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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 100 104
Rank change year-on-year +37 +4 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,436 665 814
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.62% 2.71% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 2.97% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 416 535
10th Percentile £360 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £648 £664 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £530 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -0.75% -2.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 19 28
10th Percentile £17.69 £44.58 £13.05
25th Percentile £25.38 £65.00 £16.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.62
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +72.35% -35.02%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £60.75 - £86.50
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £71.25 £41.23
% change year-on-year -19.30% +72.81% -34.03%

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 33,832 22,384 32,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.08% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,627 14,686 21,247
10th Percentile £315 £310 £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 £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,111 905 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.79 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.91
Median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.47
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +37 628 £550 - 155
South East +17 223 £530 -3.64% 153
North of England +46 201 £525 +20.00% 140
Midlands -12 142 £525 +5.00% 133
South West +16 121 £525 +10.53% 64
North West +43 118 £500 +2.41% 76
West Midlands -19 94 £558 +11.50% 64
East of England +13 89 £575 -4.17% 53
Yorkshire -1 71 £593 +48.13% 55
East Midlands -12 47 £500 +5.26% 68
North East -18 12 £500 +11.11% 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 16 (1.11%) SharePoint
2 14 (0.97%) Confluence
2 14 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.42%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.28%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (0.28%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.21%) Apache
6 3 (0.21%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) Documentum
6 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.14%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.070%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 59 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.04%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.35%) PTC Creo
8 3 (0.21%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 181 (12.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 106 (7.38%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (3.69%) Oracle EBS
4 48 (3.34%) SAP ERP
5 39 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
6 35 (2.44%) NetSuite
7 34 (2.37%) Oracle Payables
8 27 (1.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 25 (1.74%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (1.18%) Shopify
11 16 (1.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 14 (0.97%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
13 13 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
14 12 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
15 11 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
15 11 (0.77%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.70%) Oracle 11i
17 8 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 185 (12.88%) Azure
2 165 (11.49%) Dynamics 365
3 135 (9.40%) Power Platform
4 121 (8.43%) OCI
5 86 (5.99%) SaaS
6 50 (3.48%) AWS
7 41 (2.86%) PaaS
8 33 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 23 (1.60%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.53%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.46%) Boomi
11 21 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
12 19 (1.32%) GCP
13 17 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.18%) IaaS
14 16 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (0.77%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.21%) FTP
2 2 (0.14%) Firewall
2 2 (0.14%) Intranet
2 2 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.070%) 5G
3 1 (0.070%) DHCP
3 1 (0.070%) DNS
3 1 (0.070%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.070%) HTTP
3 1 (0.070%) Modbus
3 1 (0.070%) MQTT
3 1 (0.070%) RFID
3 1 (0.070%) SMS
3 1 (0.070%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.070%) VoIP
3 1 (0.070%) VPN
3 1 (0.070%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (7.31%) Power BI
2 56 (3.90%) Oracle Reports
3 46 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.60%) Oracle ODI
5 21 (1.46%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 11 (0.77%) Metadata
10 10 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.49%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.49%) Tableau
13 6 (0.42%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
15 4 (0.28%) GIS
15 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.28%) Power Query
15 4 (0.28%) Relational Database
16 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 78 (5.43%) JIRA
2 24 (1.67%) Postman
3 18 (1.25%) Git
4 15 (1.04%) Hudson
5 8 (0.56%) GitLab
5 8 (0.56%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.49%) Selenium
7 6 (0.42%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.35%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.35%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.14%) Gradle
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.14%) TestRail
11 1 (0.070%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.070%) JMeter
11 1 (0.070%) LSMW
