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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 86 93
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,648 796 782
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.60% 2.86% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 3.15% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 483 465
10th Percentile £375 £333 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £528
% change year-on-year +2.33% +1.90% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 45 36
10th Percentile £15.36 £6.00 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.82 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -62.16% -28.98%
75th Percentile £58.75 £73.75 £69.16
90th Percentile £60.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.61 £50.00
% change year-on-year +36.69% -48.79% -22.96%

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 39,011 25,247 28,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.77% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,277 16,138 18,662
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,415 1,657
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £14.13
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.87 £18.32
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +1.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +72.96% -38.57% -3.67%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +13 689 £600 +9.09% 463
South East +3 272 £525 +1.94% 222
North of England +57 256 £500 - 184
Midlands +35 209 £525 -4.55% 199
North West +36 147 £525 +5.00% 90
West Midlands +17 120 £535 +1.90% 121
South West -3 102 £538 -14.14% 61
East of England +9 89 £575 - 68
Yorkshire +28 88 £475 +18.01% 73
East Midlands +33 81 £525 -12.50% 78
North East -27 21 £500 -6.98% 23
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 31 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.97%) Confluence
2 16 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (0.30%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) Anypoint
4 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.18%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.12%) SAP EP
6 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.061%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.061%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.061%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 81 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Windchill
9 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 211 (12.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 146 (8.86%) Oracle ERP
3 58 (3.52%) NetSuite
4 53 (3.22%) SAP ERP
5 52 (3.16%) Oracle Payables
6 40 (2.43%) Oracle Receivables
7 36 (2.18%) Oracle EBS
8 29 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 23 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
10 22 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
10 22 (1.33%) Oracle Financials
11 15 (0.91%) Unit4 Business World
12 14 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
13 12 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
14 11 (0.67%) SAP MDG
14 11 (0.67%) Workday HCM
15 10 (0.61%) Oracle 11i
16 8 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
16 8 (0.49%) Sage X3
16 8 (0.49%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 176 (10.68%) Azure
2 173 (10.50%) Power Platform
3 158 (9.59%) Dynamics 365
4 117 (7.10%) OCI
5 106 (6.43%) SaaS
6 61 (3.70%) AWS
7 44 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.00%) PaaS
9 28 (1.70%) Power Automate
10 26 (1.58%) GCP
10 26 (1.58%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
11 25 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (1.33%) Boomi
12 22 (1.33%) GitHub
13 16 (0.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.42%) Network Security
2 4 (0.24%) Firewall
2 4 (0.24%) FTP
2 4 (0.24%) SSL
3 2 (0.12%) 5G
3 2 (0.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.12%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) LAN
3 2 (0.12%) RFID
3 2 (0.12%) WAN
4 1 (0.061%) DHCP
4 1 (0.061%) DMZ
4 1 (0.061%) DNS
4 1 (0.061%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.061%) Modbus
4 1 (0.061%) MQTT
4 1 (0.061%) SMS
4 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.061%) VPN
4 1 (0.061%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (7.95%) Power BI
2 66 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
4 28 (1.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.58%) Oracle ODI
6 25 (1.52%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.46%) Data Lake
8 23 (1.40%) Tableau
9 17 (1.03%) Metadata
10 13 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
10 13 (0.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.42%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.36%) Power Query
12 6 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
12 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (4.07%) JIRA
2 22 (1.33%) Git
3 16 (0.97%) Hudson
4 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.30%) Postman
7 4 (0.24%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.18%) LSMW
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.18%) Selenium
8 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.18%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.12%) GitLab
9 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.061%) ERwin
10 1 (0.061%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.061%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 859 (52.12%) Finance
2 411 (24.94%) Social Skills
