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 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.

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
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Rank 495 482 466
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -16
Contract jobs citing EDI 45 99 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.095% 0.169% 0.190%
As % of the Application Development category 0.349% 0.661% 0.691%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 34 54
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 £293 £222 £243
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 5
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
12893 14967 16509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.60% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8051 8793 9618
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
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 384 385 569
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 £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.15 £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 21 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 21 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 +1 38 £400 +6.66%
South East -3 12 £406 -4.41%
North West +17 6 - -
London +4 6 £533 +136.66%
South West +27 4 £335 -
West Midlands +10 4 £458 +52.50%
Warrington - 4 - -
Cheshire - 4 - -
East of England +8 3 £400 +33.33%
Surrey +17 2 £275 -15.38%
Hampshire -24 2 - -
Bristol - 2 - -
Bedfordshire - 2 £400 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 2 £500 -
City of London +14 1 £685 -
Hertfordshire +13 1 £400 -
Birmingham +4 1 £440 +46.66%
Berkshire +3 1 - -
East Midlands +1 1 - -
Middlesex 0 1 £413 -
Coventry 0 1 £475 -
Bracknell -15 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 21 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 47 (35.34%) SAP
2 37 (27.82%) Oracle
3 28 (21.05%) Java
3 28 (21.05%) UNIX
4 27 (20.30%) Migration
5 25 (18.80%) Finance
5 25 (18.80%) B2B
6 24 (18.05%) Middleware
7 23 (17.29%) SQL
7 23 (17.29%) Computer Science
8 22 (16.54%) Degree
8 22 (16.54%) ERP
9 20 (15.04%) webMethods
9 20 (15.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 20 (15.04%) Unit Testing
10 19 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (13.53%) SSL
11 18 (13.53%) Logistics
12 17 (12.78%) Oracle EBS R12
12 17 (12.78%) XML
12 17 (12.78%) Manufacturing
13 13 (9.774%) CRM
13 13 (9.774%) Oracle 8/8i
14 12 (9.023%) E-Commerce
14 12 (9.023%) EDIFACT
14 12 (9.023%) Security Cleared
15 11 (8.271%) GIS
16 10 (7.519%) Oracle EBS
16 10 (7.519%) ABAP
16 10 (7.519%) Oracle Payroll

EDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 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 (18.05%) Middleware
2 17 (12.78%) XML
3 12 (9.023%) EDIFACT
4 7 (5.263%) SAP ALE
4 7 (5.263%) .NET
5 6 (4.511%) SAP Smart Forms
5 6 (4.511%) BAPI
6 5 (3.759%) SAP PI
7 4 (3.008%) Web Services
8 3 (2.256%) HTML
8 3 (2.256%) JSP
9 2 (1.504%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.504%) JDBC
9 2 (1.504%) XSL
9 2 (1.504%) GWT
10 1 (0.752%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.752%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.752%) WCF
10 1 (0.752%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.752%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.263%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (3.759%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.759%) Gentran
3 3 (2.256%) ESB
3 3 (2.256%) Apache
4 2 (1.504%) NetWeaver
4 2 (1.504%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.504%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.752%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.752%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.752%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.752%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 4 (3.008%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.256%) MS Project
2 3 (2.256%) MS Office
3 2 (1.504%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (12.78%) Oracle EBS R12
2 10 (7.519%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (7.519%) Oracle Payroll
3 7 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (5.263%) SAP SD
4 6 (4.511%) MFGPRO
5 5 (3.759%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (3.759%) SAP MM
6 4 (3.008%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (2.256%) SAP Retail
7 3 (2.256%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (2.256%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (2.256%) SAP R/3
8 2 (1.504%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (1.504%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (1.504%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.752%) SAP AFS
9 1 (0.752%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.752%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.752%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.53%) SSL
2 3 (2.256%) FTP
