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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 91 98
Rank change year-on-year +22 +7 +24
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,285 688 843
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.46% 2.82% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 3.10% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 419 556
10th Percentile £362 £358 £356
25th Percentile £463 £425 £438
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 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 16 39
10th Percentile £18.27 £17.14 £14.03
25th Percentile £25.38 £61.25 £27.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £68.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +19.57% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.92 - £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 32,109 22,180 32,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.44% 90.75% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,603 14,473 21,697
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £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 1,967 822 2,143
10th Percentile £15.45 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.04
Median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.47 £71.13
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +22 570 £575 +4.55% 197
North of England +26 182 £550 +20.55% 137
South East -4 171 £550 - 200
Midlands -17 133 £525 +5.00% 119
North West +39 117 £500 +2.41% 73
South West +13 114 £525 +13.26% 56
West Midlands -17 93 £565 +13.00% 74
East of England +7 81 £550 -4.35% 67
Yorkshire -20 58 £595 +48.75% 53
East Midlands -23 39 £500 +5.26% 45
North East -20 7 £500 - 14
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 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.25%) Confluence
3 13 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
4 12 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.54%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.31%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.31%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.23%) Apache
7 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.23%) Documentum
7 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.078%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.078%) CMS
9 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.078%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 48 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.39%) PTC Creo
6 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.31%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Windchill
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.078%) InVision
9 1 (0.078%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 160 (12.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 86 (6.69%) Oracle ERP
3 55 (4.28%) Oracle EBS
4 44 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 43 (3.35%) SAP ERP
6 35 (2.72%) Oracle Payables
7 27 (2.10%) NetSuite
8 25 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
9 24 (1.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (1.32%) Shopify
11 16 (1.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 15 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
12 15 (1.17%) Workday HCM
13 14 (1.09%) Oracle Assets
14 11 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
15 10 (0.78%) Oracle EBS R12
16 9 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
16 9 (0.70%) Teamcenter
16 9 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
17 7 (0.54%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 185 (14.40%) Azure
2 153 (11.91%) Dynamics 365
3 134 (10.43%) OCI
4 104 (8.09%) Power Platform
5 81 (6.30%) SaaS
6 48 (3.74%) AWS
7 37 (2.88%) PaaS
8 33 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.95%) PowerApps
10 24 (1.87%) Power Automate
11 23 (1.79%) Boomi
12 22 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 20 (1.56%) GCP
13 20 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.25%) IaaS
15 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 13 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
18 12 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
19 11 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.16%) Firewall
1 2 (0.16%) LAN
2 1 (0.078%) DHCP
2 1 (0.078%) DNS
2 1 (0.078%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.078%) HTTP
2 1 (0.078%) Intranet
2 1 (0.078%) Modbus
2 1 (0.078%) Network Security
2 1 (0.078%) RFID
2 1 (0.078%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.078%) VoIP
2 1 (0.078%) VPN
2 1 (0.078%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (5.99%) Power BI
2 55 (4.28%) Oracle Reports
3 43 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.32%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.17%) Oracle ODI
8 13 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 12 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.86%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.54%) GIS
12 7 (0.54%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.47%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.47%) Tableau
14 4 (0.31%) Power Query
15 3 (0.23%) Metadata
15 3 (0.23%) Oracle BI EE
15 3 (0.23%) Oracle Database 11g
15 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 61 (4.75%) JIRA
2 26 (2.02%) Postman
3 17 (1.32%) Git
4 11 (0.86%) Hudson
5 8 (0.62%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.54%) GitLab
7 6 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.47%) Selenium
8 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.31%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.16%) Gradle
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.16%) TestRail
11 1 (0.078%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.078%) MLflow
11 1 (0.078%) QADirector
11 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 642 (49.96%) Finance
2 418 (32.53%) Social Skills
