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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 102 101
Rank change year-on-year +37 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,583 660 833
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.64% 2.59% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 2.84% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 414 520
10th Percentile £350 £333 £363
25th Percentile £463 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £646 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £538 £540
% change year-on-year - -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 31 36
10th Percentile £17.73 £13.00 £15.88
25th Percentile £26.93 £16.71 £27.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +90.89% -45.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £60.75 - £66.94
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £58.75 £37.68
% change year-on-year -2.13% +55.92% -40.74%

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 37,130 23,233 31,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.37% 91.23% 85.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,419 14,972 20,715
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +2.23% -4.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,147 2,335
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.55
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +2.63%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +30 666 £575 +4.55% 187
South East +5 251 £525 -2.33% 147
North of England +51 217 £500 +11.11% 113
Midlands +38 201 £525 - 119
West Midlands +22 125 £540 +2.86% 71
North West +36 124 £500 +11.11% 66
South West +24 124 £525 +13.51% 65
East of England +23 97 £575 +4.55% 42
Yorkshire +7 76 £500 +25.00% 37
East Midlands +27 72 £525 - 48
North East -24 17 £500 -6.98% 13
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 28 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.26%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.01%) Confluence
4 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.32%) SAS
5 4 (0.25%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.19%) Apache
6 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
7 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.063%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 65 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.32%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 205 (12.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 136 (8.59%) Oracle ERP
3 55 (3.47%) SAP ERP
4 52 (3.28%) NetSuite
5 48 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
6 36 (2.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 34 (2.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 33 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
9 24 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
10 19 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
10 19 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (1.01%) Oracle Assets
12 15 (0.95%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 12 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
13 12 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
14 11 (0.69%) SAP MDG
14 11 (0.69%) Teamcenter
15 10 (0.63%) Oracle 11i
16 8 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
16 8 (0.51%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 207 (13.08%) Azure
2 162 (10.23%) Power Platform
3 147 (9.29%) Dynamics 365
4 104 (6.57%) OCI
5 98 (6.19%) SaaS
6 56 (3.54%) AWS
7 45 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (2.34%) PaaS
9 26 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 26 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.33%) GCP
11 20 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.26%) Boomi
11 20 (1.26%) GitHub
12 19 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (0.95%) IaaS
14 14 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.38%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
3 3 (0.19%) Firewall
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) HTTP
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) LAN
4 2 (0.13%) RFID
4 2 (0.13%) WAN
5 1 (0.063%) DHCP
5 1 (0.063%) DMZ
5 1 (0.063%) DNS
5 1 (0.063%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.063%) Modbus
5 1 (0.063%) MQTT
5 1 (0.063%) SMS
5 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.063%) VoIP
5 1 (0.063%) VPN
5 1 (0.063%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (8.02%) Power BI
2 53 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (3.10%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.64%) Oracle ODI
5 22 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 18 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (0.95%) Tableau
9 14 (0.88%) Metadata
10 11 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
12 6 (0.38%) Star Schema
13 5 (0.32%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 66 (4.17%) JIRA
2 23 (1.45%) Git
3 16 (1.01%) Hudson
4 13 (0.82%) Postman
5 9 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.32%) Selenium
6 5 (0.32%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) LSMW
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.19%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.13%) GitLab
8 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.063%) ERwin
9 1 (0.063%) Gradle
9 1 (0.063%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.063%) JMeter
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 812 (51.30%) Finance
2 382 (24.13%) Social Skills
