ERP Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing ERP 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.63% - 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% - 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +10.53% -11.63% +7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 97 92 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 61.01% 92.93% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 66 92
10th Percentile £350 £223 £172
25th Percentile £375 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £456
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +4.11% -7.83%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £632
90th Percentile £685 £681 £825
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 38
10th Percentile £21.90 £14.86 £11.87
25th Percentile £22.79 £16.64 £13.69
Median hourly rate £71.00 £25.00 £15.47
Median % change year-on-year +184.00% +61.66% -72.53%
75th Percentile £72.54 £67.50 £54.33
90th Percentile £74.68 - £59.37
South West median hourly rate £58.75 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -9.62% +36.84% -22.76%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ERP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

ERP job vacancy trend in Dorset

ERP
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing ERP

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing ERP

ERP
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 16 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
Poole - 1 £275 - 5
ERP
South West

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft