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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 84 101
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 +15
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,106 781 837
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.50% 2.77% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 3.12% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 661 446 531
10th Percentile £360 £359 £375
25th Percentile £461 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £533 £550
% change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +4.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 17 33
10th Percentile £6.00 £15.25 £22.80
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.92 £55.00
Median hourly rate £22.85 £56.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.56% -33.53% +229.33%
75th Percentile £44.94 £73.75 £88.75
90th Percentile £52.61 £75.00 £93.05
UK median hourly rate £22.85 £56.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -59.56% -33.53% +172.87%

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 28,004 25,033 32,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.55% 88.72% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,835 15,427 21,866
10th Percentile £303 £312 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,779 821 1,411
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile £56.83 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.05% +25.57%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +29 490 £575 +5.50% 357
South East +33 166 £515 +3.00% 705
North of England -20 140 £550 +10.00% 561
Midlands -32 116 £525 -2.33% 520
North West +18 94 £506 +0.75% 276
South West +9 92 £538 +7.50% 285
East of England +6 74 £541 +8.25% 411
West Midlands -29 73 £563 +7.14% 279
East Midlands -14 43 £525 -12.50% 210
Yorkshire -41 42 £593 +39.41% 249
North East -15 4 £500 - 39
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 (2.35%) Confluence
2 20 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.36%) CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Documentum
6 4 (0.36%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.18%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.18%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.090%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.090%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.090%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.090%) Camunda
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.090%) SAS
Applications
1 62 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.45%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) InVision
7 2 (0.18%) Sketch
7 2 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.090%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.090%) Notion
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 144 (13.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 87 (7.87%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (4.79%) SAP ERP
4 43 (3.89%) Oracle EBS
5 41 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
6 32 (2.89%) Oracle Payables
7 31 (2.80%) NetSuite
8 26 (2.35%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (2.08%) Oracle General Ledger
10 17 (1.54%) SAP EWM
11 16 (1.45%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (1.45%) Unit4 Business World
12 15 (1.36%) Oracle Assets
12 15 (1.36%) Shopify
13 14 (1.27%) Oracle SCM
14 13 (1.18%) SAP WM
15 12 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 12 (1.08%) Workday HCM
16 10 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
17 9 (0.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 137 (12.39%) OCI
2 135 (12.21%) Azure
3 110 (9.95%) Dynamics 365
4 93 (8.41%) Power Platform
5 82 (7.41%) SaaS
6 36 (3.25%) PaaS
7 30 (2.71%) AWS
8 23 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
11 17 (1.54%) Lucidchart
11 17 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.45%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.27%) Boomi
14 13 (1.18%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.18%) GCP
14 13 (1.18%) Tricentis Tosca
15 11 (0.99%) IaaS
16 10 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.090%) Internet
1 1 (0.090%) LAN
1 1 (0.090%) Network Security
1 1 (0.090%) SAN
1 1 (0.090%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.51%) Power BI
2 50 (4.52%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (2.89%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.35%) Oracle Database
5 16 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 13 (1.18%) SAP HANA
8 10 (0.90%) Power Query
9 9 (0.81%) Tableau
10 8 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.63%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.63%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
12 6 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.45%) Oracle BI EE
14 4 (0.36%) GIS
15 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 11g
15 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 63 (5.70%) JIRA
2 22 (1.99%) Postman
3 11 (0.99%) GitLab
4 8 (0.72%) Git
4 8 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.36%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.27%) Hudson
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.27%) Selenium
6 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.27%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.18%) TestRail
8 1 (0.090%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.090%) Gradle
8 1 (0.090%) MLflow
8 1 (0.090%) QADirector
General
1 536 (48.46%) Finance
2 399 (36.08%) Social Skills
3 134 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 107 (9.67%) Manufacturing
6 47 (4.25%) Retail
7 43 (3.89%) Local Government
