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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 88 101
Rank change year-on-year +19 +13 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,211 744 845
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.49% 2.87% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 3.19% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 700 438 558
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £463 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 10 35
10th Percentile £17.69 £16.85 £13.54
25th Percentile £22.85 £35.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% -1.68% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £67.81 £86.50
90th Percentile £59.24 £70.00 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -11.54% +5.20% +12.35%

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 30,349 23,302 32,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.42% 89.94% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,395 14,514 21,728
10th Percentile £311 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,903 732 1,999
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.49% - -
75th Percentile £61.18 £64.79 £60.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.23 £73.05
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +18 530 £575 +4.55% 177
North of England +2 166 £550 +15.79% 125
South East +4 147 £550 +5.26% 187
Midlands -27 131 £550 +2.33% 93
South West +11 123 £525 +11.88% 42
North West +32 105 £500 +2.25% 84
West Midlands -36 86 £559 +3.95% 61
East of England +7 84 £550 +2.33% 56
Yorkshire -31 56 £595 +48.75% 33
East Midlands -13 44 £525 -7.89% 32
North East -21 5 £500 +5.26% 10
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 21 (1.73%) Confluence
2 19 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 18 (1.49%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.41%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.33%) Documentum
5 4 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) CMS
7 2 (0.17%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.17%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.083%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.083%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.083%) Camunda
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.083%) SAS
8 1 (0.083%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 53 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (1.98%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.41%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.33%) Trello
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.17%) InVision
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.17%) Sketch
8 2 (0.17%) Windchill
9 1 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.083%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.083%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 162 (13.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 78 (6.44%) Oracle ERP
3 45 (3.72%) SAP ERP
4 43 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 41 (3.39%) Oracle EBS
6 40 (3.30%) Oracle Payables
7 31 (2.56%) Oracle Receivables
8 27 (2.23%) NetSuite
9 21 (1.73%) Oracle General Ledger
9 21 (1.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 17 (1.40%) SAP EWM
11 17 (1.40%) Shopify
12 16 (1.32%) Oracle Assets
13 15 (1.24%) Workday HCM
14 14 (1.16%) Oracle Cash Management
15 13 (1.07%) SAP WM
16 11 (0.91%) Unit4 Business World
17 10 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
18 9 (0.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 189 (15.61%) Azure
2 141 (11.64%) OCI
3 127 (10.49%) Dynamics 365
4 86 (7.10%) Power Platform
4 86 (7.10%) SaaS
5 41 (3.39%) PaaS
6 34 (2.81%) AWS
7 29 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (1.98%) PowerApps
9 23 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 23 (1.90%) Boomi
9 23 (1.90%) Power Automate
10 21 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
12 17 (1.40%) GCP
13 16 (1.32%) IaaS
13 16 (1.32%) Lucidchart
13 16 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.083%) LAN
1 1 (0.083%) Network Security
1 1 (0.083%) RFID
1 1 (0.083%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.79%) Power BI
2 48 (3.96%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.49%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.32%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 11 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.58%) GIS
11 7 (0.58%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.58%) Tableau
12 5 (0.41%) Power Query
13 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.33%) Oracle ODI
14 3 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database 11g
14 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database 12c
14 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (4.87%) JIRA
2 31 (2.56%) Postman
3 9 (0.74%) Git
4 8 (0.66%) GitLab
5 7 (0.58%) SoapUI
6 6 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.41%) Hudson
7 5 (0.41%) Selenium
7 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.17%) Gradle
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.17%) TestRail
10 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.083%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.083%) MLflow
11 1 (0.083%) QADirector
General
1 601 (49.63%) Finance
2 430 (35.51%) Social Skills
3 157 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 93 (7.68%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.87%) Local Government
7 42 (3.47%) Retail
8 40 (3.30%) Legal
9 39 (3.22%) Banking
