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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 89 99
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,020 824 920
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.32% 2.64% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 3.02% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 452 590
10th Percentile £350 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.41% +2.78%
75th Percentile £650 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £532 £550
% change year-on-year +3.48% -3.36% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 29 29
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.13 £51.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% -58.40% +251.89%
75th Percentile £33.73 £71.25 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.65 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -38.77% -58.40% +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 27,655 27,305 34,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.92% 87.48% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,548 16,677 23,333
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,803 1,004 1,443
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.29 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +25.71%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +16 444 £575 +4.55% 210
South East +39 169 £515 +3.00% 275
Midlands -25 112 £575 +9.52% 103
North of England -27 111 £538 +7.50% 114
South West +5 88 £575 +15.00% 50
North West +11 84 £506 +1.25% 65
West Midlands -39 70 £575 +9.52% 75
East of England +20 68 £550 +13.99% 45
East Midlands -9 42 £525 -12.50% 27
Yorkshire -57 24 £550 +29.41% 40
North East -14 3 £500 +5.26% 9
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 24 (2.35%) Confluence
2 17 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.39%) CMS
5 4 (0.39%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.39%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.29%) Documentum
6 3 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.098%) Apache
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.098%) Camunda
8 1 (0.098%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.098%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.35%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.39%) Trello
7 2 (0.20%) InVision
7 2 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.20%) Windchill
8 1 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.098%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.098%) Notion
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 128 (12.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 78 (7.65%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (5.00%) SAP ERP
4 38 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 34 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
6 31 (3.04%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.75%) NetSuite
8 21 (2.06%) Oracle General Ledger
8 21 (2.06%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (1.67%) Oracle Assets
9 17 (1.67%) SAP EWM
10 14 (1.37%) Oracle Cash Management
10 14 (1.37%) Oracle SCM
11 13 (1.27%) SAP WM
11 13 (1.27%) Unit4 Business World
12 12 (1.18%) Oracle EBS R12
13 11 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 10 (0.98%) Primavera
15 7 (0.69%) SAP IBP
15 7 (0.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 137 (13.43%) Azure
2 112 (10.98%) OCI
3 94 (9.22%) Dynamics 365
4 92 (9.02%) SaaS
5 88 (8.63%) Power Platform
6 29 (2.84%) AWS
7 27 (2.65%) PaaS
8 21 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (1.76%) Lucidchart
11 16 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
12 15 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (1.47%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.37%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.27%) Boomi
14 13 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.18%) Tricentis Tosca
16 10 (0.98%) GCP
17 9 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 9 (0.88%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.098%) Internet
1 1 (0.098%) LAN
1 1 (0.098%) Network Security
1 1 (0.098%) SAN
1 1 (0.098%) VPN
1 1 (0.098%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.96%) Power BI
2 51 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (3.14%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.35%) Oracle Database
5 22 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.67%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.67%) SAP HANA
7 14 (1.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.98%) Power Query
9 8 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.78%) Tableau
10 7 (0.69%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.59%) GIS
11 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 46 (4.51%) JIRA
2 11 (1.08%) Postman
3 10 (0.98%) GitLab
4 8 (0.78%) Git
5 6 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.20%) Hudson
7 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.20%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.098%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.098%) MLflow
8 1 (0.098%) QADirector
8 1 (0.098%) Selenium
8 1 (0.098%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.098%) TestRail
General
1 500 (49.02%) Finance
2 349 (34.22%) Social Skills
3 135 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (11.27%) Manufacturing
5 112 (10.98%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.22%) Retail
