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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 83 37
Rank change year-on-year +39 -46 +4
Contract jobs citing ERP 201 56 114
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 4.34% 2.33% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.19% 2.67% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 38 83
10th Percentile £313 £351 £327
25th Percentile £388 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £584
90th Percentile £839 £661 £741
England median daily rate £550 £530 £533
% change year-on-year +3.77% -0.47% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile - £21.74 -
25th Percentile £14.82 £22.40 -
Median hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +25.00% -77.78%
75th Percentile £26.90 £38.25 -
90th Percentile £27.06 £45.30 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.10 £45.00
% change year-on-year +81.00% -50.89% -30.90%

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 3,873 2,096 2,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.54% 87.37% 80.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,417 1,340 1,537
10th Percentile £306 £220 £250
25th Percentile £404 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £670 £645 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 167 129
10th Percentile £13.63 £12.62 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.64 £16.06 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £21.39 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% +18.83% -34.55%
75th Percentile £47.50 £27.70 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.51 £50.00 £55.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +12 120 £540 +2.86% 94
East Midlands +25 74 £525 -4.55% 78
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 8 (3.98%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.50%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.50%) SAP EP
Applications
1 16 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 14 (6.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (5.97%) SAP ERP
3 9 (4.48%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (4.48%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (3.48%) Oracle Financials
4 7 (3.48%) Oracle General Ledger
4 7 (3.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (3.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (2.49%) NetSuite
6 3 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (1.49%) SAP PSCD
7 2 (1.00%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (1.00%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.50%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.50%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.46%) OCI
2 13 (6.47%) Azure
3 10 (4.98%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.98%) SaaS
5 5 (2.49%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 5 (2.49%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.00%) AWS
7 2 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.00%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.50%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.50%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Serverless
8 1 (0.50%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.47%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (4.98%) Power BI
3 7 (3.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.49%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (1.49%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.49%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.00%) Power Query
6 2 (1.00%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.00%) Tableau
7 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.50%) Big Data
7 1 (0.50%) Looker
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.48%) Hudson
2 4 (1.99%) Git
3 3 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 104 (51.74%) Finance
2 61 (30.35%) Social Skills
3 35 (17.41%) Local Government
4 29 (14.43%) Manufacturing
5 22 (10.95%) Public Sector
6 20 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (6.97%) Retail
8 11 (5.47%) Legal
9 8 (3.98%) Automotive
10 7 (3.48%) General Ledger
10 7 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.49%) Billing
12 4 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.49%) Police
13 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.00%) Banking
14 2 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (14.93%) Lead
2 27 (13.43%) Project Manager
3 23 (11.44%) Analyst
4 22 (10.95%) Accountant
4 22 (10.95%) Architect
5 21 (10.45%) Senior
5 21 (10.45%) Systems Accountant
6 19 (9.45%) Consultant
7 12 (5.97%) Oracle Project Manager
8 11 (5.47%) Business Analyst
8 11 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (5.47%) Trainer
9 10 (4.98%) ERP Manager
9 10 (4.98%) SAP Architect
9 10 (4.98%) Senior Accountant
9 10 (4.98%) Senior Systems Accountant
10 8 (3.98%) Developer
11 7 (3.48%) Data Manager
11 7 (3.48%) Data Warehouse Manager
11 7 (3.48%) ERP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (26.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (4.98%) REST
3 8 (3.98%) PySpark
4 7 (3.48%) Middleware
5 4 (1.99%) .NET
6 3 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.49%) Node.js
6 3 (1.49%) SOAP
7 2 (1.00%) React
7 2 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.50%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.50%) Express.js
8 1 (0.50%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.50%) Kafka
8 1 (0.50%) MERN Stack
8 1 (0.50%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.50%) React Native
8 1 (0.50%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.50%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.96%) Management Information System
2 15 (7.46%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.98%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.99%) EPoS
4 4 (1.99%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.49%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.00%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.00%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.50%) Chip and PIN
7 1 (0.50%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.50%) FMCG
7 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.50%) Linux
1 1 (0.50%) OpenVMS
1 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 48 (23.88%) Migration
3 40 (19.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (14.43%) Data Migration
5 25 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (11.94%) Change Management
6 24 (11.94%) Project Management
6 24 (11.94%) User Acceptance Testing
6 24 (11.94%) Validation
7 20 (9.95%) Analytics
8 19 (9.45%) Agile
8 19 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (8.46%) CRM
9 17 (8.46%) Project Delivery
10 15 (7.46%) Logistics
10 15 (7.46%) Process Improvement
11 12 (5.97%) Accounts Payable
11 12 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (5.97%) Workshop Facilitation
12 11 (5.47%) Accounts Receivable
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.46%) SQL
2 4 (1.99%) ABAP
3 3 (1.49%) Apex Code
3 3 (1.49%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.49%) SOQL
3 3 (1.49%) SOSL
4 2 (1.00%) Java
4 2 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.00%) Python
4 2 (1.00%) VBA
5 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (5.47%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.98%) ACCA
2 10 (4.98%) CIMA
3 9 (4.48%) Degree
3 9 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.49%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.49%) PMP
5 4 (1.99%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.49%) CCA
6 3 (1.49%) CCAB
7 2 (1.00%) APMG
7 2 (1.00%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.00%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.50%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.50%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 1 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.49%) QA
3 4 (1.99%) GDPR
3 4 (1.99%) PMO
4 3 (1.49%) IFRS
4 3 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.50%) GAAP
6 1 (0.50%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (35.82%) Oracle
2 46 (22.89%) SAP
3 23 (11.44%) Microsoft
4 11 (5.47%) Databricks
5 8 (3.98%) Epicor
5 8 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.49%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.99%) Concur
7 4 (1.99%) IFS
7 4 (1.99%) JD Edwards
7 4 (1.99%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.49%) Google
8 3 (1.49%) SYSPRO
8 3 (1.49%) Workday
9 2 (1.00%) Ariba
9 2 (1.00%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.50%) Adobe
10 1 (0.50%) Dell
10 1 (0.50%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.50%) Sybase