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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 94 103
Rank change year-on-year +33 +9 +16
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,473 659 811
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.62% 2.70% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 2.96% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 423 526
10th Percentile £360 £356 £363
25th Percentile £461 £429 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £645 £666 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 19 26
10th Percentile £17.69 £44.58 £13.05
25th Percentile £30.00 £65.00 £15.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -38.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £67.35 - £63.13
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £71.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -19.30% +78.13% -38.15%

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 34,459 22,249 31,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.78% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,987 14,574 20,950
10th Percentile £319 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 932 2,245
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.67 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.33% +0.42%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +40 635 £550 - 225
South East +16 230 £530 -3.64% 173
North of England +38 205 £525 +15.07% 159
Midlands -10 150 £525 +5.00% 128
South West +18 124 £525 +5.00% 65
North West +34 115 £500 +2.25% 79
East of England +12 98 £575 -4.17% 75
West Midlands -13 95 £540 +5.37% 69
Yorkshire 0 78 £593 +48.13% 63
East Midlands 0 54 £505 +6.32% 59
North East -20 12 £500 +11.11% 19
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 17 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.09%) Confluence
3 15 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.41%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.27%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.27%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.20%) Apache
7 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.068%) Documentum
9 1 (0.068%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.068%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 65 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.34%) PTC Creo
8 3 (0.20%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 194 (13.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 108 (7.33%) Oracle ERP
3 47 (3.19%) Oracle EBS
3 47 (3.19%) SAP ERP
4 36 (2.44%) NetSuite
5 35 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 34 (2.31%) Oracle Payables
7 29 (1.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 25 (1.70%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (1.15%) Shopify
10 16 (1.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 14 (0.95%) Workday HCM
12 13 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.88%) Oracle EBS R12
12 13 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
12 13 (0.88%) Unit4 Business World
13 11 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
13 11 (0.75%) Teamcenter
14 10 (0.68%) Oracle 11i
15 8 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 183 (12.42%) Azure
2 170 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
3 136 (9.23%) Power Platform
4 117 (7.94%) OCI
5 86 (5.84%) SaaS
6 54 (3.67%) AWS
7 42 (2.85%) PaaS
8 36 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.49%) Power Automate
10 22 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
11 21 (1.43%) Boomi
12 18 (1.22%) GCP
13 17 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (1.15%) IaaS
14 16 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (0.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 12 (0.81%) GitHub
16 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.27%) FTP
2 3 (0.20%) Firewall
2 3 (0.20%) LAN
3 2 (0.14%) Intranet
3 2 (0.14%) WAN
4 1 (0.068%) 5G
4 1 (0.068%) DHCP
4 1 (0.068%) DMZ
4 1 (0.068%) DNS
4 1 (0.068%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.068%) HTTP
4 1 (0.068%) Modbus
4 1 (0.068%) MQTT
4 1 (0.068%) RFID
4 1 (0.068%) SMS
4 1 (0.068%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.068%) VoIP
4 1 (0.068%) VPN
4 1 (0.068%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (7.06%) Power BI
2 54 (3.67%) Oracle Reports
3 44 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.56%) Oracle ODI
5 19 (1.29%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 12 (0.81%) Metadata
8 10 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.54%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.54%) Tableau
10 6 (0.41%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (0.27%) GIS
12 4 (0.27%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.27%) Power Query
12 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 82 (5.57%) JIRA
2 25 (1.70%) Postman
3 21 (1.43%) Git
4 15 (1.02%) Hudson
5 8 (0.54%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.48%) Selenium
6 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.41%) GitLab
8 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.34%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.14%) Gradle
11 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.14%) TestRail
12 1 (0.068%) JMeter
12 1 (0.068%) LSMW
12 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 753 (51.12%) Finance
2 408 (27.70%) Social Skills
3 218 (14.80%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.89%) Manufacturing
5 111 (7.54%) Public Sector
6 80 (5.43%) Retail
