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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 85 94
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,062 797 903
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.42% 2.74% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 3.10% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 452 572
10th Percentile £350 £359 £375
25th Percentile £462 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £761 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £534 £550
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.91% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 20 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £15.63 £53.34
25th Percentile £14.75 £16.75 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.58 £45.75 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.84% -46.18% +251.89%
75th Percentile £33.73 £74.06 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £22.25 £56.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -60.62% -33.53% +172.87%

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 27,657 25,687 33,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.93% 88.34% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,611 15,867 22,695
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,806 869 1,403
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.94 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.40 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

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 15 December 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 15 December 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 15 December 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 +21 470 £575 +4.55% 196
South East +39 169 £515 +3.00% 306
North of England -23 122 £538 +7.50% 220
Midlands -28 117 £538 +2.38% 152
North West +18 93 £506 +1.25% 108
South West +3 90 £550 +10.00% 86
West Midlands -31 75 £575 +9.52% 101
East of England +4 71 £533 +6.50% 117
East Midlands -12 42 £525 -12.50% 47
Yorkshire -58 26 £590 +38.82% 97
North East -18 3 £500 - 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 26 (2.45%) Confluence
2 19 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
4 10 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.47%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 4 (0.38%) Documentum
6 4 (0.38%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.19%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.19%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.094%) Apache
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.094%) Camunda
9 1 (0.094%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.094%) SAS
Applications
1 65 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.26%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.47%) Trello
7 2 (0.19%) InVision
7 2 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.19%) Windchill
8 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.094%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.094%) Notion
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 140 (13.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 85 (8.00%) Oracle ERP
3 52 (4.90%) SAP ERP
4 40 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 40 (3.77%) Oracle EBS
5 32 (3.01%) NetSuite
5 32 (3.01%) Oracle Payables
6 24 (2.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 22 (2.07%) Oracle General Ledger
8 17 (1.60%) SAP EWM
9 16 (1.51%) Oracle Cash Management
10 15 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
10 15 (1.41%) Unit4 Business World
11 14 (1.32%) Oracle SCM
12 13 (1.22%) SAP WM
12 13 (1.22%) Shopify
13 12 (1.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 12 (1.13%) Workday HCM
14 9 (0.85%) Primavera
15 8 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 134 (12.62%) Azure
2 122 (11.49%) OCI
3 100 (9.42%) Dynamics 365
4 87 (8.19%) Power Platform
5 81 (7.63%) SaaS
6 34 (3.20%) PaaS
7 29 (2.73%) AWS
8 22 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
11 17 (1.60%) Lucidchart
12 16 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (1.41%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.32%) Boomi
14 14 (1.32%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.22%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.22%) GCP
15 13 (1.22%) Tricentis Tosca
16 10 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.094%) Internet
1 1 (0.094%) LAN
1 1 (0.094%) Network Security
1 1 (0.094%) SAN
1 1 (0.094%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.59%) Power BI
2 52 (4.90%) Oracle Reports
3 31 (2.92%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.45%) Oracle Database
5 17 (1.60%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.51%) SAP HANA
7 14 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.94%) Power Query
9 9 (0.85%) Tableau
10 8 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.66%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
12 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.47%) Oracle BI EE
14 4 (0.38%) GIS
15 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 62 (5.84%) JIRA
2 21 (1.98%) Postman
3 11 (1.04%) GitLab
4 8 (0.75%) Git
4 8 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.28%) Hudson
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.28%) Selenium
6 3 (0.28%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.28%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.19%) TestRail
8 1 (0.094%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.094%) MLflow
8 1 (0.094%) QADirector
General
1 507 (47.74%) Finance
2 372 (35.03%) Social Skills
3 132 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (11.86%) Public Sector
5 111 (10.45%) Manufacturing
6 42 (3.95%) Local Government
