4 (2.963%) Project Manager
11 4 (2.963%) Business Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.963%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.963%) Payroll Consultant
11 4 (2.963%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.04%) Computer Science
2 4 (2.963%) Data Integration
3 3 (2.222%) FMCG
3 3 (2.222%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.481%) SaaS
4 2 (1.481%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.481%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.481%) AS400
5 1 (0.741%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.74%) UNIX
2 5 (3.704%) HPUX
3 4 (2.963%) Linux
4 2 (1.481%) Windows
4 2 (1.481%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.741%) AIX
5 1 (0.741%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.00%) Migration
2 25 (18.52%) B2B
3 22 (16.30%) ERP
4 20 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 20 (14.81%) Unit Testing
5 19 (14.07%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (13.33%) Logistics
7 13 (9.630%) CRM
8 12 (8.889%) E-Commerce
9 8 (5.926%) Test Scripting
10 7 (5.185%) SAP Implementation
11 6 (4.444%) SOA
11 6 (4.444%) Project Management
11 6 (4.444%) ITSM
11 6 (4.444%) Service Management
11 6 (4.444%) Time Management
12 5 (3.704%) Workflow
12 5 (3.704%) Six Sigma
12 5 (3.704%) ITIL
12 5 (3.704%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.74%) Java
2 23 (17.04%) SQL
3 12 (8.889%) ABAP
4 7 (5.185%) Shell Script
5 4 (2.963%) SAPscript
6 3 (2.222%) RPG
6 3 (2.222%) RPG IV
7 2 (1.481%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (1.481%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.481%) C#
7 2 (1.481%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.481%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.741%) X++
8 1 (0.741%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.741%) Perl
8 1 (0.741%) PHP
8 1 (0.741%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (16.30%) Degree
2 12 (8.889%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.407%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.741%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.741%) ISEB
4 1 (0.741%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.444%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (1.481%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.481%) QA
3 1 (0.741%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.741%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 49 (36.30%) SAP
2 37 (27.41%) Oracle
3 20 (14.81%) webMethods
4 6 (4.444%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.444%) QAD
5 5 (3.704%) JD Edwards
5 5 (3.704%) HP
6 3 (2.222%) Informatica
6 3 (2.222%) Pegasus
6 3 (2.222%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (1.481%) Business Objects
7 2 (1.481%) Sage
7 2 (1.481%) JDA
7 2 (1.481%) IBM
7 2 (1.481%) i2
7 2 (1.481%) Cordys
7 2 (1.481%) SEEBURGER
8 1 (0.741%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.741%) JBoss
8 1 (0.741%) Adobe
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Day to day administration for a number of Business Systems including Microstrategy, CedAr, Basware/EDI, Bank Rec, Auditworks, On-Line banking, Access databases and maintenance of the data...
Celesio
Rate: Competitve salary package
Posted: 30 April 2013
Usk, Gwent
Milestone, Deliverable & Service Billing in multi currencies - Electronic EDI Billing - Daily Cash Allocation - Daily Credit Control - Dispute Management and Escalation - Month end aged debt analysis reconciled to the...
Advantage Resourcing
Salary: £8.69 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013