Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for EDI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited EDI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 642 775
Rank change year-on-year +100 +133 -201
Contract jobs citing EDI 56 77 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.13% 0.083%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.63% 0.55% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 49 47
10th Percentile £403 £450 £354
25th Percentile £427 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £586 £510
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +14.90% +33.77%
75th Percentile £500 £680 £563
90th Percentile £546 £686 £603
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -23.85% +44.44% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - £70.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £70.50
75th Percentile £48.75 - £70.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

EDI is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

EDI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing EDI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for EDI in the UK

EDI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EDI.

Daily rate trend for EDI in the UK

EDI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EDI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for EDI in the UK

EDI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EDI.

Hourly rate trend for EDI in the UK

EDI
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +114 44 £475 -20.83% 68
Work from Home +119 34 £440 -16.19% 29
London +105 25 £430 -20.00% 21
UK excluding London +49 18 £495 -23.85% 50
East of England +21 7 £495 -15.74% 4
South East +5 6 £525 -22.79% 25
Yorkshire - 3 £450 - 5
North of England - 3 £450 - 12
Midlands +22 2 £525 -19.23% 5
West Midlands +28 1 - - 2

EDI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.36%) nginx
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (19.64%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 11 (19.64%) SAP FI-AP
1 11 (19.64%) SAP SD
2 5 (8.93%) SAP FI
2 5 (8.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (7.14%) SAP CO
3 4 (7.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (5.36%) Sage X3
4 3 (5.36%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.79%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) Azure
2 3 (5.36%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (1.79%) AWS
4 1 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.79%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (1.79%) dbt
4 1 (1.79%) GitHub
4 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (1.79%) IaaS
4 1 (1.79%) PaaS
4 1 (1.79%) SaaS
4 1 (1.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.50%) Firewall
2 6 (10.71%) WAN
3 3 (5.36%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (5.36%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (5.36%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (5.36%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (5.36%) SAN
3 3 (5.36%) Wireless
4 1 (1.79%) LAN
4 1 (1.79%) VPN
4 1 (1.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Big Data
1 3 (5.36%) MySQL
1 3 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.57%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.79%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
1 1 (1.79%) LSMW
General
1 16 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.14%) Retail
5 3 (5.36%) Finance
5 3 (5.36%) Legal
6 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Advertising
7 1 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (39.29%) Consultant
2 14 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 9 (16.07%) Developer
4 8 (14.29%) SAP SD Consultant
5 7 (12.50%) Architect
6 4 (7.14%) EDI Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Coordinator
7 3 (5.36%) HR Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (5.36%) SAP CO Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) SAP FI Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Technology Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.57%) SAP Developer
8 2 (3.57%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) SAP MM Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.43%) IDoc
2 8 (14.29%) SAP Business Workflow
3 4 (7.14%) XML
4 2 (3.57%) SAP ALE
5 1 (1.79%) BAPI
5 1 (1.79%) RESTful
5 1 (1.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) CCTV
2 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.36%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.36%) SCADA
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) NHS
5 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Linux
2 3 (5.36%) Android
2 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
2 3 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (5.36%) Ubuntu
2 3 (5.36%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.79%) Unix
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.43%) Project Management
1 12 (21.43%) Workflow
2 11 (19.64%) Accounts Payable
2 11 (19.64%) Analytics
3 10 (17.86%) Invoice Processing
3 10 (17.86%) OCR
3 10 (17.86%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (14.29%) Logistics
5 6 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.93%) Order Management
6 5 (8.93%) Test Scripting
7 4 (7.14%) Change Management
7 4 (7.14%) Performance Management
7 4 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (7.14%) Revenue Recognition
8 3 (5.36%) Coaching
8 3 (5.36%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (5.36%) SDLC
8 3 (5.36%) Target Operating Model
8 3 (5.36%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.57%) ABAP
2 5 (8.93%) SQL
3 2 (3.57%) Python
4 1 (1.79%) Bash
4 1 (1.79%) Java
4 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) CCNA
2 3 (5.36%) CCNP
2 3 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.36%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (5.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) GAAP
2 3 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.79%) NIST
3 1 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.36%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.79%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) SCCM
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.36%) PaperCut
3 1 (1.79%) Grafana
3 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (57.14%) SAP
2 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.64%) OpenText
3 6 (10.71%) Cisco
3 6 (10.71%) VMware
4 4 (7.14%) Apple
5 3 (5.36%) Aruba
5 3 (5.36%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.36%) HP
5 3 (5.36%) Nimble Storage
5 3 (5.36%) Palo Alto
5 3 (5.36%) Phenom
5 3 (5.36%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.36%) Sage
5 3 (5.36%) Veeam
5 3 (5.36%) WatchGuard
6 2 (3.57%) SEEBURGER
7 1 (1.79%) Axway
7 1 (1.79%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.79%) Qualys