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

 6 months to
15 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 94 101
Rank change year-on-year +33 +7 +17
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,504 639 807
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.69% 2.64% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.36% 2.89% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 408 525
10th Percentile £357 £357 £368
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £761
UK median daily rate £535 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -0.56% -1.38% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 20 27
10th Percentile £17.69 £47.29 £13.05
25th Percentile £31.25 £65.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -38.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £68.05 - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -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 34,498 22,079 31,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 91.24% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,001 14,439 20,650
10th Percentile £320 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 933 2,247
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.44 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.01 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.83% -21.23% +0.29%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +39 645 £550 - 198
South East +8 234 £550 - 129
North of England +35 206 £525 +18.31% 129
Midlands +7 165 £525 +5.00% 104
South West +29 123 £525 +5.00% 49
North West +37 111 £500 +2.25% 62
East of England +10 99 £575 -2.13% 48
West Midlands -11 97 £540 +8.00% 55
Yorkshire +3 83 £590 +47.50% 51
East Midlands +12 64 £525 +10.53% 47
North East -19 12 £500 +7.82% 17
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 18 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.06%) Confluence
3 15 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.40%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.27%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.27%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.20%) Apache
7 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.066%) Documentum
9 1 (0.066%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 67 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 204 (13.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 114 (7.58%) Oracle ERP
3 49 (3.26%) SAP ERP
4 48 (3.19%) Oracle EBS
5 41 (2.73%) NetSuite
6 37 (2.46%) Oracle Payables
7 32 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
8 31 (2.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 27 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (1.06%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 16 (1.06%) Shopify
11 15 (1.00%) Unit4 Business World
12 14 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
12 14 (0.93%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
13 13 (0.86%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
15 11 (0.73%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.66%) Oracle 11i
17 8 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 188 (12.50%) Azure
2 170 (11.30%) Dynamics 365
3 138 (9.18%) Power Platform
4 119 (7.91%) OCI
5 86 (5.72%) SaaS
6 54 (3.59%) AWS
7 43 (2.86%) PaaS
8 40 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.46%) Power Automate
10 22 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
11 20 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.33%) Boomi
12 18 (1.20%) GCP
13 17 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.13%) IaaS
14 15 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 12 (0.80%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.27%) FTP
2 3 (0.20%) Firewall
2 3 (0.20%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
4 1 (0.066%) DHCP
4 1 (0.066%) DMZ
4 1 (0.066%) DNS
4 1 (0.066%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.066%) HTTP
4 1 (0.066%) Modbus
4 1 (0.066%) MQTT
4 1 (0.066%) RFID
4 1 (0.066%) SMS
4 1 (0.066%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.066%) VoIP
4 1 (0.066%) VPN
4 1 (0.066%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (6.78%) Power BI
2 55 (3.66%) Oracle Reports
3 43 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.53%) Oracle ODI
5 20 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 12 (0.80%) Metadata
10 10 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.66%) Tableau
11 8 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.53%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.40%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.27%) GIS
13 4 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.27%) Power Query
13 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 83 (5.52%) JIRA
2 25 (1.66%) Postman
3 21 (1.40%) Git
4 17 (1.13%) Hudson
5 9 (0.60%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.53%) SoapUI
7 7 (0.47%) Selenium
8 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.27%) GitLab
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.13%) Gradle
12 1 (0.066%) ERwin
12 1 (0.066%) JMeter
12 1 (0.066%) PowerDesigner
12 1 (0.066%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 766 (50.93%) Finance
2 411 (27.33%) Social Skills
3 214 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (8.84%) Manufacturing
5 109 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 79 (5.25%) Retail
