Enterprise Software Contract Job Trends in the Midlands
Enterprise Application Software
England > Midlands
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 126 | 135 | 123 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -12 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software | 73 | 23 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands | 1.46% | 0.83% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 5.15% | 2.18% | 1.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 41 | 14 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £408 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £426 | £379 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £440 | £445 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.80% | -1.24% | -18.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | £550 | £485 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £591 | £530 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | -13.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £18.79 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £20.01 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £19.50 | £16.00 | £78.40 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.88% | -79.59% | +23.87% |
All Generic Skills
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 Midlands.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 1,418 | 1,055 | 777 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands | 28.42% | 38.03% | 29.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 804 | 663 | 461 |
| 10th Percentile | £284 | £263 | £208 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £383 | £358 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.63% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £669 | £725 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £546 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -3.85% | -0.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 172 | 70 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.85 | £18.83 | £15.46 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.23 | £18.87 | £20.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.56 | £25.08 | £27.53 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.03% | -8.91% | +0.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £33.99 | £40.46 | £51.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.84 | £50.00 | £55.45 |
| England median hourly rate | £33.60 | £29.27 | £54.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.79% | -45.80% | +17.31% |
Enterprise Software Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Enterprise Software relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Enterprise Software Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Enterprise Software.
Enterprise Software Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Enterprise Software Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Enterprise Software.
Enterprise Software Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +15 | 63 | £450 | -18.18% | 78 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 8 | £588 | +33.67% | 36 |
| Enterprise Software England |
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Enterprise Software Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product Ownership | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2 | Onboarding | 12.3% | 9 |
| 3 | Cloud Native | 11.0% | 8 |
| 4 | AI Agents | 6.8% | 5 |
| 4 | Data Fabric | 6.8% | 5 |
| 4 | SCADA | 6.8% | 5 |
| 7 | Data Centre | 5.5% | 4 |
| 8 | Distributed Systems | 4.1% | 3 |
| 9 | Data Structures | 2.7% | 2 |
| 9 | Linux Command Line | 2.7% | 2 |
| 11 | Autonomous Agent | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | CMDB | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | Distributed Applications | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | Distributed Architecture | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | Enterprise Cloud | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | FMCG | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | Hybrid Cloud | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | Legacy Applications | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | Operational Technology | 1.4% | 1 |
| 11 | PKI | 1.4% | 1 |