3 179 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (9.18%) Public Sector
5 100 (7.78%) Manufacturing
6 61 (4.75%) Retail
7 60 (4.67%) Local Government
8 40 (3.11%) Legal
9 37 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
10 35 (2.72%) Banking
11 31 (2.41%) General Ledger
12 30 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.95%) Law
14 24 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 21 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.48%) Marketing
17 18 (1.40%) Billing
18 15 (1.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 196 (15.25%) Consultant
2 186 (14.47%) Lead
3 165 (12.84%) Architect
4 139 (10.82%) Project Manager
5 132 (10.27%) Analyst
6 111 (8.64%) Senior
7 78 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
8 74 (5.76%) Business Analyst
9 63 (4.90%) Developer
10 52 (4.05%) ERP Manager
11 48 (3.74%) Implementation Consultant
12 43 (3.35%) SAP Manager
13 41 (3.19%) SAP Consultant
14 40 (3.11%) Accountant
15 33 (2.57%) Senior Manager
16 31 (2.41%) Systems Accountant
17 30 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
17 30 (2.33%) Financial Analyst
18 28 (2.18%) Transformation Manager
19 26 (2.02%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (14.24%) Oracle Fusion
2 77 (5.99%) REST
3 52 (4.05%) Middleware
4 50 (3.89%) SOAP
5 44 (3.42%) XML
6 42 (3.27%) JSON
7 38 (2.96%) Web Services
8 22 (1.71%) OAuth
9 19 (1.48%) XSLT
10 17 (1.32%) .NET
11 13 (1.01%) JWT
12 11 (0.86%) PySpark
13 9 (0.70%) EDI
13 9 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
14 7 (0.54%) ADO
14 7 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
15 6 (0.47%) HTML
15 6 (0.47%) Node.js
15 6 (0.47%) SAPUI5
16 5 (0.39%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (3.42%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.35%) Management Information System
4 29 (2.26%) Product Ownership
5 22 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (1.63%) Public Cloud
7 16 (1.25%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.01%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.01%) FMCG
10 12 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.93%) IoT
10 12 (0.93%) Onboarding
11 11 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.62%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.54%) Life Science
13 7 (0.54%) LIMS
13 7 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.17%) Windows
2 6 (0.47%) Linux
3 3 (0.23%) Unix
4 2 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (25.99%) Migration
2 249 (19.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 227 (17.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 210 (16.34%) Data Migration
5 206 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
6 187 (14.55%) Agile
7 167 (13.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 159 (12.37%) Project Management
9 150 (11.67%) Change Management
10 132 (10.27%) Validation
11 128 (9.96%) CRM
12 125 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 112 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
14 98 (7.63%) Project Delivery
15 93 (7.24%) Roadmaps
16 91 (7.08%) DevOps
17 90 (7.00%) Data Modelling
18 81 (6.30%) Workshop Facilitation
19 78 (6.07%) Analytics
20 74 (5.76%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 114 (8.87%) SQL
2 38 (2.96%) Python
3 33 (2.57%) PL/SQL
4 26 (2.02%) C#
5 23 (1.79%) Java
6 18 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.62%) ABAP
8 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
8 7 (0.54%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.47%) Ruby
9 6 (0.47%) X++
10 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.39%) Korn
10 5 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.39%) VBA
11 3 (0.23%) C++
11 3 (0.23%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 162 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 119 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 113 (8.79%) Degree
4 65 (5.06%) CIMA
5 52 (4.05%) ACCA
6 39 (3.04%) PMP
7 31 (2.41%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.48%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
13 9 (0.70%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.70%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.70%) SAP Certification
14 8 (0.62%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.47%) APMP
15 6 (0.47%) OCA
16 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 4 (0.31%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.53%) Data Quality
2 60 (4.67%) QA
3 50 (3.89%) PMO
4 49 (3.81%) GDPR
5 20 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.09%) SLA
7 13 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.86%) IFRS
9 10 (0.78%) ITGC
9 10 (0.78%) NIST
10 9 (0.70%) GAAP
11 7 (0.54%) COBIT
11 7 (0.54%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.47%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.47%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.39%) IFRS 9
14 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.31%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.39%) Terraform
2 4 (0.31%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.23%) Control-M
3 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.16%) MOM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.078%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.078%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.078%) Kibana
5 1 (0.078%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 393 (30.58%) Oracle
2 354 (27.55%) SAP
3 212 (16.50%) Microsoft
4 76 (5.91%) Workday
5 51 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.81%) Siemens
7 46 (3.58%) IFS
8 32 (2.49%) Databricks
9 28 (2.18%) Sage
10 25 (1.95%) ServiceNow
11 20 (1.56%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.40%) Ariba
13 15 (1.17%) Informatica
14 9 (0.70%) Foundry
15 8 (0.62%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.47%) Adobe
16 6 (0.47%) Epicor
16 6 (0.47%) Google
16 6 (0.47%) Talend
17 4 (0.31%) IBM