ERP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 41 65
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +46
Contract jobs citing ERP 72 44 43
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.51% 3.87% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.34% 4.60% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 21 34
10th Percentile £338 £425 £366
25th Percentile £463 £463 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £640 £675 £634
90th Percentile £775 £694 £675
England median daily rate £550 £533 £550
% change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £15.45 £16.30 -
25th Percentile £16.42 £16.40 -
Median hourly rate £17.42 £16.69 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% - -
75th Percentile £17.69 £16.86 -
90th Percentile £18.22 £16.90 -
England median hourly rate £21.65 £56.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -61.68% -33.53% +229.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,349 956 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.42% 84.15% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 409 791
10th Percentile £194 £240 £226
25th Percentile £363 £338 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 183 349
10th Percentile £14.25 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.45 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.75 £30.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -30.83% +39.79% -2.45%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.20 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

ERP job vacancy trend in the East of England

ERP
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the East of England

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ERP

ERP
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Hertfordshire -5 27 £560 +14.29% 15
Bedfordshire +3 21 £541 -5.87% 5
Cambridgeshire -12 13 £494 -5.95% 8
Norfolk - 8 - - 2
Essex -5 2 £515 - 9
Suffolk +3 1 - - 4
ERP
England

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.39%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (9.72%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.39%) Infor M3
4 1 (1.39%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (1.39%) Primavera
4 1 (1.39%) Sage X3
4 1 (1.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.28%) Power Platform
2 6 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (6.94%) Azure
4 2 (2.78%) OCI
4 2 (2.78%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.78%) SaaS
5 1 (1.39%) AWS
5 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.39%) GCP
5 1 (1.39%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) LAN
1 1 (1.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.50%) Power BI
2 7 (9.72%) Power Query
3 5 (6.94%) SAP HANA
4 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (2.78%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.78%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.39%) Big Data
7 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (2.78%) Hudson
3 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 30 (41.67%) Finance
2 26 (36.11%) Social Skills
3 15 (20.83%) Manufacturing
4 14 (19.44%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (8.33%) Legal
6 3 (4.17%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.17%) Spanish Language
7 2 (2.78%) Aviation
7 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.39%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.39%) Automotive
8 1 (1.39%) Billing
8 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.39%) Local Government
8 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Retail
8 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (16.67%) Analyst
2 10 (13.89%) Project Manager
3 8 (11.11%) Lead
4 7 (9.72%) ERP Analyst
4 7 (9.72%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Architect
5 5 (6.94%) Developer
5 5 (6.94%) IFS Developer
6 4 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 4 (5.56%) Senior
7 3 (4.17%) Consultant
7 3 (4.17%) Data Integration Specialist
7 3 (4.17%) Data Migration Specialist
7 3 (4.17%) ERP Manager
7 3 (4.17%) ERP Project Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Integration Specialist
7 3 (4.17%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Migration Specialist
7 3 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.17%) SSIS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (5.56%) XML
2 3 (4.17%) EDI
2 3 (4.17%) JSON
2 3 (4.17%) REST
2 3 (4.17%) SOAP
2 3 (4.17%) XSLT
3 1 (1.39%) Express.js
3 1 (1.39%) MERN Stack
3 1 (1.39%) Node.js
3 1 (1.39%) React
3 1 (1.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Life Science
2 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.39%) FMCG
4 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.39%) NHS
4 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.39%) SCADA
4 1 (1.39%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (20.83%) Migration
2 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (18.06%) CRM
4 12 (16.67%) Logistics
4 12 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (15.28%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (13.89%) Process Improvement
7 9 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (11.11%) Analytics
8 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (9.72%) Agile
9 7 (9.72%) Business Analysis
9 7 (9.72%) Business Development
9 7 (9.72%) Coaching
9 7 (9.72%) Data Migration
9 7 (9.72%) Lean Six Sigma
9 7 (9.72%) Project Management
9 7 (9.72%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.61%) SQL
2 7 (9.72%) VBA
3 4 (5.56%) PL/SQL
4 3 (4.17%) Java
4 3 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.72%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 4 (5.56%) Degree
5 2 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.39%) ACCA
6 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.39%) CIMA
6 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.39%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.39%) PMP
6 1 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) PMO
2 6 (8.33%) GxP
3 5 (6.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (4.17%) QA
5 2 (2.78%) SLA
6 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.39%) IFRS
Vendors
1 28 (38.89%) SAP
2 12 (16.67%) IFS
2 12 (16.67%) Oracle
3 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.17%) Freshdesk
5 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.78%) Ariba
6 2 (2.78%) Workday
7 1 (1.39%) Databricks
7 1 (1.39%) Infor
7 1 (1.39%) Retek
7 1 (1.39%) Sage
7 1 (1.39%) Siemens
7 1 (1.39%) Sybase