Enterprise Software Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Enterprise Application Software
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 51 51
Rank change year-on-year -33 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 4 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.36% 0.72% 1.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 2.45% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - - £302
25th Percentile £825 £440 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £507 £445
Median % change year-on-year +67.57% +13.99% +27.14%
75th Percentile £875 £600 £550
90th Percentile - £623 £626
England median daily rate £530 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -5.94% +2.45% -

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 312 163 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 28.42% 29.37% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 113 137
10th Percentile £190 £250 £167
25th Percentile £354 £356 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £560
90th Percentile £656 £598 £610
England median daily rate £513 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 15
10th Percentile £12.95 - £11.75
25th Percentile £16.49 £13.81 £12.28
Median hourly rate £20.34 £16.11 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% +15.07% -33.92%
75th Percentile £28.88 £20.13 £18.32
90th Percentile £74.00 £27.61 £24.59
England median hourly rate £47.00 £35.45 £32.31
% change year-on-year +32.60% +9.71% +43.68%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Enterprise Software relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Software within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
Derbyshire - 2 £850 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 2
Enterprise Software
England

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Workday