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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 77 90
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +22
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,608 881 827
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.48% 3.17% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 3.48% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 937 540 462
10th Percentile £375 £350 £364
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £640 £638 £638
90th Percentile £747 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £530
% change year-on-year +2.33% +1.42% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 39 33
10th Percentile £14.01 £6.00 £18.30
25th Percentile £17.00 £9.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £16.92 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +42.97% -52.15% -45.02%
75th Percentile £39.41 £43.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £76.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £17.42 £47.50
% change year-on-year +38.84% -63.32% -25.20%

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 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -4 647 £600 +8.11% 905
North of England +65 275 £525 +5.00% 345
South East -3 259 £525 +1.94% 381
Midlands +27 222 £525 -4.55% 307
North West +31 151 £525 +5.00% 188
West Midlands +16 125 £525 -4.55% 184
Yorkshire +38 103 £488 +7.73% 108
East Midlands +21 88 £525 -12.50% 123
East of England -14 83 £509 -10.70% 158
South West -29 82 £525 -12.50% 127
North East -28 21 £500 +11.11% 55
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 35 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.12%) Confluence
3 17 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
4 6 (0.37%) CMS
4 6 (0.37%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.31%) SAS
6 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.062%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.062%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.062%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 97 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.75%) Windchill
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 213 (13.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 138 (8.58%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (3.73%) Oracle Payables
4 59 (3.67%) NetSuite
5 53 (3.30%) SAP ERP
6 45 (2.80%) Oracle Receivables
7 28 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
7 28 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
8 27 (1.68%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 20 (1.24%) Oracle Financials
10 17 (1.06%) SAP MDG
11 15 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
11 15 (0.93%) Unit4 Business World
12 14 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
13 13 (0.81%) Teamcenter
13 13 (0.81%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.68%) SAP MM
15 10 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
15 10 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 169 (10.51%) Power Platform
2 162 (10.07%) Azure
3 144 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
4 110 (6.84%) SaaS
5 94 (5.85%) OCI
6 59 (3.67%) AWS
7 52 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (2.05%) Power Automate
9 32 (1.99%) GCP
10 25 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
11 24 (1.49%) PaaS
11 24 (1.49%) PowerApps
12 21 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.18%) Boomi
14 18 (1.12%) GitHub
15 15 (0.93%) Entra ID
16 13 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.44%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
2 4 (0.25%) HTTP
2 4 (0.25%) SSL
3 3 (0.19%) Firewall
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) DMZ
4 2 (0.12%) SMS
5 1 (0.062%) DNS
5 1 (0.062%) Intranet
5 1 (0.062%) LAN
5 1 (0.062%) MQTT
5 1 (0.062%) RFID
5 1 (0.062%) SMTP
5 1 (0.062%) VPN
5 1 (0.062%) WAN
5 1 (0.062%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.77%) Power BI
2 59 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
4 24 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 22 (1.37%) Tableau
6 18 (1.12%) Metadata
7 16 (1.00%) Oracle ODI
8 13 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
9 10 (0.62%) Power Query
10 7 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.44%) Star Schema
11 6 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
11 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.31%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 82 (5.10%) JIRA
2 18 (1.12%) Git
3 12 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.56%) Hudson
5 7 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.25%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.25%) Postman
9 3 (0.19%) LSMW
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.12%) Flyway
11 1 (0.062%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.062%) GitLab
11 1 (0.062%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.062%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.062%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.062%) Selenium
11 1 (0.062%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.062%) Zephyr
General
1 832 (51.74%) Finance
2 454 (28.23%) Social Skills
3 225 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (11.88%) Manufacturing
5 139 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 100 (6.22%) Retail
7 67 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (4.04%) General Ledger
9 56 (3.48%) Billing
10 55 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.74%) Banking
