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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 74 37
Rank change year-on-year +30 -37 +1
Contract jobs citing ERP 205 64 116
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 4.36% 2.58% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 2.94% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 43 82
10th Percentile £313 £418 £340
25th Percentile £405 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -11.31%
75th Percentile £644 £641 £592
90th Percentile £850 £688 £741
England median daily rate £550 £546 £530
% change year-on-year +0.69% +3.07% -3.64%
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 £35.00 £17.43 £47.50
% change year-on-year +100.86% -63.32% -27.06%

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 3,899 2,174 2,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.85% 87.70% 81.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,378 1,397 1,468
10th Percentile £306 £225 £274
25th Percentile £405 £358 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £602
90th Percentile £671 £650 £708
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 176 101
10th Percentile £13.51 £12.62 £12.74
25th Percentile £16.72 £16.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £21.39 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +15.62% -32.73%
75th Percentile £46.88 £26.69 £37.50
90th Percentile £69.14 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +11 119 £540 +2.86% 115
East Midlands +31 78 £525 -12.50% 80
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 9 (4.39%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.49%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.49%) SAP EP
Applications
1 16 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (6.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (5.85%) SAP ERP
3 11 (5.37%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (4.88%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (3.90%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (3.90%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (3.41%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (3.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (2.44%) NetSuite
8 4 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (1.46%) SAP PSCD
10 2 (0.98%) Oracle Payroll
10 2 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
10 2 (0.98%) SAP QM
11 1 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
11 1 (0.49%) SAP CO
11 1 (0.49%) SAP IBP
11 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.29%) OCI
2 13 (6.34%) Azure
3 10 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.41%) SaaS
5 5 (2.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 5 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.98%) AWS
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.98%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.98%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.49%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.49%) Boomi
8 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.49%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.49%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.37%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (4.88%) Power BI
3 9 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.95%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.95%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.46%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.46%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.98%) Power Query
7 2 (0.98%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.98%) Tableau
8 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.49%) Looker
8 1 (0.49%) Metadata
8 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.93%) Hudson
2 4 (1.95%) Git
3 3 (1.46%) JIRA
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
General
1 101 (49.27%) Finance
2 61 (29.76%) Social Skills
3 29 (14.15%) Manufacturing
4 26 (12.68%) Local Government
5 23 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (11.22%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.32%) Retail
7 9 (4.39%) Automotive
7 9 (4.39%) Legal
8 8 (3.90%) General Ledger
9 7 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.44%) Billing
10 5 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.95%) Police
12 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.98%) Banking
13 2 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (15.12%) Lead
2 27 (13.17%) Project Manager
3 24 (11.71%) Analyst
4 22 (10.73%) Architect
4 22 (10.73%) Consultant
5 20 (9.76%) Senior
6 16 (7.80%) Accountant
7 15 (7.32%) Systems Accountant
8 13 (6.34%) Oracle Project Manager
9 11 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.37%) Trainer
10 10 (4.88%) Business Analyst
10 10 (4.88%) ERP Manager
10 10 (4.88%) SAP Architect
11 8 (3.90%) ERP Architect
11 8 (3.90%) Senior Accountant
11 8 (3.90%) Senior Systems Accountant
12 7 (3.41%) Data Warehouse Manager
12 7 (3.41%) ERP Trainer
12 7 (3.41%) Oracle Financials Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (30.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (6.83%) REST
3 8 (3.90%) PySpark
4 7 (3.41%) SOAP
5 6 (2.93%) Middleware
6 4 (1.95%) .NET
7 3 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.46%) Node.js
8 2 (0.98%) React
8 2 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.49%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.49%) BAPI
9 1 (0.49%) Express.js
9 1 (0.49%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.49%) Kafka
9 1 (0.49%) MERN Stack
9 1 (0.49%) OpenAPI
9 1 (0.49%) React Native
9 1 (0.49%) SAPUI5
9 1 (0.49%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.85%) Data Structures
3 9 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.95%) EPoS
5 4 (1.95%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.46%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.98%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.98%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.98%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.98%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.49%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (0.49%) FMCG
8 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.49%) Linux
1 1 (0.49%) OpenVMS
1 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (22.44%) Migration
3 41 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (15.12%) Data Migration
5 26 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (11.71%) Analytics
6 24 (11.71%) Project Management
6 24 (11.71%) Validation
7 23 (11.22%) User Acceptance Testing
8 22 (10.73%) Change Management
9 20 (9.76%) Agile
9 20 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (8.29%) CRM
10 17 (8.29%) Process Improvement
11 15 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (7.32%) Logistics
11 15 (7.32%) Project Delivery
12 14 (6.83%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (6.34%) Accounts Payable
14 12 (5.85%) Accounts Receivable
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.80%) SQL
2 4 (1.95%) ABAP
3 3 (1.46%) Apex Code
3 3 (1.46%) SOQL
3 3 (1.46%) SOSL
4 2 (0.98%) Java
4 2 (0.98%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.98%) Python
4 2 (0.98%) VBA
5 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (5.85%) ACCA
1 12 (5.85%) CIMA
2 11 (5.37%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.88%) Degree
4 9 (4.39%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.44%) PMP
6 4 (1.95%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.46%) CCA
7 3 (1.46%) CCAB
8 2 (0.98%) APMG
8 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
9 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.29%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.44%) QA
3 4 (1.95%) GDPR
3 4 (1.95%) PMO
4 3 (1.46%) IFRS
4 3 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.49%) GAAP
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (39.02%) Oracle
2 42 (20.49%) SAP
3 24 (11.71%) Microsoft
4 11 (5.37%) Databricks
5 8 (3.90%) Epicor
5 8 (3.90%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.93%) SYSPRO
7 5 (2.44%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.95%) Concur
8 4 (1.95%) JD Edwards
8 4 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.46%) Google
9 3 (1.46%) Workday
10 2 (0.98%) Adobe
10 2 (0.98%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.98%) IFS
11 1 (0.49%) Ariba
11 1 (0.49%) Dell
11 1 (0.49%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud