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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 73 89
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 +18
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,586 927 841
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.42% 3.30% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 3.63% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 574 474
10th Percentile £371 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% -6.22%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £747
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £535
% change year-on-year +2.33% +0.47% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 38 35
10th Percentile £13.99 £6.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £17.12 £7.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £23.18 £16.29 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +42.30% -53.93% -59.59%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £76.38 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.18 £17.17 £35.36
% change year-on-year +34.98% -51.44% -54.45%

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 39,229 25,540 27,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.96% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,740 16,195 17,136
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £643
90th Percentile £738 £734 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,947 1,574 1,191
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.54 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £46.55 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.62 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.57% -40.82% -

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -13 629 £600 +4.35% 1,008
North of England +51 274 £525 +2.44% 374
South East -10 241 £506 -1.70% 416
Midlands +27 228 £525 - 309
North West +26 154 £525 +2.44% 177
West Midlands +14 136 £525 - 195
Yorkshire +41 102 £450 -12.20% 137
East of England -7 89 £500 -10.71% 158
East Midlands +18 82 £525 -4.55% 114
South West -36 78 £563 -6.25% 164
North East -24 18 £513 +13.89% 63
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 37 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.13%) Confluence
3 16 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
4 6 (0.38%) CMS
4 6 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.32%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.32%) SAS
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.19%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.13%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.063%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.063%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.063%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.063%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.063%) Mendix
8 1 (0.063%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 99 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.82%) Windchill
7 12 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 207 (13.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 132 (8.32%) Oracle ERP
3 59 (3.72%) Oracle Payables
4 56 (3.53%) NetSuite
5 49 (3.09%) Oracle Receivables
5 49 (3.09%) SAP ERP
6 34 (2.14%) Oracle EBS
7 32 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
8 31 (1.95%) Oracle General Ledger
9 24 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 22 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
12 16 (1.01%) Workday HCM
13 15 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
13 15 (0.95%) SAP MDG
13 15 (0.95%) SAP MM
13 15 (0.95%) Teamcenter
14 11 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.63%) SAP FI
16 9 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 166 (10.47%) Azure
2 146 (9.21%) Power Platform
3 136 (8.58%) Dynamics 365
4 107 (6.75%) SaaS
5 95 (5.99%) OCI
6 57 (3.59%) AWS
7 52 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (2.21%) Power Automate
9 34 (2.14%) GCP
10 25 (1.58%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
12 21 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
12 21 (1.32%) PaaS
13 18 (1.13%) GitHub
14 17 (1.07%) Entra ID
15 15 (0.95%) Boomi
16 13 (0.82%) Serverless
17 12 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.50%) Network Security
2 5 (0.32%) HTTP
3 4 (0.25%) FTP
3 4 (0.25%) SSL
4 3 (0.19%) Firewall
5 2 (0.13%) DMZ
5 2 (0.13%) DNS
5 2 (0.13%) MQTT
5 2 (0.13%) SMS
5 2 (0.13%) VPN
6 1 (0.063%) 5G
6 1 (0.063%) Intranet
6 1 (0.063%) LAN
6 1 (0.063%) RFID
6 1 (0.063%) SMTP
6 1 (0.063%) WAN
6 1 (0.063%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.37%) Power BI
2 56 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
3 23 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 21 (1.32%) Data Lake
4 21 (1.32%) Tableau
5 19 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 16 (1.01%) Metadata
7 13 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
8 10 (0.63%) Oracle ODI
9 9 (0.57%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.57%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.50%) Power Query
11 7 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.38%) GIS
13 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.32%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 83 (5.23%) JIRA
2 20 (1.26%) Git
3 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.25%) CircleCI
6 4 (0.25%) Hudson
6 4 (0.25%) Postman
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.13%) Flyway
8 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.13%) LSMW
9 1 (0.063%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.063%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.063%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.063%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.063%) ERwin
9 1 (0.063%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.063%) PowerDesigner
General
1 803 (50.63%) Finance
2 471 (29.70%) Social Skills
