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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 95 98
Rank change year-on-year +35 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,514 647 810
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 2.66% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 2.92% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 411 523
10th Percentile £350 £358 £365
25th Percentile £456 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% +1.76%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -2.33% -1.38% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 20 29
10th Percentile £17.69 £47.29 £13.05
25th Percentile £28.29 £65.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -36.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £67.88 - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -36.00%

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 34,792 22,163 31,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.27% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,183 14,469 20,624
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -0.88% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 960 2,252
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.93
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.20 £15.99
Median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.17 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.90% -21.86% +0.13%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +42 645 £550 -0.23% 194
South East +7 233 £550 - 131
North of England +36 210 £500 +17.65% 121
Midlands +15 173 £525 +5.00% 105
South West +21 123 £523 +4.50% 63
North West +33 110 £500 +2.25% 61
West Midlands +1 103 £525 +5.00% 56
East of England +18 98 £575 -2.13% 49
Yorkshire +5 86 £590 +47.50% 45
East Midlands +11 66 £525 +10.53% 47
North East -21 14 £500 +7.82% 18
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 19 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.06%) Confluence
2 16 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.40%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.26%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (0.26%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.20%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.066%) Documentum
8 1 (0.066%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 68 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 205 (13.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 114 (7.53%) Oracle ERP
3 50 (3.30%) SAP ERP
4 43 (2.84%) Oracle EBS
5 42 (2.77%) NetSuite
6 37 (2.44%) Oracle Payables
7 32 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 30 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
9 27 (1.78%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (1.06%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 16 (1.06%) Shopify
11 15 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
11 15 (0.99%) Unit4 Business World
12 13 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.86%) Oracle EBS R12
13 12 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
13 12 (0.79%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.73%) Teamcenter
15 10 (0.66%) Oracle 11i
16 8 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 187 (12.35%) Azure
2 170 (11.23%) Dynamics 365
3 135 (8.92%) Power Platform
4 115 (7.60%) OCI
5 85 (5.61%) SaaS
6 53 (3.50%) AWS
7 41 (2.71%) PaaS
8 40 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.52%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.45%) Power Automate
10 22 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
11 20 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.25%) Boomi
13 18 (1.19%) GCP
14 16 (1.06%) IaaS
14 16 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (0.86%) GitHub
16 13 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.26%) FTP
2 3 (0.20%) Firewall
2 3 (0.20%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
4 1 (0.066%) DHCP
4 1 (0.066%) DMZ
4 1 (0.066%) DNS
4 1 (0.066%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.066%) HTTP
4 1 (0.066%) Modbus
4 1 (0.066%) MQTT
4 1 (0.066%) RFID
4 1 (0.066%) SMS
4 1 (0.066%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.066%) VoIP
4 1 (0.066%) VPN
4 1 (0.066%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (6.54%) Power BI
2 54 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
3 41 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.52%) Oracle ODI
5 18 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (1.06%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 12 (0.79%) Metadata
8 10 (0.66%) Tableau
9 9 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.53%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.33%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.26%) GIS
12 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.26%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 82 (5.42%) JIRA
2 23 (1.52%) Postman
3 21 (1.39%) Git
4 17 (1.12%) Hudson
5 9 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.53%) SoapUI
7 7 (0.46%) Selenium
8 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.26%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.26%) GitLab
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.13%) Gradle
12 1 (0.066%) ERwin
12 1 (0.066%) PowerDesigner
12 1 (0.066%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.066%) TestRail
General
1 775 (51.19%) Finance
2 408 (26.95%) Social Skills
