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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 100 102
Rank change year-on-year +40 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,539 642 806
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 2.65% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 2.90% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 402 516
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £456 £440 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £645 £647 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 23 30
10th Percentile £17.69 £17.01 £13.05
25th Percentile £26.42 £56.88 £17.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +95.80% -43.78%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £81.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.03% +84.38% -36.00%

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 35,555 22,136 31,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.01% 91.31% 85.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 14,385 20,625
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,223 969 2,319
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +39 656 £550 -2.22% 357
South East +7 231 £560 +4.19% 159
North of England +42 213 £500 +5.26% 153
Midlands +28 183 £525 +5.00% 156
South West +34 133 £525 +10.53% 69
North West +27 112 £500 +2.25% 84
West Midlands +10 110 £525 +5.00% 93
East of England +11 97 £575 -4.17% 46
Yorkshire +5 87 £550 +37.50% 54
East Midlands +19 69 £525 +10.53% 62
North East -19 14 £500 -9.09% 18
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 24 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.04%) Confluence
4 13 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.39%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.19%) Apache
7 3 (0.19%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.065%) Documentum
9 1 (0.065%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.32%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 206 (13.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 116 (7.54%) Oracle ERP
3 50 (3.25%) SAP ERP
4 47 (3.05%) NetSuite
5 40 (2.60%) Oracle Payables
6 39 (2.53%) Oracle EBS
7 37 (2.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 30 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
9 26 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
10 16 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (1.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 14 (0.91%) Unit4 Business World
12 13 (0.84%) Oracle EBS R12
13 12 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
13 12 (0.78%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.71%) Shopify
14 11 (0.71%) Teamcenter
15 10 (0.65%) Oracle 11i
16 8 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 193 (12.54%) Azure
2 165 (10.72%) Dynamics 365
3 142 (9.23%) Power Platform
4 114 (7.41%) OCI
5 83 (5.39%) SaaS
6 51 (3.31%) AWS
7 43 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (2.53%) PaaS
9 28 (1.82%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.23%) Boomi
13 18 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (0.97%) IaaS
16 14 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (0.91%) GCP
16 14 (0.91%) GitHub
17 13 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.26%) FTP
2 3 (0.19%) Firewall
2 3 (0.19%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
4 1 (0.065%) DHCP
4 1 (0.065%) DMZ
4 1 (0.065%) DNS
4 1 (0.065%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.065%) Modbus
4 1 (0.065%) MQTT
4 1 (0.065%) RFID
4 1 (0.065%) SMS
4 1 (0.065%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.065%) VoIP
4 1 (0.065%) VPN
4 1 (0.065%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (6.69%) Power BI
2 50 (3.25%) Oracle Reports
3 42 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.62%) Oracle ODI
5 20 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 12 (0.78%) Metadata
9 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.65%) Tableau
10 9 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.32%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.19%) Oracle BI EE
15 3 (0.19%) SAP Data Services
15 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 83 (5.39%) JIRA
2 24 (1.56%) Postman
3 22 (1.43%) Git
4 16 (1.04%) Hudson
5 10 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.58%) SoapUI
7 7 (0.45%) Selenium
8 4 (0.26%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.19%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.19%) GitLab
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.13%) Gradle
10 2 (0.13%) LSMW
11 1 (0.065%) ERwin
11 1 (0.065%) JMeter
11 1 (0.065%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.065%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 787 (51.14%) Finance
2 408 (26.51%) Social Skills
3 217 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (9.10%) Manufacturing
5 105 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 80 (5.20%) Retail
7 52 (3.38%) Local Government
8 46 (2.99%) Law
9 44 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 43 (2.79%) Legal
11 42 (2.73%) General Ledger
12 36 (2.34%) Banking
13 34 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (1.88%) Billing
16 25 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
17 20 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 20 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.17%) Military
19 16 (1.04%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 257 (16.70%) Lead
2 228 (14.81%) Architect
3 194 (12.61%) Consultant
4 186 (12.09%) Analyst
5 153 (9.94%) Project Manager
6 129 (8.38%) Senior
7 113 (7.34%) Solutions Architect
8 89 (5.78%) Business Analyst
9 77 (5.00%) Developer
10 72 (4.68%) ERP Manager
11 58 (3.77%) Accountant
12 51 (3.31%) Implementation Consultant
13 45 (2.92%) Senior Manager
14 44 (2.86%) Financial Analyst
15 42 (2.73%) Systems Accountant
16 37 (2.40%) Data Analyst
16 37 (2.40%) SAP Manager
16 37 (2.40%) Transformation Manager
17 36 (2.34%) SAP Consultant
18 35 (2.27%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (12.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 89 (5.78%) REST
3 68 (4.42%) Middleware
4 51 (3.31%) SOAP
5 43 (2.79%) JSON
6 41 (2.66%) XML
7 31 (2.01%) Web Services
8 21 (1.36%) .NET
9 19 (1.23%) OAuth
10 18 (1.17%) XSLT
11 14 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (0.84%) JWT
13 12 (0.78%) EDI
13 12 (0.78%) HTML
13 12 (0.78%) Node.js
14 10 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
15 9 (0.58%) CSS
15 9 (0.58%) PySpark
15 9 (0.58%) RESTful
16 8 (0.52%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.52%) Legacy Systems
2 51 (3.31%) Data Structures
3 39 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.47%) Product Ownership
5 36 (2.34%) Public Cloud
6 26 (1.69%) FMCG
7 25 (1.62%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.43%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.04%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.65%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.58%) IoT
16 8 (0.52%) Operational Technology
17 7 (0.45%) Life Science
17 7 (0.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.23%) Windows
2 5 (0.32%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Unix
3 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.065%) AIX
4 1 (0.065%) Android
4 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.065%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (27.23%) Migration
2 326 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 270 (17.54%) Data Migration
4 259 (16.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 219 (14.23%) User Acceptance Testing
6 217 (14.10%) Agile
7 215 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
8 183 (11.89%) Change Management
9 179 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 176 (11.44%) Validation
11 173 (11.24%) Project Management
12 143 (9.29%) Business Intelligence
13 131 (8.51%) Data Modelling
14 120 (7.80%) CRM
15 119 (7.73%) Procure-to-Pay
16 116 (7.54%) Roadmaps
17 107 (6.95%) Analytics
18 102 (6.63%) Project Delivery
19 96 (6.24%) DevOps
20 93 (6.04%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 136 (8.84%) SQL
2 46 (2.99%) Python
3 33 (2.14%) PL/SQL
4 29 (1.88%) C#
5 28 (1.82%) Java
6 27 (1.75%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.97%) Apex Code
7 15 (0.97%) X++
8 12 (0.78%) Ruby
9 9 (0.58%) ABAP
10 8 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.52%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.32%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.32%) VBA
12 3 (0.19%) C++
12 3 (0.19%) Korn
12 3 (0.19%) Perl
12 3 (0.19%) SOQL
12 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 168 (10.92%) Security Cleared
2 125 (8.12%) SC Cleared
3 116 (7.54%) Degree
4 82 (5.33%) CIMA
5 74 (4.81%) ACCA
6 42 (2.73%) PMP
7 31 (2.01%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.91%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.52%) SAP Certification
12 8 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.39%) APMP
13 6 (0.39%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.39%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.26%) APMG
15 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.89%) Data Quality
2 63 (4.09%) GDPR
3 51 (3.31%) QA
4 44 (2.86%) PMO
5 19 (1.23%) IFRS
5 19 (1.23%) SLA
6 16 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (0.84%) GAAP
8 8 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.32%) NCSC
10 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.19%) GMP
11 3 (0.19%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.13%) GRC
12 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.13%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.39%) Docker
3 3 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (0.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.32%) Terraform
3 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
3 4 (0.26%) Kibana
3 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.19%) Control-M
4 3 (0.19%) Grafana
4 3 (0.19%) MOM
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.065%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.065%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.065%) SCCM
Vendors
1 456 (29.63%) SAP
2 436 (28.33%) Oracle
3 255 (16.57%) Microsoft
4 81 (5.26%) Workday
5 65 (4.22%) IFS
6 63 (4.09%) Salesforce
7 55 (3.57%) Siemens
8 44 (2.86%) ServiceNow
9 37 (2.40%) Databricks
10 29 (1.88%) Sage
11 26 (1.69%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.36%) Ariba
13 14 (0.91%) Informatica
14 13 (0.84%) Epicor
15 12 (0.78%) Infor
16 8 (0.52%) Foundry
16 8 (0.52%) Google
16 8 (0.52%) JD Edwards
17 7 (0.45%) SYSPRO
17 7 (0.45%) Talend