EDI Contract Job Trends in the South East

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring EDI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 - 207
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing EDI 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.079% - 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £387
25th Percentile - - £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £431
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.65%
75th Percentile - - £483
90th Percentile - - £501
England median daily rate £575 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86.75
Median hourly rate £32.31 - £88.50
75th Percentile - - £90.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.41 £42.50 £88.50
% change year-on-year -37.87% -51.98% +2112.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 637 683 894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.78% 16.52% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 445 539
10th Percentile £280 £325 £313
25th Percentile £380 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £624
90th Percentile £625 £672 £678
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 37
10th Percentile £20.38 £33.13 £50.00
25th Percentile £42.77 £59.55 £54.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60.63 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.00 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%

EDI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

EDI job vacancy trend in the South East

EDI
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

EDI
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

EDI
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Kent - 2 £500 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 - - 1
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
EDI
England

EDI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) BPCS
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Architect
1 1 (33.33%) ERP Architect
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Case Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Order to Cash
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Record to Report
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Ariba
2 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (33.33%) SAP