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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 89 99
Rank change year-on-year +13 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,057 816 893
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.39% 2.67% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 3.04% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 454 565
10th Percentile £353 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £532 £560
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -5.09% +4.19%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £736 £750 £739
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 27 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.04 £53.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% -58.40% +251.89%
75th Percentile £30.00 £72.50 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.65 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -38.77% -58.40% +172.87%

All Process and 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 27,869 26,864 33,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.46% 87.86% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,747 16,503 22,915
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 957 1,425
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.35 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £43.63
% change year-on-year -23.21% -24.93% +24.64%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 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
London +23 466 £575 +4.55% 155
South East +38 170 £515 +3.00% 200
North of England -27 118 £550 +12.82% 123
Midlands -25 115 £550 +4.76% 106
South West -1 92 £575 +11.45% 47
North West +17 90 £513 +2.50% 67
West Midlands -33 73 £575 +9.52% 76
East of England +18 70 £529 +7.91% 51
East Midlands -8 42 £525 -12.50% 30
Yorkshire -48 25 £570 +34.12% 50
North East -15 3 £500 +5.26% 7
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 (2.27%) Confluence
2 19 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.32%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.47%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 4 (0.38%) Documentum
6 4 (0.38%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.19%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.19%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.095%) Apache
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.095%) Camunda
9 1 (0.095%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.095%) SAS
Applications
1 59 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.12%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.37%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.47%) Trello
7 2 (0.19%) InVision
7 2 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.19%) Windchill
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.095%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.095%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.095%) Notion
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 134 (12.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 79 (7.47%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (4.82%) SAP ERP
4 39 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 39 (3.69%) Oracle EBS
5 31 (2.93%) Oracle Payables
6 30 (2.84%) NetSuite
7 21 (1.99%) Oracle General Ledger
7 21 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
8 17 (1.61%) SAP EWM
9 16 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
10 15 (1.42%) Unit4 Business World
11 14 (1.32%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (1.32%) Oracle SCM
12 13 (1.23%) SAP WM
13 11 (1.04%) Oracle EBS R12
13 11 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 9 (0.85%) Primavera
14 9 (0.85%) Workday HCM
15 7 (0.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 134 (12.68%) Azure
2 112 (10.60%) OCI
3 97 (9.18%) Dynamics 365
4 91 (8.61%) SaaS
5 87 (8.23%) Power Platform
6 29 (2.74%) AWS
6 29 (2.74%) PaaS
7 20 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (1.70%) Lucidchart
9 17 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
10 15 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.23%) Boomi
11 13 (1.23%) Entra ID
11 13 (1.23%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.14%) GCP
12 12 (1.14%) Tricentis Tosca
13 10 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.095%) Internet
1 1 (0.095%) LAN
1 1 (0.095%) Network Security
1 1 (0.095%) SAN
1 1 (0.095%) VPN
1 1 (0.095%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.62%) Power BI
2 52 (4.92%) Oracle Reports
3 31 (2.93%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.27%) Oracle Database
5 23 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.61%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.61%) SAP HANA
7 14 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.95%) Power Query
9 9 (0.85%) Tableau
10 7 (0.66%) SAP BW
10 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.57%) GIS
11 6 (0.57%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
13 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
14 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 59 (5.58%) JIRA
2 13 (1.23%) Postman
3 10 (0.95%) GitLab
4 8 (0.76%) Git
5 6 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.28%) Hudson
6 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.19%) Selenium
7 2 (0.19%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.095%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.095%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.095%) MLflow
8 1 (0.095%) QADirector
8 1 (0.095%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.095%) TestRail
General
1 512 (48.44%) Finance
2 367 (34.72%) Social Skills
3 136 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (11.35%) Public Sector
5 118 (11.16%) Manufacturing
6 44 (4.16%) Retail
7 41 (3.88%) Local Government
