EDI Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring EDI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EDI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 310 429
Rank change year-on-year +25 +119 +155
Contract jobs citing EDI 19 35 48
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.23% 0.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.74% 0.95% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 29
10th Percentile £445 £408 £413
25th Percentile £454 £410 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £440 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% -16.19% +2.94%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £680
90th Percentile £559 £505 £685
UK median daily rate £466 £450 £586
% change year-on-year +3.56% -23.21% +14.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.36 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.43 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

EDI
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing EDI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

EDI trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

EDI
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing EDI.

EDI daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

EDI
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing EDI over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

EDI daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

EDI
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing EDI.

EDI hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

EDI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (26.32%) NetWeaver
2 2 (10.53%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (5.26%) IIS
Business Applications
1 7 (36.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (31.58%) SAP MM
3 2 (10.53%) SAP PP
4 1 (5.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Apigee
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure API Management
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) HTTP
2 2 (10.53%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Postman
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Automotive
5 1 (5.26%) Billing
5 1 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 6 (31.58%) Consultant
2 6 (31.58%) Integration Developer
2 6 (31.58%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (26.32%) SAP Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Integration Consultant
4 4 (21.05%) SAP Integration Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) SAP MM Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) SAP PP Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) BizTalk Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Database Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Integration Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) XML
1 8 (42.11%) XSLT
2 7 (36.84%) IDoc
2 7 (36.84%) REST
2 7 (36.84%) SOAP
3 5 (26.32%) JDBC
3 5 (26.32%) JMS
3 5 (26.32%) Middleware
3 5 (26.32%) SAP PI
4 2 (10.53%) .NET
4 2 (10.53%) JSON
4 2 (10.53%) OAuth
4 2 (10.53%) WCF
5 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
5 1 (5.26%) MSMQ
5 1 (5.26%) Node.js
5 1 (5.26%) OAuth2
5 1 (5.26%) OpenID
5 1 (5.26%) RESTful
5 1 (5.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Legacy Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Agile
2 7 (36.84%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (31.58%) Scrum
4 5 (26.32%) Performance Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) SDLC
4 5 (26.32%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (15.79%) B2B
5 3 (15.79%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) API Management
6 2 (10.53%) Inventory Management
6 2 (10.53%) Logistics
6 2 (10.53%) Migration
6 2 (10.53%) Order Management
6 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
7 1 (5.26%) Accounts Payable
7 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
7 1 (5.26%) Event-Driven
7 1 (5.26%) Integration Patterns
7 1 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Java
2 5 (26.32%) ABAP
3 2 (10.53%) ActionScript
3 2 (10.53%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (5.26%) Bicep
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.26%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
1 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) SCOM
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Apple
3 1 (5.26%) Dynatrace
3 1 (5.26%) HubSpot
3 1 (5.26%) IBM
3 1 (5.26%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) Samsung
3 1 (5.26%) SEEBURGER
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow