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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 93 97
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,008 784 952
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.39% 2.51% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 2.90% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 428 611
10th Percentile £350 £363 £388
25th Percentile £463 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +7.98%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £662
90th Percentile £738 £739 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £560
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 31 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.23 £49.63
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £17.69 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.97% -58.40% +289.19%
75th Percentile £30.00 £68.13 £88.75
90th Percentile £60.50 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -39.20% -58.40% +148.45%

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 26,929 27,070 35,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.54% 86.59% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,119 16,517 24,223
10th Percentile £299 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,746 975 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.38 £74.48 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.03 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.20% -20.21% +25.43%

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 7 November 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 7 November 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 7 November 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 +38 453 £575 +4.55% 597
South East +40 168 £515 +14.44% 568
Midlands -25 109 £550 +4.76% 217
North of England -32 95 £525 +5.00% 214
South West +4 91 £600 +20.00% 75
North West -5 70 £513 +2.50% 116
East of England +15 65 £550 +12.24% 104
West Midlands -42 64 £575 +10.58% 114
East Midlands -5 45 £525 -12.50% 97
Yorkshire -51 22 £538 +19.44% 73
North East -11 3 £500 -14.71% 25
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 21 (2.08%) Confluence
2 16 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
2 16 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (0.69%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.40%) CMS
6 3 (0.30%) Documentum
6 3 (0.30%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.099%) Apache
8 1 (0.099%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.099%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.099%) Camunda
8 1 (0.099%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle UPK
8 1 (0.099%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.099%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.20%) InVision
7 2 (0.20%) Sketch
8 1 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.099%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.099%) Notion
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.099%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 124 (12.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 92 (9.13%) Oracle ERP
3 47 (4.66%) SAP ERP
4 34 (3.37%) Oracle EBS
5 33 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 31 (3.08%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.78%) NetSuite
8 24 (2.38%) Oracle Assets
9 22 (2.18%) Oracle General Ledger
9 22 (2.18%) Oracle Receivables
10 21 (2.08%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (1.59%) SAP EWM
12 15 (1.49%) Oracle Cash Management
12 15 (1.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (1.39%) Oracle SCM
13 14 (1.39%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (1.29%) SAP WM
15 12 (1.19%) Primavera
16 8 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
17 7 (0.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 126 (12.50%) Azure
2 118 (11.71%) OCI
3 90 (8.93%) SaaS
4 89 (8.83%) Dynamics 365
5 78 (7.74%) Power Platform
6 28 (2.78%) PaaS
7 26 (2.58%) AWS
8 20 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (1.79%) Lucidchart
11 14 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (1.39%) Entra ID
11 14 (1.39%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.19%) Boomi
12 12 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (1.09%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.89%) Smartsheet
15 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.69%) GCP
16 7 (0.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.099%) Internet
1 1 (0.099%) LAN
1 1 (0.099%) Network Security
1 1 (0.099%) SAN
1 1 (0.099%) VPN
1 1 (0.099%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (6.05%) Power BI
2 50 (4.96%) Oracle Reports
3 35 (3.47%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.88%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.59%) SAP HANA
7 15 (1.49%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 8 (0.79%) Power Query
9 7 (0.69%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.69%) SAP BW
9 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.69%) Tableau
10 6 (0.60%) Oracle BI EE
10 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.50%) GIS
11 5 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 11g
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 42 (4.17%) JIRA
2 9 (0.89%) Postman
3 7 (0.69%) GitLab
4 6 (0.60%) Git
5 5 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.099%) Hudson
8 1 (0.099%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.099%) LSMW
8 1 (0.099%) MLflow
8 1 (0.099%) QADirector
8 1 (0.099%) Selenium
8 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.099%) Zephyr
General
1 499 (49.50%) Finance
2 340 (33.73%) Social Skills
3 133 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 107 (10.62%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.07%) Retail
