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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 32 38
Rank change year-on-year -36 +6 +31
Contract jobs citing ERP 83 134 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.12% 4.91% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 5.97% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 90 94
10th Percentile £433 £396 £413
25th Percentile £500 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £564
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -4.21% +12.75%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £623
90th Percentile £695 £759 £725
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £21.52 - -
25th Percentile £21.85 £55.75 £86.25
Median hourly rate £23.15 £56.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.03% -37.22% +414.29%
75th Percentile £25.20 £57.25 £93.75
90th Percentile £25.98 - -
England median hourly rate £16.92 £35.36 £64.31
% change year-on-year -52.15% -45.02% +267.50%

All Process and 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 2,337 2,244 2,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.82% 82.23% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,520 1,438 1,709
10th Percentile £235 £256 £250
25th Percentile £361 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 74 96
10th Percentile £13.47 £12.88 £13.08
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.11 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.55 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -21.65% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.69 £41.61 £51.50
90th Percentile £47.00 £55.00 £68.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ERP 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 18 September 2025.

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
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 18 September 2025. 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 -39 52 £538 +2.38% 87
East Midlands -2 30 £600 -1.88% 90
ERP
England

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (2.41%) CMS
1 2 (2.41%) Confluence
1 2 (2.41%) NetWeaver
1 2 (2.41%) SAP EP
2 1 (1.20%) Alfresco
2 1 (1.20%) Documentum
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.20%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 9 (10.84%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (9.64%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (8.43%) SAP ERP
3 7 (8.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (7.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (6.02%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (4.82%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (3.61%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (3.61%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (3.61%) SAP CRM
8 2 (2.41%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (2.41%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (2.41%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (2.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (2.41%) Primavera
8 2 (2.41%) PRMS
9 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (1.20%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.64%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) SuccessFactors
3 4 (4.82%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.61%) Intacct
4 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.61%) SaaS
5 2 (2.41%) AWS
5 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.41%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.20%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.20%) OCI
6 1 (1.20%) Serverless
6 1 (1.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) LAN
1 1 (1.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.41%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.20%) Big Data
3 1 (1.20%) EDMS
3 1 (1.20%) Metadata
3 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (1.20%) QlikView
3 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.20%) Selenium
General
1 40 (48.19%) Finance
2 28 (33.73%) Social Skills
3 14 (16.87%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.23%) General Ledger
4 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Banking
7 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.20%) Legal
8 1 (1.20%) Local Government
8 1 (1.20%) Military
8 1 (1.20%) Publishing
8 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (25.30%) Project Manager
2 11 (13.25%) Analyst
3 10 (12.05%) Consultant
3 10 (12.05%) Lead
4 8 (9.64%) Senior
5 7 (8.43%) SAP Manager
6 6 (7.23%) Architect
6 6 (7.23%) Programme Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Business Analyst
7 5 (6.02%) ERP Consultant
7 5 (6.02%) Oracle Project Manager
7 5 (6.02%) SAP Programme Manager
8 4 (4.82%) ERP Manager
8 4 (4.82%) IFS Consultant
8 4 (4.82%) IT Manager
8 4 (4.82%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Systems Support
9 3 (3.61%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (4.82%) Middleware
3 3 (3.61%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (2.41%) ADO
4 2 (2.41%) REST
4 2 (2.41%) SAP PI
4 2 (2.41%) SAPUI5
4 2 (2.41%) XML
5 1 (1.20%) .NET
5 1 (1.20%) EDI
5 1 (1.20%) Express.js
5 1 (1.20%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.20%) MERN Stack
5 1 (1.20%) Node.js
5 1 (1.20%) PySpark
5 1 (1.20%) React
5 1 (1.20%) SOAP
5 1 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.02%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.82%) FMCG
4 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 3 (3.61%) SCADA
6 2 (2.41%) AS400
6 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.41%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.41%) Life Science
6 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) IoT
7 1 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.94%) Migration
2 24 (28.92%) Data Migration
3 19 (22.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 18 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (18.07%) Agile
5 15 (18.07%) Change Management
6 14 (16.87%) Project Management
7 13 (15.66%) CRM
8 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.25%) Project Delivery
9 10 (12.05%) Analytics
10 9 (10.84%) Cutover Planning
11 8 (9.64%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (9.64%) Waterfall
12 7 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (8.43%) E-Commerce
13 6 (7.23%) Accounts Payable
13 6 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
14 5 (6.02%) Accounts Receivable
14 5 (6.02%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.05%) SQL
2 4 (4.82%) ABAP
3 3 (3.61%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.41%) Java
5 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (16.87%) Degree
2 6 (7.23%) PMP
3 5 (6.02%) PMI Certification
3 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.82%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.41%) CCA
5 2 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.20%) AAT
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.20%) CIMA
6 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.20%) IIBA
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) GDPR
2 2 (2.41%) ISO 20022
2 2 (2.41%) QA
2 2 (2.41%) SLA
3 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (31.33%) SAP
2 23 (27.71%) Oracle
3 7 (8.43%) Workday
4 4 (4.82%) IFS
4 4 (4.82%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.61%) Ariba
5 3 (3.61%) Sage
6 2 (2.41%) Databricks
6 2 (2.41%) Rockwell
7 1 (1.20%) Civica
7 1 (1.20%) JD Edwards
7 1 (1.20%) OpenText
7 1 (1.20%) Optimizely
7 1 (1.20%) QAD
7 1 (1.20%) Remedy
7 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow