EDI Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring EDI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 95 115
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 +20
Contract jobs citing EDI 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.30% 0.067% 0.053%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.74% 0.36% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £436 - -
25th Percentile £453 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £525
75th Percentile £488 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

EDI falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 230 275 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.22% 18.53% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 107 131
10th Percentile £353 £299 £338
25th Percentile £419 £323 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -17.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £590 £501 £610
90th Percentile £700 £610 £700
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 55 10
10th Percentile £40.75 - £41.04
25th Percentile £43.00 - £48.44
Median hourly rate £63.00 £43.00 £56.53
Median % change year-on-year +46.51% -23.93% -13.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.60 - £73.98
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -15.38% +10.94% -9.86%

EDI
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing EDI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

EDI job vacancy trend in the East of England

EDI
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing EDI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing EDI

EDI
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing EDI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing EDI

EDI
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 October 2025. 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
Hertfordshire - 3 £475 - 5
Bedfordshire - 1 £425 -
EDI
England

EDI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP MDG
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Data Integration Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Data Migration Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Migration Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) SSIS Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) JSON
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
1 4 (100.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) XSLT
3 1 (25.00%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 3 (75.00%) Data Extraction
2 3 (75.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Logistics
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) API Management
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) QMS
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (25.00%) GxP
1 1 (25.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP