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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 589 768
Rank change year-on-year +6 +179 +122
Permanent jobs citing EDI 127 340 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.33% 0.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.34% 1.59% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50 242 142
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,293 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% -3.05% -9.05%
75th Percentile £58,625 £54,032 £62,971
90th Percentile £68,438 £62,500 £74,235
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £46,293 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.19% +2.87% -11.49%

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 9,499 21,396 29,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.14% 20.72% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,834 15,919 18,040
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,810
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,206 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -68 89 £42,500 -8.19% 366
UK excluding London -18 53 £42,500 -8.19% 363
Work from Home +82 49 £51,000 +47.83% 115
London +100 39 £58,125 +29.17% 39
Midlands +47 17 £55,000 +15.91% 77
South East -17 14 £42,500 -4.35% 93
West Midlands +23 12 £57,435 +21.04% 37
South West +106 8 £50,000 -7.48% 48
North of England -30 8 £42,000 -1.18% 80
East Midlands +42 5 £40,000 -20.00% 34
Yorkshire +31 5 £42,000 +24.44% 33
East of England +43 3 £32,500 -41.44% 53
North West -39 3 £47,166 -5.67% 39
Scotland - 3 £35,000 - 12

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 5 (3.94%) CMS
2 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.57%) OpenEdge
3 2 (1.57%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.79%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.79%) Moodle
4 1 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.36%) Trello
5 2 (1.57%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (1.57%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (1.57%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.79%) InDesign
6 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (8.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.94%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (2.36%) SAP EWM
3 3 (2.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (1.57%) MFGPRO
4 2 (1.57%) SAP GRC
4 2 (1.57%) SAP SD
4 2 (1.57%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.79%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.79%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.79%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.79%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.79%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.79%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.79%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.90%) Power Platform
2 13 (10.24%) Azure
3 7 (5.51%) Boomi
4 5 (3.94%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 5 (3.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 4 (3.15%) AWS
5 4 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.36%) Asana
6 3 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.57%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.57%) SaaS
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.79%) Canva
8 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.79%) Figma
8 1 (0.79%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.79%) IaaS
8 1 (0.79%) Miro
8 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.15%) LAN
1 4 (3.15%) WAN
2 2 (1.57%) Firewall
2 2 (1.57%) FTP
3 1 (0.79%) 2G
3 1 (0.79%) Broadband
3 1 (0.79%) DHCP
3 1 (0.79%) DNS
3 1 (0.79%) SAN
3 1 (0.79%) VLAN
3 1 (0.79%) VoIP
3 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.11%) Power BI
2 5 (3.94%) Data Lake
2 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (3.15%) Metadata
4 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.79%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.79%) MySQL
6 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.79%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.51%) JIRA
2 3 (2.36%) ERwin
3 2 (1.57%) WebSpeed
General
1 77 (60.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 67 (52.76%) Social Skills
3 20 (15.75%) Retail
4 18 (14.17%) Finance
5 13 (10.24%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (8.66%) Manufacturing
8 10 (7.87%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.72%) Legal
9 6 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.94%) Law
10 5 (3.94%) Marketing
10 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.36%) Games
12 2 (1.57%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.79%) Advertising
13 1 (0.79%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (14.96%) Analyst
1 19 (14.96%) Lead
2 11 (8.66%) Support Analyst
3 10 (7.87%) Applications Support
4 8 (6.30%) Senior
5 7 (5.51%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (5.51%) Developer
5 7 (5.51%) IT Support
6 5 (3.94%) Software Developer
7 4 (3.15%) Consultant
7 4 (3.15%) Contracts Manager
7 4 (3.15%) ERP Analyst
7 4 (3.15%) Information Manager
7 4 (3.15%) Information Security Manager
7 4 (3.15%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.15%) Security Manager
7 4 (3.15%) Service Analyst
7 4 (3.15%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (3.15%) Team Leader
8 3 (2.36%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) Middleware
2 4 (3.15%) .NET
2 4 (3.15%) HTML
3 3 (2.36%) EDIFACT
3 3 (2.36%) IDoc
4 2 (1.57%) SAP XI
4 2 (1.57%) Web Services
4 2 (1.57%) XML
5 1 (0.79%) ADO
5 1 (0.79%) Laravel
5 1 (0.79%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.79%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.02%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.72%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.15%) Learning Management System
4 4 (3.15%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.36%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.36%) FMCG
6 2 (1.57%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.57%) EPoS
6 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.57%) Social Media
7 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.79%) Life Science
7 1 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.79%) TRADACOMS
7 1 (0.79%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.51%) Windows
2 3 (2.36%) Linux
3 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.79%) Unix
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.26%) ERP
2 24 (18.90%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (18.11%) Agile
3 23 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (14.17%) Decision-Making
4 18 (14.17%) Project Management
5 17 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (13.39%) Roadmaps
5 17 (13.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (11.02%) Line Management
7 11 (8.66%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (8.66%) Data Transformation
8 10 (7.87%) Coaching
8 10 (7.87%) Customer Service
8 10 (7.87%) Data Analysis
8 10 (7.87%) Logistics
9 9 (7.09%) Analytics
9 9 (7.09%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (7.09%) Data Security
9 9 (7.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.17%) SQL
2 5 (3.94%) Python
3 4 (3.15%) VB.NET
4 3 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.57%) PHP
6 1 (0.79%) Java
6 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 23 (18.11%) Degree
2 9 (7.09%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.72%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.94%) CIPD
4 5 (3.94%) CITP
5 4 (3.15%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (3.15%) MRICS
5 4 (3.15%) PMP
6 3 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.57%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.79%) MAPM
8 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) GRC
2 8 (6.30%) PCI DSS
3 7 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (5.51%) GDPR
3 7 (5.51%) NIST
4 6 (4.72%) Accessibility
5 5 (3.94%) QA
6 3 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.57%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.90%) SAP
3 7 (5.51%) Adobe
4 6 (4.72%) Dell
5 4 (3.15%) NEC
5 4 (3.15%) YouTube
6 3 (2.36%) Google
6 3 (2.36%) Sparx
6 3 (2.36%) VMware
7 2 (1.57%) Cisco
7 2 (1.57%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.57%) JDA
7 2 (1.57%) Oracle
7 2 (1.57%) QAD
7 2 (1.57%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.57%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.79%) Concur
8 1 (0.79%) HP
8 1 (0.79%) IBM
8 1 (0.79%) Salesforce