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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 97 100
Rank change year-on-year +34 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,625 695 827
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.66% 2.62% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 2.88% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 433 509
10th Percentile £356 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £625
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £540 £538 £540
% change year-on-year +0.47% -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 36 35
10th Percentile £17.74 £9.50 £16.55
25th Percentile £26.98 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £56.25 £57.50 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +62.61% -45.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £60.75 - £67.33
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +76.92% -18.75% -38.15%

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 37,874 24,162 31,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.36% 90.93% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,840 15,529 20,666
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,373 1,216 2,288
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.95 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -3.85%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +27 682 £575 +4.55% 263
South East +6 253 £525 -2.33% 179
North of England +55 229 £500 +11.11% 160
Midlands +41 202 £525 - 149
North West +43 132 £500 +11.11% 87
South West +26 127 £525 +10.53% 63
West Midlands +20 126 £540 +2.86% 81
East of England +19 101 £575 - 57
Yorkshire +10 79 £500 +24.22% 61
East Midlands +25 71 £515 -1.90% 68
North East -24 18 £500 -6.98% 14
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 30 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.05%) Confluence
3 16 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.31%) SAS
5 4 (0.25%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.18%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.12%) CMS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 65 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.31%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.12%) Windchill
9 1 (0.062%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 216 (13.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 138 (8.49%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (3.26%) NetSuite
3 53 (3.26%) SAP ERP
4 46 (2.83%) Oracle Payables
5 35 (2.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 34 (2.09%) Oracle EBS
6 34 (2.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 25 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
8 21 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
9 19 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
10 14 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
11 13 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
12 12 (0.74%) SAP MDG
13 11 (0.68%) Teamcenter
14 10 (0.62%) Oracle 11i
14 10 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
14 10 (0.62%) Workday HCM
15 9 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
15 9 (0.55%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 211 (12.98%) Azure
2 169 (10.40%) Power Platform
3 150 (9.23%) Dynamics 365
4 105 (6.46%) OCI
5 99 (6.09%) SaaS
6 56 (3.45%) AWS
7 47 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (2.15%) PaaS
9 26 (1.60%) Power Automate
9 26 (1.60%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.42%) GCP
11 22 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
12 21 (1.29%) Boomi
12 21 (1.29%) GitHub
12 21 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (0.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.43%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
3 3 (0.18%) Firewall
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) HTTP
4 2 (0.12%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) LAN
4 2 (0.12%) RFID
4 2 (0.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.062%) DHCP
5 1 (0.062%) DMZ
5 1 (0.062%) DNS
5 1 (0.062%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.062%) MQTT
5 1 (0.062%) SMS
5 1 (0.062%) SSL
5 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.062%) VoIP
5 1 (0.062%) VPN
5 1 (0.062%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (8.12%) Power BI
2 59 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (2.95%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.60%) Oracle ODI
5 25 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 18 (1.11%) Tableau
9 16 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.92%) Metadata
11 11 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.43%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.37%) GIS
15 6 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
16 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
16 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (4.06%) JIRA
2 23 (1.42%) Git
3 16 (0.98%) Hudson
4 13 (0.80%) Postman
5 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.31%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.31%) Selenium
6 5 (0.31%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) LSMW
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.18%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.062%) ERwin
9 1 (0.062%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.062%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.062%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 838 (51.57%) Finance
2 395 (24.31%) Social Skills
3 223 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.97%) Manufacturing
5 130 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 93 (5.72%) Retail
7 55 (3.38%) Local Government
8 50 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
