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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 99 99
Rank change year-on-year +34 0 +15
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,598 684 831
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.63% 2.60% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 2.85% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 428 512
10th Percentile £355 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £539 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -0.23% -1.82%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £628
90th Percentile £738 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £544 £538 £540
% change year-on-year +1.16% -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 35 36
10th Percentile £17.74 £8.80 £15.88
25th Percentile £26.98 £15.63 £27.63
Median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +83.82% -45.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £60.75 - £66.94
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £41.25 £37.68
% change year-on-year +39.39% +9.47% -40.74%

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 37,549 23,970 31,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 91.01% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,634 15,421 20,733
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,193 2,304
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +35 671 £575 +4.31% 281
South East +5 251 £525 -2.33% 152
North of England +52 225 £500 +11.11% 157
Midlands +41 200 £525 - 145
North West +43 131 £500 +11.11% 99
West Midlands +20 125 £540 +2.86% 82
South West +25 122 £525 +10.53% 65
East of England +21 98 £575 +2.22% 52
Yorkshire +2 77 £500 +24.22% 45
East Midlands +23 71 £515 -1.90% 63
North East -23 17 £500 -6.98% 15
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 30 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.00%) Confluence
2 16 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (0.31%) SAS
4 4 (0.25%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
6 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.063%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 64 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.31%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 210 (13.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 136 (8.51%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (3.32%) NetSuite
3 53 (3.32%) SAP ERP
4 44 (2.75%) Oracle Payables
5 34 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
5 34 (2.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 33 (2.07%) Oracle Receivables
7 25 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
8 20 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
9 18 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
10 14 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
11 13 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
12 11 (0.69%) SAP MDG
12 11 (0.69%) Teamcenter
13 10 (0.63%) Oracle 11i
13 10 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
14 9 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 9 (0.56%) Sage X3
14 9 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 210 (13.14%) Azure
2 167 (10.45%) Power Platform
3 148 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
4 101 (6.32%) OCI
5 97 (6.07%) SaaS
6 56 (3.50%) AWS
7 47 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (2.19%) PaaS
9 26 (1.63%) Power Automate
9 26 (1.63%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.44%) GCP
11 21 (1.31%) Boomi
11 21 (1.31%) GitHub
12 20 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.44%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
3 3 (0.19%) Firewall
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) HTTP
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) LAN
4 2 (0.13%) RFID
4 2 (0.13%) WAN
5 1 (0.063%) DHCP
5 1 (0.063%) DMZ
5 1 (0.063%) DNS
5 1 (0.063%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.063%) Modbus
5 1 (0.063%) SMS
5 1 (0.063%) SSL
5 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.063%) VoIP
5 1 (0.063%) VPN
5 1 (0.063%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (8.14%) Power BI
2 56 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (3.00%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.63%) Oracle ODI
5 24 (1.50%) Data Lake
6 20 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 20 (1.25%) SQL Server
7 17 (1.06%) Tableau
8 16 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.94%) Metadata
10 11 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
11 9 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.44%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
15 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.31%) GIS
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (4.13%) JIRA
2 23 (1.44%) Git
3 16 (1.00%) Hudson
4 13 (0.81%) Postman
5 9 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.31%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.31%) Selenium
6 5 (0.31%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) LSMW
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.19%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.13%) GitLab
8 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.063%) ERwin
9 1 (0.063%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.063%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.063%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 818 (51.19%) Finance
2 384 (24.03%) Social Skills
3 220 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (9.95%) Manufacturing
5 128 (8.01%) Public Sector
6 92 (5.76%) Retail
7 55 (3.44%) Local Government
