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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 86 106
Rank change year-on-year +15 +20 +9
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,159 748 849
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.47% 2.86% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.18% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 440 563
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £457 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 11 32
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.75 £13.17
25th Percentile £21.75 £16.58 £37.50
Median hourly rate £51.02 £35.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +45.77% -43.36% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £51.02 £56.50 £61.79
% change year-on-year -9.70% -8.56% +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 29,230 23,495 33,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.56% 89.70% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,709 14,439 22,381
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £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 1,843 743 1,976
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.00 £16.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £61.78
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +24 511 £575 +4.55% 233
North of England -10 158 £550 +15.79% 140
South East +12 151 £550 +5.26% 171
Midlands -22 123 £525 -2.33% 114
South West +6 109 £519 +4.80% 48
North West +24 99 £500 +2.25% 88
West Midlands -29 81 £550 +4.76% 74
East of England +10 77 £525 -2.33% 47
Yorkshire -36 54 £595 +48.75% 40
East Midlands -16 41 £525 -12.21% 40
North East -21 5 £500 +5.26% 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 21 (1.81%) Confluence
2 19 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.55%) Oracle Workflow
4 17 (1.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.35%) CMS
6 4 (0.35%) Documentum
6 4 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.26%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.086%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.086%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.086%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.086%) Camunda
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.086%) SAS
Applications
1 56 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.43%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.35%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) InVision
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
9 2 (0.17%) Windchill
10 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.086%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.086%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 148 (12.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 71 (6.13%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 43 (3.71%) SAP ERP
5 41 (3.54%) Oracle EBS
6 39 (3.36%) Oracle Payables
7 32 (2.76%) Oracle Receivables
8 27 (2.33%) NetSuite
9 23 (1.98%) Oracle General Ledger
10 22 (1.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 18 (1.55%) Oracle Assets
12 17 (1.47%) Shopify
13 16 (1.38%) Oracle Cash Management
13 16 (1.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 15 (1.29%) SAP EWM
14 15 (1.29%) Unit4 Business World
15 14 (1.21%) Workday HCM
16 13 (1.12%) SAP WM
17 11 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
18 8 (0.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 166 (14.32%) Azure
2 134 (11.56%) OCI
3 120 (10.35%) Dynamics 365
4 86 (7.42%) Power Platform
5 80 (6.90%) SaaS
6 38 (3.28%) PaaS
7 34 (2.93%) AWS
8 29 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (1.90%) Power Automate
9 22 (1.90%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.47%) Lucidchart
14 16 (1.38%) Boomi
15 15 (1.29%) GCP
15 15 (1.29%) IaaS
15 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (1.21%) Tricentis Tosca
17 12 (1.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.086%) LAN
1 1 (0.086%) Network Security
1 1 (0.086%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.09%) Power BI
2 44 (3.80%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.42%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.73%) Oracle Database
6 16 (1.38%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 11 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.60%) Power Query
11 7 (0.60%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
12 6 (0.52%) Tableau
13 5 (0.43%) GIS
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle BI EE
14 4 (0.35%) Metadata
14 4 (0.35%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
15 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 61 (5.26%) JIRA
2 29 (2.50%) Postman
3 10 (0.86%) GitLab
4 9 (0.78%) Git
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.52%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.43%) Selenium
6 5 (0.43%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.35%) Hudson
8 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.17%) Gradle
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.17%) TestRail
9 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.086%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.086%) JMeter
10 1 (0.086%) QADirector
General
1 564 (48.66%) Finance
2 419 (36.15%) Social Skills
3 152 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (10.79%) Public Sector
5 94 (8.11%) Manufacturing
6 52 (4.49%) Local Government
