Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for EDI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited EDI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 728 883
Rank change year-on-year +150 +155 -158
Permanent jobs citing EDI 336 245 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.60% 0.77% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 236 186 282
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £36,300
25th Percentile £33,088 £36,566 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,450 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% -11.90% +23.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £74,235
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,293 £45,000 £50,845
% change year-on-year +2.87% -11.49% +25.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

EDI is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for EDI in the UK

EDI
Top 15 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 27 April 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 +195 326 £47,450 +5.44% 68
UK excluding London +79 270 £46,293 +2.87% 50
South East +58 106 £46,293 -7.37% 25
North of England +92 93 £45,000 - 12
Work from Home +110 86 £32,500 -35.00% 29
Midlands +26 60 £47,450 +5.44% 5
London +155 56 £48,875 -4.40% 21
North West +46 54 £50,000 +53.85% 6
West Midlands +47 48 £47,450 +7.30% 2
Yorkshire +95 34 £33,750 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -17 12 £50,000 -4.76% 3
East of England +13 5 £51,000 +31.61% 4
South West -13 5 £36,000 -15.75% 4
North East - 5 - - 4
Northern Ireland +31 1 - - 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 13 (3.87%) WordPress
2 10 (2.98%) SAS
3 5 (1.49%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.60%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) nginx
Applications
1 29 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.89%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Primavera
1 9 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.08%) Magento
3 6 (1.79%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.79%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (1.49%) SAP IBP
5 4 (1.19%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.19%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.89%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.89%) SAP MDM
7 2 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.60%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.60%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.30%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.30%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.30%) SAP VC
8 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (5.95%) Azure
3 12 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 10 (2.98%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.49%) AWS
6 5 (1.49%) WhatsApp
7 4 (1.19%) SaaS
8 3 (0.89%) GCP
8 3 (0.89%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.60%) Boomi
9 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.30%) AtomSphere
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.27%) FTP
2 8 (2.38%) WAN
3 7 (2.08%) Firewall
3 7 (2.08%) LAN
4 4 (1.19%) HTTP
4 4 (1.19%) SAN
5 3 (0.89%) Internet
5 3 (0.89%) MPLS
5 3 (0.89%) VPN
5 3 (0.89%) WLAN
6 2 (0.60%) Network Security
6 2 (0.60%) VoIP
6 2 (0.60%) WPA
7 1 (0.30%) BGP
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.30%) DHCP
7 1 (0.30%) DNS
7 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.87%) Crystal Reports
3 12 (3.57%) Big Data
4 9 (2.68%) Power BI
4 9 (2.68%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.08%) Ingres
5 7 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.19%) Tableau
7 3 (0.89%) QGIS
8 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.60%) GIS
9 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.30%) Metadata
9 1 (0.30%) MS Access
9 1 (0.30%) MySQL
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (4.46%) Eclipse
2 10 (2.98%) Git
3 5 (1.49%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.60%) JIRA
5 1 (0.30%) Appium
5 1 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 119 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 86 (25.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 58 (17.26%) Finance
4 51 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (8.93%) Retail
6 26 (7.74%) Advertising
7 25 (7.44%) Marketing
8 15 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (4.17%) Legal
10 11 (3.27%) Law
11 10 (2.98%) Korean Language
11 10 (2.98%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.19%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.89%) Local Government
