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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 82 98
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 +11
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,646 809 768
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.60% 2.93% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 3.23% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 974 487 457
10th Percentile £375 £335 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £534 £525
% change year-on-year +3.04% +1.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 45 35
10th Percentile £15.36 £6.00 £16.55
25th Percentile £18.45 £14.65 £28.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £17.35 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +87.32% -50.93% -45.70%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £23.95 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.14% -46.78% -30.66%

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 38,860 25,068 28,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.79% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,530
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,559 1,442 1,597
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.20 £14.15
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% +0.86%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +12 683 £600 +8.60% 395
South East -1 277 £525 +1.94% 238
North of England +64 270 £510 +2.51% 245
Midlands +35 206 £525 - 214
North West +39 157 £525 +5.00% 133
West Midlands +13 115 £525 - 114
Yorkshire +23 92 £500 +24.22% 80
South West -13 91 £538 -14.14% 107
East of England 0 86 £510 -11.39% 83
East Midlands +25 82 £525 -12.50% 100
North East -23 21 £500 -6.98% 36
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 31 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.97%) Confluence
4 5 (0.30%) SAS
5 4 (0.24%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.18%) CMS
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.18%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.12%) Apache
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.12%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.061%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.061%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.061%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.061%) Mendix
Applications
1 84 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.24%) Windchill
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 207 (12.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 147 (8.93%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (3.65%) NetSuite
4 58 (3.52%) Oracle Payables
5 53 (3.22%) SAP ERP
6 43 (2.61%) Oracle Receivables
7 37 (2.25%) Oracle EBS
8 30 (1.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 25 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
10 24 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
11 22 (1.34%) Oracle Financials
12 15 (0.91%) Unit4 Business World
13 14 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
14 13 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
14 13 (0.79%) SAP MDG
14 13 (0.79%) Workday HCM
15 10 (0.61%) Oracle 11i
16 8 (0.49%) SAP Business One
17 7 (0.43%) Sage X3
17 7 (0.43%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 175 (10.63%) Power Platform
2 165 (10.02%) Azure
3 157 (9.54%) Dynamics 365
4 114 (6.93%) OCI
5 104 (6.32%) SaaS
6 66 (4.01%) AWS
7 47 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (1.88%) GCP
8 31 (1.88%) Power Automate
9 30 (1.82%) PaaS
10 28 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
12 26 (1.58%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.34%) GitHub
14 21 (1.28%) Boomi
15 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 13 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
17 13 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.43%) Network Security
2 4 (0.24%) Firewall
2 4 (0.24%) FTP
2 4 (0.24%) SSL
3 2 (0.12%) 5G
3 2 (0.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.12%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) LAN
3 2 (0.12%) WAN
4 1 (0.061%) DHCP
4 1 (0.061%) DMZ
4 1 (0.061%) DNS
4 1 (0.061%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.061%) Modbus
4 1 (0.061%) MQTT
4 1 (0.061%) RFID
4 1 (0.061%) SMS
4 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.061%) VPN
4 1 (0.061%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (8.02%) Power BI
2 65 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
4 30 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.58%) Oracle ODI
6 25 (1.52%) SQL Server
7 22 (1.34%) Data Lake
7 22 (1.34%) Tableau
8 17 (1.03%) Metadata
9 13 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.43%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.36%) Power Query
12 6 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
12 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.30%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 70 (4.25%) JIRA
2 22 (1.34%) Git
3 15 (0.91%) Hudson
4 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.24%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.18%) LSMW
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.18%) Postman
8 3 (0.18%) Selenium
8 3 (0.18%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.12%) GitLab
9 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.12%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.061%) ERwin
10 1 (0.061%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.061%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 866 (52.61%) Finance
2 431 (26.18%) Social Skills
3 224 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (10.45%) Manufacturing
5 145 (8.81%) Public Sector
