Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring EDI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited EDI over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 632 577 813
Rank change year-on-year -55 +236 -92
Permanent jobs citing EDI 146 188 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.32% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.02% 1.18% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 95 150 288
10th Percentile £25,030 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,293 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% +16.21% -
75th Percentile £58,927 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,982 £50,000 £44,345
% change year-on-year -10.04% +12.75% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 14,339 15,963 49,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.95% 26.85% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8,546 12,331 25,735
10th Percentile £39,070 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,603 £50,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,351 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +0.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -4.35% +3.14% +11.50%

EDI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing EDI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for EDI in the UK

EDI
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing EDI.

Salary trend for EDI in the UK

EDI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EDI over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for EDI in the UK

EDI
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 2024. 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
England -79 131 £44,089 -16.02% 47
UK excluding London -61 95 £44,982 -10.04% 32
London -16 42 £31,500 -47.50% 12
South East -25 42 £44,089 -30.96% 11
Work from Home +27 24 £42,000 -16.00% 56
Midlands -34 16 £42,500 -26.09% 10
North of England -35 14 £56,509 +2.74% 9
North West -22 12 £56,509 +2.74% 9
South West -1 9 £65,000 +63.53% 2
East Midlands -28 8 £42,500 -52.78% 7
West Midlands -38 8 £59,500 +56.58% 3
East of England -47 8 £60,000 +77.78%
Scotland -3 6 - -
Yorkshire +22 2 - -

EDI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (0.68%) MQSeries
1 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (4.11%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.42%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.74%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (2.74%) Epicor Tropos
4 3 (2.05%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (2.05%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.37%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.68%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.68%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.68%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.68%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.22%) Azure
2 8 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (4.79%) AWS
4 6 (4.11%) GCP
4 6 (4.11%) OCI
5 5 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.42%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.05%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 3 (2.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.37%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.37%) SaaS
8 1 (0.68%) Boomi
8 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.68%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.42%) Firewall
1 5 (3.42%) Modbus
1 5 (3.42%) SNMP
2 4 (2.74%) Intranet
2 4 (2.74%) LAN
2 4 (2.74%) Network Security
2 4 (2.74%) WAN
3 3 (2.05%) VLAN
3 3 (2.05%) VPN
4 2 (1.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.16%) Big Data
2 6 (4.11%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.74%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (2.74%) Qlik Sense
4 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.05%) Power BI
5 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.37%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.37%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (3.42%) GitLab
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) LSMW
General
1 36 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 34 (23.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.33%) Finance
5 11 (7.53%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.85%) Retail
7 8 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.79%) Advertising
8 7 (4.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (4.11%) Health Technology
10 4 (2.74%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.05%) Billing
11 3 (2.05%) Law
12 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.37%) Legal
12 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Banking
13 1 (0.68%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.68%) Marketing
13 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (17.12%) Analyst
2 17 (11.64%) EDI Specialist
3 12 (8.22%) Developer
4 11 (7.53%) Junior
5 10 (6.85%) EDI Analyst
6 9 (6.16%) Junior Analyst
7 8 (5.48%) Administrator
7 8 (5.48%) EDI Administrator
7 8 (5.48%) Systems Analyst
8 7 (4.79%) Lead
8 7 (4.79%) Senior
9 5 (3.42%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.42%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) Head of Digital
9 5 (3.42%) Linux/Unix DevOps
10 4 (2.74%) Architect
10 4 (2.74%) Development Manager
10 4 (2.74%) Operations Manager
10 4 (2.74%) Senior Manager
10 4 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.74%) Middleware
3 3 (2.05%) Kafka
3 3 (2.05%) OpenMP
4 2 (1.37%) .NET
4 2 (1.37%) IDoc
4 2 (1.37%) JDBC
4 2 (1.37%) REST
4 2 (1.37%) SOAP
5 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.68%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (0.68%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.68%) Web Services
5 1 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.22%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.85%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.16%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.48%) IoT
4 8 (5.48%) iSeries
5 5 (3.42%) AS400
5 5 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.42%) Raspberry Pi
6 4 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.74%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.74%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (2.74%) Life Science
6 4 (2.74%) Pharmacovigilance
7 3 (2.05%) CUDA
7 3 (2.05%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.05%) Fat Client
7 3 (2.05%) Grid Computing
7 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.05%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.16%) Windows
2 8 (5.48%) Linux
3 5 (3.42%) CentOS
3 5 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.42%) Unix
4 3 (2.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.60%) ERP
2 22 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (12.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 15 (10.27%) Agile
6 15 (10.27%) Logistics
6 15 (10.27%) Project Management
7 13 (8.90%) Machine Learning
8 11 (7.53%) Roadmaps
9 10 (6.85%) Analytics
10 9 (6.16%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (6.16%) Big Data Analytics
10 9 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (6.16%) Data Analytics
10 9 (6.16%) Data Centre Operations
10 9 (6.16%) Decision-Making
10 9 (6.16%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (5.48%) Strategic Planning
11 8 (5.48%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.33%) SQL
2 14 (9.59%) Python
3 11 (7.53%) Bash
4 8 (5.48%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.11%) C
5 6 (4.11%) C++
5 6 (4.11%) Fortran
6 5 (3.42%) Java
6 5 (3.42%) Perl
6 5 (3.42%) PHP
6 5 (3.42%) RPG
6 5 (3.42%) RPG IV
6 5 (3.42%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.74%) RPG/400
7 4 (2.74%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.05%) C-shell
8 3 (2.05%) Julia
8 3 (2.05%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.05%) R
9 2 (1.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (21.92%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) SC Cleared
2 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (6.16%) CTC Cleared
4 9 (6.16%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.11%) CCNA
5 6 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.11%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.74%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.74%) PhD
7 3 (2.05%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.68%) CIPD
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.53%) GDPR
2 6 (4.11%) HIPAA
2 6 (4.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.42%) Cacti
1 5 (3.42%) Grafana
1 5 (3.42%) Nagios
Vendors
1 24 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.64%) SAP
3 8 (5.48%) IBM
4 7 (4.79%) Oracle
4 7 (4.79%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.74%) Infor
5 4 (2.74%) Kronos
6 3 (2.05%) Sun
7 1 (0.68%) Cognos
7 1 (0.68%) Databricks
7 1 (0.68%) Dell
7 1 (0.68%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (0.68%) Instagram
7 1 (0.68%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.68%) SEEBURGER
7 1 (0.68%) YouTube
7 1 (0.68%) Zscaler