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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 104 100
Rank change year-on-year +39 -4 +13
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,588 663 828
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.62% 2.59% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 2.84% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 416 516
10th Percentile £350 £328 £363
25th Percentile £463 £445 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £538 £540
% change year-on-year - -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 31 36
10th Percentile £17.74 £13.00 £15.88
25th Percentile £26.95 £16.71 £27.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +90.89% -45.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £60.75 - £66.94
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £58.75 £37.68
% change year-on-year -2.13% +55.92% -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 37,409 23,372 31,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.17% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,567 15,052 20,589
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.79% -4.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,348 1,165 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.97 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.81%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +25 663 £575 +4.55% 289
South East +6 252 £525 -2.33% 152
North of England +48 223 £500 +11.11% 156
Midlands +37 202 £525 - 144
West Midlands +29 126 £540 +2.86% 81
North West +42 125 £500 +11.11% 97
South West +27 122 £525 +13.51% 65
East of England +23 96 £575 +4.55% 54
Yorkshire +7 80 £500 +25.00% 44
East Midlands +25 72 £525 - 63
North East -19 18 £500 -6.98% 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 29 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.01%) Confluence
4 5 (0.31%) SAS
5 4 (0.25%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.19%) Apache
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
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%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.063%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 64 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.01%) 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
1 206 (12.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 137 (8.63%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (3.34%) NetSuite
3 53 (3.34%) SAP ERP
4 45 (2.83%) Oracle Payables
5 34 (2.14%) Oracle EBS
6 33 (2.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 31 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
8 25 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
9 19 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
10 18 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (1.01%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
13 12 (0.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 12 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
14 11 (0.69%) SAP MDG
14 11 (0.69%) Teamcenter
15 10 (0.63%) Oracle 11i
16 9 (0.57%) Sage X3
17 8 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 208 (13.10%) Azure
2 164 (10.33%) Power Platform
3 148 (9.32%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (6.30%) OCI
5 98 (6.17%) SaaS
6 56 (3.53%) AWS
7 46 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (2.20%) PaaS
9 26 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 26 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.39%) GCP
11 21 (1.32%) GitHub
12 20 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (1.26%) Boomi
13 19 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
14 15 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.38%) 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%) MQTT
5 1 (0.063%) SMS
5 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.063%) VoIP
5 1 (0.063%) VPN
5 1 (0.063%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (8.06%) Power BI
2 56 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (2.96%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.64%) Oracle ODI
5 22 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 17 (1.07%) Tableau
9 16 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.88%) Metadata
11 11 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
12 9 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.44%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
16 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
16 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (4.09%) JIRA
2 23 (1.45%) Git
3 16 (1.01%) Hudson
4 13 (0.82%) Postman
5 9 (0.57%) 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%) Gradle
9 1 (0.063%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.063%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 813 (51.20%) Finance
2 384 (24.18%) Social Skills
3 225 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (9.76%) Manufacturing
5 122 (7.68%) Public Sector
6 90 (5.67%) Retail
7 53 (3.34%) Local Government
8 50 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
9 48 (3.02%) General Ledger
10 45 (2.83%) Law
11 43 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (2.58%) Billing
12 41 (2.58%) Legal
13 36 (2.27%) Banking
14 30 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.94%) Military
19 14 (0.88%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 281 (17.70%) Lead
2 247 (15.55%) Architect
3 195 (12.28%) Consultant
4 193 (12.15%) Analyst
5 152 (9.57%) Project Manager
6 138 (8.69%) Senior
7 120 (7.56%) Solutions Architect
8 85 (5.35%) Business Analyst
9 80 (5.04%) Developer
10 72 (4.53%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.59%) Accountant
12 51 (3.21%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (2.90%) Senior Manager
14 44 (2.77%) Finance Manager
15 41 (2.58%) Lead Architect
16 40 (2.52%) Systems Accountant
17 38 (2.39%) ERP Project Manager
17 38 (2.39%) Financial Analyst
18 37 (2.33%) Data Analyst
18 37 (2.33%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (10.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 83 (5.23%) REST
3 71 (4.47%) Middleware
4 44 (2.77%) SOAP
5 37 (2.33%) JSON
6 30 (1.89%) XML
7 25 (1.57%) Web Services
8 23 (1.45%) .NET
9 14 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
10 13 (0.82%) EDI
10 13 (0.82%) HTML
10 13 (0.82%) Node.js
10 13 (0.82%) OAuth
11 11 (0.69%) CSS
11 11 (0.69%) XSLT
12 10 (0.63%) JWT
12 10 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.57%) Ajax
13 9 (0.57%) PySpark
14 8 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
2 55 (3.46%) Data Structures
3 44 (2.77%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.08%) Public Cloud
6 31 (1.95%) FMCG
7 30 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.01%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.82%) IoT
13 12 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.69%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.50%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.50%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.50%) Operational Technology
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
1 447 (28.15%) Migration
2 358 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 309 (19.46%) Data Migration
4 270 (17.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 227 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 219 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 209 (13.16%) Agile
8 205 (12.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 179 (11.27%) Change Management
9 179 (11.27%) Validation
10 169 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
11 163 (10.26%) Project Management
12 147 (9.26%) Data Modelling
13 140 (8.82%) CRM
14 132 (8.31%) Analytics
15 126 (7.93%) Roadmaps
16 113 (7.12%) Project Delivery
17 112 (7.05%) Procure-to-Pay
18 102 (6.42%) Translating Business Requirements
19 100 (6.30%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 147 (9.26%) SQL
2 59 (3.72%) Python
3 31 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 28 (1.76%) Java
4 28 (1.76%) PL/SQL
5 24 (1.51%) C#
6 15 (0.94%) Apex Code
7 14 (0.88%) Ruby
7 14 (0.88%) X++
8 12 (0.76%) ABAP
9 10 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.50%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.31%) VBA
12 4 (0.25%) Korn
12 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.19%) C++
13 3 (0.19%) Groovy
13 3 (0.19%) SOQL
13 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 170 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 124 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 93 (5.86%) Degree
4 79 (4.97%) CIMA
5 74 (4.66%) ACCA
6 37 (2.33%) PMP
7 29 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 29 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 12 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.50%) SAP Certification
11 8 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.19%) CCA
15 3 (0.19%) CCAB
15 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 70 (4.41%) GDPR
3 44 (2.77%) QA
4 42 (2.64%) PMO
5 21 (1.32%) IFRS
6 19 (1.20%) SLA
7 16 (1.01%) GAAP
7 16 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.50%) NCSC
10 7 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.38%) GMP
12 5 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.31%) GRC
12 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
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 (0.82%) Terraform
2 9 (0.57%) 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
1 470 (29.60%) SAP
2 441 (27.77%) Oracle
3 268 (16.88%) Microsoft
4 71 (4.47%) IFS
4 71 (4.47%) Salesforce
4 71 (4.47%) Workday
5 54 (3.40%) Siemens
6 48 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.33%) Sage
8 35 (2.20%) Databricks
9 26 (1.64%) MuleSoft
10 23 (1.45%) Ariba
11 14 (0.88%) Infor
11 14 (0.88%) JD Edwards
12 13 (0.82%) Concur
12 13 (0.82%) Google
13 12 (0.76%) Epicor
14 10 (0.63%) Informatica
15 8 (0.50%) Foundry
16 7 (0.44%) SYSPRO