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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 62 35
Rank change year-on-year +21 -27 +6
Contract jobs citing ERP 229 91 126
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 4.59% 3.36% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% 3.80% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 66 81
10th Percentile £313 £425 £363
25th Percentile £403 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £642 £638 £627
90th Percentile £850 £706 £750
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 1
10th Percentile £12.76 £21.52 -
25th Percentile £14.82 £21.85 £55.75
Median hourly rate £17.50 £23.15 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% -59.03% -37.22%
75th Percentile £23.00 £25.20 £57.25
90th Percentile £27.30 £25.98 -
England median hourly rate £23.18 £16.29 £35.36
% change year-on-year +42.30% -53.93% -45.02%

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 4,099 2,394 2,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.11% 88.47% 83.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,341 1,551 1,396
10th Percentile £310 £250 £250
25th Percentile £408 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £581 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £700
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 189 69
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.80 £14.10
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.33 £21.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -5.33% -18.18%
75th Percentile £35.78 £26.51 £42.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £41.02 £55.05
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +24 136 £525 - 194
East Midlands +15 83 £525 -8.70% 111
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 13 (5.68%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.87%) NetWeaver
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Coherence
3 2 (0.87%) SAP EP
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.44%) Mendix
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (7.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (7.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (6.11%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (5.68%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (5.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 11 (4.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 10 (4.37%) SAP ERP
7 8 (3.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (3.06%) NetSuite
8 7 (3.06%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (2.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 4 (1.75%) SAP MM
11 3 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (1.31%) SAP PSCD
11 3 (1.31%) SAP QM
12 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
12 2 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payroll
12 2 (0.87%) SAP CRM
12 2 (0.87%) SAP PP
12 2 (0.87%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.42%) OCI
1 17 (7.42%) Power Platform
2 13 (5.68%) Azure
3 9 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.62%) SaaS
5 4 (1.75%) AWS
5 4 (1.75%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.75%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (1.75%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (1.31%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Azure API Management
7 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.87%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.87%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.44%) DNS
1 1 (0.44%) HTTP
1 1 (0.44%) Network Security
1 1 (0.44%) SMS
1 1 (0.44%) SMTP
1 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.99%) Power BI
2 6 (2.62%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (1.31%) Power Query
4 3 (1.31%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.31%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.87%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.87%) Tableau
6 1 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.44%) GIS
6 1 (0.44%) Looker
6 1 (0.44%) Metadata
6 1 (0.44%) MySQL
6 1 (0.44%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 5 (2.18%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.31%) JIRA
3 2 (0.87%) Git
3 2 (0.87%) Hudson
General
1 98 (42.79%) Finance
2 87 (37.99%) Social Skills
3 41 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.97%) Manufacturing
5 20 (8.73%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.42%) Local Government
7 16 (6.99%) Billing
8 14 (6.11%) General Ledger
9 12 (5.24%) Retail
10 11 (4.80%) Automotive
10 11 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.06%) Marketing
11 7 (3.06%) Police
12 6 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.75%) Back Office
15 3 (1.31%) Legal
15 3 (1.31%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.87%) Electronics
16 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (16.59%) Lead
2 25 (10.92%) Project Manager
3 24 (10.48%) Consultant
4 22 (9.61%) Analyst
5 21 (9.17%) Architect
6 13 (5.68%) Oracle Project Manager
7 12 (5.24%) Accountant
7 12 (5.24%) Trainer
8 11 (4.80%) Administrator
8 11 (4.80%) Senior
8 11 (4.80%) Systems Accountant
9 10 (4.37%) SAP Architect
10 9 (3.93%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.49%) Developer
11 8 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.06%) Data Analyst
12 7 (3.06%) Oracle Consultant
12 7 (3.06%) SAP Consultant
12 7 (3.06%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.06%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (27.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (6.99%) REST
3 9 (3.93%) SOAP
4 8 (3.49%) Middleware
5 5 (2.18%) .NET
5 5 (2.18%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.31%) Node.js
6 3 (1.31%) SAP PI
6 3 (1.31%) SAPUI5
6 3 (1.31%) Web Services
7 2 (0.87%) React
7 2 (0.87%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.87%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.44%) Express.js
8 1 (0.44%) IDoc
8 1 (0.44%) PySpark
8 1 (0.44%) React Native
8 1 (0.44%) SAP Core Interface
8 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.37%) Legacy Systems
1 10 (4.37%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.93%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.62%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.18%) EPoS
5 4 (1.75%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.75%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.31%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.44%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.44%) FMCG
8 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.44%) LIMS
8 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Linux
1 1 (0.44%) OpenVMS
1 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
1 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (24.02%) Migration
2 52 (22.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (20.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (15.28%) Data Migration
5 35 (15.28%) Process Improvement
6 29 (12.66%) Logistics
7 28 (12.23%) CRM
8 27 (11.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 27 (11.79%) Validation
9 21 (9.17%) Project Management
10 20 (8.73%) Analytics
10 20 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (8.30%) Agile
11 19 (8.30%) Customer Service
11 19 (8.30%) Inventory Management
11 19 (8.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (7.42%) Accounts Payable
13 15 (6.55%) Workflow
14 14 (6.11%) AI
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.30%) SQL
2 7 (3.06%) ABAP
3 5 (2.18%) Python
4 3 (1.31%) Java
5 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.44%) C#
6 1 (0.44%) SOQL
6 1 (0.44%) SOSL
6 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (6.99%) ACCA
1 16 (6.99%) CIMA
2 13 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.80%) Degree
4 10 (4.37%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.18%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.18%) PMP
6 4 (1.75%) CCAB
6 4 (1.75%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.31%) CCA
7 3 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.31%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.87%) APMG
8 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.87%) CIPFA
8 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.42%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.75%) QA
2 4 (1.75%) SLA
3 3 (1.31%) GDPR
4 2 (0.87%) IFRS
4 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) GMP
5 1 (0.44%) GRC
5 1 (0.44%) GxP
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (34.50%) Oracle
2 57 (24.89%) SAP
3 34 (14.85%) Microsoft
4 13 (5.68%) JD Edwards
5 11 (4.80%) SYSPRO
6 10 (4.37%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.49%) Epicor
8 4 (1.75%) Adobe
8 4 (1.75%) Concur
8 4 (1.75%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.75%) Workday
9 3 (1.31%) Google
9 3 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.87%) Databricks
10 2 (0.87%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.44%) Infor
11 1 (0.44%) Meraki
11 1 (0.44%) Okta
11 1 (0.44%) Planview
11 1 (0.44%) Splunk