EDI Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Electronic Data Interchange Specialist (EDI Specialist)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Electronic Data Interchange Specialist (EDI Specialist) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 377 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs requiring an EDI Specialist 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £428 - -
90th Percentile £524 - -
UK median daily rate £350 £525 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,903 16,545 20,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 92.28% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,544 9,582 13,501
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,272 1,433 1,194
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £14.06
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +98.86%
75th Percentile £52.50 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

EDI Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured EDI Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for EDI Specialist in the UK excluding London

EDI Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for EDI Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for EDI Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

EDI Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EDI Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EDI Specialist in the UK excluding London

EDI Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDI Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Northern Ireland - 3 £350 -
North of England - 1 £575 - 1
North East - 1 £575 - 1
EDI Specialist
UK

EDI Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, EDI Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring EDI Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) EDI
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) B2B
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) IBM Sterling
2 3 (75.00%) SEEBURGER
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) OpenText
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery

EDI Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2B
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
1 3 (75.00%) IBM Sterling
1 3 (75.00%) OpenText
1 3 (75.00%) SEEBURGER
2 1 (25.00%) SAP