EDI Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring EDI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 475 486
Rank change year-on-year -44 +11 +69
Permanent jobs citing EDI 73 57 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.19% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.33% 1.14% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 67 35 197
10th Percentile £26,050 £31,250 £29,904
25th Percentile £31,610 £39,520 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £46,293
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -8.19% +2.87%
75th Percentile £63,250 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,250 £64,104 £60,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £46,702 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.77% +3.78% -5.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,476 5,021 14,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.23% 17.02% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,388 3,160 10,727
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%

EDI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing EDI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

EDI job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

EDI
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EDI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EDI

EDI
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing EDI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for EDI in the UK excluding London

EDI
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -9 32 £61,418 +46.23% 7
North West +41 30 £61,418 +16.99% 5
Midlands -23 19 £55,000 - 6
West Midlands -19 18 £55,000 -4.24% 2
South East -22 17 £27,500 -35.29% 7
South West -66 4 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Yorkshire -41 2 £30,000 -28.57% 1
East of England -19 1 £62,500 +92.31% 2
East Midlands -39 1 £70,000 +75.00% 4
EDI
UK

EDI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.74%) Confluence
2 2 (2.74%) Gentran
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (5.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.74%) Magento
3 1 (1.37%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.37%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.37%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.37%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (41.10%) Azure
2 20 (27.40%) Power Platform
3 17 (23.29%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (16.44%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (16.44%) Boomi
4 12 (16.44%) GitHub
5 7 (9.59%) AWS
6 5 (6.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (6.85%) Power Automate
6 5 (6.85%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.74%) Lucidchart
7 2 (2.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (24.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (20.55%) Power BI
3 7 (9.59%) Data Lake
3 7 (9.59%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.37%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.37%) Power Query
5 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (21.92%) JIRA
2 5 (6.85%) Git
3 1 (1.37%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.37%) SpecFlow
General
1 31 (42.47%) Social Skills
2 30 (41.10%) Retail
3 22 (30.14%) Finance
4 19 (26.03%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (26.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (19.18%) Manufacturing
6 12 (16.44%) Marketing
7 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
8 5 (6.85%) Law
9 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (30.14%) Developer
2 14 (19.18%) Senior
3 13 (17.81%) Analyst
4 12 (16.44%) Senior Developer
5 8 (10.96%) Business Systems Analyst
5 8 (10.96%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (9.59%) Business Integration Analyst
6 7 (9.59%) Integration Analyst
6 7 (9.59%) Lead
6 7 (9.59%) Systems Integration Analyst
7 6 (8.22%) RPG Developer
8 5 (6.85%) Coordinator
8 5 (6.85%) Data Scientist
8 5 (6.85%) Principal Data Scientist
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Data Scientist
9 4 (5.48%) Consultant
9 4 (5.48%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) EDI Specialist
9 4 (5.48%) Support Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.92%) JSON
1 16 (21.92%) XML
2 14 (19.18%) Middleware
2 14 (19.18%) REST
3 13 (17.81%) SOAP
4 5 (6.85%) .NET
5 4 (5.48%) Web Services
6 2 (2.74%) EDIFACT
6 2 (2.74%) IDoc
7 1 (1.37%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.37%) gRPC
7 1 (1.37%) Kafka
7 1 (1.37%) Node.js
7 1 (1.37%) OAuth
7 1 (1.37%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.37%) OpenID
7 1 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (1.37%) SAP ALE
7 1 (1.37%) Spring
7 1 (1.37%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.33%) Enterprise Cloud
2 7 (9.59%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.22%) AS400
3 6 (8.22%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.48%) iSeries
4 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.11%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.11%) Life Science
6 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.37%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.37%) FMCG
7 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.37%) Smart Home
7 1 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.21%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (38.36%) ERP
3 24 (32.88%) CRM
4 18 (24.66%) Logistics
4 18 (24.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (21.92%) DevOps
6 15 (20.55%) B2B
6 15 (20.55%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (20.55%) Customer Service
7 13 (17.81%) Agile
7 13 (17.81%) Roadmaps
8 12 (16.44%) API Integration
8 12 (16.44%) Change Advisory Board
8 12 (16.44%) Customer Insight
8 12 (16.44%) Data Strategy
8 12 (16.44%) Development Roadmap
8 12 (16.44%) Issue Tracking
8 12 (16.44%) Release Management
9 10 (13.70%) AI
9 10 (13.70%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 26 (35.62%) SQL
2 12 (16.44%) Python
3 9 (12.33%) C#
4 6 (8.22%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.22%) RPG
5 4 (5.48%) RPG IV
5 4 (5.48%) RPG/400
6 1 (1.37%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.37%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (9.59%) CITP
2 3 (4.11%) DBS Check
2 3 (4.11%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Degree
3 1 (1.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.44%) TickIT
2 5 (6.85%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.48%) SLA
4 2 (2.74%) QA
5 1 (1.37%) GDPR
5 1 (1.37%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (35.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.96%) Salesforce
3 7 (9.59%) IBM
3 7 (9.59%) Planon
4 2 (2.74%) Adyen
4 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.37%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.37%) Sage
5 1 (1.37%) SAP
5 1 (1.37%) Sparx
5 1 (1.37%) webMethods