ERP Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 73 33
Rank change year-on-year +31 -40 +6
Contract jobs citing ERP 206 64 126
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 4.37% 2.56% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.32% 2.93% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 44 88
10th Percentile £313 £420 £355
25th Percentile £403 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year - +2.69% -9.31%
75th Percentile £594 £628 £625
90th Percentile £850 £688 £752
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £14.61 £21.52 -
25th Percentile £14.82 £21.85 -
Median hourly rate £15.66 £23.15 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +15.75% -77.78%
75th Percentile £25.93 £25.20 -
90th Percentile £27.03 £25.98 -
England median hourly rate £31.90 £17.00 £35.36
% change year-on-year +87.65% -51.92% -45.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

ERP falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,874 2,186 2,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.20% 87.44% 81.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 1,405 1,474
10th Percentile £306 £235 £270
25th Percentile £404 £358 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £612
90th Percentile £670 £639 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £530
% change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 175 96
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.20 £17.11 £14.70
Median hourly rate £23.00 £21.39 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +9.78% -29.15%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.86 £35.63
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £50.36
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

ERP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

ERP
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the Midlands

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ERP

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the Midlands

ERP
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 ERP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 August 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 +9 116 £525 - 102
East Midlands +28 81 £519 -13.54% 67
ERP
England

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 12 (5.83%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.49%) Mendix
4 1 (0.49%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.49%) SAP EP
4 1 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (7.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (5.83%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (5.83%) SAP ERP
3 11 (5.34%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (4.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (4.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (3.40%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (3.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (2.43%) NetSuite
7 4 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (1.46%) SAP MM
8 3 (1.46%) SAP PSCD
8 3 (1.46%) SAP QM
9 2 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.97%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.97%) SAP PP
9 2 (0.97%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.97%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.77%) OCI
2 14 (6.80%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.31%) Azure
4 6 (2.91%) SaaS
5 5 (2.43%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 4 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (1.94%) Power Automate
6 4 (1.94%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.46%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.97%) AWS
8 2 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.97%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.97%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.49%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.80%) Power BI
2 9 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.88%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (3.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.94%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.46%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.46%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.97%) Power Query
7 2 (0.97%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.97%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.97%) Tableau
8 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.49%) Metadata
8 1 (0.49%) MySQL
8 1 (0.49%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.43%) Hudson
2 4 (1.94%) Git
2 4 (1.94%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.46%) JIRA
General
1 93 (45.15%) Finance
2 67 (32.52%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.56%) Manufacturing
4 28 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (10.68%) Local Government
6 20 (9.71%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.80%) Retail
8 10 (4.85%) Automotive
9 9 (4.37%) General Ledger
10 8 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.91%) Billing
11 6 (2.91%) Legal
12 4 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.94%) Police
13 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.97%) Banking
14 2 (0.97%) Marketing
14 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (16.02%) Lead
2 28 (13.59%) Analyst
3 26 (12.62%) Consultant
4 25 (12.14%) Project Manager
5 19 (9.22%) Architect
6 17 (8.25%) Senior
7 13 (6.31%) Oracle Project Manager
8 12 (5.83%) Accountant
8 12 (5.83%) Trainer
9 11 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.34%) Systems Accountant
10 10 (4.85%) Business Analyst
10 10 (4.85%) ERP Manager
10 10 (4.85%) SAP Architect
11 8 (3.88%) Data Analyst
11 8 (3.88%) SAP Consultant
12 7 (3.40%) Developer
12 7 (3.40%) ERP Consultant
12 7 (3.40%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.40%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (29.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (5.83%) REST
3 8 (3.88%) PySpark
4 7 (3.40%) SOAP
5 6 (2.91%) Middleware
6 4 (1.94%) .NET
7 3 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.46%) Node.js
7 3 (1.46%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.97%) React
9 1 (0.49%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.49%) BAPI
9 1 (0.49%) EDI
9 1 (0.49%) Express.js
9 1 (0.49%) IDoc
9 1 (0.49%) MERN Stack
9 1 (0.49%) React Native
9 1 (0.49%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.49%) SAP Core Interface
9 1 (0.49%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.34%) Legacy Systems
1 11 (5.34%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.85%) Data Structures
3 5 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.46%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.46%) EPoS
5 3 (1.46%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.97%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.97%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.97%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.49%) Linux
1 1 (0.49%) OpenVMS
1 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (23.79%) Migration
2 45 (21.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (21.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (15.05%) Data Migration
5 30 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (12.62%) Analytics
7 25 (12.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 23 (11.17%) Project Management
8 23 (11.17%) Validation
9 22 (10.68%) Process Improvement
9 22 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (9.71%) Agile
11 18 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (8.74%) Change Management
11 18 (8.74%) CRM
11 18 (8.74%) Logistics
12 14 (6.80%) Accounts Payable
12 14 (6.80%) Workflow
12 14 (6.80%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (6.31%) Accounts Receivable
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.77%) SQL
2 5 (2.43%) ABAP
3 3 (1.46%) Apex Code
3 3 (1.46%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.46%) SOQL
3 3 (1.46%) SOSL
4 2 (0.97%) Java
4 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.97%) Python
4 2 (0.97%) VBA
5 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (5.83%) ACCA
1 12 (5.83%) CIMA
1 12 (5.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.85%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.37%) Degree
4 4 (1.94%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.94%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.94%) PMP
5 3 (1.46%) CCA
5 3 (1.46%) CCAB
6 2 (0.97%) APMG
6 2 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.49%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.43%) QA
3 4 (1.94%) PMO
4 3 (1.46%) GDPR
5 2 (0.97%) IFRS
5 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (38.35%) Oracle
2 48 (23.30%) SAP
3 30 (14.56%) Microsoft
4 10 (4.85%) Databricks
4 10 (4.85%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.88%) Epicor
6 6 (2.91%) SYSPRO
7 5 (2.43%) JD Edwards
7 5 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.94%) Concur
8 4 (1.94%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.94%) Workday
9 3 (1.46%) Adobe
9 3 (1.46%) Google
10 2 (0.97%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.97%) IFS
11 1 (0.49%) Meraki
11 1 (0.49%) Okta
11 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Splunk