6 106 (6.44%) Retail
7 62 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
8 58 (3.52%) General Ledger
9 53 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
10 48 (2.92%) Law
11 44 (2.67%) Billing
12 42 (2.55%) Banking
13 41 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (2.31%) Local Government
15 37 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 33 (2.00%) Legal
17 31 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (1.15%) Aerospace
19 19 (1.15%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 329 (19.99%) Lead
2 261 (15.86%) Architect
3 222 (13.49%) Analyst
4 176 (10.69%) Consultant
5 131 (7.96%) Senior
6 130 (7.90%) Project Manager
7 123 (7.47%) Solutions Architect
8 96 (5.83%) Business Analyst
9 91 (5.53%) Developer
10 63 (3.83%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.46%) Oracle Consultant
12 47 (2.86%) Accountant
13 45 (2.73%) Financial Analyst
14 43 (2.61%) Data Analyst
15 41 (2.49%) Lead Architect
16 40 (2.43%) Finance Manager
17 39 (2.37%) Functional Consultant
18 38 (2.31%) ERP Project Manager
19 36 (2.19%) Programme Manager
19 36 (2.19%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (11.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 90 (5.47%) REST
3 75 (4.56%) Middleware
4 53 (3.22%) SOAP
5 31 (1.88%) JSON
6 28 (1.70%) XML
7 22 (1.34%) .NET
7 22 (1.34%) Web Services
8 16 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
8 16 (0.97%) OAuth
9 15 (0.91%) EDI
10 12 (0.73%) OAuth2
11 11 (0.67%) CSS
11 11 (0.67%) HTML
12 10 (0.61%) RESTful
12 10 (0.61%) XSLT
13 9 (0.55%) Ajax
13 9 (0.55%) Node.js
13 9 (0.55%) PySpark
13 9 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.16%) Legacy Systems
2 67 (4.07%) Data Structures
3 49 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 39 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 32 (1.94%) FMCG
8 30 (1.82%) Public Cloud
9 24 (1.46%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (0.85%) Life Science
14 13 (0.79%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.79%) Operational Technology
15 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.67%) AI Agents
16 11 (0.67%) IoT
17 10 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.15%) Windows
2 6 (0.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.12%) Android
4 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.061%) AIX
5 1 (0.061%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.061%) Unix
5 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (27.58%) Migration
2 436 (26.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 336 (20.41%) Data Migration
4 282 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 253 (15.37%) User Acceptance Testing
6 233 (14.16%) Agile
7 227 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 216 (13.12%) Problem-Solving
9 187 (11.36%) Change Management
10 185 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
11 175 (10.63%) Validation
12 164 (9.96%) Analytics
13 158 (9.60%) CRM
14 157 (9.54%) Data Modelling
15 149 (9.05%) Process Improvement
15 149 (9.05%) Roadmaps
16 133 (8.08%) Project Management
17 126 (7.65%) Translating Business Requirements
18 125 (7.59%) Project Delivery
19 110 (6.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 147 (8.93%) SQL
2 53 (3.22%) Python
3 31 (1.88%) PL/SQL
4 30 (1.82%) JavaScript
5 26 (1.58%) Java
6 20 (1.22%) C#
7 18 (1.09%) X++
8 17 (1.03%) Apex Code
9 15 (0.91%) Ruby
10 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (0.79%) ABAP
12 9 (0.55%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.43%) Groovy
14 6 (0.36%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.30%) VBA
16 4 (0.24%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.24%) SOQL
16 4 (0.24%) SOSL
17 3 (0.18%) C++
17 3 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 207 (12.58%) Security Cleared
2 143 (8.69%) SC Cleared
3 105 (6.38%) Degree
4 66 (4.01%) ACCA
5 63 (3.83%) CIMA
6 52 (3.16%) DV Cleared
7 36 (2.19%) PMP
8 33 (2.00%) PMI Certification
9 12 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.36%) APMG
12 6 (0.36%) SAP Certification
13 5 (0.30%) CISM
13 5 (0.30%) CISSP
13 5 (0.30%) IIBA
13 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 68 (4.13%) GDPR
3 51 (3.10%) PMO
4 45 (2.73%) QA
5 25 (1.52%) IFRS
6 20 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.03%) GAAP
8 14 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.61%) GRC
10 9 (0.55%) SLA
11 8 (0.49%) NCSC
12 6 (0.36%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.36%) GMP
13 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.30%) P3O
13 5 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 10 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.55%) Docker
3 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.061%) Firmware
4 1 (0.061%) IAG
4 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (0.91%) Terraform
2 10 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.30%) Grafana
3 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.30%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.24%) Kibana
5 3 (0.18%) MOM
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.12%) SCCM
7 1 (0.061%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.061%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 483 (29.34%) SAP
2 481 (29.22%) Oracle
3 301 (18.29%) Microsoft
4 74 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 69 (4.19%) Workday
6 66 (4.01%) ServiceNow
7 64 (3.89%) IFS
8 31 (1.88%) Databricks
9 30 (1.82%) Sage
10 25 (1.52%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.28%) Ariba
12 19 (1.15%) Google
12 19 (1.15%) Siemens
13 15 (0.91%) Concur
13 15 (0.91%) Infor
13 15 (0.91%) JD Edwards
14 13 (0.79%) SYSPRO
15 11 (0.67%) Epicor
16 8 (0.49%) Baan
16 8 (0.49%) Informatica