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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 86 100
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing ERP 993 805 956
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.32% 2.61% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 3.00% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 443 613
10th Percentile £350 £363 £388
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £561
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -4.15% +3.84%
75th Percentile £650 £649 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £735
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 27 31
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.04 £51.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £59.02
Median hourly rate £21.40 £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.86% -58.82% +289.19%
75th Percentile £30.00 £72.50 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.65 £35.18 £85.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% -58.61% +148.45%

All Process and 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 26,975 26,819 35,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.28% 86.81% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,111 16,369 24,234
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £643 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,784 960 1,488
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -16.29% +27.14%
75th Percentile £46.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.76 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.16% +25.24%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025. 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 +29 443 £575 +4.55% 431
South East +31 163 £515 +3.00% 240
Midlands -30 109 £550 +4.76% 163
North of England -35 100 £525 +5.00% 188
South West +8 86 £600 +15.38% 76
North West +1 77 £513 +2.50% 109
East of England +18 66 £550 +15.79% 64
West Midlands -44 65 £575 +9.52% 110
East Midlands -4 44 £525 -12.50% 52
Yorkshire -57 20 £538 +26.47% 62
North East -10 3 £500 -12.66% 17
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 22 (2.22%) Confluence
2 17 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.31%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.40%) CMS
5 4 (0.40%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.30%) Documentum
6 3 (0.30%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.10%) Apache
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) Camunda
8 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.10%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.42%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.20%) InVision
7 2 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.20%) Windchill
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.10%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.10%) Notion
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 125 (12.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 79 (7.96%) Oracle ERP
3 49 (4.93%) SAP ERP
4 34 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (2.92%) Oracle EBS
5 29 (2.92%) Oracle Payables
6 28 (2.82%) NetSuite
7 21 (2.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 20 (2.01%) Oracle Receivables
9 19 (1.91%) Oracle Assets
10 17 (1.71%) SAP EWM
11 14 (1.41%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (1.41%) Oracle EBS R12
11 14 (1.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 14 (1.41%) Oracle SCM
11 14 (1.41%) Unit4 Business World
12 13 (1.31%) SAP WM
13 10 (1.01%) Primavera
14 7 (0.70%) SAP IBP
15 6 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 128 (12.89%) Azure
2 109 (10.98%) OCI
3 88 (8.86%) SaaS
4 86 (8.66%) Dynamics 365
5 82 (8.26%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.62%) AWS
6 26 (2.62%) PaaS
7 20 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (1.81%) Lucidchart
9 15 (1.51%) Power Automate
10 14 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (1.41%) Entra ID
11 13 (1.31%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.21%) Boomi
12 12 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (0.91%) Smartsheet
13 9 (0.91%) Tricentis Tosca
14 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.10%) Internet
1 1 (0.10%) LAN
1 1 (0.10%) Network Security
1 1 (0.10%) SAN
1 1 (0.10%) VPN
1 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.55%) Power BI
2 48 (4.83%) Oracle Reports
3 31 (3.12%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.52%) Oracle Database
5 19 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.61%) SAP HANA
7 15 (1.51%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 8 (0.81%) Power Query
10 7 (0.70%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.70%) SAP BW
10 7 (0.70%) Tableau
11 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.50%) GIS
12 5 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
12 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 43 (4.33%) JIRA
2 9 (0.91%) GitLab
2 9 (0.91%) Postman
3 8 (0.81%) Git
4 5 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.20%) Hudson
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.20%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.10%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.10%) MLflow
7 1 (0.10%) QADirector
7 1 (0.10%) Selenium
7 1 (0.10%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.10%) TestRail
General
1 491 (49.45%) Finance
2 337 (33.94%) Social Skills
3 133 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (10.78%) Public Sector
5 106 (10.67%) Manufacturing
6 41 (4.13%) Retail
