Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ERP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ERP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 115 127
Rank change year-on-year +21 +12 -16
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,017 1,310 1,880
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.35% 2.19% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.44% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 645 845 1,263
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £430 £453 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £643 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 15 6
10th Percentile £13.05 £39.55 £12.96
25th Percentile £17.00 £54.38 £15.44
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +262.32% -68.64%
75th Percentile £57.00 £70.63 £20.25
90th Percentile £69.10 £75.00 £23.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.75 £64.68 £15.50
% change year-on-year -44.72% +317.26% -41.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

ERP is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Daily rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +22 811 £550 - 728
UK excluding London +16 502 £500 -4.76% 561
Work from Home +30 427 £550 +1.85% 315
London +43 369 £575 - 183
South East 0 106 £525 -4.55% 130
Midlands +7 101 £500 - 109
North of England -8 100 £500 -5.88% 144
Scotland +61 84 £525 -1.87% 33
West Midlands +32 76 £438 -15.66% 64
South West +2 60 £525 +7.69% 77
Yorkshire -19 49 £500 -9.09% 43
North West +12 46 £500 +11.11% 83
East of England +23 41 £525 +9.95% 63
East Midlands -7 21 £550 +10.00% 44
Northern Ireland +10 6 £650 +62.50% 13
North East +19 4 £450 +0.56% 19
Wales -4 3 £350 -33.33% 6

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.18%) Confluence
3 9 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.49%) SAS
5 3 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
5 3 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.098%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.098%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.098%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 104 (10.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (6.39%) SAP ERP
3 51 (5.01%) Oracle ERP
4 31 (3.05%) Oracle Receivables
5 26 (2.56%) Oracle EBS
6 24 (2.36%) Oracle General Ledger
7 23 (2.26%) NetSuite
8 22 (2.16%) Oracle Cash Management
8 22 (2.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 21 (2.06%) Oracle Payables
10 19 (1.87%) Dynamics AX
10 19 (1.87%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
11 17 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
12 15 (1.47%) Dynamics GP
13 13 (1.28%) Workday HCM
14 12 (1.18%) Odoo
14 12 (1.18%) SAP FI
15 11 (1.08%) Oracle Applications
15 11 (1.08%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 117 (11.50%) Dynamics 365
2 83 (8.16%) OCI
3 79 (7.77%) Azure
4 66 (6.49%) SaaS
5 62 (6.10%) Power Platform
6 25 (2.46%) AWS
7 20 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (1.67%) WhatsApp
9 14 (1.38%) PaaS
9 14 (1.38%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (0.98%) Oracle CX
12 8 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 7 (0.69%) Boomi
13 7 (0.69%) GCP
13 7 (0.69%) iPaaS
13 7 (0.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 6 (0.59%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.69%) WAN
2 5 (0.49%) Firewall
2 5 (0.49%) HTTP
2 5 (0.49%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.29%) Intranet
3 3 (0.29%) IPsec
3 3 (0.29%) PuTTY
3 3 (0.29%) VPN
4 2 (0.20%) Internet
4 2 (0.20%) LAN
5 1 (0.098%) IPv6
5 1 (0.098%) NAS
5 1 (0.098%) RS-422
5 1 (0.098%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.42%) Power BI
2 42 (4.13%) Oracle Reports
3 24 (2.36%) SAP HANA
4 16 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.28%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 10 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.98%) Tableau
8 9 (0.88%) SAP BW
9 7 (0.69%) Crystal Reports
9 7 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.59%) Oracle ODI
10 6 (0.59%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.49%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.39%) Big Data
12 4 (0.39%) Data Mart
12 4 (0.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (2.65%) JIRA
2 5 (0.49%) Toad
3 3 (0.29%) Git
3 3 (0.29%) LSMW
3 3 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.29%) Selenium
4 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.098%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.098%) eCATT
5 1 (0.098%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.098%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.098%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio
General
1 464 (45.62%) Finance
2 321 (31.56%) Social Skills
3 122 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 120 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 45 (4.42%) Retail
7 28 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
8 24 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (2.26%) Billing
10 22 (2.16%) Banking
11 21 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.77%) Legal
13 16 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.47%) Local Government
