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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 91 101
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 -1
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,010 805 943
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.34% 2.58% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 2.97% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 440 607
10th Percentile £350 £363 £388
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.96% +6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £560
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.46% +4.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 29 31
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.13 £51.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £59.02
Median hourly rate £21.30 £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.14% -58.82% +289.19%
75th Percentile £30.00 £71.25 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.58 £35.18 £85.00
% change year-on-year -38.67% -58.61% +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 27,324 27,092 35,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.37% 86.76% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,372 16,558 24,038
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,791 983 1,478
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.46% -18.73% +27.14%
75th Percentile £46.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.54% +24.29%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +34 457 £575 +4.55% 414
South East +34 167 £515 +3.00% 238
Midlands -30 109 £550 +4.76% 164
North of England -36 100 £525 +5.00% 203
South West -1 86 £600 +15.38% 65
North West +5 77 £513 +2.50% 111
East of England +16 65 £550 +15.79% 63
West Midlands -44 64 £575 +9.52% 104
East Midlands -4 45 £525 -12.50% 59
Yorkshire -59 20 £538 +26.47% 71
North East -12 3 £500 -14.71% 21
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 22 (2.18%) Confluence
2 17 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.40%) CMS
5 4 (0.40%) WebLogic
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 51 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.50%) Trello
7 2 (0.20%) InVision
7 2 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.20%) Windchill
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
Business Applications
1 129 (12.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 82 (8.12%) Oracle ERP
3 49 (4.85%) SAP ERP
4 34 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 30 (2.97%) Oracle EBS
6 29 (2.87%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.77%) NetSuite
8 21 (2.08%) Oracle General Ledger
9 20 (1.98%) Oracle Assets
9 20 (1.98%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (1.68%) SAP EWM
11 15 (1.49%) Oracle EBS R12
11 15 (1.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (1.39%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (1.39%) Oracle SCM
12 14 (1.39%) Unit4 Business World
13 13 (1.29%) SAP WM
14 11 (1.09%) Primavera
15 7 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
15 7 (0.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 127 (12.57%) Azure
2 113 (11.19%) OCI
3 90 (8.91%) SaaS
4 88 (8.71%) Dynamics 365
5 82 (8.12%) Power Platform
6 27 (2.67%) PaaS
7 26 (2.57%) AWS
8 20 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.78%) Lucidchart
10 16 (1.58%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (1.39%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.29%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.19%) Boomi
13 12 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
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 65 (6.44%) Power BI
2 50 (4.95%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 27 (2.67%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.58%) SAP HANA
7 15 (1.49%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 8 (0.79%) Power Query
10 7 (0.69%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.69%) SAP BW
10 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.69%) Tableau
11 5 (0.50%) GIS
11 5 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
11 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 11g
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 43 (4.26%) JIRA
2 9 (0.89%) Postman
3 7 (0.69%) Git
3 7 (0.69%) GitLab
4 5 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.20%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.099%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.099%) Hudson
7 1 (0.099%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.099%) LSMW
7 1 (0.099%) MLflow
7 1 (0.099%) QADirector
7 1 (0.099%) Selenium
7 1 (0.099%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.099%) TestRail
7 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 500 (49.50%) Finance
2 346 (34.26%) Social Skills
3 135 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.89%) Manufacturing
5 109 (10.79%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.26%) Retail
7 40 (3.96%) Legal
7 40 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 35 (3.47%) Local Government
8 35 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
9 34 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (2.97%) Banking
11 29 (2.87%) General Ledger
12 28 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.48%) Billing
13 25 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (2.18%) Marketing
