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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 92 101
Rank change year-on-year +22 +9 +20
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,235 700 853
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.41% 2.83% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 3.12% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 424 563
10th Percentile £352 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £671 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 15 38
10th Percentile £18.15 £17.09 £13.90
25th Percentile £25.38 £57.50 £26.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.78 - £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -8.00%

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 31,340 22,420 33,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.56% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,068 14,466 21,877
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 £615 £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 1,932 799 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.84 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.25 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +14 537 £575 +4.55% 152
North of England +26 177 £550 +15.79% 126
South East +4 160 £550 +4.76% 192
Midlands -26 134 £540 +6.40% 130
North West +39 115 £500 +2.25% 74
South West +15 115 £525 +13.26% 49
West Midlands -25 95 £565 +11.33% 78
East of England -1 79 £550 -4.35% 63
Yorkshire -18 56 £595 +37.97% 43
East Midlands -23 38 £500 - 50
North East -20 6 £500 - 13
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 18 (1.46%) Confluence
1 18 (1.46%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.49%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.24%) Documentum
6 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) CMS
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.081%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 48 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.70%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.40%) PTC Creo
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 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 155 (12.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 83 (6.72%) Oracle ERP
3 49 (3.97%) Oracle EBS
4 43 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 42 (3.40%) SAP ERP
6 36 (2.91%) Oracle Payables
7 26 (2.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 25 (2.02%) NetSuite
9 21 (1.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (1.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 17 (1.38%) Shopify
11 16 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
12 15 (1.21%) Workday HCM
13 14 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
14 10 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
14 10 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
14 10 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
15 9 (0.73%) Teamcenter
15 9 (0.73%) Unit4 Business World
16 7 (0.57%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 187 (15.14%) Azure
2 135 (10.93%) OCI
3 134 (10.85%) Dynamics 365
4 88 (7.13%) Power Platform
5 87 (7.04%) SaaS
6 39 (3.16%) AWS
7 36 (2.91%) PaaS
8 31 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.94%) Power Automate
9 24 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.86%) Boomi
11 22 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.54%) GCP
13 18 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
14 17 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (1.21%) IaaS
16 14 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 13 (1.05%) Copilot Studio
17 13 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
18 11 (0.89%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.081%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.081%) Firewall
1 1 (0.081%) HTTP
1 1 (0.081%) LAN
1 1 (0.081%) Modbus
1 1 (0.081%) Network Security
1 1 (0.081%) RFID
1 1 (0.081%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.02%) Power BI
2 52 (4.21%) Oracle Reports
3 42 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.70%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.46%) Data Lake
6 15 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 13 (1.05%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.89%) Oracle ODI
10 7 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.57%) GIS
10 7 (0.57%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.49%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.49%) Tableau
12 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 62 (5.02%) JIRA
2 25 (2.02%) Postman
3 12 (0.97%) Git
4 8 (0.65%) Hudson
5 7 (0.57%) GitLab
5 7 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (0.57%) SoapUI
6 6 (0.49%) Selenium
7 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.24%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.16%) Gradle
10 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.16%) TestRail
11 1 (0.081%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.081%) MLflow
11 1 (0.081%) QADirector
11 1 (0.081%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 617 (49.96%) Finance
2 415 (33.60%) Social Skills
3 168 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 92 (7.45%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.78%) Local Government
7 54 (4.37%) Retail
8 46 (3.72%) Legal
9 38 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
10 37 (3.00%) Banking
11 32 (2.59%) General Ledger
12 27 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.54%) Billing
16 19 (1.54%) Marketing
