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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 78 92
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,621 868 799
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.50% 3.15% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 3.46% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 959 523 455
10th Percentile £380 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £638
90th Percentile £739 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £533
% change year-on-year +2.33% +0.94% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 38 32
10th Percentile £14.03 £6.00 £17.28
25th Percentile £17.06 £7.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £25.13 £16.29 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +54.27% -64.78% -27.17%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.31 £66.56
90th Percentile £63.88 £77.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £17.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +49.83% -65.00% -20.63%

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 39,321 25,058 28,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.80% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,195 15,905 17,612
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,661 1,475 1,343
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.27 £14.84
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.83 £20.24
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.17% -41.51% +1.96%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +4 665 £600 +9.09% 748
North of England +60 271 £525 +5.00% 269
South East -2 265 £519 +0.73% 289
Midlands +22 215 £525 -4.55% 230
North West +34 153 £525 +5.00% 146
West Midlands +18 122 £525 - 134
Yorkshire +39 96 £500 +10.50% 92
East Midlands +22 84 £525 -12.50% 96
East of England -5 84 £510 -9.82% 121
South West -36 83 £525 -12.50% 131
North East -27 22 £500 +11.11% 37
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 34 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.99%) Confluence
4 6 (0.37%) CMS
5 5 (0.31%) SAS
5 5 (0.31%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.25%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.19%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.12%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.062%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.062%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.062%) Mendix
Applications
1 91 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.31%) Windchill
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.062%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 213 (13.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 138 (8.51%) Oracle ERP
3 63 (3.89%) NetSuite
4 60 (3.70%) Oracle Payables
5 50 (3.08%) SAP ERP
6 46 (2.84%) Oracle Receivables
7 33 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
8 29 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 27 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
10 26 (1.60%) Oracle General Ledger
11 20 (1.23%) Oracle Financials
12 15 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
12 15 (0.93%) Unit4 Business World
13 14 (0.86%) SAP MDG
14 13 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
14 13 (0.80%) Workday HCM
15 12 (0.74%) SAP MM
16 10 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
16 10 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
17 8 (0.49%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 176 (10.86%) Power Platform
2 159 (9.81%) Dynamics 365
3 157 (9.69%) Azure
4 109 (6.72%) SaaS
5 98 (6.05%) OCI
6 67 (4.13%) AWS
7 50 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.04%) GCP
9 30 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (1.85%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.79%) PaaS
11 28 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
12 25 (1.54%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.36%) GitHub
14 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
15 18 (1.11%) Boomi
16 14 (0.86%) Entra ID
17 13 (0.80%) iPaaS
17 13 (0.80%) Serverless
17 13 (0.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.43%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
2 4 (0.25%) SSL
3 3 (0.19%) Firewall
3 3 (0.19%) HTTP
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) LAN
4 2 (0.12%) SMS
4 2 (0.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.062%) DHCP
5 1 (0.062%) DMZ
5 1 (0.062%) DNS
5 1 (0.062%) MQTT
5 1 (0.062%) RFID
5 1 (0.062%) SMTP
5 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.062%) VPN
5 1 (0.062%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (8.20%) Power BI
2 56 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
4 24 (1.48%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 22 (1.36%) Tableau
7 21 (1.30%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.23%) Oracle ODI
9 19 (1.17%) Metadata
10 13 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.49%) Power Query
12 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.43%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
13 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.31%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 73 (4.50%) JIRA
2 22 (1.36%) Git
3 12 (0.74%) Hudson
3 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.25%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.19%) LSMW
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.19%) Postman
8 2 (0.12%) Flyway
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.12%) Selenium
8 2 (0.12%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.12%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.062%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.062%) ERwin
9 1 (0.062%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.062%) PowerDesigner
General
1 848 (52.31%) Finance