14 3 (0.89%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.89%) Publishing
15 1 (0.30%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 41 (12.20%) Analyst
2 39 (11.61%) Project Manager
3 32 (9.52%) Lead
3 32 (9.52%) Senior
4 26 (7.74%) Consultant
5 24 (7.14%) E-Commerce Manager
5 24 (7.14%) E-Commerce Project Manager
6 19 (5.65%) Implementation Consultant
6 19 (5.65%) Project Leader
7 18 (5.36%) Architect
8 17 (5.06%) Delivery Manager
8 17 (5.06%) Developer
9 16 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
9 16 (4.76%) Senior Implementation Consultant
9 16 (4.76%) Service Delivery Manager
9 16 (4.76%) Service Manager
10 15 (4.46%) Applications Manager
11 12 (3.57%) Analyst Programmer
11 12 (3.57%) Programmer
11 12 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.33%) XML
2 22 (6.55%) JSON
3 20 (5.95%) EDIFACT
4 16 (4.76%) .NET
4 16 (4.76%) Web Services
5 11 (3.27%) REST
6 10 (2.98%) XSL
7 9 (2.68%) IDoc
8 8 (2.38%) cXML
9 6 (1.79%) Middleware
9 6 (1.79%) SOAP
9 6 (1.79%) Spring
10 5 (1.49%) ASP.NET
10 5 (1.49%) OSGi
10 5 (1.49%) WCF
10 5 (1.49%) XSD
11 4 (1.19%) CSS
11 4 (1.19%) SAP TM
12 3 (0.89%) HTML
12 3 (0.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.12%) Onboarding
2 24 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.65%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.98%) TRADACOMS
6 6 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.49%) FMCG
8 4 (1.19%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.19%) IoT
8 4 (1.19%) Life Science
8 4 (1.19%) NHS
9 3 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.89%) EFT
9 3 (0.89%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (0.89%) Freedom of Information Act
9 3 (0.89%) Graphic Design
9 3 (0.89%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.89%) Social Media
10 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.55%) Windows
2 16 (4.76%) Linux
3 7 (2.08%) CentOS
3 7 (2.08%) Debian
3 7 (2.08%) SUSE
3 7 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.60%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) Android
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (26.79%) Project Management
2 63 (18.75%) ITIL
3 60 (17.86%) Agile
4 58 (17.26%) ERP
5 44 (13.10%) Service Delivery
6 40 (11.90%) PRINCE2
7 39 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (9.23%) Decision-Making
10 29 (8.63%) Line Management
11 27 (8.04%) Computer Science
12 25 (7.44%) Project Delivery
13 24 (7.14%) Client Onboarding
13 24 (7.14%) E-Commerce
13 24 (7.14%) Logistics
13 24 (7.14%) Roadmaps
14 23 (6.85%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (6.55%) B2B
15 22 (6.55%) Business Analysis
15 22 (6.55%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.86%) SQL
2 13 (3.87%) Python
3 12 (3.57%) ActionScript
3 12 (3.57%) ActionScript 2.0
3 12 (3.57%) Bash
3 12 (3.57%) RPG
4 10 (2.98%) Java
5 6 (1.79%) C#
6 5 (1.49%) COBOL
6 5 (1.49%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 5 (1.49%) VB
6 5 (1.49%) VBScript
7 4 (1.19%) C++
7 4 (1.19%) PHP
8 3 (0.89%) ABAP
8 3 (0.89%) AWK
8 3 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.89%) sed
9 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (24.40%) Degree
2 33 (9.82%) DBS Check
3 19 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.68%) CIPD
6 8 (2.38%) APMG
6 8 (2.38%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.19%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.89%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.60%) CCNA
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CISM
9 2 (0.60%) CISSP
9 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.60%) HNC
9 2 (0.60%) PhD
10 1 (0.30%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.17%) GDPR
2 9 (2.68%) QA
3 7 (2.08%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.08%) SLA
4 6 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.49%) vSphere
3 4 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.08%) SCCM
2 2 (0.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.30%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 72 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.69%) SAP
3 32 (9.52%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.17%) Sun
4 14 (4.17%) VMware
5 10 (2.98%) OpenText
6 7 (2.08%) Epicor
7 6 (1.79%) Freshdesk
7 6 (1.79%) WorldPay
8 5 (1.49%) Micro Focus
8 5 (1.49%) Oracle
8 5 (1.49%) SYSPRO
8 5 (1.49%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.19%) Veeam
10 3 (0.89%) Adobe
10 3 (0.89%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.89%) Zoho
11 2 (0.60%) Dell
11 2 (0.60%) IBM
11 2 (0.60%) JDA