ERP Contract Job Trends in England

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 78 92
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 +21
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,600 860 802
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.46% 3.14% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 3.46% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 525 452
10th Percentile £375 £350 £375
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% -4.09%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £746 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £535
% change year-on-year +2.33% +0.47% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 38 33
10th Percentile £14.01 £6.00 £18.30
25th Percentile £16.94 £7.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £16.29 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +48.50% -53.93% -43.87%
75th Percentile £39.41 £51.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £77.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.35 £17.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +39.11% -63.16% -24.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,157 24,863 28,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.69% 90.87% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,010 15,784 17,561
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,714 1,478 1,320
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.29 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.74 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ERP job vacancy trend in England

ERP
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in England

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ERP

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in England

ERP
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
London +4 644 £600 +9.09% 1,119
North of England +60 273 £525 +5.00% 399
South East -3 261 £525 +1.94% 406
Midlands +26 219 £525 -4.55% 311
North West +33 151 £525 +5.00% 227
West Midlands +12 123 £525 - 184
Yorkshire +41 101 £500 +10.50% 122
East Midlands +22 87 £525 -12.50% 127
East of England -14 83 £509 -8.70% 174
South West -34 82 £525 -12.50% 138
North East -20 21 £500 +11.11% 56
ERP
UK

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
3 15 (0.94%) Confluence
4 6 (0.38%) CMS
4 6 (0.38%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.31%) SAS
6 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.063%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.063%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.063%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 95 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.38%) Windchill
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 210 (13.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 138 (8.63%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (3.81%) NetSuite
3 61 (3.81%) Oracle Payables
4 53 (3.31%) SAP ERP
5 45 (2.81%) Oracle Receivables
6 31 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
7 30 (1.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 28 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
9 27 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
10 20 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
11 15 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
11 15 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
12 14 (0.88%) SAP MDG
13 13 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
13 13 (0.81%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.69%) SAP MM
15 10 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
15 10 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
16 8 (0.50%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 172 (10.75%) Power Platform
2 155 (9.69%) Azure
3 149 (9.31%) Dynamics 365
4 110 (6.88%) SaaS
5 96 (6.00%) OCI
6 63 (3.94%) AWS
7 49 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (2.00%) GCP
9 31 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (1.94%) Power Automate
10 26 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
11 25 (1.56%) PaaS
11 25 (1.56%) PowerApps
12 20 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.19%) GitHub
14 17 (1.06%) Boomi
15 14 (0.88%) Entra ID
16 13 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (0.81%) Serverless
16 13 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.44%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
2 4 (0.25%) SSL
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) DMZ
3 2 (0.13%) Firewall
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) SMS
4 1 (0.063%) Intranet
4 1 (0.063%) LAN
4 1 (0.063%) MQTT
4 1 (0.063%) RFID
4 1 (0.063%) SMTP
4 1 (0.063%) WAN
4 1 (0.063%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (8.00%) Power BI
2 54 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
4 24 (1.50%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 22 (1.38%) Tableau
6 21 (1.31%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.13%) Metadata
7 18 (1.13%) Oracle ODI
8 13 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
9 10 (0.63%) Power Query
10 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.44%) Star Schema
11 6 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
11 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.31%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 76 (4.75%) JIRA
2 18 (1.13%) Git
3 12 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.63%) Hudson
5 7 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.25%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.19%) LSMW
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.13%) Flyway
9 2 (0.13%) Postman
10 1 (0.063%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.063%) ERwin
10 1 (0.063%) GitLab
10 1 (0.063%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.063%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.063%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.063%) Selenium
10 1 (0.063%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.063%) Zephyr
