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

 6 months to
3 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 83 99
Rank change year-on-year +16 +16 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,220 730 852
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.43% 2.92% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 3.23% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 432 563
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £463 £429 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £643
90th Percentile £737 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 16 36
10th Percentile £18.04 £25.96 £13.66
25th Percentile £27.50 £46.25 £35.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £59.65
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +13.17% -4.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.82 - £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £68.75 £61.79
% change year-on-year -16.36% +11.26% -1.14%

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 30,978 22,606 33,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.35% 87.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,831 14,326 21,880
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 £617 £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 1,924 770 2,093
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.50
90th Percentile £73.43 £75.28 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.72 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -14.71% -1.52% -5.71%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +11 531 £575 +4.55% 204
North of England +17 172 £550 +15.79% 149
South East +5 146 £550 +4.76% 204
Midlands -24 133 £545 +3.81% 127
South West +25 124 £525 +13.26% 62
North West +28 111 £500 +2.41% 82
West Midlands -21 91 £559 +7.45% 74
East of England +6 80 £550 +1.15% 66
Yorkshire -29 56 £595 +48.75% 55
East Midlands -21 41 £525 - 52
North East -19 5 £500 +5.26% 17
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 (1.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 18 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
1 18 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.39%) Confluence
3 5 (0.41%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.25%) Documentum
5 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.082%) Apache
7 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.082%) CMS
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.082%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 50 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.41%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.33%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) InVision
8 2 (0.16%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Windchill
9 1 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 160 (13.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 84 (6.89%) Oracle ERP
3 47 (3.85%) SAP ERP
4 44 (3.61%) Oracle EBS
5 42 (3.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 37 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 26 (2.13%) NetSuite
9 21 (1.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.48%) Oracle General Ledger
11 17 (1.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 17 (1.39%) Shopify
12 16 (1.31%) Oracle Assets
13 15 (1.23%) Workday HCM
14 13 (1.07%) Oracle Cash Management
15 10 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
15 10 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
16 9 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
16 9 (0.74%) SAP EWM
16 9 (0.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 186 (15.25%) Azure
2 144 (11.80%) OCI
3 128 (10.49%) Dynamics 365
4 88 (7.21%) SaaS
5 85 (6.97%) Power Platform
6 39 (3.20%) PaaS
7 37 (3.03%) AWS
8 30 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.89%) Boomi
9 23 (1.89%) Power Automate
9 23 (1.89%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (1.56%) GCP
12 18 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (1.23%) IaaS
14 15 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.07%) Copilot Studio
17 11 (0.90%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.082%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.082%) Firewall
1 1 (0.082%) LAN
1 1 (0.082%) Modbus
1 1 (0.082%) Network Security
1 1 (0.082%) RFID
1 1 (0.082%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (4.92%) Power BI
2 54 (4.43%) Oracle Reports
3 36 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.48%) Data Lake
6 15 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 14 (1.15%) Oracle Database
8 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.66%) SAP HANA
10 7 (0.57%) GIS
10 7 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
10 7 (0.57%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.49%) Tableau
12 4 (0.33%) Power Query
13 3 (0.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 60 (4.92%) JIRA
2 27 (2.21%) Postman
3 9 (0.74%) Git
4 7 (0.57%) GitLab
4 7 (0.57%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.49%) Hudson
5 6 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.49%) Selenium
6 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.25%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.16%) Gradle
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.16%) TestRail
10 1 (0.082%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.082%) JMeter
10 1 (0.082%) MLflow
10 1 (0.082%) QADirector
General
1 608 (49.84%) Finance
2 420 (34.43%) Social Skills
3 163 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (9.18%) Public Sector
5 94 (7.70%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.84%) Local Government