8 50 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 47 (2.94%) General Ledger
10 46 (2.88%) Law
11 44 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (2.69%) Billing
13 41 (2.57%) Legal
14 37 (2.32%) Banking
15 30 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 23 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.94%) Aerospace
18 15 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 284 (17.77%) Lead
2 254 (15.89%) Architect
3 198 (12.39%) Consultant
4 195 (12.20%) Analyst
5 148 (9.26%) Project Manager
6 138 (8.64%) Senior
7 124 (7.76%) Solutions Architect
8 87 (5.44%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.07%) Developer
10 70 (4.38%) ERP Manager
11 55 (3.44%) Accountant
12 51 (3.19%) Implementation Consultant
13 45 (2.82%) Senior Manager
14 42 (2.63%) Finance Manager
15 41 (2.57%) Lead Architect
16 40 (2.50%) Financial Analyst
17 39 (2.44%) Systems Accountant
18 38 (2.38%) ERP Project Manager
19 37 (2.32%) Data Analyst
19 37 (2.32%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (10.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 85 (5.32%) REST
3 75 (4.69%) Middleware
4 46 (2.88%) SOAP
5 38 (2.38%) JSON
6 30 (1.88%) XML
7 26 (1.63%) Web Services
8 23 (1.44%) .NET
9 14 (0.88%) EDI
9 14 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (0.88%) Node.js
9 14 (0.88%) OAuth
10 13 (0.81%) HTML
11 11 (0.69%) CSS
11 11 (0.69%) XSLT
12 10 (0.63%) JWT
12 10 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.56%) Ajax
13 9 (0.56%) PySpark
14 8 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.01%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (3.57%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.82%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.07%) Public Cloud
6 32 (2.00%) Onboarding
7 31 (1.94%) FMCG
8 21 (1.31%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.00%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.81%) IoT
13 12 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.69%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.56%) Operational Technology
15 9 (0.56%) Taxonomies
16 8 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.13%) Windows
2 4 (0.25%) Linux
3 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.063%) AIX
5 1 (0.063%) Android
5 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.063%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.063%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (27.60%) Migration
2 365 (22.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 305 (19.09%) Data Migration
4 274 (17.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 234 (14.64%) User Acceptance Testing
6 216 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
7 213 (13.33%) Agile
8 209 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 182 (11.39%) Validation
10 181 (11.33%) Change Management
11 174 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
12 155 (9.70%) Project Management
13 147 (9.20%) Data Modelling
14 146 (9.14%) CRM
15 135 (8.45%) Analytics
16 130 (8.14%) Roadmaps
17 113 (7.07%) Procure-to-Pay
17 113 (7.07%) Project Delivery
18 104 (6.51%) DevOps
19 103 (6.45%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 148 (9.26%) SQL
2 59 (3.69%) Python
3 32 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 28 (1.75%) PL/SQL
5 27 (1.69%) Java
6 24 (1.50%) C#
7 15 (0.94%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.88%) Ruby
8 14 (0.88%) X++
9 12 (0.75%) ABAP
10 11 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.50%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.31%) VBA
14 4 (0.25%) Groovy
14 4 (0.25%) Korn
14 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.19%) C++
15 3 (0.19%) SOQL
15 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 172 (10.76%) Security Cleared
2 121 (7.57%) SC Cleared
3 91 (5.69%) Degree
4 75 (4.69%) CIMA
5 71 (4.44%) ACCA
6 37 (2.32%) PMP
7 29 (1.81%) DV Cleared
7 29 (1.81%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 12 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.50%) SAP Certification
12 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.25%) CISM
14 4 (0.25%) CISSP
14 4 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.19%) CCA
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.76%) Data Quality
2 72 (4.51%) GDPR
3 48 (3.00%) QA
4 44 (2.75%) PMO
5 22 (1.38%) IFRS
6 17 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.00%) GAAP
7 16 (1.00%) SLA
8 12 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.56%) NCSC
10 7 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.38%) GMP
11 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.31%) GRC
13 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.13%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.063%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (0.81%) Terraform
2 9 (0.56%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.31%) Grafana
4 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.31%) Kibana
5 3 (0.19%) MOM
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.063%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.063%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.063%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 479 (29.97%) SAP
2 441 (27.60%) Oracle
3 270 (16.90%) Microsoft
4 73 (4.57%) Workday
5 71 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 70 (4.38%) IFS
7 54 (3.38%) Siemens
8 50 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.25%) Databricks
9 36 (2.25%) Sage
10 26 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 22 (1.38%) Ariba
12 15 (0.94%) Infor
13 14 (0.88%) JD Edwards
14 13 (0.81%) Concur
14 13 (0.81%) Google
15 12 (0.75%) Epicor
16 10 (0.63%) Informatica
17 8 (0.50%) Foundry
17 8 (0.50%) UiPath