7 49 (3.26%) Local Government
8 46 (3.06%) Law
9 45 (2.99%) Legal
10 42 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
11 39 (2.59%) General Ledger
12 38 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (2.26%) Banking
14 29 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (1.73%) Billing
15 26 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
16 20 (1.33%) Military
16 20 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.06%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 248 (16.49%) Lead
2 223 (14.83%) Architect
3 188 (12.50%) Consultant
4 182 (12.10%) Analyst
5 160 (10.64%) Project Manager
6 138 (9.18%) Senior
7 106 (7.05%) Solutions Architect
8 88 (5.85%) Business Analyst
9 77 (5.12%) Developer
10 68 (4.52%) ERP Manager
11 56 (3.72%) Accountant
12 50 (3.32%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (3.06%) Senior Manager
14 41 (2.73%) Financial Analyst
15 40 (2.66%) Systems Accountant
16 39 (2.59%) SAP Consultant
16 39 (2.59%) SAP Manager
17 38 (2.53%) Data Analyst
18 36 (2.39%) Transformation Manager
19 35 (2.33%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (11.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (5.78%) REST
3 67 (4.45%) Middleware
4 51 (3.39%) SOAP
5 42 (2.79%) JSON
6 39 (2.59%) XML
7 31 (2.06%) Web Services
8 19 (1.26%) OAuth
9 18 (1.20%) XSLT
10 17 (1.13%) .NET
11 13 (0.86%) JWT
12 12 (0.80%) EDI
12 12 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (0.80%) Node.js
12 12 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.60%) HTML
13 9 (0.60%) PySpark
14 8 (0.53%) RESTful
15 7 (0.47%) Kafka
16 6 (0.40%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.59%) Legacy Systems
2 54 (3.59%) Data Structures
3 41 (2.73%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.46%) Public Cloud
5 36 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.46%) FMCG
8 21 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 14 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.73%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (0.60%) IoT
16 9 (0.60%) SCADA
17 8 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
17 8 (0.53%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.20%) Windows
2 5 (0.33%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
3 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.066%) Android
4 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (27.73%) Migration
2 320 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 264 (17.55%) Data Migration
4 255 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 220 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
6 218 (14.49%) Agile
7 210 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
8 180 (11.97%) Project Management
9 178 (11.84%) Change Management
10 165 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 165 (10.97%) Validation
11 143 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
12 126 (8.38%) CRM
12 126 (8.38%) Data Modelling
13 111 (7.38%) Procure-to-Pay
14 108 (7.18%) Roadmaps
15 103 (6.85%) Project Delivery
16 101 (6.72%) Analytics
17 95 (6.32%) DevOps
18 92 (6.12%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 126 (8.38%) SQL
2 40 (2.66%) Python
3 32 (2.13%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.86%) C#
5 27 (1.80%) Java
6 22 (1.46%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.86%) Apex Code
8 12 (0.80%) X++
9 10 (0.66%) ABAP
9 10 (0.66%) Ruby
10 8 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.33%) VBA
13 3 (0.20%) C++
13 3 (0.20%) Korn
13 3 (0.20%) Perl
13 3 (0.20%) SOQL
13 3 (0.20%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 174 (11.57%) Security Cleared
2 131 (8.71%) SC Cleared
3 112 (7.45%) Degree
4 78 (5.19%) CIMA
5 69 (4.59%) ACCA
6 46 (3.06%) PMP
7 36 (2.39%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.86%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.53%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.47%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.40%) APMP
14 5 (0.33%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.27%) APMG
15 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.58%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.26%) GDPR
3 53 (3.52%) QA
4 47 (3.13%) PMO
5 17 (1.13%) SLA
6 13 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.80%) IFRS
8 10 (0.66%) GAAP
9 9 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.33%) NCSC
12 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.20%) GMP
13 3 (0.20%) GxP
13 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (0.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (0.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.33%) Terraform
3 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
4 3 (0.20%) Kibana
4 3 (0.20%) MOM
4 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) Grafana
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.066%) SCCM
Vendors
1 453 (30.12%) SAP
2 427 (28.39%) Oracle
3 247 (16.42%) Microsoft
4 84 (5.59%) Workday
5 63 (4.19%) IFS
6 62 (4.12%) Salesforce
7 55 (3.66%) Siemens
8 41 (2.73%) ServiceNow
9 34 (2.26%) Databricks
10 29 (1.93%) Sage
11 25 (1.66%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.53%) Ariba
13 15 (1.00%) Informatica
14 12 (0.80%) Infor
15 9 (0.60%) Google
16 8 (0.53%) Foundry
17 7 (0.47%) Epicor
17 7 (0.47%) JD Edwards
17 7 (0.47%) Talend
18 6 (0.40%) IBM
649 ERP jobs in England