3 215 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (8.85%) Manufacturing
5 108 (7.13%) Public Sector
6 79 (5.22%) Retail
7 51 (3.37%) Local Government
8 46 (3.04%) Law
9 45 (2.97%) Legal
10 42 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
11 39 (2.58%) General Ledger
11 39 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.25%) Banking
13 29 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.72%) Billing
14 26 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 20 (1.32%) Military
15 20 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.06%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 246 (16.25%) Lead
2 228 (15.06%) Architect
3 189 (12.48%) Consultant
4 184 (12.15%) Analyst
5 160 (10.57%) Project Manager
6 139 (9.18%) Senior
7 111 (7.33%) Solutions Architect
8 90 (5.94%) Business Analyst
9 74 (4.89%) Developer
10 68 (4.49%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.76%) Accountant
12 50 (3.30%) Implementation Consultant
13 47 (3.10%) Senior Manager
14 42 (2.77%) Financial Analyst
15 41 (2.71%) Systems Accountant
16 40 (2.64%) SAP Manager
17 38 (2.51%) Data Analyst
17 38 (2.51%) SAP Consultant
18 36 (2.38%) Transformation Manager
19 35 (2.31%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (12.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 86 (5.68%) REST
3 68 (4.49%) Middleware
4 49 (3.24%) SOAP
5 41 (2.71%) JSON
6 39 (2.58%) XML
7 28 (1.85%) Web Services
8 18 (1.19%) OAuth
8 18 (1.19%) XSLT
9 17 (1.12%) .NET
10 13 (0.86%) EDI
11 12 (0.79%) JWT
11 12 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
11 12 (0.79%) Node.js
11 12 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
12 10 (0.66%) HTML
13 9 (0.59%) PySpark
14 8 (0.53%) RESTful
15 7 (0.46%) CSS
15 7 (0.46%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
2 52 (3.43%) Data Structures
3 40 (2.64%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.44%) Public Cloud
5 36 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.52%) FMCG
8 21 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.92%) AI Agents
13 13 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
16 10 (0.66%) Virtual Team
17 9 (0.59%) IoT
17 9 (0.59%) SCADA
18 8 (0.53%) Operational Technology
19 7 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.25%) Windows
2 4 (0.26%) Linux
2 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.066%) Android
4 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (27.34%) Migration
2 317 (20.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 263 (17.37%) Data Migration
4 258 (17.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 218 (14.40%) User Acceptance Testing
6 217 (14.33%) Agile
7 211 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
8 179 (11.82%) Change Management
9 178 (11.76%) Project Management
10 169 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 168 (11.10%) Validation
12 139 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
13 127 (8.39%) Data Modelling
14 124 (8.19%) CRM
15 113 (7.46%) Procure-to-Pay
16 109 (7.20%) Roadmaps
17 104 (6.87%) Project Delivery
18 100 (6.61%) Analytics
19 94 (6.21%) DevOps
20 92 (6.08%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 126 (8.32%) SQL
2 41 (2.71%) Python
3 33 (2.18%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.85%) Java
5 27 (1.78%) C#
6 23 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.86%) Apex Code
8 12 (0.79%) X++
9 11 (0.73%) Ruby
10 10 (0.66%) ABAP
11 8 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.46%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.33%) VBA
14 3 (0.20%) C++
14 3 (0.20%) Korn
14 3 (0.20%) Perl
14 3 (0.20%) SOQL
14 3 (0.20%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 171 (11.29%) Security Cleared
2 128 (8.45%) SC Cleared
3 114 (7.53%) Degree
4 79 (5.22%) CIMA
5 71 (4.69%) ACCA
6 44 (2.91%) PMP
7 34 (2.25%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.86%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
10 8 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (0.46%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.46%) SAP Certification
12 6 (0.40%) APMP
12 6 (0.40%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.26%) APMG
14 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (6.61%) Data Quality
2 63 (4.16%) GDPR
3 52 (3.43%) QA
4 46 (3.04%) PMO
5 17 (1.12%) SLA
6 15 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (0.92%) IFRS
8 12 (0.79%) GAAP
9 8 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (0.33%) NCSC
10 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.20%) GMP
12 3 (0.20%) GxP
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 6 (0.40%) Active Directory
1 6 (0.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (0.53%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.33%) Terraform
3 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
3 4 (0.26%) Kibana
3 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
4 3 (0.20%) Grafana
4 3 (0.20%) MOM
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.066%) SCCM
Vendors
1 454 (29.99%) SAP
2 427 (28.20%) Oracle
3 250 (16.51%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.42%) Workday
5 64 (4.23%) IFS
6 63 (4.16%) Salesforce
7 55 (3.63%) Siemens
8 42 (2.77%) ServiceNow
9 32 (2.11%) Databricks
10 28 (1.85%) Sage
11 25 (1.65%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.52%) Ariba
13 15 (0.99%) Informatica
14 12 (0.79%) Infor
15 11 (0.73%) Epicor
16 9 (0.59%) Google
17 8 (0.53%) Foundry
18 7 (0.46%) JD Edwards
18 7 (0.46%) Talend
19 6 (0.40%) IBM