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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 775 895
Rank change year-on-year +198 +120 -180
Permanent jobs citing EDI 333 202 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.58% 0.67% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 236 151 280
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £36,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% -8.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £54,043 £62,971 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £74,235 £73,798
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,293 £45,000 £50,845
% change year-on-year +2.87% -11.49% +24.01%

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 21,101 29,987 65,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.24% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,749 18,481 29,851
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,588 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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 18 May 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 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +212 325 £46,293 +2.87% 103
UK excluding London +81 274 £46,293 +2.87% 65
South East +47 111 £45,647 -8.66% 33
North of England +104 93 £45,000 - 15
Work from Home +103 86 £32,500 -35.00% 32
Midlands +18 57 £47,450 +11.65% 9
North West +47 54 £50,000 +58.73% 9
London +130 51 £48,250 -11.06% 30
West Midlands +39 48 £47,450 +11.65% 5
Yorkshire +88 34 £33,750 -25.00% 6
East Midlands -8 9 £50,000 +8.11% 4
East of England +2 7 £51,000 +53.38% 6
South West -25 5 £36,000 -15.75% 4
North East - 5 - - 2
Northern Ireland +21 1 - -

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 (3.90%) WordPress
2 10 (3.00%) SAS
3 5 (1.50%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (1.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.60%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.90%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.70%) Primavera
2 8 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.10%) Magento
4 6 (1.80%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.80%) SAP ERP
5 5 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (1.50%) SAP IBP
6 4 (1.20%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.90%) SAP MDM
7 3 (0.90%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.60%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.60%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.30%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.30%) SAP GTS
9 1 (0.30%) SAP VC
9 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (5.41%) Azure
3 13 (3.90%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.50%) AWS
5 5 (1.50%) WhatsApp
6 4 (1.20%) SaaS
7 3 (0.90%) GCP
7 3 (0.90%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.60%) Boomi
8 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.30%) AtomSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.30%) FTP
2 6 (1.80%) Firewall
2 6 (1.80%) LAN
2 6 (1.80%) WAN
3 5 (1.50%) HTTP
4 3 (0.90%) Network Security
5 2 (0.60%) Internet
5 2 (0.60%) MPLS
5 2 (0.60%) SAN
5 2 (0.60%) VoIP
5 2 (0.60%) VPN
5 2 (0.60%) WLAN
5 2 (0.60%) WPA
6 1 (0.30%) BGP
6 1 (0.30%) DHCP
6 1 (0.30%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.41%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.90%) Crystal Reports
3 12 (3.60%) Big Data
4 10 (3.00%) Power BI
5 9 (2.70%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.10%) Ingres
6 7 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.20%) Tableau
8 3 (0.90%) QGIS
9 2 (0.60%) GIS
10 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.30%) Metadata
10 1 (0.30%) MS Access
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (4.50%) Eclipse
2 10 (3.00%) Git
3 5 (1.50%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 113 (33.93%) Social Skills
2 76 (22.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 53 (15.92%) Finance
4 41 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.21%) Marketing
6 23 (6.91%) Retail
7 20 (6.01%) Advertising
8 14 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.30%) Law
10 11 (3.30%) Legal
11 10 (3.00%) Korean Language
