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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 84 101
Rank change year-on-year +17 +17 +20
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,257 740 849
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.45% 2.90% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 3.20% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 440 562
10th Percentile £350 £357 £363
25th Percentile £463 £429 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £643
90th Percentile £737 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 17 36
10th Percentile £18.10 £17.18 £13.66
25th Percentile £25.29 £35.00 £35.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £59.65
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +13.17% -4.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.80 - £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £61.79
% change year-on-year -14.81% +9.24% -1.14%

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 31,620 23,110 32,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.89% 90.44% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,216 14,677 21,786
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,956 785 2,096
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +2.94% -4.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.11
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.15 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.85% -1.52% -5.71%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +9 549 £575 +4.55% 196
North of England +12 175 £550 +15.79% 145
South East -5 156 £550 +4.76% 230
Midlands -18 139 £540 +2.86% 131
South West +18 125 £525 +13.26% 59
North West +42 113 £500 +2.41% 80
West Midlands -18 94 £565 +8.65% 77
East of England +2 80 £550 +1.15% 85
Yorkshire -27 56 £595 +48.75% 55
East Midlands -10 44 £525 - 52
North East -20 6 £500 - 14
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 19 (1.51%) Confluence
1 19 (1.51%) Oracle Workflow
2 18 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 18 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.48%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.24%) Documentum
5 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.080%) Apache
7 1 (0.080%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.080%) CMS
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.080%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 50 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.40%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.32%) Trello
8 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) InVision
9 2 (0.16%) Sketch
9 2 (0.16%) Windchill
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 161 (12.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 87 (6.92%) Oracle ERP
3 48 (3.82%) Oracle EBS
4 46 (3.66%) SAP ERP
5 43 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
6 37 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 26 (2.07%) NetSuite
9 22 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
11 17 (1.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 17 (1.35%) Shopify
12 16 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
13 15 (1.19%) Workday HCM
14 13 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
15 11 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
16 10 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
17 9 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
17 9 (0.72%) SAP EWM
17 9 (0.72%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 190 (15.12%) Azure
2 146 (11.61%) OCI
3 131 (10.42%) Dynamics 365
4 87 (6.92%) SaaS
5 86 (6.84%) Power Platform
6 39 (3.10%) PaaS
7 38 (3.02%) AWS
8 31 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.83%) Boomi
9 23 (1.83%) Power Automate
9 23 (1.83%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
12 19 (1.51%) GCP
13 17 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.19%) IaaS
14 15 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
16 12 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.080%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.080%) Firewall
1 1 (0.080%) LAN
1 1 (0.080%) Modbus
1 1 (0.080%) Network Security
1 1 (0.080%) RFID
1 1 (0.080%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.85%) Power BI
2 55 (4.38%) Oracle Reports
3 41 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.67%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 14 (1.11%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.72%) Oracle ODI
10 7 (0.56%) GIS
10 7 (0.56%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.56%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.48%) Tableau
12 5 (0.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.32%) Power Query
13 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 63 (5.01%) JIRA
2 26 (2.07%) Postman
3 10 (0.80%) Git
4 7 (0.56%) GitLab
4 7 (0.56%) Hudson
4 7 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (0.56%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.48%) Selenium
6 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.24%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.16%) Gradle
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.16%) TestRail
10 1 (0.080%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.080%) MLflow
10 1 (0.080%) QADirector
10 1 (0.080%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 628 (49.96%) Finance
2 425 (33.81%) Social Skills
3 171 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 97 (7.72%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.69%) Local Government
7 53 (4.22%) Retail
8 45 (3.58%) Legal
9 38 (3.02%) Banking
10 36 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (2.63%) General Ledger
