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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 84 108
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 +9
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,109 750 807
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.47% 2.79% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 3.12% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 435 517
10th Percentile £360 £359 £375
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +4.12%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £650
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 11 27
10th Percentile £13.94 £14.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.69 £15.99 £46.70
Median hourly rate £23.18 £30.59 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -63.80% +196.70%
75th Percentile £51.02 £46.13 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.88 £65.00 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £30.59 £84.75
% change year-on-year -23.18% -63.91% +147.72%

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 28,213 24,003 32,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.28% 89.19% 87.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,027 14,736 21,710
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,750 779 1,598
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.29
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -13.14% +15.12%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.47 £75.00 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +16.65%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +19 489 £575 +5.50% 130
South East +24 160 £525 +1.94% 249
North of England -18 152 £550 +10.00% 135
Midlands -23 118 £525 -2.33% 119
North West +11 95 £500 - 51
South West -1 89 £525 +5.00% 113
East of England +8 75 £529 +5.75% 121
West Midlands -33 74 £563 +7.14% 55
Yorkshire -32 52 £595 +43.37% 60
East Midlands -16 44 £525 -12.50% 62
North East -18 5 £500 - 28
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 26 (2.34%) Confluence
2 19 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.62%) Oracle Workflow
4 17 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.36%) CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Documentum
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.18%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.18%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.090%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.090%) Apache
9 1 (0.090%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.090%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.090%) Camunda
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.090%) SAS
Applications
1 58 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.25%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.36%) Trello
8 2 (0.18%) InVision
8 2 (0.18%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.18%) Sketch
8 2 (0.18%) Windchill
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.090%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 147 (13.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 84 (7.57%) Oracle ERP
3 47 (4.24%) SAP ERP
4 42 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
5 41 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
6 40 (3.61%) Oracle Payables
7 32 (2.89%) Oracle Receivables
8 29 (2.61%) NetSuite
9 26 (2.34%) Oracle General Ledger
10 19 (1.71%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (1.62%) Unit4 Business World
12 17 (1.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 17 (1.53%) Shopify
13 16 (1.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 16 (1.44%) SAP EWM
14 15 (1.35%) Oracle Cash Management
15 14 (1.26%) Workday HCM
16 13 (1.17%) SAP WM
17 9 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
17 9 (0.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 142 (12.80%) OCI
2 138 (12.44%) Azure
3 119 (10.73%) Dynamics 365
4 88 (7.94%) Power Platform
5 79 (7.12%) SaaS
6 40 (3.61%) PaaS
7 28 (2.52%) AWS
8 25 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
10 17 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 17 (1.53%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 17 (1.53%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.35%) Tricentis Tosca
12 14 (1.26%) Boomi
13 13 (1.17%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.17%) IaaS
14 11 (0.99%) GCP
15 10 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.090%) LAN
1 1 (0.090%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (5.95%) Power BI
2 47 (4.24%) Oracle Reports
3 30 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.71%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.98%) Oracle Database
5 15 (1.35%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 10 (0.90%) SAP HANA
7 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.81%) Power Query
9 8 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.63%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.63%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
11 6 (0.54%) Tableau
12 5 (0.45%) GIS
12 5 (0.45%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 64 (5.77%) JIRA
2 27 (2.43%) Postman
3 11 (0.99%) GitLab
4 7 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.54%) Git
6 5 (0.45%) Selenium
6 5 (0.45%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.27%) Hudson
8 3 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.18%) Gradle
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.18%) TestRail
9 2 (0.18%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.090%) JMeter
10 1 (0.090%) MLflow
10 1 (0.090%) QADirector
General
1 546 (49.23%) Finance
2 417 (37.60%) Social Skills
3 148 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 99 (8.93%) Manufacturing