15 19 (1.88%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.68%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 138 (13.66%) Consultant
2 128 (12.67%) Analyst
3 121 (11.98%) Lead
4 100 (9.90%) Project Manager
5 93 (9.21%) Architect
6 64 (6.34%) Senior
7 59 (5.84%) Business Analyst
8 51 (5.05%) Developer
9 37 (3.66%) ERP Manager
9 37 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (3.56%) SAP Consultant
10 36 (3.56%) SAP Manager
11 32 (3.17%) Oracle Consultant
12 30 (2.97%) Functional Consultant
13 25 (2.48%) ERP Support
14 24 (2.38%) ERP Project Manager
15 23 (2.28%) ERP Analyst
15 23 (2.28%) Programme Manager
16 22 (2.18%) Applications Support
17 21 (2.08%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (13.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 43 (4.26%) REST
3 28 (2.77%) Middleware
3 28 (2.77%) SOAP
4 27 (2.67%) Web Services
5 24 (2.38%) XML
6 22 (2.18%) JSON
7 18 (1.78%) .NET
8 11 (1.09%) OAuth
9 10 (0.99%) XSLT
10 8 (0.79%) EDI
10 8 (0.79%) HTML
11 6 (0.59%) CSS
11 6 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.40%) ADO
12 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.40%) SAP Basis
13 3 (0.30%) BAPI
13 3 (0.30%) IDoc
13 3 (0.30%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
2 46 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 30 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 23 (2.28%) Data Structures
6 17 (1.68%) Life Science
7 15 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.29%) FMCG
9 12 (1.19%) AS400
9 12 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.09%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.89%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.69%) IoT
13 7 (0.69%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 6 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.59%) Windows
2 4 (0.40%) Unix
3 3 (0.30%) Linux
4 2 (0.20%) Android
4 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.099%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (21.39%) Migration
2 192 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (17.62%) Agile
4 174 (17.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 172 (17.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 156 (15.45%) Data Migration
7 120 (11.88%) CRM
8 119 (11.78%) Change Management
9 103 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 103 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
10 99 (9.80%) Project Management
11 95 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
12 89 (8.81%) Project Delivery
13 83 (8.22%) Roadmaps
14 74 (7.33%) Validation
15 64 (6.34%) Workshop Facilitation
16 62 (6.14%) DevOps
17 56 (5.54%) Logistics
18 55 (5.45%) Analytics
18 55 (5.45%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (14.16%) SQL
2 33 (3.27%) PL/SQL
3 18 (1.78%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.58%) C#
4 16 (1.58%) Python
5 13 (1.29%) Java
6 8 (0.79%) VBA
7 6 (0.59%) Groovy
7 6 (0.59%) X++
8 5 (0.50%) ABAP
8 5 (0.50%) PowerShell
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%) XPath
12 1 (0.099%) C++
12 1 (0.099%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.099%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 118 (11.68%) Security Cleared
2 108 (10.69%) Degree
3 98 (9.70%) SC Cleared
4 30 (2.97%) PMP
5 29 (2.87%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.57%) CIMA
7 24 (2.38%) ACCA
8 21 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.88%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.78%) SAP Certification
11 14 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.99%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
15 7 (0.69%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 5 (0.50%) OCA
18 3 (0.30%) CCA
18 3 (0.30%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.75%) QA
2 38 (3.76%) Data Quality
3 35 (3.47%) PMO
4 33 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 26 (2.57%) GDPR
6 12 (1.19%) SLA
7 9 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.89%) NIST
8 8 (0.79%) GxP
8 8 (0.79%) IFRS
8 8 (0.79%) ITGC
9 7 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.69%) APQC
10 6 (0.59%) COBIT
10 6 (0.59%) SOX 404
11 4 (0.40%) GAAP
11 4 (0.40%) GMP
11 4 (0.40%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.40%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.30%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.099%) Firmware
3 1 (0.099%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.099%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (0.59%) Terraform
2 5 (0.50%) Kubernetes
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%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.099%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.099%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.099%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.099%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 372 (36.83%) Oracle
2 299 (29.60%) SAP
3 141 (13.96%) Microsoft
4 61 (6.04%) Salesforce
5 59 (5.84%) Workday
6 36 (3.56%) IFS
7 17 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.99%) Databricks
8 10 (0.99%) MuleSoft
8 10 (0.99%) Sage
9 9 (0.89%) Ariba
10 7 (0.69%) Hyperion
11 6 (0.59%) Adobe
12 5 (0.50%) Anaplan
12 5 (0.50%) PeopleSoft
13 4 (0.40%) Axway
13 4 (0.40%) Informatica
13 4 (0.40%) Murex
13 4 (0.40%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.30%) Adaptive Insights