11 1 (0.070%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 746 (51.95%) Finance
2 417 (29.04%) Social Skills
3 214 (14.90%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (8.50%) Manufacturing
5 116 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 77 (5.36%) Retail
7 58 (4.04%) Local Government
8 45 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.13%) Law
9 42 (2.92%) Legal
10 41 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (2.65%) General Ledger
12 36 (2.51%) Banking
13 25 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.46%) Billing
17 20 (1.39%) Military
18 17 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 243 (16.92%) Lead
2 210 (14.62%) Architect
3 187 (13.02%) Consultant
4 161 (11.21%) Analyst
5 142 (9.89%) Project Manager
6 131 (9.12%) Senior
7 100 (6.96%) Solutions Architect
8 82 (5.71%) Business Analyst
9 73 (5.08%) Developer
10 61 (4.25%) ERP Manager
11 53 (3.69%) Accountant
12 49 (3.41%) Implementation Consultant
13 45 (3.13%) SAP Manager
13 45 (3.13%) Senior Manager
14 39 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
15 38 (2.65%) SAP Consultant
16 36 (2.51%) Transformation Manager
17 35 (2.44%) Lead Architect
17 35 (2.44%) Systems Accountant
18 31 (2.16%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (11.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 80 (5.57%) REST
3 61 (4.25%) Middleware
4 50 (3.48%) SOAP
5 45 (3.13%) XML
6 42 (2.92%) JSON
7 34 (2.37%) Web Services
8 21 (1.46%) OAuth
9 19 (1.32%) XSLT
10 17 (1.18%) .NET
11 13 (0.91%) JWT
12 12 (0.84%) EDI
13 10 (0.70%) PySpark
13 10 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.63%) Node.js
15 8 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
16 6 (0.42%) ADO
16 6 (0.42%) HTML
16 6 (0.42%) Kafka
16 6 (0.42%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.85%) Legacy Systems
2 54 (3.76%) Data Structures
3 48 (3.34%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 29 (2.02%) Public Cloud
6 23 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (1.53%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.18%) FMCG
11 14 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (0.91%) AI Agents
12 13 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.84%) IoT
14 10 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.56%) SCADA
15 8 (0.56%) Virtual Team
16 7 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.49%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.91%) Windows
2 5 (0.35%) Linux
3 3 (0.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (27.79%) Migration
2 301 (20.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 256 (17.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 255 (17.76%) Data Migration
5 217 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
6 207 (14.42%) User Acceptance Testing
7 205 (14.28%) Agile
8 180 (12.53%) Change Management
9 165 (11.49%) Project Management
10 163 (11.35%) Validation
11 157 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 146 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
13 129 (8.98%) CRM
14 121 (8.43%) Data Modelling
15 109 (7.59%) Roadmaps
16 105 (7.31%) Procure-to-Pay
17 100 (6.96%) Project Delivery
18 93 (6.48%) Analytics
18 93 (6.48%) DevOps
19 89 (6.20%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 125 (8.70%) SQL
2 39 (2.72%) Python
3 35 (2.44%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.95%) C#
5 27 (1.88%) Java
6 17 (1.18%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.63%) ABAP
8 9 (0.63%) Apex Code
9 8 (0.56%) Ruby
9 8 (0.56%) X++
10 7 (0.49%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.35%) Korn
11 5 (0.35%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.35%) VBA
12 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.21%) C++
13 3 (0.21%) Perl
14 2 (0.14%) SOQL
14 2 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 172 (11.98%) Security Cleared
2 126 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 108 (7.52%) Degree
4 80 (5.57%) CIMA
5 69 (4.81%) ACCA
6 41 (2.86%) PMP
7 31 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (0.70%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.70%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.56%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.49%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.42%) APMP
16 6 (0.42%) OCA
17 5 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 4 (0.28%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.20%) Data Quality
2 62 (4.32%) GDPR
3 61 (4.25%) QA
4 47 (3.27%) PMO
5 15 (1.04%) SLA
6 12 (0.84%) IFRS
6 12 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.63%) GAAP
8 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.35%) IFRS 17
10 5 (0.35%) NCSC
10 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.28%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.28%) NIST
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) GMP
System Software
1 5 (0.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.21%) Docker
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
1 4 (0.28%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.28%) Terraform
2 3 (0.21%) Control-M
2 3 (0.21%) MOM
3 2 (0.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.070%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.070%) Kibana
4 1 (0.070%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 421 (29.32%) SAP
2 412 (28.69%) Oracle
3 236 (16.43%) Microsoft
4 85 (5.92%) Workday
5 57 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.90%) IFS
7 52 (3.62%) Siemens
8 37 (2.58%) Databricks
9 36 (2.51%) ServiceNow
10 30 (2.09%) Sage
11 26 (1.81%) MuleSoft
12 24 (1.67%) Ariba
13 15 (1.04%) Informatica
14 10 (0.70%) Infor
15 9 (0.63%) Foundry
15 9 (0.63%) Google
16 7 (0.49%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.49%) Talend
17 6 (0.42%) Epicor
17 6 (0.42%) IBM