7 39 (3.87%) Pharmaceutical
8 38 (3.77%) Legal
9 33 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
9 33 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (3.17%) Local Government
11 29 (2.88%) Banking
11 29 (2.88%) General Ledger
12 26 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (2.48%) Billing
14 21 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.98%) Marketing
16 17 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 137 (13.59%) Consultant
2 127 (12.60%) Analyst
3 126 (12.50%) Lead
4 101 (10.02%) Project Manager
5 92 (9.13%) Architect
6 64 (6.35%) Senior
7 58 (5.75%) Business Analyst
8 53 (5.26%) Developer
9 37 (3.67%) ERP Manager
10 36 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.47%) SAP Consultant
12 34 (3.37%) Oracle Consultant
13 32 (3.17%) SAP Manager
14 30 (2.98%) Functional Consultant
15 26 (2.58%) ERP Support
16 24 (2.38%) ERP Project Manager
17 23 (2.28%) ERP Analyst
17 23 (2.28%) Programme Manager
18 22 (2.18%) Applications Support
19 20 (1.98%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (13.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 42 (4.17%) REST
3 29 (2.88%) Middleware
4 28 (2.78%) Web Services
5 27 (2.68%) SOAP
6 23 (2.28%) XML
7 21 (2.08%) JSON
8 18 (1.79%) .NET
9 11 (1.09%) OAuth
10 10 (0.99%) XSLT
11 8 (0.79%) EDI
11 8 (0.79%) HTML
12 6 (0.60%) CSS
12 6 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
13 4 (0.40%) ADO
13 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.40%) SAP Basis
14 3 (0.30%) BAPI
14 3 (0.30%) IDoc
14 3 (0.30%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 47 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 23 (2.28%) Data Structures
6 17 (1.69%) Life Science
7 15 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.19%) AS400
8 12 (1.19%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.19%) FMCG
8 12 (1.19%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.09%) Public Cloud
10 9 (0.89%) e-Learning
11 8 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (0.60%) IoT
13 6 (0.60%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.69%) Unix
2 6 (0.60%) Windows
3 3 (0.30%) Linux
4 2 (0.20%) Android
4 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.099%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (21.23%) Migration
2 187 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (17.16%) Agile
4 171 (16.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 163 (16.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 156 (15.48%) Data Migration
7 117 (11.61%) CRM
8 116 (11.51%) Change Management
9 103 (10.22%) User Acceptance Testing
10 101 (10.02%) Project Management
11 95 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
13 88 (8.73%) Project Delivery
14 79 (7.84%) Roadmaps
15 73 (7.24%) Validation
16 61 (6.05%) DevOps
16 61 (6.05%) Workshop Facilitation
17 55 (5.46%) Analytics
17 55 (5.46%) Data Management
17 55 (5.46%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 149 (14.78%) SQL
2 38 (3.77%) PL/SQL
3 17 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.49%) C#
4 15 (1.49%) Python
5 12 (1.19%) Java
6 8 (0.79%) VBA
7 6 (0.60%) Groovy
7 6 (0.60%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.60%) X++
8 5 (0.50%) ABAP
9 4 (0.40%) Perl
9 4 (0.40%) PHP
10 3 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.30%) R
10 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.20%) Korn
11 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.099%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.099%) XPath
Qualifications
1 121 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 107 (10.62%) Degree
3 101 (10.02%) SC Cleared
4 30 (2.98%) PMP
5 29 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 23 (2.28%) CIMA
7 22 (2.18%) ACCA
8 21 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.88%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.79%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.99%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
15 6 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.60%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.50%) OCA
17 4 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 3 (0.30%) APMG
18 3 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.46%) QA
2 39 (3.87%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.37%) PMO
3 34 (3.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 27 (2.68%) GDPR
5 15 (1.49%) SLA
6 9 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.89%) NIST
7 8 (0.79%) GxP
7 8 (0.79%) IFRS
7 8 (0.79%) ITGC
8 7 (0.69%) APQC
9 6 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.60%) COBIT
9 6 (0.60%) SOX 404
10 4 (0.40%) GAAP
10 4 (0.40%) GMP
10 4 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.30%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.50%) Docker
3 4 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.099%) Firmware
4 1 (0.099%) Samba
Systems Management
1 5 (0.50%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.50%) Terraform
2 4 (0.40%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.20%) Control-M
4 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.099%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.099%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.099%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 384 (38.10%) Oracle
2 291 (28.87%) SAP
3 138 (13.69%) Microsoft
4 59 (5.85%) Salesforce
5 58 (5.75%) Workday
6 40 (3.97%) IFS
7 15 (1.49%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.99%) MuleSoft
8 10 (0.99%) Sage
9 8 (0.79%) Ariba
9 8 (0.79%) Databricks
10 7 (0.69%) Hyperion
11 5 (0.50%) Adobe
11 5 (0.50%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.50%) PeopleSoft
12 4 (0.40%) Axway
12 4 (0.40%) Informatica
12 4 (0.40%) Murex
12 4 (0.40%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.30%) Adaptive Insights