Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for EDI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited EDI over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 628 758
Rank change year-on-year +99 +130 -160
Contract jobs citing EDI 58 78 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.083%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.65% 0.58% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 44 46
10th Percentile £409 £394 £359
25th Percentile £427 £495 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +2.94% +23.64%
75th Percentile £500 £658 £550
90th Percentile £549 £685 £606
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -23.85% +44.44% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £47.79 - -
25th Percentile £50.11 - £70.25
Median hourly rate £55.43 - £70.50
75th Percentile £60.96 - £70.75
90th Percentile £63.40 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,899 13,396 23,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.86% 23.24% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,168 9,771 17,471
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 157 240
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.45 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.60
90th Percentile £74.90 £81.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.36% +29.00% +11.11%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EDI.

Daily rate trend for EDI in the UK

EDI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EDI over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for EDI in the UK

EDI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EDI.

Hourly rate trend for EDI in the UK

EDI
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing EDI over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for EDI in the UK

EDI
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDI within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +104 45 £475 -17.39% 96
Work from Home +101 36 £450 -9.09% 36
London +92 29 £430 -18.10% 29
UK excluding London +53 15 £495 -23.85% 61
East of England +18 7 £495 -15.74% 6
South East +8 4 £800 +17.65% 29
North of England +25 3 £450 +20.00% 11
Yorkshire +20 2 £450 +20.00% 6
Midlands +23 1 - - 12
West Midlands +20 1 - - 5
North West - 1 £500 - 5

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 (1.72%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (20.69%) SAP SD
2 11 (18.97%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 11 (18.97%) SAP FI-AP
3 7 (12.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (8.62%) SAP FI
5 4 (6.90%) SAP CO
5 4 (6.90%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (5.17%) SAP MM
7 1 (1.72%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (3.45%) GCP
3 1 (1.72%) AWS
3 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.72%) Azure
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Functions
3 1 (1.72%) dbt
3 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.72%) GitHub
3 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (1.72%) IaaS
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.72%) PaaS
3 1 (1.72%) SaaS
3 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.62%) Firewall
2 4 (6.90%) WAN
3 3 (5.17%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (5.17%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (5.17%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.72%) LAN
4 1 (1.72%) MPLS
4 1 (1.72%) SAN
4 1 (1.72%) VPN
4 1 (1.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) SAP HANA
2 3 (5.17%) Big Data
3 1 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.72%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
1 1 (1.72%) LSMW
General
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.52%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.62%) Finance
4 5 (8.62%) Retail
5 4 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.17%) Legal
6 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.45%) Advertising
7 2 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.72%) Banking
8 1 (1.72%) French Language
8 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (39.66%) Consultant
2 15 (25.86%) SAP Consultant
3 10 (17.24%) Developer
4 9 (15.52%) SAP SD Consultant
5 7 (12.07%) Architect
6 4 (6.90%) EDI Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Coordinator
7 3 (5.17%) HR Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) SAP CO Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) SAP FI Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Senior
7 3 (5.17%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Technology Consultant
8 2 (3.45%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) SAP Developer
8 2 (3.45%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) IDoc
2 8 (13.79%) SAP Business Workflow
3 4 (6.90%) XML
4 3 (5.17%) SAP ALE
5 1 (1.72%) BAPI
5 1 (1.72%) RESTful
5 1 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (1.72%) SAP TM
5 1 (1.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.17%) CCTV
2 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.17%) Operational Technology
2 3 (5.17%) SCADA
3 1 (1.72%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.72%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Unix
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.69%) Workflow
2 11 (18.97%) Accounts Payable
2 11 (18.97%) Analytics
2 11 (18.97%) Project Management
3 10 (17.24%) Invoice Processing
3 10 (17.24%) OCR
3 10 (17.24%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (15.52%) Logistics
5 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.62%) Order Management
6 5 (8.62%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (8.62%) Test Scripting
7 4 (6.90%) Change Management
7 4 (6.90%) Performance Management
7 4 (6.90%) Revenue Recognition
8 3 (5.17%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (5.17%) Data Governance
8 3 (5.17%) Natural Language Processing
8 3 (5.17%) SDLC
8 3 (5.17%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) ABAP
2 2 (3.45%) Java
2 2 (3.45%) Python
2 2 (3.45%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) Bash
3 1 (1.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (8.62%) SAP Certification
2 3 (5.17%) CCNA
2 3 (5.17%) CCNP
2 3 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.17%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) GAAP
2 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.72%) GxP
3 1 (1.72%) NIST
3 1 (1.72%) PMO
3 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.17%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.72%) Docker
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (1.72%) Grafana
2 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (60.34%) SAP
2 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 11 (18.97%) OpenText
4 4 (6.90%) Apple
4 4 (6.90%) VMware
5 3 (5.17%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.17%) Cisco
5 3 (5.17%) Palo Alto
5 3 (5.17%) Phenom
6 2 (3.45%) SEEBURGER
7 1 (1.72%) Ariba
7 1 (1.72%) Axway
7 1 (1.72%) Dataiku
7 1 (1.72%) Google
7 1 (1.72%) IBM
7 1 (1.72%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.72%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.72%) Oracle
7 1 (1.72%) Qualys
7 1 (1.72%) Rapid7