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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 86 98
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,174 734 857
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.45% 2.85% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 3.17% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 433 563
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £647
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 10 35
10th Percentile £17.69 £16.85 £13.54
25th Percentile £22.85 £35.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% -1.68% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £67.81 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.92 £70.00 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -11.54% +5.20% +12.35%

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 29,729 23,178 33,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.40% 89.84% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,995 14,353 22,084
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 724 1,981
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.17 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.18 £73.65
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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 +20 510 £575 +4.55% 162
North of England +3 162 £550 +15.79% 122
South East +6 147 £550 +5.26% 182
Midlands -20 128 £550 +2.33% 107
South West +6 117 £525 +11.88% 44
North West +29 103 £500 +2.25% 77
West Midlands -25 84 £559 +5.18% 66
East of England +11 81 £541 +0.70% 54
Yorkshire -36 54 £595 +48.75% 36
East Midlands -11 43 £525 -9.95% 41
North East -19 5 £500 +5.26% 11
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 21 (1.79%) Confluence
2 19 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 18 (1.53%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.34%) Documentum
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) CMS
7 2 (0.17%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.17%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.085%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.085%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.085%) Camunda
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.085%) SAS
8 1 (0.085%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 52 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (1.96%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.43%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.34%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) InVision
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
9 2 (0.17%) Windchill
10 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.085%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 155 (13.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 73 (6.22%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (3.75%) SAP ERP
4 42 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 40 (3.41%) Oracle EBS
6 39 (3.32%) Oracle Payables
7 30 (2.56%) Oracle Receivables
8 26 (2.21%) NetSuite
9 21 (1.79%) Oracle General Ledger
9 21 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (1.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 17 (1.45%) Shopify
11 16 (1.36%) Oracle Assets
11 16 (1.36%) SAP EWM
12 14 (1.19%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (1.19%) Workday HCM
13 13 (1.11%) SAP WM
14 11 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
16 8 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 182 (15.50%) Azure
2 138 (11.75%) OCI
3 124 (10.56%) Dynamics 365
4 85 (7.24%) Power Platform
5 84 (7.16%) SaaS
6 40 (3.41%) PaaS
7 34 (2.90%) AWS
8 29 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 23 (1.96%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.87%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.53%) Boomi
12 18 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.45%) GCP
14 16 (1.36%) Lucidchart
15 15 (1.28%) IaaS
15 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (1.02%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.085%) LAN
1 1 (0.085%) Network Security
1 1 (0.085%) RFID
1 1 (0.085%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.94%) Power BI
2 43 (3.66%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.30%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.36%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 11 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.68%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.60%) GIS
10 7 (0.60%) SAP HANA
10 7 (0.60%) Tableau
11 5 (0.43%) Power Query
12 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.34%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (5.03%) JIRA
2 30 (2.56%) Postman
3 9 (0.77%) Git
4 8 (0.68%) GitLab
5 6 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.51%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.43%) Hudson
6 5 (0.43%) Selenium
6 5 (0.43%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.17%) Gradle
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.17%) TestRail
9 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.085%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.085%) MLflow
10 1 (0.085%) QADirector
General
1 582 (49.57%) Finance
2 420 (35.78%) Social Skills
3 155 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 92 (7.84%) Manufacturing
6 57 (4.86%) Local Government
7 40 (3.41%) Retail
8 38 (3.24%) Legal
9 37 (3.15%) Banking
9 37 (3.15%) General Ledger
10 32 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
13 22 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.70%) Billing
