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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 48 46
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 +15
Contract jobs citing ERP 137 71 96
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.35% 3.71% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 4.23% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 43 70
10th Percentile £313 £365 £337
25th Percentile £406 £409 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £641 £581 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £776
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £14.82 - -
25th Percentile £17.37 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +150.00% -63.64%
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.62
% change year-on-year -17.86% +72.35% -35.02%

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 3,392 1,680 2,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.04% 87.68% 81.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,145 1,126 1,485
10th Percentile £296 £200 £235
25th Percentile £400 £361 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £654 £699
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 78 181
10th Percentile £13.54 £12.62 £11.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.53 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.17 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.86% -4.39% +7.22%
75th Percentile £30.25 £27.42 £35.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £35.68 £55.00
England median hourly rate £41.00 £31.88 £34.00
% change year-on-year +28.61% -6.24% -9.33%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -17 92 £565 +13.00% 82
East Midlands -13 44 £494 +3.95% 53
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 (1.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.73%) Confluence
2 1 (0.73%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.73%) SAP EP
Applications
1 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (10.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (5.84%) SAP ERP
3 5 (3.65%) Workday HCM
4 4 (2.92%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (2.92%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (2.92%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (2.19%) SAP PP
6 2 (1.46%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.73%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.73%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.73%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.73%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.73%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.73%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.76%) Power Platform
2 11 (8.03%) Azure
3 9 (6.57%) SaaS
4 6 (4.38%) OCI
5 5 (3.65%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.46%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Tricentis Tosca
8 1 (0.73%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.73%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.73%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.73%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.73%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.68%) Oracle Reports
2 12 (8.76%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (8.76%) Power BI
3 7 (5.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.92%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.46%) Power Query
6 2 (1.46%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.73%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.73%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.73%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Hudson
1 5 (3.65%) JIRA
2 3 (2.19%) Selenium
3 2 (1.46%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.46%) Git
3 2 (1.46%) Postman
4 1 (0.73%) JMeter
General
1 71 (51.82%) Finance
2 51 (37.23%) Social Skills
3 28 (20.44%) Local Government
4 22 (16.06%) Manufacturing
5 19 (13.87%) Public Sector
6 13 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (9.49%) Legal
7 8 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.84%) Retail
8 6 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.92%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.92%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.19%) Aviation
10 3 (2.19%) Back Office
10 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.46%) Banking
11 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.46%) Law
12 1 (0.73%) Automotive
12 1 (0.73%) Billing
Job Titles
1 21 (15.33%) Accountant
1 21 (15.33%) Analyst
2 20 (14.60%) Architect
3 19 (13.87%) Systems Accountant
4 18 (13.14%) Senior
5 13 (9.49%) Project Manager
6 11 (8.03%) Business Analyst
6 11 (8.03%) Consultant
6 11 (8.03%) Lead
6 11 (8.03%) Senior Accountant
6 11 (8.03%) Senior Systems Accountant
6 11 (8.03%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (6.57%) Project Accountant
8 7 (5.11%) Data Manager
8 7 (5.11%) Data Warehouse Manager
8 7 (5.11%) ERP Manager
9 6 (4.38%) Change Manager
9 6 (4.38%) SAP Architect
9 6 (4.38%) SAP Consultant
10 5 (3.65%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (5.84%) PySpark
3 5 (3.65%) Middleware
3 5 (3.65%) REST
4 3 (2.19%) ADO
4 3 (2.19%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (1.46%) SOAP
5 2 (1.46%) WebCenter
5 2 (1.46%) XML
6 1 (0.73%) EDI
6 1 (0.73%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.73%) Kafka
6 1 (0.73%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.73%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.73%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.73%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.73%) Swagger
6 1 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.68%) Management Information System
2 13 (9.49%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.92%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.19%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.46%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.46%) EPoS
5 2 (1.46%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.73%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (29.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 32 (23.36%) Migration
3 25 (18.25%) Change Management
4 22 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (16.06%) User Acceptance Testing
5 21 (15.33%) Project Delivery
6 20 (14.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (11.68%) Data Migration
8 15 (10.95%) Project Management
9 14 (10.22%) Agile
9 14 (10.22%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (9.49%) Analytics
10 13 (9.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 12 (8.76%) Budgeting
11 12 (8.76%) Financial Analysis
12 11 (8.03%) Business Strategy
12 11 (8.03%) Validation
13 10 (7.30%) Logistics
14 9 (6.57%) CRM
14 9 (6.57%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.95%) SQL
2 3 (2.19%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.46%) Apex Code
3 2 (1.46%) Java
3 2 (1.46%) SOQL
3 2 (1.46%) SOSL
3 2 (1.46%) VBA
4 1 (0.73%) ABAP
4 1 (0.73%) Python
4 1 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (8.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.84%) Degree
3 6 (4.38%) PMP
3 6 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.65%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.19%) ACCA
5 3 (2.19%) CIMA
6 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.73%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.73%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.73%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 1 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.38%) PMO
2 4 (2.92%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.92%) QA
3 3 (2.19%) GDPR
4 2 (1.46%) GRC
4 2 (1.46%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.46%) ITGC
4 2 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.73%) GAAP
5 1 (0.73%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 38 (27.74%) Oracle
1 38 (27.74%) SAP
2 19 (13.87%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.30%) Databricks
4 7 (5.11%) Workday
5 6 (4.38%) IFS
5 6 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.46%) Ariba
7 2 (1.46%) CODA
7 2 (1.46%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.46%) Sage
8 1 (0.73%) Concur
8 1 (0.73%) Epicor
8 1 (0.73%) Google
8 1 (0.73%) HP
8 1 (0.73%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.73%) Sybase