10 38 (3.14%) General Ledger
11 32 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.65%) Billing
16 18 (1.49%) Marketing
17 15 (1.24%) Military
18 13 (1.07%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 191 (15.77%) Consultant
2 144 (11.89%) Lead
3 135 (11.15%) Architect
4 128 (10.57%) Project Manager
5 121 (9.99%) Analyst
6 98 (8.09%) Senior
7 71 (5.86%) Business Analyst
8 64 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
9 61 (5.04%) Developer
10 52 (4.29%) SAP Consultant
11 47 (3.88%) SAP Manager
12 43 (3.55%) ERP Manager
13 40 (3.30%) Implementation Consultant
14 35 (2.89%) Accountant
15 30 (2.48%) Senior Manager
16 29 (2.39%) Functional Consultant
16 29 (2.39%) Oracle Specialist
17 27 (2.23%) Delivery Manager
18 26 (2.15%) Systems Accountant
19 25 (2.06%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (15.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 84 (6.94%) REST
3 57 (4.71%) SOAP
4 50 (4.13%) XML
5 49 (4.05%) JSON
5 49 (4.05%) Middleware
6 44 (3.63%) Web Services
7 24 (1.98%) OAuth
8 23 (1.90%) XSLT
9 18 (1.49%) .NET
10 13 (1.07%) JWT
11 12 (0.99%) EDI
12 8 (0.66%) ADO
12 8 (0.66%) HTML
12 8 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.50%) Node.js
14 5 (0.41%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.41%) RESTful
15 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 71 (5.86%) Legacy Systems
2 37 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 36 (2.97%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.23%) Product Ownership
5 26 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.16%) AI Agents
7 14 (1.16%) FMCG
7 14 (1.16%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (0.91%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.83%) IoT
11 10 (0.83%) Life Science
12 9 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.66%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.66%) SCADA
13 8 (0.66%) Synthetic Data
14 7 (0.58%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.24%) Windows
2 6 (0.50%) Linux
3 3 (0.25%) Unix
4 1 (0.083%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (23.62%) Migration
2 229 (18.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 221 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (17.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 191 (15.77%) Agile
6 172 (14.20%) Data Migration
7 140 (11.56%) Project Management
8 139 (11.48%) Change Management
9 133 (10.98%) User Acceptance Testing
10 131 (10.82%) CRM
11 115 (9.50%) Validation
12 106 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
13 100 (8.26%) Roadmaps
14 90 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
15 88 (7.27%) Project Delivery
16 87 (7.18%) Workshop Facilitation
17 83 (6.85%) DevOps
18 72 (5.95%) Analytics
19 64 (5.28%) Data Modelling
19 64 (5.28%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 124 (10.24%) SQL
2 34 (2.81%) PL/SQL
3 30 (2.48%) Python
4 29 (2.39%) C#
5 21 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.57%) Java
7 7 (0.58%) Groovy
8 6 (0.50%) VBA
8 6 (0.50%) X++
9 5 (0.41%) ABAP
9 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.33%) C++
10 4 (0.33%) Korn
10 4 (0.33%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.33%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.25%) Perl
11 3 (0.25%) R
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 2 (0.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 159 (13.13%) Security Cleared
2 138 (11.40%) Degree
3 123 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 62 (5.12%) CIMA
5 50 (4.13%) ACCA
6 38 (3.14%) PMP
7 31 (2.56%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.06%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.65%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.91%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.91%) Oracle Certification
14 8 (0.66%) OCA
15 7 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.50%) APMP
16 6 (0.50%) DV Cleared
17 5 (0.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.70%) Data Quality
2 59 (4.87%) QA
3 44 (3.63%) PMO
4 42 (3.47%) GDPR
5 29 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.07%) SLA
7 10 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.83%) IFRS
7 10 (0.83%) ITGC
8 9 (0.74%) NIST
9 8 (0.66%) GAAP
10 7 (0.58%) COBIT
10 7 (0.58%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.50%) GMP
11 6 (0.50%) GxP
11 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.50%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.50%) NCSC
12 5 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 7 (0.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.25%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.083%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.41%) Terraform
2 4 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.25%) Control-M
4 2 (0.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.083%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.083%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.083%) Kibana
5 1 (0.083%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.083%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 392 (32.37%) Oracle
2 361 (29.81%) SAP
3 186 (15.36%) Microsoft
4 77 (6.36%) Workday
5 57 (4.71%) Salesforce
6 41 (3.39%) Siemens
7 31 (2.56%) IFS
8 27 (2.23%) ServiceNow
9 26 (2.15%) Sage
10 22 (1.82%) Databricks
11 15 (1.24%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.07%) Ariba
12 13 (1.07%) Informatica
13 9 (0.74%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.58%) Adobe
14 7 (0.58%) Foundry
15 6 (0.50%) Google
16 5 (0.41%) Epicor
16 5 (0.41%) Talend
17 4 (0.33%) CODA