7 39 (3.93%) Pharmaceutical
8 37 (3.73%) Legal
9 35 (3.52%) Local Government
10 34 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.92%) Banking
12 29 (2.92%) General Ledger
13 28 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (2.52%) Billing
15 24 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (2.22%) Marketing
17 18 (1.81%) Aerospace
17 18 (1.81%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 135 (13.60%) Consultant
2 128 (12.89%) Analyst
3 119 (11.98%) Lead
4 98 (9.87%) Project Manager
5 93 (9.37%) Architect
6 60 (6.04%) Senior
7 58 (5.84%) Business Analyst
8 51 (5.14%) Developer
9 37 (3.73%) ERP Manager
9 37 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (3.63%) SAP Consultant
11 35 (3.52%) SAP Manager
12 30 (3.02%) Oracle Consultant
13 29 (2.92%) Functional Consultant
14 24 (2.42%) ERP Project Manager
14 24 (2.42%) ERP Support
15 23 (2.32%) ERP Analyst
15 23 (2.32%) Programme Manager
16 21 (2.11%) Administrator
17 20 (2.01%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (13.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 43 (4.33%) REST
3 28 (2.82%) SOAP
4 27 (2.72%) Middleware
4 27 (2.72%) Web Services
5 23 (2.32%) XML
6 22 (2.22%) JSON
7 18 (1.81%) .NET
8 11 (1.11%) OAuth
9 10 (1.01%) XSLT
10 8 (0.81%) EDI
10 8 (0.81%) HTML
11 6 (0.60%) CSS
11 6 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.40%) ADO
12 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.40%) SAP Basis
13 3 (0.30%) BAPI
13 3 (0.30%) IDoc
13 3 (0.30%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (2.72%) Product Ownership
5 23 (2.32%) Data Structures
6 16 (1.61%) Life Science
7 14 (1.41%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.31%) FMCG
9 12 (1.21%) AS400
9 12 (1.21%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.21%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.01%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.81%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.70%) IoT
13 7 (0.70%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (0.70%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.50%) Windows
2 4 (0.40%) Unix
3 2 (0.20%) Android
3 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.20%) Linux
4 1 (0.10%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (20.75%) Migration
2 191 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (17.72%) Agile
4 167 (16.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 167 (16.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 148 (14.90%) Data Migration
6 121 (12.19%) CRM
7 116 (11.68%) Change Management
8 102 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 98 (9.87%) User Acceptance Testing
10 97 (9.77%) Project Management
11 95 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
12 85 (8.56%) Project Delivery
13 82 (8.26%) Roadmaps
14 75 (7.55%) Validation
15 63 (6.34%) DevOps
16 62 (6.24%) Workshop Facilitation
17 56 (5.64%) Analytics
18 55 (5.54%) Data Management
18 55 (5.54%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 142 (14.30%) SQL
2 34 (3.42%) PL/SQL
3 18 (1.81%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.71%) Python
5 16 (1.61%) C#
6 13 (1.31%) Java
7 8 (0.81%) VBA
8 6 (0.60%) Groovy
8 6 (0.60%) X++
9 5 (0.50%) ABAP
9 5 (0.50%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.40%) PHP
11 3 (0.30%) R
11 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.20%) Korn
12 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.20%) XPath
13 1 (0.10%) C++
13 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 115 (11.58%) Security Cleared
2 106 (10.67%) Degree
3 94 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 29 (2.92%) PMP
5 28 (2.82%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.62%) CIMA
7 24 (2.42%) ACCA
8 21 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.81%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (1.01%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.01%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.70%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.70%) OCA
15 5 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 3 (0.30%) APMG
16 3 (0.30%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.04%) QA
2 36 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 35 (3.52%) PMO
4 32 (3.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 28 (2.82%) GDPR
6 11 (1.11%) SLA
7 9 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.91%) NIST
8 8 (0.81%) GxP
8 8 (0.81%) IFRS
8 8 (0.81%) ITGC
9 7 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.70%) APQC
10 6 (0.60%) COBIT
10 6 (0.60%) SOX 404
11 4 (0.40%) GMP
11 4 (0.40%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.40%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.30%) GAAP
12 3 (0.30%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.10%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.70%) Terraform
2 5 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.10%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.10%) Control-M
5 1 (0.10%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 362 (36.46%) Oracle
2 291 (29.31%) SAP
3 139 (14.00%) Microsoft
4 61 (6.14%) Salesforce
5 58 (5.84%) Workday
6 37 (3.73%) IFS
7 16 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.11%) Databricks
9 10 (1.01%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.01%) Sage
10 9 (0.91%) Ariba
11 7 (0.70%) Hyperion
12 6 (0.60%) Adobe
13 5 (0.50%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.50%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.40%) Axway
14 4 (0.40%) Murex
14 4 (0.40%) OpenAI
15 3 (0.30%) Adaptive Insights
15 3 (0.30%) Calypso