7 41 (3.88%) Pharmaceutical
8 38 (3.60%) Legal
9 32 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 31 (2.93%) General Ledger
11 30 (2.84%) Banking
11 30 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (2.37%) Billing
14 22 (2.08%) Marketing
15 16 (1.51%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.42%) Telecoms
17 13 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 137 (12.96%) Consultant
2 133 (12.58%) Analyst
3 122 (11.54%) Lead
4 112 (10.60%) Project Manager
5 103 (9.74%) Architect
6 69 (6.53%) Senior
7 59 (5.58%) Business Analyst
8 51 (4.82%) Developer
9 42 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (3.78%) SAP Manager
11 39 (3.69%) ERP Manager
12 38 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
13 31 (2.93%) Functional Consultant
14 28 (2.65%) Oracle Consultant
15 25 (2.37%) ERP Project Manager
15 25 (2.37%) Programme Manager
16 24 (2.27%) ERP Analyst
16 24 (2.27%) ERP Support
17 21 (1.99%) Administrator
17 21 (1.99%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (14.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 51 (4.82%) REST
3 33 (3.12%) SOAP
4 32 (3.03%) Web Services
5 29 (2.74%) Middleware
6 26 (2.46%) JSON
7 24 (2.27%) XML
8 16 (1.51%) .NET
9 12 (1.14%) OAuth
9 12 (1.14%) XSLT
10 9 (0.85%) EDI
10 9 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (0.57%) HTML
12 5 (0.47%) ADO
13 4 (0.38%) CSS
13 4 (0.38%) JWT
13 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.38%) SAP Basis
14 3 (0.28%) IDoc
14 3 (0.28%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.16%) Management Information System
3 30 (2.84%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 18 (1.70%) Life Science
6 15 (1.42%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.23%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.14%) AS400
10 10 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (0.95%) FMCG
11 9 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.85%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.76%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.76%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.76%) Synthetic Data
13 7 (0.66%) IoT
13 7 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.47%) Unix
2 4 (0.38%) Windows
3 2 (0.19%) Android
3 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.19%) Linux
4 1 (0.095%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (20.62%) Migration
2 196 (18.54%) Agile
3 195 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
4 191 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 174 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 149 (14.10%) Data Migration
7 129 (12.20%) CRM
8 116 (10.97%) Change Management
9 110 (10.41%) Project Management
9 110 (10.41%) User Acceptance Testing
10 105 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 99 (9.37%) Business Intelligence
12 93 (8.80%) Project Delivery
13 84 (7.95%) Roadmaps
14 72 (6.81%) Validation
15 67 (6.34%) DevOps
16 65 (6.15%) Workshop Facilitation
17 64 (6.05%) Analytics
18 59 (5.58%) Data Management
19 57 (5.39%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 141 (13.34%) SQL
2 34 (3.22%) PL/SQL
3 19 (1.80%) Python
4 17 (1.61%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.42%) C#
6 13 (1.23%) Java
7 10 (0.95%) VBA
8 7 (0.66%) ABAP
9 6 (0.57%) Groovy
9 6 (0.57%) X++
10 5 (0.47%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.28%) PHP
12 3 (0.28%) R
12 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.19%) Korn
13 2 (0.19%) Perl
13 2 (0.19%) XPath
14 1 (0.095%) C++
Qualifications
1 133 (12.58%) Security Cleared
2 120 (11.35%) Degree
3 109 (10.31%) SC Cleared
4 31 (2.93%) PMP
5 30 (2.84%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.74%) CIMA
7 27 (2.55%) ACCA
8 19 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.80%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.80%) SAP Certification
9 12 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
10 11 (1.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 10 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.85%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.85%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.76%) OCA
14 6 (0.57%) APMP
15 5 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 4 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.01%) QA
2 41 (3.88%) PMO
3 40 (3.78%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.74%) GDPR
4 29 (2.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (0.95%) GxP
5 10 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.95%) NIST
6 9 (0.85%) ITGC
7 8 (0.76%) IFRS
8 7 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.66%) APQC
8 7 (0.66%) COBIT
8 7 (0.66%) SOX 404
9 6 (0.57%) SLA
10 5 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.38%) GMP
11 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.28%) GAAP
System Software
1 8 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.38%) Docker
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.095%) Firmware
4 1 (0.095%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.66%) Terraform
2 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.095%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.095%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.095%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 378 (35.76%) Oracle
2 314 (29.71%) SAP
3 145 (13.72%) Microsoft
4 65 (6.15%) Workday
5 63 (5.96%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.12%) IFS
7 16 (1.51%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.23%) Databricks
9 11 (1.04%) Ariba
9 11 (1.04%) Sage
10 10 (0.95%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.66%) Hyperion
12 6 (0.57%) Adobe
13 5 (0.47%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.38%) Axway
14 4 (0.38%) Concur
14 4 (0.38%) Google
14 4 (0.38%) Informatica
14 4 (0.38%) Murex
14 4 (0.38%) PeopleSoft