6 42 (3.95%) Retail
7 39 (3.67%) Pharmaceutical
8 38 (3.58%) Legal
9 35 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
10 33 (3.11%) General Ledger
11 29 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (2.64%) Banking
12 28 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (2.35%) Billing
13 25 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.88%) Marketing
15 16 (1.51%) Aerospace
16 14 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 132 (12.43%) Consultant
2 125 (11.77%) Analyst
3 121 (11.39%) Lead
4 108 (10.17%) Project Manager
5 106 (9.98%) Architect
6 70 (6.59%) Senior
7 55 (5.18%) Business Analyst
8 53 (4.99%) Developer
9 44 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (3.77%) SAP Manager
11 38 (3.58%) SAP Consultant
12 37 (3.48%) ERP Manager
13 29 (2.73%) Functional Consultant
14 27 (2.54%) Oracle Consultant
15 25 (2.35%) ERP Analyst
16 24 (2.26%) ERP Project Manager
16 24 (2.26%) ERP Support
16 24 (2.26%) Programme Manager
17 22 (2.07%) SAP Project Manager
18 21 (1.98%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (14.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 58 (5.46%) REST
3 40 (3.77%) SOAP
4 36 (3.39%) Web Services
5 35 (3.30%) Middleware
6 32 (3.01%) JSON
7 31 (2.92%) XML
8 16 (1.51%) OAuth
9 15 (1.41%) .NET
9 15 (1.41%) XSLT
10 11 (1.04%) EDI
11 10 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.75%) JWT
13 7 (0.66%) HTML
14 6 (0.56%) ADO
15 4 (0.38%) BAPI
15 4 (0.38%) CSS
15 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.38%) SAP Basis
16 3 (0.28%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
2 40 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 30 (2.82%) Data Structures
3 30 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 28 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 18 (1.69%) Life Science
7 13 (1.22%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.13%) AS400
9 11 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.85%) Synthetic Data
11 9 (0.85%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.75%) FMCG
12 8 (0.75%) IoT
12 8 (0.75%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.66%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.56%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.47%) Unix
1 5 (0.47%) Windows
2 3 (0.28%) Linux
3 2 (0.19%) Android
3 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.094%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (19.96%) Migration
2 198 (18.64%) Agile
3 197 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
4 188 (17.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 174 (16.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 135 (12.71%) Data Migration
7 126 (11.86%) CRM
8 106 (9.98%) User Acceptance Testing
9 105 (9.89%) Change Management
10 104 (9.79%) Project Management
11 101 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 95 (8.95%) Business Intelligence
13 90 (8.47%) Roadmaps
14 88 (8.29%) Project Delivery
15 75 (7.06%) DevOps
16 72 (6.78%) Validation
17 64 (6.03%) Workshop Facilitation
18 63 (5.93%) Analytics
19 59 (5.56%) Data Management
20 56 (5.27%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 142 (13.37%) SQL
2 38 (3.58%) PL/SQL
3 22 (2.07%) Python
4 19 (1.79%) C#
5 17 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.41%) Java
7 10 (0.94%) VBA
8 7 (0.66%) ABAP
9 6 (0.56%) Groovy
9 6 (0.56%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.38%) X++
11 3 (0.28%) PHP
11 3 (0.28%) R
11 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.28%) XPath
12 2 (0.19%) C++
12 2 (0.19%) Korn
12 2 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 145 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 127 (11.96%) Degree
3 118 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 29 (2.73%) CIMA
5 28 (2.64%) PMP
6 27 (2.54%) ACCA
6 27 (2.54%) PMI Certification
7 20 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.79%) SAP Certification
9 14 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
10 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 10 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.85%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.85%) OCA
13 8 (0.75%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.56%) APMP
15 5 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 4 (0.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.27%) QA
2 41 (3.86%) Data Quality
3 40 (3.77%) PMO
4 34 (3.20%) GDPR
5 28 (2.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (1.04%) GxP
7 10 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.94%) ITGC
7 10 (0.94%) NIST
8 9 (0.85%) IFRS
9 7 (0.66%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.66%) COBIT
9 7 (0.66%) SOX 404
10 6 (0.56%) APQC
11 5 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.47%) SLA
12 4 (0.38%) GAAP
12 4 (0.38%) GMP
12 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.38%) Docker
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.094%) Firmware
4 1 (0.094%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.66%) Terraform
2 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.094%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.094%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.094%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 390 (36.72%) Oracle
2 321 (30.23%) SAP
3 150 (14.12%) Microsoft
4 63 (5.93%) Workday
5 62 (5.84%) Salesforce
6 24 (2.26%) IFS
7 18 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.32%) Databricks
9 11 (1.04%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.94%) Ariba
10 10 (0.94%) Sage
11 7 (0.66%) Hyperion
12 6 (0.56%) Adobe
13 5 (0.47%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.38%) Axway
14 4 (0.38%) Concur
14 4 (0.38%) Google
14 4 (0.38%) Informatica
14 4 (0.38%) Murex
14 4 (0.38%) PeopleSoft
988 ERP jobs in England