12 30 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 25 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.59%) Billing
16 19 (1.51%) Marketing
17 17 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 15 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 199 (15.83%) Consultant
2 158 (12.57%) Lead
3 145 (11.54%) Architect
4 136 (10.82%) Project Manager
5 125 (9.94%) Analyst
6 102 (8.11%) Senior
7 75 (5.97%) Business Analyst
7 75 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
8 60 (4.77%) Developer
9 50 (3.98%) ERP Manager
10 48 (3.82%) Implementation Consultant
11 47 (3.74%) SAP Consultant
12 46 (3.66%) SAP Manager
13 37 (2.94%) Accountant
14 31 (2.47%) Senior Manager
15 28 (2.23%) Delivery Manager
15 28 (2.23%) Systems Accountant
16 27 (2.15%) Financial Analyst
16 27 (2.15%) Oracle Consultant
16 27 (2.15%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (15.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 79 (6.28%) REST
3 54 (4.30%) Middleware
4 53 (4.22%) SOAP
5 43 (3.42%) JSON
5 43 (3.42%) XML
6 40 (3.18%) Web Services
7 21 (1.67%) OAuth
8 18 (1.43%) XSLT
9 17 (1.35%) .NET
10 12 (0.95%) JWT
11 9 (0.72%) EDI
12 8 (0.64%) HTML
12 8 (0.64%) PySpark
12 8 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.56%) ADO
14 5 (0.40%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.40%) Node.js
14 5 (0.40%) RESTful
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.81%) Legacy Systems
2 39 (3.10%) Management Information System
3 36 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.07%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 16 (1.27%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.19%) FMCG
8 15 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 11 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (0.88%) IoT
10 10 (0.80%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.72%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.64%) Life Science
13 7 (0.56%) LIMS
13 7 (0.56%) SCADA
13 7 (0.56%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.19%) Windows
2 6 (0.48%) Linux
3 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 1 (0.080%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (24.58%) Migration
2 242 (19.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 218 (17.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 213 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
5 185 (14.72%) Data Migration
6 183 (14.56%) Agile
7 151 (12.01%) Project Management
8 143 (11.38%) Change Management
9 142 (11.30%) User Acceptance Testing
10 122 (9.71%) CRM
11 121 (9.63%) Validation
12 111 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 101 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
14 100 (7.96%) Roadmaps
15 93 (7.40%) Project Delivery
16 84 (6.68%) Workshop Facilitation
17 82 (6.52%) DevOps
18 78 (6.21%) Analytics
19 69 (5.49%) Data Modelling
19 69 (5.49%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 119 (9.47%) SQL
2 35 (2.78%) PL/SQL
3 30 (2.39%) Python
4 25 (1.99%) C#
5 18 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.11%) Java
7 7 (0.56%) Groovy
8 6 (0.48%) ABAP
8 6 (0.48%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.48%) X++
9 5 (0.40%) VBA
10 4 (0.32%) C++
10 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.32%) Korn
10 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.24%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.24%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 159 (12.65%) Security Cleared
2 125 (9.94%) Degree
3 119 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 64 (5.09%) CIMA
5 51 (4.06%) ACCA
6 37 (2.94%) PMP
7 29 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.67%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.19%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.03%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.80%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
14 8 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.56%) OCA
16 6 (0.48%) APMP
17 5 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 5 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.25%) Data Quality
2 60 (4.77%) QA
3 48 (3.82%) PMO
4 44 (3.50%) GDPR
5 24 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.11%) SLA
7 13 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.88%) IFRS
9 10 (0.80%) ITGC
9 10 (0.80%) NIST
10 9 (0.72%) GAAP
11 7 (0.56%) COBIT
11 7 (0.56%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.48%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.48%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.48%) NCSC
13 5 (0.40%) GMP
13 5 (0.40%) GxP
System Software
1 7 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.080%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.40%) Terraform
2 4 (0.32%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.24%) Control-M
4 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.16%) MOM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.080%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.080%) Kibana
5 1 (0.080%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.080%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 404 (32.14%) Oracle
2 355 (28.24%) SAP
3 193 (15.35%) Microsoft
4 81 (6.44%) Workday
5 50 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.90%) Siemens
7 40 (3.18%) IFS
8 29 (2.31%) Databricks
8 29 (2.31%) Sage
9 28 (2.23%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.27%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.11%) Ariba
11 14 (1.11%) Informatica
12 9 (0.72%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.64%) Foundry
14 7 (0.56%) Adobe
15 6 (0.48%) Epicor
15 6 (0.48%) Google
16 5 (0.40%) Talend
17 4 (0.32%) CODA