3 2 (1.504%) Internet
4 1 (0.752%) LDAP
4 1 (0.752%) HTTP
4 1 (0.752%) RTP
4 1 (0.752%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.774%) Oracle 8/8i
2 11 (8.271%) GIS
3 4 (3.008%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.256%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (2.256%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (1.504%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.504%) PowerCenter
5 2 (1.504%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.504%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.504%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.752%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.752%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.752%) BODI
6 1 (0.752%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.752%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.752%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.752%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.752%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 2 (1.504%) TestNG
2 1 (0.752%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.752%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (0.752%) NWDI
General
1 25 (18.80%) Finance
2 17 (12.78%) Manufacturing
3 10 (7.519%) Retail
4 7 (5.263%) Automotive
5 4 (3.008%) French Language
6 3 (2.256%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.504%) Billing
8 1 (0.752%) German Language
8 1 (0.752%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.752%) Advertising
8 1 (0.752%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (29.32%) Consultant
2 28 (21.05%) Developer
3 25 (18.80%) Analyst
4 20 (15.04%) EDI Consultant
5 16 (12.03%) SAP Consultant
6 12 (9.023%) Business Analyst
7 10 (7.519%) Senior Developer
7 10 (7.519%) Technical Leader
8 9 (6.767%) webMethods Developer
8 9 (6.767%) Senior webMethods Developer
9 8 (6.015%) EDI Analyst
9 8 (6.015%) SAP EDI Consultant
10 5 (3.759%) Architect
11 4 (3.008%) EDI Business Analyst
11 4 (3.008%) Project Manager
11 4 (3.008%) Support Analyst
11 4 (3.008%) Business Systems Analyst
11 4 (3.008%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (3.008%) Payroll Consultant
11 4 (3.008%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) Computer Science
2 4 (3.008%) Data Integration
3 3 (2.256%) FMCG
3 3 (2.256%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.504%) SaaS
4 2 (1.504%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.504%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.504%) AS400
5 1 (0.752%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.05%) UNIX
2 5 (3.759%) HPUX
3 4 (3.008%) Linux
4 2 (1.504%) Windows
4 2 (1.504%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.752%) Solaris
5 1 (0.752%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.30%) Migration
2 25 (18.80%) B2B
3 22 (16.54%) ERP
4 20 (15.04%) User Acceptance Testing
4 20 (15.04%) Unit Testing
5 19 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (13.53%) Logistics
7 13 (9.774%) CRM
8 12 (9.023%) E-Commerce
9 8 (6.015%) Test Scripting
10 7 (5.263%) SAP Implementation
11 6 (4.511%) Project Management
11 6 (4.511%) Service Management
11 6 (4.511%) ITSM
11 6 (4.511%) SOA
11 6 (4.511%) Time Management
12 5 (3.759%) ITIL
12 5 (3.759%) Six Sigma
12 5 (3.759%) Business Transformation
13 4 (3.008%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.05%) Java
2 23 (17.29%) SQL
3 10 (7.519%) ABAP
4 7 (5.263%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.008%) SAPscript
6 3 (2.256%) RPG
6 3 (2.256%) RPG IV
7 2 (1.504%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (1.504%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.504%) C#
7 2 (1.504%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.504%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.752%) X++
8 1 (0.752%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.752%) Perl
8 1 (0.752%) PHP
8 1 (0.752%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (16.54%) Degree
2 12 (9.023%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.519%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.752%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.752%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.511%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (1.504%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.504%) QA
3 1 (0.752%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.752%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 47 (35.34%) SAP
2 37 (27.82%) Oracle
3 20 (15.04%) webMethods
4 6 (4.511%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.511%) QAD
5 5 (3.759%) HP
5 5 (3.759%) JD Edwards
6 3 (2.256%) Pegasus
6 3 (2.256%) Informatica
6 3 (2.256%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (1.504%) JDA
7 2 (1.504%) IBM
7 2 (1.504%) i2
7 2 (1.504%) Sage
7 2 (1.504%) Business Objects
7 2 (1.504%) SEEBURGER
7 2 (1.504%) Cordys
8 1 (0.752%) Adobe
8 1 (0.752%) Sybase
8 1 (0.752%) JBoss
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