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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 66 44
Rank change year-on-year +19 -22 -3
Contract jobs citing ERP 186 55 104
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 4.24% 2.58% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 2.91% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 37 80
10th Percentile £313 £348 £334
25th Percentile £363 £419 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £595
90th Percentile £713 £650 £775
England median daily rate £550 £538 £540
% change year-on-year +2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile - £24.17 -
25th Percentile - £28.48 -
Median hourly rate £14.82 £35.65 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.43% +78.25% -63.64%
75th Percentile £20.96 £42.83 -
90th Percentile £25.15 £47.13 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £35.36
% change year-on-year -17.86% +97.96% -43.42%

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 3,643 1,887 2,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.02% 88.51% 80.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 1,215 1,581
10th Percentile £306 £207 £231
25th Percentile £402 £358 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £551 £600
90th Percentile £672 £638 £688
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 118 178
10th Percentile £13.54 £12.62 £11.11
25th Percentile £16.72 £15.12 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% - -20.83%
75th Percentile £52.50 £27.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.44 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +4.17%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 £540 +8.00% 81
East Midlands +14 66 £525 +7.69% 66
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 6 (3.23%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Coherence
2 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.54%) SAP EP
Applications
1 12 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.15%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (6.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.84%) SAP ERP
3 8 (4.30%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (4.30%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (3.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (3.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (2.69%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (2.15%) NetSuite
8 3 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (1.61%) Workday HCM
9 2 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (1.08%) SAP QM
10 1 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.54%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.54%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.99%) Azure
2 10 (5.38%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.38%) SaaS
3 9 (4.84%) OCI
4 5 (2.69%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 4 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.08%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) Tricentis Tosca
8 1 (0.54%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.54%) Serverless
8 1 (0.54%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.53%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (5.38%) Power BI
3 7 (3.76%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.69%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.08%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.08%) Power Query
5 2 (1.08%) PowerPivot
5 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.08%) Tableau
6 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.54%) Big Data
6 1 (0.54%) Looker
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.76%) Hudson
2 5 (2.69%) JIRA
3 4 (2.15%) Git
4 2 (1.08%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.08%) Postman
4 2 (1.08%) Selenium
5 1 (0.54%) JMeter
General
1 101 (54.30%) Finance
2 58 (31.18%) Social Skills
3 36 (19.35%) Local Government
4 25 (13.44%) Manufacturing
5 20 (10.75%) Public Sector
6 16 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.99%) Retail
8 11 (5.91%) Legal
9 7 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.69%) Billing
10 5 (2.69%) General Ledger
11 4 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.61%) Automotive
12 3 (1.61%) Aviation
13 2 (1.08%) Banking
13 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.08%) Police
14 1 (0.54%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 26 (13.98%) Accountant
2 25 (13.44%) Lead
2 25 (13.44%) Systems Accountant
3 24 (12.90%) Architect
3 24 (12.90%) Project Manager
4 22 (11.83%) Analyst
5 21 (11.29%) Senior
6 16 (8.60%) Consultant
7 14 (7.53%) Business Analyst
8 12 (6.45%) ERP Manager
8 12 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.91%) Senior Accountant
9 11 (5.91%) Senior Systems Accountant
10 10 (5.38%) Oracle Project Manager
10 10 (5.38%) SAP Architect
11 9 (4.84%) Project Accountant
11 9 (4.84%) Trainer
12 7 (3.76%) Data Manager
12 7 (3.76%) Developer
12 7 (3.76%) ERP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (24.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (4.30%) PySpark
2 8 (4.30%) REST
3 7 (3.76%) Middleware
4 3 (1.61%) .NET
4 3 (1.61%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.61%) Node.js
4 3 (1.61%) SOAP
5 2 (1.08%) ADO
5 2 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.08%) XML
6 1 (0.54%) BAPI
6 1 (0.54%) EDI
6 1 (0.54%) Express.js
6 1 (0.54%) JSON
6 1 (0.54%) React
6 1 (0.54%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.54%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.54%) Swagger
6 1 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.53%) Data Structures
3 9 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.15%) EPoS
5 3 (1.61%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.61%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.08%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.54%) Chip and PIN
7 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.54%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.54%) Linux
1 1 (0.54%) OpenVMS
1 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.88%) Migration
2 47 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (16.13%) User Acceptance Testing
5 25 (13.44%) Data Migration
5 25 (13.44%) Project Management
6 24 (12.90%) Change Management
7 23 (12.37%) Validation
8 21 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (10.75%) Agile
10 19 (10.22%) Project Delivery
11 17 (9.14%) Analytics
12 15 (8.06%) CRM
13 12 (6.45%) Budgeting
13 12 (6.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 12 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (6.45%) Procure-to-Pay
14 11 (5.91%) Financial Analysis
14 11 (5.91%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.29%) SQL
2 4 (2.15%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.61%) Apex Code
3 3 (1.61%) SOQL
3 3 (1.61%) SOSL
4 2 (1.08%) Java
4 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.08%) VBA
5 1 (0.54%) ABAP
5 1 (0.54%) Python
5 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (5.38%) ACCA
1 10 (5.38%) CIMA
2 9 (4.84%) Degree
2 9 (4.84%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.69%) PMI Certification
3 5 (2.69%) PMP
3 5 (2.69%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.15%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.61%) CCAB
6 2 (1.08%) APMG
6 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 1 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.69%) QA
3 4 (2.15%) GDPR
4 3 (1.61%) IFRS
4 3 (1.61%) PMO
4 3 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.54%) GAAP
6 1 (0.54%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 64 (34.41%) Oracle
2 42 (22.58%) SAP
3 20 (10.75%) Microsoft
4 11 (5.91%) Databricks
5 8 (4.30%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.76%) Epicor
7 6 (3.23%) IFS
8 5 (2.69%) Workday
9 4 (2.15%) JD Edwards
9 4 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.61%) MuleSoft
11 2 (1.08%) Ariba
11 2 (1.08%) CODA
11 2 (1.08%) Concur
11 2 (1.08%) Google
12 1 (0.54%) Dell
12 1 (0.54%) HP
12 1 (0.54%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 1 (0.54%) Sybase