3 223 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (9.73%) Manufacturing
5 121 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 90 (5.69%) Retail
7 53 (3.35%) Local Government
8 49 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
9 48 (3.03%) General Ledger
10 45 (2.84%) Law
11 43 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (2.59%) Legal
13 40 (2.53%) Billing
14 38 (2.40%) Banking
15 29 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
19 15 (0.95%) Military
20 14 (0.88%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 284 (17.94%) Lead
2 244 (15.41%) Architect
3 199 (12.57%) Consultant
4 188 (11.88%) Analyst
5 152 (9.60%) Project Manager
6 137 (8.65%) Senior
7 119 (7.52%) Solutions Architect
8 81 (5.12%) Business Analyst
9 78 (4.93%) Developer
10 74 (4.67%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.60%) Accountant
12 51 (3.22%) Implementation Consultant
13 45 (2.84%) Senior Manager
14 44 (2.78%) Finance Manager
15 40 (2.53%) Lead Architect
15 40 (2.53%) Systems Accountant
16 39 (2.46%) ERP Project Manager
17 38 (2.40%) Data Analyst
18 37 (2.34%) Financial Analyst
18 37 (2.34%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (11.05%) Oracle Fusion
2 84 (5.31%) REST
3 72 (4.55%) Middleware
4 45 (2.84%) SOAP
5 37 (2.34%) JSON
6 33 (2.08%) XML
7 25 (1.58%) Web Services
8 23 (1.45%) .NET
9 15 (0.95%) EDI
10 14 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
11 13 (0.82%) HTML
11 13 (0.82%) Node.js
11 13 (0.82%) OAuth
12 11 (0.69%) CSS
12 11 (0.69%) XSLT
13 10 (0.63%) JWT
13 10 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.57%) Ajax
14 9 (0.57%) PySpark
15 8 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
2 53 (3.35%) Data Structures
3 46 (2.91%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.59%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.08%) Public Cloud
6 32 (2.02%) FMCG
7 30 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.01%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.82%) IoT
13 12 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.69%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.51%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.51%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.14%) Windows
2 5 (0.32%) Linux
3 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.063%) AIX
5 1 (0.063%) Android
5 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.063%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.063%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (28.11%) Migration
2 357 (22.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 308 (19.46%) Data Migration
4 267 (16.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 225 (14.21%) User Acceptance Testing
6 219 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
7 208 (13.14%) Agile
8 202 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 181 (11.43%) Validation
10 179 (11.31%) Change Management
11 168 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
12 164 (10.36%) Project Management
13 143 (9.03%) Data Modelling
14 137 (8.65%) CRM
15 130 (8.21%) Analytics
16 127 (8.02%) Roadmaps
17 113 (7.14%) Procure-to-Pay
18 111 (7.01%) Project Delivery
19 102 (6.44%) Translating Business Requirements
20 98 (6.19%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 147 (9.29%) SQL
2 58 (3.66%) Python
3 31 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 28 (1.77%) Java
4 28 (1.77%) PL/SQL
5 24 (1.52%) C#
6 15 (0.95%) Apex Code
7 14 (0.88%) Ruby
7 14 (0.88%) X++
8 12 (0.76%) ABAP
9 10 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.32%) VBA
12 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.19%) C++
13 3 (0.19%) Groovy
13 3 (0.19%) Korn
13 3 (0.19%) SOQL
13 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 168 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 123 (7.77%) SC Cleared
3 93 (5.87%) Degree
4 79 (4.99%) CIMA
5 74 (4.67%) ACCA
6 38 (2.40%) PMP
7 30 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 28 (1.77%) DV Cleared
9 14 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.51%) SAP Certification
12 8 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.38%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.19%) CCA
16 3 (0.19%) CCAB
16 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 71 (4.49%) GDPR
3 44 (2.78%) QA
4 43 (2.72%) PMO
5 22 (1.39%) IFRS
6 19 (1.20%) SLA
7 17 (1.07%) GAAP
7 17 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.57%) NCSC
10 8 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.32%) GMP
11 5 (0.32%) GRC
11 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 7 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.063%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (0.76%) Terraform
2 9 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.32%) Grafana
4 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.32%) Kibana
5 3 (0.19%) MOM
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.13%) Control-M
7 1 (0.063%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.063%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 469 (29.63%) SAP
2 441 (27.86%) Oracle
3 267 (16.87%) Microsoft
4 76 (4.80%) Workday
5 71 (4.49%) Salesforce
6 69 (4.36%) IFS
7 54 (3.41%) Siemens
8 50 (3.16%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.27%) Databricks
9 36 (2.27%) Sage
10 26 (1.64%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.33%) Ariba
12 14 (0.88%) Infor
12 14 (0.88%) JD Edwards
13 13 (0.82%) Google
14 12 (0.76%) Concur
14 12 (0.76%) Epicor
14 12 (0.76%) Informatica
15 8 (0.51%) Foundry
16 7 (0.44%) SYSPRO