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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 98 104
Rank change year-on-year +33 +6 +21
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,398 655 810
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.55% 2.68% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 2.94% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 405 529
10th Percentile £363 £352 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £648 £672 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £750
UK median daily rate £535 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.56% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 18 28
10th Percentile £17.69 £41.87 £13.05
25th Percentile £27.69 £65.31 £16.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.62
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +72.35% -35.02%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £63.16
90th Percentile £60.00 - £86.50
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £41.23
% change year-on-year -20.69% +75.84% -34.03%

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 33,609 22,244 32,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 91.01% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,526 14,625 21,310
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -0.26% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,074 884 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £63.94 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.43 £33.07
% change year-on-year +23.25% -7.98% -8.15%

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 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 +31 612 £550 - 186
South East +10 209 £525 -4.55% 155
North of England +30 196 £550 +25.71% 147
Midlands -19 142 £540 +8.00% 133
South West +21 121 £525 +10.53% 61
North West +40 116 £500 +2.41% 79
West Midlands -18 93 £565 +13.00% 77
East of England +7 87 £563 -6.25% 57
Yorkshire -9 68 £595 +48.75% 58
East Midlands -9 48 £500 +5.26% 56
North East -17 12 £500 +11.11% 12
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 14 (1.00%) Confluence
1 14 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 13 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 13 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.43%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.29%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle Service Bus
4 4 (0.29%) SAP EP
5 3 (0.21%) Apache
5 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.21%) CMS
5 3 (0.21%) Documentum
5 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.14%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.14%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.072%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 55 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.07%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.36%) PTC Creo
8 3 (0.21%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.072%) InVision
10 1 (0.072%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 176 (12.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 102 (7.30%) Oracle ERP
3 52 (3.72%) Oracle EBS
4 48 (3.43%) SAP ERP
5 40 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
6 33 (2.36%) Oracle Payables
7 32 (2.29%) NetSuite
8 28 (2.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 22 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (1.22%) Shopify
11 16 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 13 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
12 13 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
13 12 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
13 12 (0.86%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
14 11 (0.79%) Teamcenter
15 10 (0.72%) Oracle 11i
16 8 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 185 (13.23%) Azure
2 159 (11.37%) Dynamics 365
3 126 (9.01%) Power Platform
4 121 (8.66%) OCI
5 81 (5.79%) SaaS
6 51 (3.65%) AWS
7 41 (2.93%) PaaS
8 32 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
10 21 (1.50%) Boomi
10 21 (1.50%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
11 20 (1.43%) GCP
11 20 (1.43%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.22%) IaaS
13 16 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (0.79%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.21%) FTP
2 2 (0.14%) Firewall
2 2 (0.14%) Intranet
2 2 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.072%) 5G
3 1 (0.072%) DHCP
3 1 (0.072%) DNS
3 1 (0.072%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.072%) HTTP
3 1 (0.072%) Modbus
3 1 (0.072%) MQTT
3 1 (0.072%) RFID
3 1 (0.072%) SMS
3 1 (0.072%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.072%) VoIP
3 1 (0.072%) VPN
3 1 (0.072%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (7.15%) Power BI
2 60 (4.29%) Oracle Reports
3 43 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.65%) Oracle ODI
5 21 (1.50%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 17 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (0.72%) Metadata
9 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.50%) Tableau
12 5 (0.36%) GIS
12 5 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.29%) Power Query
13 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 73 (5.22%) JIRA
2 24 (1.72%) Postman
3 17 (1.22%) Git
4 15 (1.07%) Hudson
5 8 (0.57%) GitLab
5 8 (0.57%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.50%) Selenium
7 5 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.36%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Gradle
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.072%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.072%) JMeter
10 1 (0.072%) QADirector
10 1 (0.072%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 734 (52.50%) Finance
2 418 (29.90%) Social Skills