7 48 (3.93%) Retail
8 44 (3.61%) Legal
9 37 (3.03%) Banking
10 33 (2.70%) General Ledger
11 32 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
14 24 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.64%) Billing
17 19 (1.56%) Marketing
18 14 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 14 (1.15%) Military
19 13 (1.07%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 198 (16.23%) Consultant
2 145 (11.89%) Lead
3 140 (11.48%) Architect
4 134 (10.98%) Project Manager
5 116 (9.51%) Analyst
6 101 (8.28%) Senior
7 71 (5.82%) Solutions Architect
8 70 (5.74%) Business Analyst
9 60 (4.92%) Developer
10 49 (4.02%) ERP Manager
11 48 (3.93%) Implementation Consultant
12 46 (3.77%) SAP Consultant
13 45 (3.69%) SAP Manager
14 37 (3.03%) Accountant
15 32 (2.62%) Senior Manager
16 29 (2.38%) Oracle Specialist
17 28 (2.30%) Delivery Manager
17 28 (2.30%) Systems Accountant
18 27 (2.21%) Oracle Consultant
18 27 (2.21%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (15.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 78 (6.39%) REST
3 54 (4.43%) SOAP
4 53 (4.34%) Middleware
5 44 (3.61%) JSON
5 44 (3.61%) XML
6 41 (3.36%) Web Services
7 21 (1.72%) OAuth
8 18 (1.48%) XSLT
9 16 (1.31%) .NET
10 12 (0.98%) JWT
11 10 (0.82%) EDI
12 8 (0.66%) HTML
12 8 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.57%) ADO
14 6 (0.49%) PySpark
15 5 (0.41%) GraphQL
15 5 (0.41%) Node.js
15 5 (0.41%) RESTful
16 4 (0.33%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (3.11%) Management Information System
3 36 (2.95%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 16 (1.31%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.23%) FMCG
8 15 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 11 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (0.90%) IoT
10 10 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.74%) Life Science
12 8 (0.66%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.57%) LIMS
13 7 (0.57%) SCADA
13 7 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.23%) Windows
2 6 (0.49%) Linux
3 3 (0.25%) Unix
4 1 (0.082%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (24.10%) Migration
2 231 (18.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 215 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 179 (14.67%) Agile
6 176 (14.43%) Data Migration
7 149 (12.21%) Project Management
8 140 (11.48%) Change Management
9 137 (11.23%) User Acceptance Testing
10 119 (9.75%) CRM
11 115 (9.43%) Validation
12 113 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 103 (8.44%) Roadmaps
14 97 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
15 90 (7.38%) Project Delivery
16 85 (6.97%) Workshop Facilitation
17 80 (6.56%) DevOps
18 77 (6.31%) Analytics
19 65 (5.33%) Integration Patterns
20 64 (5.25%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 117 (9.59%) SQL
2 35 (2.87%) PL/SQL
3 30 (2.46%) Python
4 26 (2.13%) C#
5 19 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.23%) Java
7 7 (0.57%) ABAP
7 7 (0.57%) Groovy
8 6 (0.49%) X++
9 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.33%) C++
10 4 (0.33%) Korn
10 4 (0.33%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.33%) VBA
11 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.25%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.16%) R
12 2 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 157 (12.87%) Security Cleared
2 124 (10.16%) Degree
3 117 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.16%) CIMA
5 50 (4.10%) ACCA
6 38 (3.11%) PMP
7 30 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.80%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.23%) SAP Certification
10 13 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.98%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.82%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (0.57%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.57%) OCA
14 7 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 6 (0.49%) APMP
16 5 (0.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.33%) Data Quality
2 59 (4.84%) QA
3 47 (3.85%) PMO
4 42 (3.44%) GDPR
5 25 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.15%) SLA
7 13 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.90%) IFRS
9 10 (0.82%) ITGC
9 10 (0.82%) NIST
10 9 (0.74%) GAAP
11 7 (0.57%) COBIT
11 7 (0.57%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.49%) GxP
12 6 (0.49%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.49%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.49%) NCSC
13 5 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.41%) GMP
System Software
1 7 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.25%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.082%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.41%) Terraform
2 4 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.25%) Control-M
4 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.082%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.082%) Kibana
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.082%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 395 (32.38%) Oracle
2 355 (29.10%) SAP
3 187 (15.33%) Microsoft
4 80 (6.56%) Workday
5 49 (4.02%) Salesforce
5 49 (4.02%) Siemens
6 36 (2.95%) IFS
7 29 (2.38%) Sage
8 27 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 25 (2.05%) Databricks
10 15 (1.23%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.15%) Ariba
11 14 (1.15%) Informatica
12 9 (0.74%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.66%) Foundry
14 7 (0.57%) Adobe
15 6 (0.49%) Google
16 5 (0.41%) Epicor
16 5 (0.41%) JD Edwards
16 5 (0.41%) Talend
760 ERP jobs in England