7 39 (3.82%) Local Government
8 38 (3.73%) Legal
9 37 (3.63%) Pharmaceutical
10 33 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (3.04%) General Ledger
12 30 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.84%) Banking
13 29 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.25%) Billing
14 23 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (2.16%) Marketing
16 16 (1.57%) Aerospace
16 16 (1.57%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 136 (13.33%) Consultant
2 132 (12.94%) Analyst
3 123 (12.06%) Lead
4 101 (9.90%) Project Manager
5 98 (9.61%) Architect
6 69 (6.76%) Senior
7 58 (5.69%) Business Analyst
8 55 (5.39%) Developer
9 39 (3.82%) SAP Manager
9 39 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
11 37 (3.63%) ERP Manager
12 30 (2.94%) Functional Consultant
13 29 (2.84%) Oracle Consultant
14 26 (2.55%) Programme Manager
15 25 (2.45%) ERP Support
16 24 (2.35%) ERP Analyst
17 23 (2.25%) ERP Project Manager
18 22 (2.16%) Applications Support
19 20 (1.96%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (13.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 46 (4.51%) REST
3 30 (2.94%) SOAP
3 30 (2.94%) Web Services
4 29 (2.84%) Middleware
5 24 (2.35%) JSON
6 23 (2.25%) XML
7 18 (1.76%) .NET
8 12 (1.18%) OAuth
9 11 (1.08%) XSLT
10 9 (0.88%) EDI
10 9 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
11 8 (0.78%) HTML
12 6 (0.59%) CSS
13 5 (0.49%) ADO
14 4 (0.39%) BAPI
14 4 (0.39%) IDoc
14 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.39%) SAP Basis
15 3 (0.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.20%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (2.65%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 17 (1.67%) Life Science
6 14 (1.37%) Public Cloud
7 13 (1.27%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.18%) AS400
8 12 (1.18%) FMCG
9 10 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (0.98%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
12 7 (0.69%) e-Learning
12 7 (0.69%) IoT
12 7 (0.69%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.39%) Unix
1 4 (0.39%) Windows
2 2 (0.20%) Android
2 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.098%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (21.37%) Migration
2 193 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (18.04%) Agile
4 178 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 172 (16.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 152 (14.90%) Data Migration
7 128 (12.55%) CRM
8 119 (11.67%) Change Management
9 105 (10.29%) Project Management
10 104 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 104 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
11 100 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
12 90 (8.82%) Project Delivery
13 84 (8.24%) Roadmaps
14 76 (7.45%) Validation
15 67 (6.57%) DevOps
16 64 (6.27%) Workshop Facilitation
17 58 (5.69%) Analytics
17 58 (5.69%) Data Management
18 57 (5.59%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 146 (14.31%) SQL
2 35 (3.43%) PL/SQL
3 19 (1.86%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.67%) C#
4 17 (1.67%) Python
5 13 (1.27%) Java
6 9 (0.88%) VBA
7 7 (0.69%) ABAP
8 6 (0.59%) Groovy
8 6 (0.59%) X++
9 5 (0.49%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.29%) PHP
11 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.20%) Korn
12 2 (0.20%) R
12 2 (0.20%) XPath
13 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.098%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 109 (10.69%) Degree
3 101 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.04%) PMP
5 30 (2.94%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.84%) CIMA
7 27 (2.65%) ACCA
8 19 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.76%) SAP Certification
10 13 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.98%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.88%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.78%) OCA
16 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 3 (0.29%) APMG
17 3 (0.29%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.39%) QA
2 40 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.73%) PMO
4 30 (2.94%) GDPR
4 30 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.98%) NIST
6 9 (0.88%) GxP
7 8 (0.78%) IFRS
7 8 (0.78%) ITGC
7 8 (0.78%) SLA
8 7 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.69%) APQC
9 6 (0.59%) COBIT
9 6 (0.59%) SOX 404
10 4 (0.39%) GMP
10 4 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.29%) GAAP
System Software
1 8 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.098%) Firmware
3 1 (0.098%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.098%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.69%) Terraform
2 5 (0.49%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.098%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.098%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.098%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 367 (35.98%) Oracle
2 306 (30.00%) SAP
3 145 (14.22%) Microsoft
4 62 (6.08%) Workday
5 59 (5.78%) Salesforce
6 36 (3.53%) IFS
7 16 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.27%) Databricks
9 11 (1.08%) Ariba
9 11 (1.08%) Sage
10 10 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.69%) Hyperion
12 6 (0.59%) Adobe
13 5 (0.49%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.49%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.39%) Axway
14 4 (0.39%) Concur
14 4 (0.39%) Google
14 4 (0.39%) Murex
14 4 (0.39%) OpenAI