8 39 (3.53%) Legal
9 37 (3.35%) General Ledger
9 37 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 34 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (2.80%) Banking
11 31 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.26%) Billing
14 24 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.81%) Marketing
16 16 (1.45%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (1.18%) Law
Job Titles
1 142 (12.84%) Consultant
2 133 (12.03%) Lead
3 123 (11.12%) Analyst
4 115 (10.40%) Project Manager
5 113 (10.22%) Architect
6 74 (6.69%) Senior
7 59 (5.33%) Business Analyst
8 55 (4.97%) Developer
9 51 (4.61%) Solutions Architect
10 41 (3.71%) ERP Manager
10 41 (3.71%) SAP Manager
11 40 (3.62%) SAP Consultant
12 31 (2.80%) Oracle Consultant
13 29 (2.62%) Functional Consultant
14 24 (2.17%) Programme Manager
15 23 (2.08%) ERP Analyst
15 23 (2.08%) ERP Project Manager
15 23 (2.08%) ERP Support
16 22 (1.99%) SAP Project Manager
17 21 (1.90%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (15.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 65 (5.88%) REST
3 45 (4.07%) SOAP
4 38 (3.44%) XML
5 37 (3.35%) JSON
6 36 (3.25%) Web Services
7 35 (3.16%) Middleware
8 20 (1.81%) OAuth
8 20 (1.81%) XSLT
9 15 (1.36%) .NET
10 11 (0.99%) EDI
11 10 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (0.81%) JWT
13 7 (0.63%) HTML
14 6 (0.54%) ADO
15 4 (0.36%) BAPI
15 4 (0.36%) CSS
15 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
16 3 (0.27%) RESTful
16 3 (0.27%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (3.25%) Management Information System
3 32 (2.89%) Data Structures
4 30 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (2.71%) Product Ownership
5 20 (1.81%) Public Cloud
6 17 (1.54%) Life Science
7 15 (1.36%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.90%) FMCG
12 9 (0.81%) AS400
12 9 (0.81%) Synthetic Data
12 9 (0.81%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.72%) IoT
13 8 (0.72%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.63%) SCADA
15 6 (0.54%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.54%) Windows
2 5 (0.45%) Unix
3 4 (0.36%) Linux
4 2 (0.18%) Android
4 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.090%) AIX
5 1 (0.090%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (20.34%) Migration
2 202 (18.26%) Agile
2 202 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
3 198 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 185 (16.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 140 (12.66%) Data Migration
6 124 (11.21%) CRM
7 116 (10.49%) Change Management
8 113 (10.22%) User Acceptance Testing
9 111 (10.04%) Project Management
10 101 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 96 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
11 96 (8.68%) Roadmaps
12 89 (8.05%) Project Delivery
13 83 (7.50%) Validation
14 75 (6.78%) DevOps
15 72 (6.51%) Workshop Facilitation
16 64 (5.79%) Analytics
17 59 (5.33%) Data Management
18 58 (5.24%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 143 (12.93%) SQL
2 39 (3.53%) PL/SQL
3 21 (1.90%) Python
4 20 (1.81%) C#
5 17 (1.54%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.45%) Java
7 10 (0.90%) VBA
8 7 (0.63%) ABAP
9 6 (0.54%) Groovy
9 6 (0.54%) X++
10 5 (0.45%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.27%) PHP
12 3 (0.27%) R
12 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.27%) XPath
13 2 (0.18%) C++
13 2 (0.18%) Korn
13 2 (0.18%) Perl
13 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 158 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 136 (12.30%) Degree
3 124 (11.21%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.16%) CIMA
5 32 (2.89%) ACCA
6 31 (2.80%) PMP
7 30 (2.71%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.72%) SAP Certification
11 15 (1.36%) Oracle Certification
12 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.90%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.81%) OCA
16 8 (0.72%) Azure Certification
17 6 (0.54%) APMP
18 5 (0.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
19 4 (0.36%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.33%) QA
2 46 (4.16%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.44%) PMO
4 36 (3.25%) GDPR
5 29 (2.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.99%) GxP
8 10 (0.90%) IFRS
8 10 (0.90%) ITGC
8 10 (0.90%) NIST
9 8 (0.72%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.63%) COBIT
10 7 (0.63%) SOX 404
11 5 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.45%) GAAP
11 5 (0.45%) NCSC
11 5 (0.45%) SLA
12 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.36%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.36%) Docker
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.090%) Firmware
4 1 (0.090%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.63%) Terraform
2 4 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.18%) Control-M
3 2 (0.18%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.090%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.090%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.090%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.090%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 409 (36.98%) Oracle
2 326 (29.48%) SAP
3 153 (13.83%) Microsoft
4 63 (5.70%) Workday
5 56 (5.06%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.71%) IFS
7 21 (1.90%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.36%) Databricks
9 11 (0.99%) Ariba
9 11 (0.99%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.90%) Sage
11 7 (0.63%) Adobe
11 7 (0.63%) Hyperion
12 6 (0.54%) Informatica
13 5 (0.45%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.36%) Concur
14 4 (0.36%) Epicor
14 4 (0.36%) Google
14 4 (0.36%) Murex
14 4 (0.36%) PeopleSoft