12 43 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
13 33 (2.05%) Local Government
14 32 (1.99%) Law
14 32 (1.99%) Legal
15 29 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 28 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.24%) Aerospace
17 20 (1.24%) Automotive
17 20 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 297 (18.47%) Lead
2 252 (15.67%) Architect
3 222 (13.81%) Analyst
4 156 (9.70%) Consultant
5 122 (7.59%) Solutions Architect
6 121 (7.52%) Senior
7 113 (7.03%) Project Manager
8 99 (6.16%) Business Analyst
9 84 (5.22%) Developer
10 57 (3.54%) Oracle Consultant
11 52 (3.23%) ERP Manager
12 47 (2.92%) Accountant
12 47 (2.92%) Functional Consultant
13 45 (2.80%) Administrator
14 43 (2.67%) Data Analyst
15 42 (2.61%) Financial Analyst
16 36 (2.24%) Programme Manager
17 35 (2.18%) Finance Manager
17 35 (2.18%) SAP Manager
18 33 (2.05%) ERP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (10.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 91 (5.66%) REST
3 83 (5.16%) Middleware
4 58 (3.61%) SOAP
5 32 (1.99%) JSON
5 32 (1.99%) XML
6 26 (1.62%) Web Services
7 22 (1.37%) .NET
8 19 (1.18%) OAuth
9 17 (1.06%) OAuth2
10 15 (0.93%) EDI
11 14 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
12 13 (0.81%) Terraform
13 11 (0.68%) CSS
13 11 (0.68%) HTML
13 11 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (0.62%) RESTful
14 10 (0.62%) XSLT
15 9 (0.56%) Ajax
15 9 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
2 58 (3.61%) Data Structures
3 52 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 50 (3.11%) Product Ownership
5 47 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (2.11%) FMCG
8 27 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 23 (1.43%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.18%) Life Science
11 18 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (0.93%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.87%) Operational Technology
15 13 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
16 12 (0.75%) CMDB
17 11 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
18 10 (0.62%) AI Agents
18 10 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.18%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Android
4 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.062%) AIX
6 1 (0.062%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.062%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 417 (25.93%) Migration
3 307 (19.09%) Data Migration
4 257 (15.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 240 (14.93%) Agile
6 234 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 232 (14.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 224 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 179 (11.13%) Validation
10 170 (10.57%) Change Management
10 170 (10.57%) Process Improvement
11 167 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
11 167 (10.39%) CRM
12 162 (10.07%) Roadmaps
13 155 (9.64%) Analytics
14 144 (8.96%) Data Modelling
15 124 (7.71%) Project Delivery
16 118 (7.34%) Translating Business Requirements
17 117 (7.28%) Decision-Making
18 116 (7.21%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 153 (9.51%) SQL
2 51 (3.17%) Python
3 30 (1.87%) JavaScript
4 25 (1.55%) Java
5 24 (1.49%) PL/SQL
6 21 (1.31%) C#
7 18 (1.12%) X++
8 15 (0.93%) ABAP
9 13 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.75%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.62%) TypeScript
12 9 (0.56%) Ruby
13 7 (0.44%) Groovy
14 6 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.25%) PHP
15 4 (0.25%) VBA
16 3 (0.19%) C++
16 3 (0.19%) Rust
17 2 (0.12%) SOQL
17 2 (0.12%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 223 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 163 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 108 (6.72%) Degree
4 68 (4.23%) ACCA
5 62 (3.86%) CIMA
6 52 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.55%) PMP
8 38 (2.36%) PMI Certification
9 15 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.44%) CISM
13 7 (0.44%) CISSP
13 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.37%) APMG
15 5 (0.31%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 57 (3.54%) GDPR
3 47 (2.92%) PMO
4 43 (2.67%) QA
5 24 (1.49%) IFRS
6 18 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.06%) GRC
8 16 (1.00%) GAAP
9 9 (0.56%) SLA
10 8 (0.50%) NCSC
11 7 (0.44%) GMP
12 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.31%) P3O
12 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
14 3 (0.19%) NIST
14 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.50%) Docker
3 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.12%) IAG
5 1 (0.062%) Firmware
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (0.56%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.31%) Grafana
3 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.25%) Kibana
5 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.19%) SCCM
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.062%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.062%) MOM
Vendors
1 513 (31.90%) SAP
2 442 (27.49%) Oracle
3 301 (18.72%) Microsoft
4 77 (4.79%) Salesforce
5 69 (4.29%) ServiceNow
5 69 (4.29%) Workday
6 47 (2.92%) IFS
7 29 (1.80%) Sage
8 24 (1.49%) Ariba
9 22 (1.37%) JD Edwards
10 21 (1.31%) Databricks
11 20 (1.24%) Google
12 18 (1.12%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.12%) Siemens
13 16 (1.00%) SYSPRO
14 15 (0.93%) Infor
15 14 (0.87%) Concur
15 14 (0.87%) IBM
16 12 (0.75%) PTC
17 10 (0.62%) Adobe