11 10 (3.00%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.90%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.90%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.90%) Publishing
15 1 (0.30%) French Language
15 1 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 46 (13.81%) Analyst
2 39 (11.71%) Project Manager
3 31 (9.31%) Senior
4 30 (9.01%) Lead
5 25 (7.51%) Consultant
6 24 (7.21%) E-Commerce Manager
6 24 (7.21%) E-Commerce Project Manager
7 19 (5.71%) Implementation Consultant
7 19 (5.71%) Project Leader
8 18 (5.41%) Developer
9 16 (4.80%) Delivery Manager
9 16 (4.80%) Senior Consultant
9 16 (4.80%) Senior Implementation Consultant
9 16 (4.80%) Service Delivery Manager
9 16 (4.80%) Service Manager
10 15 (4.50%) Applications Manager
10 15 (4.50%) Architect
10 15 (4.50%) Systems Analyst
11 12 (3.60%) Analyst Programmer
11 12 (3.60%) Business Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.41%) XML
2 22 (6.61%) JSON
3 20 (6.01%) EDIFACT
4 17 (5.11%) .NET
5 16 (4.80%) Web Services
6 12 (3.60%) REST
7 10 (3.00%) XSL
8 9 (2.70%) IDoc
9 8 (2.40%) cXML
10 7 (2.10%) SOAP
11 6 (1.80%) Middleware
11 6 (1.80%) Spring
12 5 (1.50%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.50%) OSGi
12 5 (1.50%) WCF
12 5 (1.50%) XSD
13 4 (1.20%) CSS
13 4 (1.20%) SAP TM
14 3 (0.90%) Next.js
14 3 (0.90%) React
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.91%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.31%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.71%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.00%) TRADACOMS
6 6 (1.80%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.50%) FMCG
8 4 (1.20%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.20%) IoT
8 4 (1.20%) Life Science
8 4 (1.20%) NHS
8 4 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.90%) EFT
9 3 (0.90%) Graphic Design
9 3 (0.90%) Social Media
10 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.60%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.01%) Windows
2 15 (4.50%) Linux
3 7 (2.10%) CentOS
3 7 (2.10%) Debian
3 7 (2.10%) SUSE
4 6 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.50%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (26.13%) Project Management
2 59 (17.72%) ITIL
3 54 (16.22%) Agile
3 54 (16.22%) ERP
4 42 (12.61%) Service Delivery
5 40 (12.01%) PRINCE2
6 39 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (9.61%) Decision-Making
9 29 (8.71%) Line Management
10 27 (8.11%) Computer Science
11 25 (7.51%) Logistics
12 24 (7.21%) Business Analysis
12 24 (7.21%) Client Onboarding
12 24 (7.21%) E-Commerce
12 24 (7.21%) Project Delivery
13 23 (6.91%) B2B
13 23 (6.91%) Systems Analysis
14 22 (6.61%) Roadmaps
15 21 (6.31%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 60 (18.02%) SQL
2 13 (3.90%) Python
3 12 (3.60%) ActionScript
3 12 (3.60%) ActionScript 2.0
3 12 (3.60%) Bash
3 12 (3.60%) RPG
4 10 (3.00%) Java
5 7 (2.10%) C#
6 5 (1.50%) COBOL
6 5 (1.50%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 5 (1.50%) VB
6 5 (1.50%) VBScript
7 4 (1.20%) C++
7 4 (1.20%) PHP
8 3 (0.90%) ABAP
8 3 (0.90%) AWK
8 3 (0.90%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.90%) sed
9 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (24.62%) Degree
2 33 (9.91%) DBS Check
3 19 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.70%) CIPD
6 8 (2.40%) APMG
6 8 (2.40%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.20%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.90%) 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%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.30%) MCP
10 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.20%) GDPR
2 9 (2.70%) QA
3 6 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (1.80%) SLA
4 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.50%) vSphere
3 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.50%) SCCM
2 2 (0.60%) Ansible
Vendors
1 69 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.81%) SAP
3 32 (9.61%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.20%) Sun
5 12 (3.60%) VMware
6 10 (3.00%) OpenText
7 7 (2.10%) Epicor
8 6 (1.80%) Freshdesk
8 6 (1.80%) WorldPay
9 5 (1.50%) Micro Focus
9 5 (1.50%) Oracle
9 5 (1.50%) SYSPRO
9 5 (1.50%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.90%) Adobe
10 3 (0.90%) Veeam
10 3 (0.90%) Zoho
11 2 (0.60%) Dell
11 2 (0.60%) IBM
11 2 (0.60%) JDA
11 2 (0.60%) Sybase