3 210 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (8.30%) Manufacturing
5 114 (8.15%) Public Sector
6 73 (5.22%) Retail
7 59 (4.22%) Local Government
8 45 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.22%) Law
9 43 (3.08%) Legal
10 39 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (2.58%) Banking
12 35 (2.50%) General Ledger
13 24 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.43%) Billing
17 19 (1.36%) Military
18 17 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (1.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 240 (17.17%) Lead
2 200 (14.31%) Architect
3 189 (13.52%) Consultant
4 152 (10.87%) Analyst
5 140 (10.01%) Project Manager
6 123 (8.80%) Senior
7 95 (6.80%) Solutions Architect
8 79 (5.65%) Business Analyst
9 70 (5.01%) Developer
10 58 (4.15%) ERP Manager
11 52 (3.72%) Accountant
12 49 (3.51%) Implementation Consultant
13 44 (3.15%) SAP Manager
14 42 (3.00%) Senior Manager
15 38 (2.72%) SAP Consultant
16 37 (2.65%) Financial Analyst
17 35 (2.50%) Lead Architect
17 35 (2.50%) Transformation Manager
18 34 (2.43%) Systems Accountant
19 31 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (12.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 77 (5.51%) REST
3 58 (4.15%) Middleware
4 50 (3.58%) SOAP
5 45 (3.22%) XML
6 41 (2.93%) JSON
7 35 (2.50%) Web Services
8 21 (1.50%) OAuth
9 19 (1.36%) XSLT
10 17 (1.22%) .NET
11 13 (0.93%) JWT
12 10 (0.72%) EDI
12 10 (0.72%) PySpark
12 10 (0.72%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
13 7 (0.50%) Node.js
14 6 (0.43%) ADO
14 6 (0.43%) Kafka
14 6 (0.43%) SAPUI5
15 5 (0.36%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.94%) Legacy Systems
2 52 (3.72%) Data Structures
3 46 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 36 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 29 (2.07%) Public Cloud
6 24 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.36%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (1.00%) FMCG
12 13 (0.93%) AI Agents
12 13 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (0.86%) IoT
14 10 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.57%) SCADA
15 8 (0.57%) Virtual Team
16 7 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
16 7 (0.50%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.93%) Windows
2 5 (0.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (27.90%) Migration
2 292 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 254 (18.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 251 (17.95%) Data Migration
5 219 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
6 205 (14.66%) User Acceptance Testing
7 194 (13.88%) Agile
8 178 (12.73%) Change Management
9 165 (11.80%) Project Management
10 160 (11.44%) Validation
11 156 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 141 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
13 125 (8.94%) CRM
14 113 (8.08%) Data Modelling
15 106 (7.58%) Roadmaps
16 105 (7.51%) Procure-to-Pay
17 100 (7.15%) Project Delivery
18 92 (6.58%) DevOps
19 89 (6.37%) Analytics
20 83 (5.94%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 122 (8.73%) SQL
2 39 (2.79%) Python
3 36 (2.58%) PL/SQL
4 26 (1.86%) C#
4 26 (1.86%) Java
5 14 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.64%) ABAP
7 8 (0.57%) Apex Code
7 8 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.57%) Ruby
8 7 (0.50%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.43%) X++
10 5 (0.36%) Korn
10 5 (0.36%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.36%) VBA
11 4 (0.29%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.21%) C++
12 3 (0.21%) Perl
13 2 (0.14%) SOQL
13 2 (0.14%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 165 (11.80%) Security Cleared
2 121 (8.66%) SC Cleared
3 108 (7.73%) Degree
4 79 (5.65%) CIMA
5 68 (4.86%) ACCA
6 42 (3.00%) PMP
7 32 (2.29%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (0.72%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.64%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.57%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.50%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.43%) APMP
16 6 (0.43%) OCA
17 5 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 4 (0.29%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.29%) Data Quality
2 61 (4.36%) QA
3 59 (4.22%) GDPR
4 47 (3.36%) PMO
5 15 (1.07%) SLA
6 13 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.86%) IFRS
8 9 (0.64%) GAAP
8 9 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
9 6 (0.43%) NCSC
10 5 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.36%) IFRS 17
10 5 (0.36%) ITGC
10 5 (0.36%) NIST
10 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.29%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 5 (0.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.21%) Docker
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.072%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (0.29%) HP ALM
1 4 (0.29%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.29%) Terraform
2 3 (0.21%) Control-M
2 3 (0.21%) MOM
3 2 (0.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.072%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.072%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.072%) Kibana
4 1 (0.072%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 406 (29.04%) Oracle
2 403 (28.83%) SAP
3 228 (16.31%) Microsoft
4 79 (5.65%) Workday
5 54 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 53 (3.79%) IFS
7 52 (3.72%) Siemens
8 37 (2.65%) Databricks
9 33 (2.36%) ServiceNow
10 28 (2.00%) Sage
11 24 (1.72%) Ariba
11 24 (1.72%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.07%) Informatica
13 9 (0.64%) Foundry
13 9 (0.64%) Google
14 7 (0.50%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.50%) Talend
15 6 (0.43%) IBM
15 6 (0.43%) Infor
16 5 (0.36%) Adobe