9 47 (2.89%) General Ledger
10 46 (2.83%) Law
11 44 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (2.65%) Billing
13 41 (2.52%) Legal
14 39 (2.40%) Banking
15 30 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 25 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
18 23 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.92%) Aerospace
19 15 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 294 (18.09%) Lead
2 256 (15.75%) Architect
3 200 (12.31%) Consultant
4 199 (12.25%) Analyst
5 151 (9.29%) Project Manager
6 143 (8.80%) Senior
7 126 (7.75%) Solutions Architect
8 90 (5.54%) Business Analyst
9 83 (5.11%) Developer
10 70 (4.31%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.51%) Accountant
12 51 (3.14%) Implementation Consultant
13 47 (2.89%) Senior Manager
14 42 (2.58%) Finance Manager
15 41 (2.52%) Financial Analyst
15 41 (2.52%) Lead Architect
15 41 (2.52%) Systems Accountant
16 39 (2.40%) ERP Project Manager
17 38 (2.34%) Data Analyst
18 37 (2.28%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (10.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 85 (5.23%) REST
3 76 (4.68%) Middleware
4 46 (2.83%) SOAP
5 38 (2.34%) JSON
6 30 (1.85%) XML
7 27 (1.66%) Web Services
8 23 (1.42%) .NET
9 14 (0.86%) EDI
9 14 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (0.86%) Node.js
9 14 (0.86%) OAuth
10 13 (0.80%) HTML
11 11 (0.68%) CSS
11 11 (0.68%) XSLT
12 10 (0.62%) JWT
12 10 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.55%) Ajax
13 9 (0.55%) PySpark
14 8 (0.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
2 58 (3.57%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.77%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 34 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.03%) Public Cloud
7 32 (1.97%) FMCG
8 21 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 21 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
9 16 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (0.80%) IoT
12 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (0.74%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.62%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.62%) Taxonomies
14 9 (0.55%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.17%) Windows
2 4 (0.25%) Linux
3 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.12%) Unix
5 1 (0.062%) AIX
5 1 (0.062%) Android
5 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.062%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.062%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (27.63%) Migration
2 376 (23.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 312 (19.20%) Data Migration
4 279 (17.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 240 (14.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 219 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
7 215 (13.23%) Agile
8 210 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 186 (11.45%) Change Management
10 185 (11.38%) Validation
11 177 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
12 161 (9.91%) Project Management
13 149 (9.17%) Data Modelling
14 147 (9.05%) CRM
15 139 (8.55%) Analytics
16 133 (8.18%) Roadmaps
17 114 (7.02%) Procure-to-Pay
17 114 (7.02%) Project Delivery
18 104 (6.40%) DevOps
19 103 (6.34%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.23%) SQL
2 59 (3.63%) Python
3 32 (1.97%) JavaScript
4 28 (1.72%) PL/SQL
5 27 (1.66%) Java
6 24 (1.48%) C#
7 15 (0.92%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.86%) Ruby
8 14 (0.86%) X++
9 12 (0.74%) ABAP
10 11 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.49%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.31%) VBA
13 4 (0.25%) Groovy
13 4 (0.25%) Korn
13 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.18%) C++
14 3 (0.18%) SOQL
14 3 (0.18%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 174 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 123 (7.57%) SC Cleared
3 96 (5.91%) Degree
4 75 (4.62%) CIMA
5 71 (4.37%) ACCA
6 38 (2.34%) PMP
7 30 (1.85%) PMI Certification
8 29 (1.78%) DV Cleared
9 14 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.43%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.37%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.25%) CISM
15 4 (0.25%) CISSP
15 4 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.18%) CCA
16 3 (0.18%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 73 (4.49%) GDPR
3 49 (3.02%) QA
4 46 (2.83%) PMO
5 23 (1.42%) IFRS
6 18 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.05%) GAAP
8 16 (0.98%) SLA
9 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.55%) NCSC
11 7 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.43%) GMP
12 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.31%) GRC
14 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
15 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.12%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.43%) Docker
2 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.062%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (0.80%) Terraform
2 9 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.37%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.31%) Grafana
4 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.31%) Kibana
5 3 (0.18%) MOM
5 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.062%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 489 (30.09%) SAP
2 449 (27.63%) Oracle
3 274 (16.86%) Microsoft
4 75 (4.62%) Workday
5 72 (4.43%) Salesforce
6 70 (4.31%) IFS
7 54 (3.32%) Siemens
8 51 (3.14%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.22%) Databricks
9 36 (2.22%) Sage
10 27 (1.66%) MuleSoft
11 24 (1.48%) Ariba
12 15 (0.92%) Infor
13 14 (0.86%) Concur
13 14 (0.86%) JD Edwards
14 13 (0.80%) Google
15 12 (0.74%) Epicor
16 10 (0.62%) Informatica
17 8 (0.49%) Foundry
17 8 (0.49%) UiPath