7 50 (3.39%) Local Government
8 48 (3.26%) Legal
9 46 (3.12%) Law
10 43 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
11 41 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (2.58%) General Ledger
13 35 (2.38%) Banking
14 28 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.56%) Billing
16 23 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.36%) Military
18 18 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (1.09%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 242 (16.43%) Lead
2 215 (14.60%) Architect
3 185 (12.56%) Consultant
4 177 (12.02%) Analyst
5 153 (10.39%) Project Manager
6 138 (9.37%) Senior
7 99 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
8 86 (5.84%) Business Analyst
9 74 (5.02%) Developer
10 65 (4.41%) ERP Manager
11 55 (3.73%) Accountant
12 49 (3.33%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (3.12%) Senior Manager
14 43 (2.92%) SAP Manager
15 41 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
16 38 (2.58%) SAP Consultant
16 38 (2.58%) Systems Accountant
17 36 (2.44%) Data Analyst
17 36 (2.44%) Transformation Manager
18 35 (2.38%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (12.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 85 (5.77%) REST
3 62 (4.21%) Middleware
4 49 (3.33%) SOAP
5 41 (2.78%) JSON
6 38 (2.58%) XML
7 30 (2.04%) Web Services
8 19 (1.29%) OAuth
9 17 (1.15%) XSLT
10 13 (0.88%) JWT
11 12 (0.81%) .NET
11 12 (0.81%) EDI
12 11 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (0.75%) Node.js
13 10 (0.68%) PySpark
13 10 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.54%) HTML
15 7 (0.48%) RESTful
16 6 (0.41%) ADO
16 6 (0.41%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.70%) Legacy Systems
2 54 (3.67%) Data Structures
3 41 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 36 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.24%) Public Cloud
6 23 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.36%) FMCG
9 17 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.88%) AI Agents
11 13 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.75%) IoT
14 10 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.61%) SCADA
15 9 (0.61%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.02%) Windows
2 5 (0.34%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (27.77%) Migration
2 312 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 259 (17.58%) Data Migration
4 253 (17.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 217 (14.73%) Agile
6 213 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
7 212 (14.39%) User Acceptance Testing
8 176 (11.95%) Change Management
9 174 (11.81%) Project Management
10 165 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 163 (11.07%) Validation
12 145 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
13 127 (8.62%) CRM
14 124 (8.42%) Data Modelling
15 111 (7.54%) Roadmaps
16 110 (7.47%) Procure-to-Pay
17 104 (7.06%) Project Delivery
18 99 (6.72%) Analytics
19 93 (6.31%) DevOps
20 89 (6.04%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.21%) SQL
2 40 (2.72%) Python
3 33 (2.24%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.90%) Java
5 25 (1.70%) C#
6 18 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.81%) Apex Code
8 10 (0.68%) Ruby
8 10 (0.68%) X++
9 9 (0.61%) ABAP
9 9 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.48%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.41%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.34%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.34%) VBA
13 3 (0.20%) C++
13 3 (0.20%) Korn
13 3 (0.20%) Perl
13 3 (0.20%) SOQL
13 3 (0.20%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 173 (11.74%) Security Cleared
2 130 (8.83%) SC Cleared
3 105 (7.13%) Degree
4 80 (5.43%) CIMA
5 71 (4.82%) ACCA
6 42 (2.85%) PMP
7 31 (2.10%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.81%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.61%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
13 7 (0.48%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.41%) APMP
14 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.34%) Azure Certification
15 5 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.27%) OCA
16 4 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.52%) Data Quality
2 67 (4.55%) GDPR
3 56 (3.80%) QA
4 49 (3.33%) PMO
5 15 (1.02%) SLA
6 13 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (0.75%) IFRS
8 10 (0.68%) GAAP
9 8 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.34%) NCSC
11 5 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.27%) NIST
13 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.20%) GMP
13 3 (0.20%) GxP
13 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 5 (0.34%) Docker
2 3 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.34%) Terraform
3 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
4 3 (0.20%) Kibana
4 3 (0.20%) MOM
4 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.14%) Grafana
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.068%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 437 (29.67%) SAP
2 416 (28.24%) Oracle
3 240 (16.29%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.57%) Workday
5 61 (4.14%) IFS
6 58 (3.94%) Salesforce
7 54 (3.67%) Siemens
8 38 (2.58%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.44%) Databricks
10 28 (1.90%) Sage
11 25 (1.70%) MuleSoft
12 24 (1.63%) Ariba
13 14 (0.95%) Informatica
14 12 (0.81%) Infor
15 9 (0.61%) Google
16 8 (0.54%) Foundry
17 7 (0.48%) Talend
18 6 (0.41%) Epicor
18 6 (0.41%) IBM
19 5 (0.34%) JD Edwards