15 18 (1.53%) Marketing
16 15 (1.28%) Military
17 12 (1.02%) Financial Institution
18 11 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 182 (15.50%) Consultant
2 142 (12.10%) Lead
3 131 (11.16%) Architect
4 124 (10.56%) Project Manager
5 116 (9.88%) Analyst
6 94 (8.01%) Senior
7 68 (5.79%) Business Analyst
8 62 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (5.03%) Developer
10 50 (4.26%) SAP Consultant
11 45 (3.83%) SAP Manager
12 43 (3.66%) ERP Manager
13 36 (3.07%) Implementation Consultant
14 35 (2.98%) Accountant
15 30 (2.56%) Senior Manager
16 29 (2.47%) Functional Consultant
17 28 (2.39%) Oracle Specialist
18 26 (2.21%) Delivery Manager
18 26 (2.21%) Systems Accountant
19 24 (2.04%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (15.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 83 (7.07%) REST
3 56 (4.77%) SOAP
4 49 (4.17%) Middleware
4 49 (4.17%) XML
5 48 (4.09%) JSON
6 43 (3.66%) Web Services
7 23 (1.96%) OAuth
8 22 (1.87%) XSLT
9 18 (1.53%) .NET
10 12 (1.02%) EDI
10 12 (1.02%) JWT
11 8 (0.68%) ADO
11 8 (0.68%) HTML
11 8 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (0.51%) Node.js
13 5 (0.43%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.43%) RESTful
14 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.34%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 66 (5.62%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (3.07%) Management Information System
3 31 (2.64%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 23 (1.96%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.19%) FMCG
8 13 (1.11%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.11%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (0.94%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.85%) IoT
11 10 (0.85%) Life Science
12 9 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.68%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.68%) SCADA
13 8 (0.68%) Synthetic Data
14 7 (0.60%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.19%) Windows
2 6 (0.51%) Linux
3 3 (0.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.085%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (23.34%) Migration
2 222 (18.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 212 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
4 204 (17.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 190 (16.18%) Agile
6 162 (13.80%) Data Migration
7 136 (11.58%) Change Management
7 136 (11.58%) Project Management
8 129 (10.99%) CRM
8 129 (10.99%) User Acceptance Testing
9 106 (9.03%) Validation
10 103 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 99 (8.43%) Roadmaps
12 87 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
12 87 (7.41%) Project Delivery
13 83 (7.07%) Workshop Facilitation
14 80 (6.81%) DevOps
15 69 (5.88%) Analytics
16 60 (5.11%) Integration Patterns
17 59 (5.03%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 117 (9.97%) SQL
2 33 (2.81%) PL/SQL
3 29 (2.47%) C#
4 28 (2.39%) Python
5 21 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.62%) Java
7 7 (0.60%) Groovy
8 6 (0.51%) VBA
8 6 (0.51%) X++
9 5 (0.43%) ABAP
10 4 (0.34%) C++
10 4 (0.34%) Korn
10 4 (0.34%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.34%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.26%) Perl
11 3 (0.26%) R
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 2 (0.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 155 (13.20%) Security Cleared
2 138 (11.75%) Degree
3 121 (10.31%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.11%) CIMA
5 49 (4.17%) ACCA
6 38 (3.24%) PMP
7 32 (2.73%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.13%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.70%) SAP Certification
11 12 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.94%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (0.68%) OCA
14 7 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 6 (0.51%) APMP
16 5 (0.43%) DV Cleared
16 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 54 (4.60%) QA
3 44 (3.75%) PMO
4 42 (3.58%) GDPR
5 29 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.94%) SLA
8 10 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.85%) IFRS
8 10 (0.85%) ITGC
9 9 (0.77%) NIST
10 8 (0.68%) GAAP
11 7 (0.60%) COBIT
11 7 (0.60%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.51%) GxP
12 6 (0.51%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.51%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.51%) NCSC
13 5 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.43%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.085%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.43%) Terraform
2 4 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.26%) Control-M
4 2 (0.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.085%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.085%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.085%) Kibana
5 1 (0.085%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.085%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 378 (32.20%) Oracle
2 347 (29.56%) SAP
3 181 (15.42%) Microsoft
4 74 (6.30%) Workday
5 57 (4.86%) Salesforce
6 37 (3.15%) Siemens
7 28 (2.39%) IFS
8 26 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.96%) Sage
10 21 (1.79%) Databricks
11 13 (1.11%) Ariba
12 10 (0.85%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.77%) Informatica
13 9 (0.77%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.60%) Adobe
14 7 (0.60%) Foundry
15 6 (0.51%) Google
16 4 (0.34%) CODA
16 4 (0.34%) Epicor
16 4 (0.34%) IBM