General
1 826 (51.63%) Finance
2 444 (27.75%) Social Skills
3 220 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (11.31%) Manufacturing
5 143 (8.94%) Public Sector
6 95 (5.94%) Retail
7 63 (3.94%) General Ledger
7 63 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
8 52 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 51 (3.19%) Billing
10 45 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
11 42 (2.63%) Banking
12 37 (2.31%) Law
13 34 (2.13%) Local Government
14 33 (2.06%) Legal
15 30 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 21 (1.31%) Aerospace
17 21 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (1.25%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 305 (19.06%) Lead
2 258 (16.13%) Architect
3 225 (14.06%) Analyst
4 159 (9.94%) Consultant
5 123 (7.69%) Senior
6 121 (7.56%) Solutions Architect
7 114 (7.13%) Project Manager
8 97 (6.06%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.06%) Developer
10 57 (3.56%) Oracle Consultant
11 54 (3.38%) ERP Manager
12 46 (2.88%) Accountant
13 45 (2.81%) Data Analyst
13 45 (2.81%) Functional Consultant
14 43 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
15 42 (2.63%) Administrator
16 36 (2.25%) Programme Manager
17 35 (2.19%) ERP Architect
17 35 (2.19%) SAP Manager
18 34 (2.13%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (11.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 86 (5.38%) REST
3 78 (4.88%) Middleware
4 52 (3.25%) SOAP
5 29 (1.81%) JSON
5 29 (1.81%) XML
6 23 (1.44%) .NET
6 23 (1.44%) Web Services
7 16 (1.00%) OAuth
8 15 (0.94%) EDI
9 14 (0.88%) OAuth2
9 14 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
10 13 (0.81%) Terraform
11 11 (0.69%) CSS
11 11 (0.69%) HTML
11 11 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (0.63%) RESTful
12 10 (0.63%) XSLT
13 9 (0.56%) Ajax
14 8 (0.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.75%) Legacy Systems
2 59 (3.69%) Data Structures
3 53 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 47 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.13%) FMCG
8 27 (1.69%) Public Cloud
9 24 (1.50%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.19%) Life Science
11 17 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.88%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.88%) Operational Technology
15 12 (0.75%) CMDB
16 11 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
17 10 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.13%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.13%) Android
5 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.063%) AIX
6 1 (0.063%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.063%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (29.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 427 (26.69%) Migration
3 317 (19.81%) Data Migration
4 260 (16.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 240 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 235 (14.69%) Agile
7 234 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
8 226 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 177 (11.06%) Validation
10 169 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
11 168 (10.50%) Change Management
12 167 (10.44%) Process Improvement
13 166 (10.38%) CRM
14 156 (9.75%) Roadmaps
15 152 (9.50%) Analytics
16 144 (9.00%) Data Modelling
17 126 (7.88%) Project Delivery
18 122 (7.63%) Translating Business Requirements
19 116 (7.25%) Project Management
20 115 (7.19%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 147 (9.19%) SQL
2 54 (3.38%) Python
3 30 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 27 (1.69%) Java
5 25 (1.56%) PL/SQL
6 22 (1.38%) C#
7 18 (1.13%) X++
8 15 (0.94%) ABAP
9 14 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (0.81%) Ruby
11 12 (0.75%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.56%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.44%) Groovy
13 7 (0.44%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.25%) PHP
14 4 (0.25%) VBA
15 3 (0.19%) C++
15 3 (0.19%) Rust
16 2 (0.13%) SOQL
16 2 (0.13%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 219 (13.69%) Security Cleared
2 162 (10.13%) SC Cleared
3 105 (6.56%) Degree
4 64 (4.00%) ACCA
5 58 (3.63%) CIMA
6 51 (3.19%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.38%) PMP
8 35 (2.19%) PMI Certification
9 14 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.44%) CISM
14 7 (0.44%) CISSP
15 6 (0.38%) APMG
15 6 (0.38%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.31%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (9.63%) Data Quality
2 58 (3.63%) GDPR
3 49 (3.06%) PMO
4 43 (2.69%) QA
5 24 (1.50%) IFRS
6 18 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.06%) GRC
8 16 (1.00%) GAAP
9 8 (0.50%) NCSC
9 8 (0.50%) SLA
10 7 (0.44%) GMP
11 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.31%) P3O
11 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 3 (0.19%) NIST
13 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.44%) Docker
3 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.13%) IAG
5 1 (0.063%) Firmware
5 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (0.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.31%) Grafana
2 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
2 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.25%) Kibana
4 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) SCCM
6 1 (0.063%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.063%) MOM
Vendors
1 504 (31.50%) SAP
2 452 (28.25%) Oracle
3 300 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 76 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 67 (4.19%) ServiceNow
5 67 (4.19%) Workday
6 48 (3.00%) IFS
7 28 (1.75%) Sage
8 23 (1.44%) Ariba
9 21 (1.31%) Databricks
10 20 (1.25%) Google
10 20 (1.25%) JD Edwards
11 17 (1.06%) SYSPRO
12 16 (1.00%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.94%) Infor
14 14 (0.88%) Concur
15 13 (0.81%) Siemens
16 10 (0.63%) Adobe
16 10 (0.63%) Epicor
17 8 (0.50%) IBM