2 442 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 224 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (10.73%) Manufacturing
5 144 (8.88%) Public Sector
6 97 (5.98%) Retail
7 63 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (3.82%) General Ledger
9 50 (3.08%) Billing
10 48 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
12 45 (2.78%) Banking
13 44 (2.71%) Law
14 35 (2.16%) Local Government
15 33 (2.04%) Legal
16 31 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 31 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (1.23%) Aerospace
19 19 (1.17%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 318 (19.62%) Lead
2 262 (16.16%) Architect
3 229 (14.13%) Analyst
4 163 (10.06%) Consultant
5 127 (7.83%) Senior
6 120 (7.40%) Solutions Architect
7 116 (7.16%) Project Manager
8 98 (6.05%) Business Analyst
9 87 (5.37%) Developer
10 56 (3.45%) ERP Manager
10 56 (3.45%) Oracle Consultant
11 47 (2.90%) Accountant
12 46 (2.84%) Functional Consultant
13 45 (2.78%) Data Analyst
14 44 (2.71%) Financial Analyst
15 41 (2.53%) Lead Architect
16 39 (2.41%) Administrator
17 35 (2.16%) ERP Project Manager
17 35 (2.16%) Programme Manager
17 35 (2.16%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (11.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 93 (5.74%) REST
3 79 (4.87%) Middleware
4 56 (3.45%) SOAP
5 30 (1.85%) JSON
6 28 (1.73%) XML
7 24 (1.48%) Web Services
8 23 (1.42%) .NET
9 17 (1.05%) OAuth
10 15 (0.93%) EDI
10 15 (0.93%) Terraform
11 14 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 11 (0.68%) CSS
13 11 (0.68%) HTML
13 11 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.62%) RESTful
14 10 (0.62%) XSLT
15 9 (0.56%) Ajax
16 8 (0.49%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.87%) Legacy Systems
2 63 (3.89%) Data Structures
3 56 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 47 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 42 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (2.59%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.10%) FMCG
7 28 (1.73%) Public Cloud
8 27 (1.67%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (1.05%) Life Science
11 17 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (0.93%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.86%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.74%) CMDB
15 11 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.11%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.12%) Android
4 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.062%) AIX
5 1 (0.062%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.062%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (28.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 438 (27.02%) Migration
3 328 (20.23%) Data Migration
4 270 (16.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 252 (15.55%) User Acceptance Testing
6 239 (14.74%) Agile
7 235 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 231 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
9 182 (11.23%) Validation
10 176 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
11 174 (10.73%) Change Management
12 166 (10.24%) CRM
13 165 (10.18%) Process Improvement
14 159 (9.81%) Roadmaps
15 155 (9.56%) Analytics
16 150 (9.25%) Data Modelling
17 128 (7.90%) Translating Business Requirements
18 125 (7.71%) Project Delivery
19 119 (7.34%) Project Management
19 119 (7.34%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 148 (9.13%) SQL
2 56 (3.45%) Python
3 31 (1.91%) JavaScript
4 27 (1.67%) PL/SQL
5 25 (1.54%) Java
6 22 (1.36%) C#
7 18 (1.11%) X++
8 15 (0.93%) Apex Code
8 15 (0.93%) Ruby
9 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.74%) ABAP
11 9 (0.56%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.43%) Groovy
12 7 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.25%) SOQL
13 4 (0.25%) SOSL
13 4 (0.25%) VBA
14 3 (0.19%) C++
14 3 (0.19%) PHP
14 3 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 216 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 156 (9.62%) SC Cleared
3 103 (6.35%) Degree
4 66 (4.07%) ACCA
5 60 (3.70%) CIMA
6 52 (3.21%) DV Cleared
7 36 (2.22%) PMP
8 33 (2.04%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.56%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.43%) CISM
13 7 (0.43%) CISSP
13 7 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.37%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.37%) IIBA
15 5 (0.31%) APMG
15 5 (0.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (9.69%) Data Quality
2 62 (3.82%) GDPR
3 50 (3.08%) PMO
4 47 (2.90%) QA
5 24 (1.48%) IFRS
6 18 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.05%) GRC
8 16 (0.99%) GAAP
9 8 (0.49%) NCSC
10 7 (0.43%) SLA
11 6 (0.37%) GMP
12 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.31%) P3O
12 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
14 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.12%) COBIT
System Software
1 13 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.49%) Docker
3 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.12%) IAG
5 1 (0.062%) Firmware
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (0.56%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.31%) Grafana
2 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
2 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
3 4 (0.25%) Kibana
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.12%) SCCM
6 1 (0.062%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.062%) MOM
Vendors
1 497 (30.66%) SAP
2 454 (28.01%) Oracle
3 308 (19.00%) Microsoft
4 79 (4.87%) Salesforce
5 67 (4.13%) ServiceNow
6 65 (4.01%) Workday
7 55 (3.39%) IFS
8 29 (1.79%) Sage
9 25 (1.54%) Ariba
10 24 (1.48%) Databricks
11 21 (1.30%) Google
12 18 (1.11%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.05%) SYSPRO
14 15 (0.93%) Concur
14 15 (0.93%) JD Edwards
15 14 (0.86%) Infor
16 13 (0.80%) Siemens
17 10 (0.62%) Adobe
17 10 (0.62%) Epicor
18 8 (0.49%) Baan