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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 32 44
Rank change year-on-year -28 +12 +24
Contract jobs citing ERP 109 121 114
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.69% 4.51% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 5.39% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 69 83
10th Percentile £360 £393 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £673
90th Percentile £766 £743 £725
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £21.96 - -
25th Percentile £22.95 £55.75 £86.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £56.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.75% -37.22% +414.29%
75th Percentile £27.38 £57.25 £93.75
90th Percentile £28.95 - -
England median hourly rate £19.50 £35.18 £85.00
% change year-on-year -44.58% -58.61% +289.19%

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 2,629 2,244 2,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 89.12% 83.67% 84.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 1,407 1,599
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £366 £375 £386
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 £653 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 72 107
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.00 £17.61
Median hourly rate £21.30 £24.18 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% -10.44% +59.43%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £38.18 £52.25 £68.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 -41 64 £575 +11.11% 127
East Midlands -4 45 £525 -12.50% 109
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 (1.83%) Confluence
2 1 (0.92%) Alfresco
2 1 (0.92%) CMS
2 1 (0.92%) Documentum
2 1 (0.92%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.92%) SAP EP
2 1 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.92%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (12.84%) Oracle Payables
1 14 (12.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (11.01%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (9.17%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (8.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (7.34%) SAP ERP
6 6 (5.50%) Oracle Cash Management
7 5 (4.59%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (3.67%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (3.67%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (3.67%) Primavera
9 2 (1.83%) NetSuite
9 2 (1.83%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (1.83%) Oracle iProcurement
9 2 (1.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (1.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (1.83%) PRMS
9 2 (1.83%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.92%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.92%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.01%) Azure
2 8 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (6.42%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.50%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (3.67%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.67%) SaaS
6 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.75%) Intacct
7 2 (1.83%) AWS
7 2 (1.83%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.83%) OCI
7 2 (1.83%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.92%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.92%) GitHub
8 1 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.92%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) LAN
1 1 (0.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.42%) Power BI
2 4 (3.67%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.75%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.83%) EDMS
5 1 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.92%) Big Data
5 1 (0.92%) Metadata
5 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.92%) QlikView
5 1 (0.92%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.59%) JIRA
2 2 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.92%) Git
3 1 (0.92%) Selenium
General
1 57 (52.29%) Finance
2 45 (41.28%) Social Skills
3 25 (22.94%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.34%) General Ledger
4 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.42%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.67%) Banking
6 4 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.75%) Local Government
7 3 (2.75%) Retail
8 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.83%) Back Office
8 2 (1.83%) Legal
8 2 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (21.10%) Project Manager
2 19 (17.43%) Analyst
2 19 (17.43%) Consultant
3 12 (11.01%) Lead
4 8 (7.34%) Oracle Project Manager
5 7 (6.42%) SAP Manager
6 6 (5.50%) Architect
6 6 (5.50%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.50%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.59%) ERP Consultant
7 5 (4.59%) SAP Programme Manager
7 5 (4.59%) Senior
8 4 (3.67%) ERP Analyst
8 4 (3.67%) ERP Manager
8 4 (3.67%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (3.67%) IFS Consultant
8 4 (3.67%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.67%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (3.67%) Oracle Analyst
8 4 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (20.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (6.42%) Middleware
3 3 (2.75%) ADO
3 3 (2.75%) REST
3 3 (2.75%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.83%) .NET
4 2 (1.83%) SOAP
4 2 (1.83%) Web Services
5 1 (0.92%) EDI
5 1 (0.92%) Express.js
5 1 (0.92%) MERN Stack
5 1 (0.92%) Node.js
5 1 (0.92%) PySpark
5 1 (0.92%) React
5 1 (0.92%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.92%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.92%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.92%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.17%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (6.42%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.59%) FMCG
3 5 (4.59%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.59%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.75%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.75%) SCADA
5 2 (1.83%) AS400
5 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.83%) Life Science
5 2 (1.83%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 2 (1.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.83%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.36%) Migration
2 29 (26.61%) Data Migration
3 19 (17.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (16.51%) Agile
4 18 (16.51%) Project Management
4 18 (16.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (14.68%) Change Management
6 15 (13.76%) User Acceptance Testing
7 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (12.84%) Project Delivery
8 12 (11.01%) CRM
8 12 (11.01%) Cutover Planning
9 10 (9.17%) Accounts Payable
9 10 (9.17%) Analytics
9 10 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (8.26%) Test Planning
11 6 (5.50%) Process Improvement
11 6 (5.50%) Test Scripting
11 6 (5.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.17%) SQL
2 3 (2.75%) ABAP
3 2 (1.83%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.92%) Java
4 1 (0.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (15.60%) Degree
2 7 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.50%) PMP
4 5 (4.59%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.67%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.75%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.83%) CCA
7 2 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.92%) ACCA
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.92%) CIMA
8 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.92%) IIBA
8 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.67%) ISO 20022
1 4 (3.67%) QA
2 3 (2.75%) PMO
3 2 (1.83%) GDPR
3 2 (1.83%) SLA
4 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.92%) GRC
4 1 (0.92%) ITGC
4 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (33.03%) Oracle
2 33 (30.28%) SAP
3 10 (9.17%) Microsoft
4 8 (7.34%) Workday
5 6 (5.50%) Sage
6 4 (3.67%) IFS
7 2 (1.83%) Ariba
7 2 (1.83%) Databricks
7 2 (1.83%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.92%) Adobe
8 1 (0.92%) Civica
8 1 (0.92%) Concur
8 1 (0.92%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.92%) OpenText
8 1 (0.92%) QAD
8 1 (0.92%) Xero