17 18 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.30%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.05%) Military
Job Titles
1 193 (15.63%) Consultant
2 157 (12.71%) Lead
3 147 (11.90%) Architect
4 135 (10.93%) Project Manager
5 123 (9.96%) Analyst
6 103 (8.34%) Senior
7 76 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
8 75 (6.07%) Business Analyst
9 59 (4.78%) Developer
10 49 (3.97%) ERP Manager
11 48 (3.89%) Implementation Consultant
12 43 (3.48%) SAP Consultant
13 41 (3.32%) SAP Manager
14 39 (3.16%) Accountant
15 31 (2.51%) Senior Manager
16 30 (2.43%) Systems Accountant
17 28 (2.27%) Delivery Manager
17 28 (2.27%) Financial Analyst
18 26 (2.11%) SAP Project Manager
18 26 (2.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (14.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 75 (6.07%) REST
3 53 (4.29%) Middleware
4 48 (3.89%) SOAP
5 43 (3.48%) JSON
5 43 (3.48%) XML
6 40 (3.24%) Web Services
7 22 (1.78%) OAuth
8 18 (1.46%) .NET
8 18 (1.46%) XSLT
9 12 (0.97%) JWT
10 10 (0.81%) PySpark
11 9 (0.73%) EDI
12 8 (0.65%) HTML
12 8 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.57%) ADO
14 6 (0.49%) Node.js
15 5 (0.40%) GraphQL
15 5 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
15 5 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.99%) Legacy Systems
2 39 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 36 (2.91%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.02%) Product Ownership
5 23 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.46%) Public Cloud
7 16 (1.30%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.05%) FMCG
10 12 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.97%) IoT
10 12 (0.97%) Onboarding
11 10 (0.81%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.73%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.57%) Life Science
13 7 (0.57%) LIMS
13 7 (0.57%) SCADA
13 7 (0.57%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.13%) Windows
2 6 (0.49%) Linux
3 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 1 (0.081%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (25.10%) Migration
2 244 (19.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 212 (17.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 206 (16.68%) Problem-Solving
5 189 (15.30%) Data Migration
6 182 (14.74%) Agile
7 149 (12.06%) Project Management
8 147 (11.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 141 (11.42%) Change Management
10 126 (10.20%) Validation
11 121 (9.80%) CRM
12 110 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 99 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
14 94 (7.61%) Roadmaps
15 91 (7.37%) Project Delivery
16 85 (6.88%) DevOps
17 82 (6.64%) Workshop Facilitation
18 78 (6.32%) Analytics
18 78 (6.32%) Data Modelling
19 72 (5.83%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 115 (9.31%) SQL
2 33 (2.67%) PL/SQL
3 31 (2.51%) Python
4 26 (2.11%) C#
5 19 (1.54%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.21%) Java
7 6 (0.49%) ABAP
7 6 (0.49%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.49%) X++
8 5 (0.40%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.40%) Korn
8 5 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.32%) C++
9 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.32%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.32%) VBA
10 3 (0.24%) Perl
11 2 (0.16%) PHP
11 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 152 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 119 (9.64%) Degree
3 112 (9.07%) SC Cleared
4 66 (5.34%) CIMA
5 53 (4.29%) ACCA
6 37 (3.00%) PMP
7 29 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.70%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.89%) ISTQB
11 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.89%) SAP Certification
12 10 (0.81%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
13 7 (0.57%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.57%) OCA
14 6 (0.49%) APMP
15 5 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 5 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.02%) Data Quality
2 59 (4.78%) QA
3 47 (3.81%) GDPR
3 47 (3.81%) PMO
4 21 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (1.13%) SLA
6 12 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.89%) IFRS
8 10 (0.81%) ITGC
8 10 (0.81%) NIST
9 9 (0.73%) GAAP
10 7 (0.57%) COBIT
10 7 (0.57%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.49%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.49%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.49%) NCSC
12 5 (0.40%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.40%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.32%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.081%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.40%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.40%) Terraform
2 3 (0.24%) Control-M
3 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.16%) MOM
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.081%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.081%) Kibana
4 1 (0.081%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 386 (31.26%) Oracle
2 346 (28.02%) SAP
3 192 (15.55%) Microsoft
4 80 (6.48%) Workday
5 50 (4.05%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.97%) Siemens
7 40 (3.24%) IFS
8 31 (2.51%) Databricks
9 28 (2.27%) Sage
10 27 (2.19%) ServiceNow
11 18 (1.46%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.13%) Ariba
12 14 (1.13%) Informatica
13 9 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.65%) Foundry
15 7 (0.57%) Adobe
16 6 (0.49%) Epicor
17 5 (0.40%) Google
17 5 (0.40%) Talend
18 4 (0.32%) CODA