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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 32 49
Rank change year-on-year -27 +17 +21
Contract jobs citing ERP 117 127 85
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.77% 4.99% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 5.89% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 70 56
10th Percentile £360 £387 £394
25th Percentile £463 £469 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £772 £753 £688
England median daily rate £550 £533 £560
% change year-on-year +3.19% -4.82% +4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £22.40 - -
25th Percentile £23.88 £55.75 £86.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £56.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.33% -37.22% +414.29%
75th Percentile £30.00 £57.25 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -39.20% -58.40% +251.89%

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 2,702 2,155 2,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.08% 84.68% 84.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,706 1,332 1,548
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £371 £375 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £692
England median daily rate £503 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 80 104
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.04
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.94 £17.41
Median hourly rate £19.50 £22.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -12.36% -6.51% +41.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £34.06 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -30 74 £575 +9.52% 97
East Midlands -9 43 £525 -12.50% 43
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 2 (1.71%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) Alfresco
2 1 (0.85%) CMS
2 1 (0.85%) Documentum
2 1 (0.85%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.85%) SAP EP
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.85%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (14.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (11.97%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (10.26%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (8.55%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (7.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 9 (7.69%) SAP ERP
6 7 (5.98%) Oracle Cash Management
7 5 (4.27%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (3.42%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (2.56%) Primavera
9 3 (2.56%) SAP PP
10 2 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (1.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 2 (1.71%) PRMS
10 2 (1.71%) SAP CRM
10 2 (1.71%) Workday HCM
11 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
11 1 (0.85%) SAP BPC
11 1 (0.85%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.11%) Azure
2 9 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (6.84%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.98%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.42%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.42%) SaaS
6 3 (2.56%) Intacct
6 3 (2.56%) OCI
7 2 (1.71%) AWS
7 2 (1.71%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.71%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.85%) GitHub
8 1 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) LAN
1 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.84%) Power BI
2 5 (4.27%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.56%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.71%) EDMS
5 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.85%) Big Data
5 1 (0.85%) Metadata
5 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.85%) QlikView
5 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) JIRA
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.71%) Selenium
3 1 (0.85%) Git
General
1 61 (52.14%) Finance
2 48 (41.03%) Social Skills
3 28 (23.93%) Manufacturing
4 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.69%) General Ledger
6 6 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.27%) Local Government
8 4 (3.42%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.42%) Banking
8 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Back Office
9 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Legal
9 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Retail
10 2 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (20.51%) Project Manager
2 19 (16.24%) Analyst
2 19 (16.24%) Consultant
3 12 (10.26%) Lead
4 10 (8.55%) Architect
5 8 (6.84%) Oracle Project Manager
5 8 (6.84%) SAP Manager
6 7 (5.98%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.13%) Financial Analyst
7 6 (5.13%) Programme Manager
7 6 (5.13%) SAP Consultant
8 5 (4.27%) ERP Analyst
8 5 (4.27%) Oracle Analyst
8 5 (4.27%) SAP Programme Manager
8 5 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.42%) Change Manager
9 4 (3.42%) ERP Manager
9 4 (3.42%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.42%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (3.42%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (5.98%) Middleware
3 4 (3.42%) REST
4 3 (2.56%) ADO
4 3 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.71%) .NET
5 2 (1.71%) SOAP
5 2 (1.71%) Web Services
6 1 (0.85%) EDI
6 1 (0.85%) Express.js
6 1 (0.85%) MERN Stack
6 1 (0.85%) Node.js
6 1 (0.85%) PySpark
6 1 (0.85%) React
6 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.85%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.85%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.85%) WebCenter
6 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.55%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (4.27%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.27%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.56%) e-Learning
3 3 (2.56%) FMCG
3 3 (2.56%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.56%) SCADA
3 3 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.71%) AS400
4 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.71%) Life Science
4 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.85%) IoT
5 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.35%) Migration
2 29 (24.79%) Data Migration
3 21 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 21 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (15.38%) Change Management
5 17 (14.53%) Agile
5 17 (14.53%) Project Management
5 17 (14.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 15 (12.82%) Project Delivery
7 12 (10.26%) CRM
7 12 (10.26%) Cutover Planning
8 11 (9.40%) Accounts Payable
8 11 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (8.55%) Production Planning
9 10 (8.55%) Test Planning
10 9 (7.69%) Analytics
11 8 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.84%) Logistics
11 8 (6.84%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.69%) SQL
2 3 (2.56%) ABAP
3 1 (0.85%) Java
3 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Degree
2 10 (8.55%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.13%) PMP
4 5 (4.27%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.27%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.42%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.71%) CCA
7 1 (0.85%) ACCA
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.85%) CIMA
7 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.85%) IIBA
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) ISO 20022
1 4 (3.42%) PMO
2 3 (2.56%) QA
3 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.85%) GRC
3 1 (0.85%) ITGC
3 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (33.33%) SAP
2 37 (31.62%) Oracle
3 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.69%) Workday
5 6 (5.13%) Sage
6 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.71%) Ariba
7 2 (1.71%) Databricks
7 2 (1.71%) IFS
7 2 (1.71%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.85%) Adobe
8 1 (0.85%) Civica
8 1 (0.85%) Concur
8 1 (0.85%) Epicor
8 1 (0.85%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.85%) OpenText
8 1 (0.85%) QAD
8 1 (0.85%) Xero