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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 87 98
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,019 814 911
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.32% 2.68% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 3.06% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 452 576
10th Percentile £353 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £455 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £532 £555
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -4.23% +2.54%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £739
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 27 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.04 £53.00
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 £30.00 £72.50 £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 27,450 26,620 34,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.50% 87.73% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,481 16,323 23,332
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,780 955 1,444
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.24 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.14% +24.29%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 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 +29 449 £575 +4.55% 220
South East +41 166 £515 +3.00% 273
North of England -37 116 £550 +12.82% 130
Midlands -23 111 £563 +7.14% 108
North West +11 88 £513 +2.50% 74
South West -4 83 £575 +11.45% 54
West Midlands -34 70 £575 +9.52% 73
East of England +18 68 £541 +12.18% 48
East Midlands -11 41 £525 -12.50% 34
Yorkshire -52 25 £570 +34.12% 49
North East -13 3 £500 +5.26% 8
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 (2.36%) Confluence
2 18 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.39%) CMS
5 4 (0.39%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.29%) Documentum
6 3 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
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 32 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.49%) Trello
6 2 (0.20%) InVision
6 2 (0.20%) Sketch
6 2 (0.20%) Windchill
7 1 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.098%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.098%) Notion
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 130 (12.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 74 (7.26%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (5.00%) SAP ERP
4 39 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 37 (3.63%) Oracle EBS
6 30 (2.94%) NetSuite
6 30 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
7 20 (1.96%) Oracle General Ledger
7 20 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
8 17 (1.67%) SAP EWM
9 15 (1.47%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (1.37%) Oracle Cash Management
10 14 (1.37%) Oracle SCM
10 14 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
11 13 (1.28%) SAP WM
12 11 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 9 (0.88%) Oracle EBS R12
13 9 (0.88%) Primavera
14 7 (0.69%) SAP IBP
15 6 (0.59%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 134 (13.15%) Azure
2 108 (10.60%) OCI
3 95 (9.32%) Dynamics 365
4 91 (8.93%) SaaS
5 85 (8.34%) Power Platform
6 29 (2.85%) AWS
7 27 (2.65%) PaaS
8 20 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.77%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
11 15 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.47%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.28%) Boomi
12 13 (1.28%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.28%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.18%) GCP
13 12 (1.18%) Tricentis Tosca
14 10 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
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 68 (6.67%) Power BI
2 50 (4.91%) Oracle Reports
3 31 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 23 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (2.16%) Oracle Database
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 (0.79%) Tableau
10 7 (0.69%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.59%) GIS
11 6 (0.59%) Relational Database
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%) Metadata
13 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 45 (4.42%) JIRA
2 11 (1.08%) Postman
3 10 (0.98%) GitLab
4 8 (0.79%) Git
5 6 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.29%) Hudson
6 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
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
1 496 (48.68%) Finance
2 347 (34.05%) Social Skills
3 133 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (11.29%) Manufacturing
5 113 (11.09%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.32%) Retail
7 40 (3.93%) Local Government
8 39 (3.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 38 (3.73%) Legal
10 31 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
10 31 (3.04%) General Ledger
11 30 (2.94%) Banking
11 30 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.45%) Billing
14 23 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (2.16%) Marketing
16 16 (1.57%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.47%) Telecoms
18 13 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 136 (13.35%) Consultant
2 127 (12.46%) Analyst
3 120 (11.78%) Lead
4 109 (10.70%) Project Manager
5 100 (9.81%) Architect
6 67 (6.58%) Senior
7 56 (5.50%) Business Analyst
8 50 (4.91%) Developer
9 40 (3.93%) SAP Manager
9 40 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (3.73%) ERP Manager
10 38 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
11 31 (3.04%) Functional Consultant
12 28 (2.75%) Oracle Consultant
13 25 (2.45%) Programme Manager
14 24 (2.36%) ERP Project Manager
14 24 (2.36%) ERP Support
15 23 (2.26%) ERP Analyst
16 21 (2.06%) Administrator
16 21 (2.06%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (13.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 47 (4.61%) REST
3 30 (2.94%) SOAP
4 29 (2.85%) Middleware
4 29 (2.85%) Web Services
5 24 (2.36%) JSON
6 23 (2.26%) XML
7 16 (1.57%) .NET
8 11 (1.08%) OAuth
8 11 (1.08%) XSLT
9 9 (0.88%) EDI
9 9 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (0.59%) HTML
11 5 (0.49%) ADO
12 4 (0.39%) CSS
12 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.39%) SAP Basis
13 3 (0.29%) IDoc
13 3 (0.29%) JWT
13 3 (0.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (4.22%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.75%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.55%) Product Ownership
6 18 (1.77%) Life Science
7 14 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.37%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.28%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.18%) AS400
10 10 (0.98%) FMCG
11 9 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.79%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.79%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.79%) Synthetic Data
13 7 (0.69%) IoT
13 7 (0.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.39%) Windows
2 3 (0.29%) Unix
3 2 (0.20%) Android
3 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.20%) Linux
4 1 (0.098%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (21.30%) Migration
2 189 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
3 185 (18.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 183 (17.96%) Agile
5 171 (16.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 149 (14.62%) Data Migration
7 128 (12.56%) CRM
8 116 (11.38%) Change Management
9 109 (10.70%) User Acceptance Testing
10 103 (10.11%) Project Management
11 102 (10.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
13 93 (9.13%) Project Delivery
14 84 (8.24%) Roadmaps
15 72 (7.07%) Validation
16 65 (6.38%) DevOps
16 65 (6.38%) Workshop Facilitation
17 58 (5.69%) Analytics
17 58 (5.69%) Data Management
18 56 (5.50%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 137 (13.44%) SQL
2 32 (3.14%) PL/SQL
3 18 (1.77%) Python
4 17 (1.67%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.47%) C#
6 13 (1.28%) Java
7 9 (0.88%) VBA
8 7 (0.69%) ABAP
9 6 (0.59%) Groovy
9 6 (0.59%) X++
10 5 (0.49%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.29%) PHP
12 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.20%) Korn
13 2 (0.20%) R
13 2 (0.20%) XPath
14 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.098%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (12.07%) Security Cleared
2 109 (10.70%) Degree
3 101 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.04%) PMP
5 30 (2.94%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.85%) CIMA
7 27 (2.65%) ACCA
8 19 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.77%) SAP Certification
10 12 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.88%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.88%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.79%) OCA
15 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 3 (0.29%) APMG
16 3 (0.29%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.20%) QA
2 39 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.73%) PMO
4 29 (2.85%) GDPR
4 29 (2.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (0.98%) GxP
5 10 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.98%) NIST
6 9 (0.88%) ITGC
7 8 (0.79%) IFRS
8 7 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.69%) APQC
8 7 (0.69%) COBIT
8 7 (0.69%) SOX 404
9 6 (0.59%) SLA
10 5 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.39%) GMP
11 4 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.29%) GAAP
System Software
1 8 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.098%) Firmware
3 1 (0.098%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.69%) Terraform
2 4 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.098%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.098%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 362 (35.53%) Oracle
2 307 (30.13%) SAP
3 141 (13.84%) Microsoft
4 62 (6.08%) Salesforce
5 60 (5.89%) Workday
6 33 (3.24%) IFS
7 16 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.28%) 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 4 (0.39%) Anaplan
13 4 (0.39%) Axway
13 4 (0.39%) Concur
13 4 (0.39%) Google
13 4 (0.39%) Murex
13 4 (0.39%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.39%) PeopleSoft