EDI Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring EDI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 120 131
Rank change year-on-year -32 +11 +48
Contract jobs citing EDI 16 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.48% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.55% 0.74% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £543
25th Percentile £613 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile £638 - £688
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.25 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.50 - £88.50
% change year-on-year - - +2112.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 627 403 367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.93% 18.61% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 254 260
10th Percentile £360 £350 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +11.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £685 £713 £688
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 10
10th Percentile £20.25 - -
25th Percentile £25.09 £26.25 £10.90
Median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +58.27% -11.65%
75th Percentile £50.00 £28.75 £30.87
90th Percentile £77.25 - £56.90
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

EDI
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

EDI job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing EDI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing EDI

EDI
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing EDI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing EDI

EDI
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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
East Midlands - 10 - - 1
West Midlands -35 6 £625 - 3
EDI
England

EDI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (87.50%) Public Sector
2 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
3 10 (62.50%) Fire and Rescue
3 10 (62.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (62.50%) Local Government
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Project Officer
2 3 (18.75%) Head of Infrastructure
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Designer
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
1 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Business Analysis
1 10 (62.50%) PRINCE2
1 10 (62.50%) Project Governance
1 10 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (18.75%) Cost Management
2 3 (18.75%) Facilities Management
3 2 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) B2B
4 1 (6.25%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) CRM
4 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.25%) Infographics
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (6.25%) SEO
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) JD Edwards
2 1 (6.25%) QAD