6 45 (4.06%) Local Government
7 42 (3.79%) Retail
8 41 (3.70%) General Ledger
9 36 (3.25%) Banking
10 34 (3.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 33 (2.98%) Legal
12 31 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.89%) Marketing
15 21 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (1.53%) Billing
17 12 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.08%) Law
18 11 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 154 (13.89%) Consultant
2 147 (13.26%) Lead
3 128 (11.54%) Project Manager
4 119 (10.73%) Analyst
5 109 (9.83%) Architect
6 74 (6.67%) Senior
7 61 (5.50%) Business Analyst
8 52 (4.69%) Developer
9 50 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
10 46 (4.15%) ERP Manager
11 44 (3.97%) SAP Consultant
12 43 (3.88%) SAP Manager
13 31 (2.80%) Functional Consultant
14 29 (2.61%) Oracle Consultant
15 27 (2.43%) Oracle Specialist
16 26 (2.34%) ERP Analyst
17 25 (2.25%) Programme Manager
17 25 (2.25%) SAP Project Manager
18 24 (2.16%) Accountant
18 24 (2.16%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (16.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 71 (6.40%) REST
3 50 (4.51%) SOAP
4 47 (4.24%) XML
5 41 (3.70%) JSON
6 39 (3.52%) Middleware
7 37 (3.34%) Web Services
8 22 (1.98%) OAuth
8 22 (1.98%) XSLT
9 15 (1.35%) .NET
9 15 (1.35%) EDI
10 11 (0.99%) JWT
11 10 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.72%) ADO
13 6 (0.54%) HTML
14 4 (0.36%) BAPI
14 4 (0.36%) CSS
14 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.36%) RESTful
14 4 (0.36%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 62 (5.59%) Legacy Systems
2 33 (2.98%) Data Structures
2 33 (2.98%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (1.98%) Public Cloud
5 21 (1.89%) Product Ownership
6 15 (1.35%) Life Science
7 13 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.17%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.08%) FMCG
9 10 (0.90%) Cloud Native
9 10 (0.90%) SCADA
9 10 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (0.81%) Mobile App
10 9 (0.81%) Synthetic Data
11 8 (0.72%) IoT
11 8 (0.72%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.54%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.81%) Windows
2 5 (0.45%) Linux
3 4 (0.36%) Unix
4 2 (0.18%) Android
4 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.090%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (21.55%) Migration
2 209 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
3 205 (18.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 200 (18.03%) Agile
5 192 (17.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 148 (13.35%) Data Migration
7 127 (11.45%) Project Management
8 121 (10.91%) Change Management
9 120 (10.82%) CRM
10 118 (10.64%) User Acceptance Testing
11 101 (9.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (8.21%) Project Delivery
12 91 (8.21%) Validation
13 89 (8.03%) Roadmaps
14 86 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
15 82 (7.39%) Workshop Facilitation
16 76 (6.85%) DevOps
17 69 (6.22%) Analytics
18 59 (5.32%) Risk Management
19 57 (5.14%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 130 (11.72%) SQL
2 37 (3.34%) PL/SQL
3 21 (1.89%) C#
4 20 (1.80%) Python
5 17 (1.53%) Java
5 17 (1.53%) JavaScript
6 10 (0.90%) VBA
7 7 (0.63%) ABAP
8 6 (0.54%) Groovy
8 6 (0.54%) X++
9 5 (0.45%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.27%) Korn
10 3 (0.27%) R
10 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.27%) XPath
11 2 (0.18%) C++
11 2 (0.18%) Perl
12 1 (0.090%) PHP
Qualifications
1 157 (14.16%) Security Cleared
2 134 (12.08%) Degree
3 122 (11.00%) SC Cleared
4 45 (4.06%) CIMA
5 39 (3.52%) ACCA
6 37 (3.34%) PMP
7 34 (3.07%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.07%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.53%) SAP Certification
10 13 (1.17%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.99%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 9 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.81%) OCA
14 8 (0.72%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.54%) APMP
16 5 (0.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 4 (0.36%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.59%) QA
2 50 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 40 (3.61%) PMO
4 37 (3.34%) GDPR
5 30 (2.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 12 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.99%) GxP
7 11 (0.99%) SLA
8 10 (0.90%) ITGC
9 9 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.81%) IFRS
9 9 (0.81%) NIST
10 8 (0.72%) GAAP
11 7 (0.63%) COBIT
11 7 (0.63%) SOX 404
12 5 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.45%) IFRS 17
12 5 (0.45%) IFRS 9
12 5 (0.45%) NCSC
13 4 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.27%) Docker
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.090%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (0.54%) Terraform
2 3 (0.27%) Control-M
2 3 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.18%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.090%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.090%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.090%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 399 (35.98%) Oracle
2 328 (29.58%) SAP
3 155 (13.98%) Microsoft
4 74 (6.67%) Workday
5 53 (4.78%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.43%) IFS
7 24 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.44%) Databricks
9 14 (1.26%) Sage
10 11 (0.99%) Ariba
11 10 (0.90%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.72%) Adobe
13 7 (0.63%) Informatica
14 5 (0.45%) Anaplan
14 5 (0.45%) Hyperion
14 5 (0.45%) Siemens
15 4 (0.36%) Dynatrace
15 4 (0.36%) Epicor
15 4 (0.36%) Murex
15 4 (0.36%) PeopleSoft
823 ERP jobs in England