3 219 (13.81%) Manufacturing
4 217 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
5 145 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 100 (6.31%) Retail
7 74 (4.67%) General Ledger
8 68 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
9 67 (4.22%) Billing
10 63 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.77%) Banking
12 42 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
13 32 (2.02%) Local Government
14 31 (1.95%) Legal
15 27 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 27 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
16 23 (1.45%) Aerospace
17 21 (1.32%) Marketing
17 21 (1.32%) Military
18 19 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 267 (16.83%) Lead
2 227 (14.31%) Architect
3 206 (12.99%) Analyst
4 156 (9.84%) Consultant
5 116 (7.31%) Senior
6 113 (7.12%) Solutions Architect
7 106 (6.68%) Project Manager
8 100 (6.31%) Business Analyst
9 78 (4.92%) Developer
10 61 (3.85%) Administrator
11 58 (3.66%) Oracle Consultant
12 55 (3.47%) ERP Manager
13 50 (3.15%) Accountant
14 47 (2.96%) Functional Consultant
15 42 (2.65%) Data Analyst
16 37 (2.33%) Finance Manager
17 34 (2.14%) Financial Analyst
17 34 (2.14%) Programme Manager
18 32 (2.02%) ERP Consultant
19 31 (1.95%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (11.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 97 (6.12%) REST
3 84 (5.30%) Middleware
4 60 (3.78%) SOAP
5 34 (2.14%) XML
6 31 (1.95%) JSON
7 28 (1.77%) Web Services
8 23 (1.45%) .NET
9 21 (1.32%) OAuth
10 17 (1.07%) SAP Fiori
11 16 (1.01%) OAuth2
12 15 (0.95%) EDI
12 15 (0.95%) Terraform
13 12 (0.76%) CSS
13 12 (0.76%) HTML
14 11 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (0.69%) RESTful
15 10 (0.63%) XSLT
16 9 (0.57%) Ajax
16 9 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 56 (3.53%) Data Structures
3 55 (3.47%) Onboarding
4 50 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 49 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 47 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (2.08%) FMCG
8 25 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 22 (1.39%) Life Science
10 20 (1.26%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (0.95%) Low-Code
13 14 (0.88%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.82%) Operational Technology
15 11 (0.69%) CMDB
15 11 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.63%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.26%) Windows
2 9 (0.57%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Android
3 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
3 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.063%) AIX
6 1 (0.063%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.063%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (30.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 391 (24.65%) Migration
3 288 (18.16%) Data Migration
4 242 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
5 236 (14.88%) Agile
6 221 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 211 (13.30%) User Acceptance Testing
8 203 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 179 (11.29%) Validation
10 168 (10.59%) Process Improvement
11 165 (10.40%) CRM
12 163 (10.28%) Change Management
13 158 (9.96%) Roadmaps
14 154 (9.71%) Analytics
15 140 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
16 130 (8.20%) Data Modelling
17 124 (7.82%) Project Delivery
18 122 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
19 113 (7.12%) Decision-Making
20 109 (6.87%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 151 (9.52%) SQL
2 52 (3.28%) Python
3 33 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 23 (1.45%) Java
5 22 (1.39%) C#
6 19 (1.20%) PL/SQL
7 18 (1.13%) X++
8 16 (1.01%) ABAP
9 11 (0.69%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.63%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.44%) Groovy
11 7 (0.44%) Ruby
12 6 (0.38%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.25%) C++
13 4 (0.25%) PHP
14 3 (0.19%) Rust
15 2 (0.13%) SOQL
15 2 (0.13%) SOSL
15 2 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 232 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 171 (10.78%) SC Cleared
3 103 (6.49%) Degree
4 69 (4.35%) ACCA
5 64 (4.04%) CIMA
6 53 (3.34%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.40%) PMI Certification
7 38 (2.40%) PMP
8 17 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (0.57%) APMG
11 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.44%) CISM
13 7 (0.44%) CISSP
13 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.44%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (9.96%) Data Quality
2 52 (3.28%) GDPR
3 45 (2.84%) PMO
4 43 (2.71%) QA
5 23 (1.45%) IFRS
6 19 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.07%) GRC
7 17 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.01%) GAAP
9 10 (0.63%) SLA
10 8 (0.50%) NCSC
11 7 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.44%) GMP
12 5 (0.32%) P3O
13 4 (0.25%) COSHH
13 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
14 3 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.50%) Docker
3 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.13%) IAG
5 1 (0.063%) Firmware
5 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.32%) Grafana
3 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.25%) Kibana
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.25%) SCCM
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.063%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.063%) MOM
7 1 (0.063%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 516 (32.53%) SAP
2 446 (28.12%) Oracle
3 306 (19.29%) Microsoft
4 76 (4.79%) Salesforce
5 74 (4.67%) Workday
6 66 (4.16%) ServiceNow
7 43 (2.71%) IFS
8 32 (2.02%) Sage
9 31 (1.95%) Ariba
10 24 (1.51%) JD Edwards
11 19 (1.20%) Databricks
11 19 (1.20%) Google
11 19 (1.20%) Infor
12 18 (1.13%) Siemens
13 16 (1.01%) SYSPRO
14 15 (0.95%) Concur
14 15 (0.95%) IBM
15 14 (0.88%) MuleSoft
16 13 (0.82%) PTC
17 11 (0.69%) UiPath