7 39 (3.36%) Retail
8 38 (3.28%) Banking
8 38 (3.28%) General Ledger
9 36 (3.11%) Legal
10 32 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 32 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 23 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.73%) Marketing
15 19 (1.64%) Billing
16 15 (1.29%) Military
17 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (1.04%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 179 (15.44%) Consultant
2 147 (12.68%) Lead
3 122 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 118 (10.18%) Analyst
4 118 (10.18%) Architect
5 89 (7.68%) Senior
6 69 (5.95%) Business Analyst
7 59 (5.09%) Developer
8 56 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
9 49 (4.23%) SAP Consultant
10 46 (3.97%) ERP Manager
11 43 (3.71%) SAP Manager
12 33 (2.85%) Accountant
13 31 (2.67%) Functional Consultant
14 28 (2.42%) Oracle Specialist
14 28 (2.42%) Senior Manager
15 27 (2.33%) Implementation Consultant
15 27 (2.33%) Oracle Consultant
16 25 (2.16%) Delivery Manager
17 24 (2.07%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (15.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 77 (6.64%) REST
3 54 (4.66%) SOAP
4 47 (4.06%) JSON
4 47 (4.06%) XML
5 42 (3.62%) Middleware
6 41 (3.54%) Web Services
7 23 (1.98%) OAuth
8 22 (1.90%) XSLT
9 16 (1.38%) .NET
10 12 (1.04%) EDI
10 12 (1.04%) JWT
11 10 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (0.78%) ADO
13 7 (0.60%) HTML
14 6 (0.52%) Node.js
15 5 (0.43%) RESTful
16 4 (0.35%) BAPI
16 4 (0.35%) CSS
16 4 (0.35%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.52%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (3.11%) Data Structures
2 36 (3.11%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (2.07%) Product Ownership
5 23 (1.98%) Public Cloud
6 15 (1.29%) FMCG
7 13 (1.12%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (0.86%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.86%) Life Science
11 9 (0.78%) IoT
11 9 (0.78%) Mobile App
11 9 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
12 8 (0.69%) SCADA
13 7 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.21%) Windows
2 6 (0.52%) Linux
3 3 (0.26%) Unix
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.086%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (22.95%) Migration
2 217 (18.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 212 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
4 203 (17.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 195 (16.82%) Agile
6 160 (13.81%) Data Migration
7 136 (11.73%) User Acceptance Testing
8 133 (11.48%) Change Management
9 132 (11.39%) Project Management
10 131 (11.30%) CRM
11 104 (8.97%) Validation
12 101 (8.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 96 (8.28%) Roadmaps
14 90 (7.77%) Project Delivery
15 83 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (7.08%) Workshop Facilitation
17 79 (6.82%) DevOps
18 65 (5.61%) Analytics
19 58 (5.00%) Decision-Making
20 57 (4.92%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 126 (10.87%) SQL
2 37 (3.19%) PL/SQL
3 28 (2.42%) C#
4 27 (2.33%) Python
5 21 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.64%) Java
7 8 (0.69%) VBA
8 7 (0.60%) Groovy
9 6 (0.52%) X++
10 5 (0.43%) ABAP
11 4 (0.35%) Korn
11 4 (0.35%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.26%) C++
12 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.26%) Perl
12 3 (0.26%) R
13 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 156 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 137 (11.82%) Degree
3 123 (10.61%) SC Cleared
4 56 (4.83%) CIMA
5 47 (4.06%) ACCA
6 37 (3.19%) PMP
7 31 (2.67%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.73%) SAP Certification
11 12 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (0.95%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.78%) OCA
14 7 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 6 (0.52%) APMP
16 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 4 (0.35%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 61 (5.26%) QA
2 47 (4.06%) PMO
3 41 (3.54%) GDPR
4 27 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.86%) ITGC
8 9 (0.78%) IFRS
8 9 (0.78%) NIST
8 9 (0.78%) SLA
9 7 (0.60%) COBIT
9 7 (0.60%) GAAP
9 7 (0.60%) GxP
9 7 (0.60%) SOX 404
10 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.52%) IFRS 17
10 6 (0.52%) NCSC
11 5 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.43%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.086%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.43%) Terraform
2 4 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.26%) 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 (0.086%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.086%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.086%) Kibana
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.086%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 384 (33.13%) Oracle
2 336 (28.99%) SAP
3 176 (15.19%) Microsoft
4 72 (6.21%) Workday
5 58 (5.00%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.59%) Siemens
7 27 (2.33%) IFS
8 24 (2.07%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.81%) Sage
10 16 (1.38%) Databricks
11 11 (0.95%) Ariba
12 9 (0.78%) Informatica
12 9 (0.78%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.60%) Adobe
13 7 (0.60%) Foundry
13 7 (0.60%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.52%) Google
15 4 (0.35%) CODA
15 4 (0.35%) IBM
15 4 (0.35%) OpenText