15 11 (1.08%) French Language
15 11 (1.08%) Marketing
16 10 (0.98%) Law
16 10 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 193 (18.98%) Analyst
2 142 (13.96%) Project Manager
3 134 (13.18%) Lead
4 124 (12.19%) Consultant
5 106 (10.42%) Business Analyst
6 100 (9.83%) Architect
7 76 (7.47%) ERP Manager
8 58 (5.70%) Developer
9 51 (5.01%) Senior
10 50 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
11 49 (4.82%) ERP Analyst
12 45 (4.42%) ERP Project Manager
13 39 (3.83%) SAP Manager
14 37 (3.64%) Financial Analyst
15 29 (2.85%) SAP Consultant
16 28 (2.75%) ERP Business Analyst
17 27 (2.65%) IT Manager
18 25 (2.46%) ERP Architect
19 24 (2.36%) Data Analyst
19 24 (2.36%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (1.47%) XML
3 14 (1.38%) Middleware
4 12 (1.18%) .NET
4 12 (1.18%) REST
5 10 (0.98%) HTML
5 10 (0.98%) SOAP
6 8 (0.79%) JSON
7 7 (0.69%) XSLT
8 6 (0.59%) CSS
8 6 (0.59%) Web Services
9 5 (0.49%) SAP Basis
10 4 (0.39%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.39%) Entity Framework
10 4 (0.39%) PySpark
10 4 (0.39%) React
10 4 (0.39%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.29%) ARM Templates
11 3 (0.29%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 46 (4.52%) Management Information System
2 30 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (1.67%) FMCG
3 17 (1.67%) Onboarding
4 15 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.18%) Product Ownership
7 8 (0.79%) Life Science
8 7 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.59%) Data Structures
9 6 (0.59%) PKI
9 6 (0.59%) PMI
9 6 (0.59%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.49%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.39%) IoT
11 4 (0.39%) Online Banking
11 4 (0.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.88%) Windows
2 4 (0.39%) Unix
2 4 (0.39%) VMS
3 3 (0.29%) Android
3 3 (0.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.20%) Linux
5 1 (0.098%) HPUX
5 1 (0.098%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.098%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (16.62%) Project Management
2 146 (14.36%) Migration
3 115 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (10.82%) Agile
5 109 (10.72%) Data Migration
6 102 (10.03%) Business Intelligence
6 102 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 95 (9.34%) Change Management
8 87 (8.55%) CRM
9 83 (8.16%) Analytics
10 74 (7.28%) Project Delivery
11 60 (5.90%) Logistics
12 59 (5.80%) User Acceptance Testing
13 58 (5.70%) Data Modelling
14 56 (5.51%) Business Analysis
15 51 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (5.01%) Roadmaps
16 46 (4.52%) Process Improvement
17 44 (4.33%) Risk Management
18 42 (4.13%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 87 (8.55%) SQL
2 27 (2.65%) Python
3 14 (1.38%) ABAP
4 13 (1.28%) PL/SQL
5 12 (1.18%) C#
6 10 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.79%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.59%) C
8 6 (0.59%) Java
8 6 (0.59%) XPath
9 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.29%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.20%) Go
10 2 (0.20%) PHP
10 2 (0.20%) R
10 2 (0.20%) Ruby
10 2 (0.20%) SAPscript
11 1 (0.098%) ProC
Qualifications
1 92 (9.05%) Degree
2 52 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 44 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 15 (1.47%) Master's Degree
4 15 (1.47%) PMI Certification
4 15 (1.47%) PMP
5 13 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.18%) CIMA
7 11 (1.08%) ACCA
8 9 (0.88%) SAP Certification
9 7 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.49%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.39%) AAT
11 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.29%) Novell Certification
13 2 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.098%) APMG
14 1 (0.098%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.098%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.01%) QA
2 27 (2.65%) PMO
3 25 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.67%) GDPR
5 13 (1.28%) SLA
6 9 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (0.79%) GRC
7 8 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (0.49%) IFRS
10 4 (0.39%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.39%) GxP
10 4 (0.39%) ITGC
10 4 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.29%) GMP
11 3 (0.29%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.20%) GAMP
12 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.098%) Docker
3 1 (0.098%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (0.59%) Terraform
2 2 (0.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.098%) Ansible
3 1 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 331 (32.55%) SAP
2 236 (23.21%) Oracle
3 156 (15.34%) Microsoft
4 50 (4.92%) Workday
5 33 (3.24%) IFS
6 24 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.87%) Sage
8 14 (1.38%) Ariba
9 12 (1.18%) Adobe
10 9 (0.88%) JD Edwards
11 8 (0.79%) Databricks
11 8 (0.79%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
12 7 (0.69%) IBM
13 6 (0.59%) Blue Prism
13 6 (0.59%) Cadence
13 6 (0.59%) Hyperion
13 6 (0.59%) Infor
13 6 (0.59%) Reuters
14 5 (0.49%) Foundry