3 222 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (10.32%) Manufacturing
5 147 (8.92%) Public Sector
6 106 (6.43%) Retail
7 59 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
8 55 (3.34%) General Ledger
9 53 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
10 46 (2.79%) Law
11 44 (2.67%) Local Government
12 42 (2.55%) Banking
13 41 (2.49%) Billing
14 38 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
15 37 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 35 (2.12%) Legal
17 30 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
19 21 (1.27%) Aerospace
20 18 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 320 (19.42%) Lead
2 269 (16.32%) Architect
3 218 (13.23%) Analyst
4 180 (10.92%) Consultant
5 135 (8.19%) Project Manager
6 134 (8.13%) Senior
7 132 (8.01%) Solutions Architect
8 92 (5.58%) Business Analyst
8 92 (5.58%) Developer
9 61 (3.70%) ERP Manager
10 51 (3.09%) Oracle Consultant
11 50 (3.03%) Accountant
12 46 (2.79%) Financial Analyst
13 45 (2.73%) Data Analyst
14 41 (2.49%) Lead Architect
15 38 (2.31%) ERP Project Manager
16 37 (2.25%) Finance Manager
16 37 (2.25%) Senior Manager
17 35 (2.12%) ERP Architect
18 34 (2.06%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (11.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 91 (5.52%) REST
3 76 (4.61%) Middleware
4 52 (3.16%) SOAP
5 32 (1.94%) JSON
6 27 (1.64%) XML
7 23 (1.40%) .NET
7 23 (1.40%) Web Services
8 16 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (0.91%) OAuth
10 14 (0.85%) EDI
11 12 (0.73%) HTML
12 11 (0.67%) CSS
13 10 (0.61%) OAuth2
13 10 (0.61%) PySpark
13 10 (0.61%) RESTful
13 10 (0.61%) XSLT
14 9 (0.55%) Ajax
14 9 (0.55%) Node.js
14 9 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.40%) Legacy Systems
2 70 (4.25%) Data Structures
3 50 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 43 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 40 (2.43%) Onboarding
6 31 (1.88%) FMCG
6 31 (1.88%) Public Cloud
7 29 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (0.79%) Life Science
12 13 (0.79%) Operational Technology
13 12 (0.73%) IoT
14 11 (0.67%) AI Agents
14 11 (0.67%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.15%) Windows
2 6 (0.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.18%) 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 (0.061%) AIX
5 1 (0.061%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.061%) Unix
5 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (27.79%) Migration
2 420 (25.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 335 (20.33%) Data Migration
4 277 (16.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 249 (15.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 227 (13.77%) Agile
7 224 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 215 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
9 186 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
10 183 (11.10%) Change Management
11 176 (10.68%) Validation
12 167 (10.13%) Analytics
13 164 (9.95%) Data Modelling
14 149 (9.04%) CRM
15 143 (8.68%) Roadmaps
16 139 (8.43%) Process Improvement
17 137 (8.31%) Project Management
18 121 (7.34%) Translating Business Requirements
19 120 (7.28%) Project Delivery
20 107 (6.49%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 151 (9.16%) SQL
2 55 (3.34%) Python
3 31 (1.88%) PL/SQL
4 29 (1.76%) JavaScript
5 25 (1.52%) Java
6 20 (1.21%) C#
7 18 (1.09%) X++
8 17 (1.03%) Apex Code
9 15 (0.91%) Ruby
10 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.73%) ABAP
12 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.42%) Groovy
13 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.30%) VBA
15 4 (0.24%) C++
15 4 (0.24%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.24%) SOQL
15 4 (0.24%) SOSL
16 3 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 196 (11.89%) Security Cleared
2 135 (8.19%) SC Cleared
3 102 (6.19%) Degree
4 67 (4.07%) ACCA
5 65 (3.94%) CIMA
6 51 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 34 (2.06%) PMP
8 30 (1.82%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.30%) APMG
12 5 (0.30%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.30%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.24%) CISSP
13 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (8.92%) Data Quality
2 72 (4.37%) GDPR
3 45 (2.73%) PMO
4 44 (2.67%) QA
5 26 (1.58%) IFRS
6 21 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.09%) GAAP
8 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.73%) SLA
9 8 (0.49%) GRC
9 8 (0.49%) NCSC
10 7 (0.42%) GMP
11 6 (0.36%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.24%) P3O
13 3 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (0.55%) Active Directory
1 9 (0.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.061%) Firmware
2 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (0.85%) Terraform
2 10 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.30%) Grafana
3 5 (0.30%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.24%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.24%) Kibana
5 3 (0.18%) MOM
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.12%) SCCM
7 1 (0.061%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.061%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 482 (29.25%) SAP
2 475 (28.82%) Oracle
3 288 (17.48%) Microsoft
4 73 (4.43%) Salesforce
4 73 (4.43%) Workday
5 68 (4.13%) IFS
6 59 (3.58%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.18%) Databricks
8 33 (2.00%) Sage
9 29 (1.76%) MuleSoft
10 28 (1.70%) Siemens
11 22 (1.33%) Ariba
12 16 (0.97%) Infor
13 15 (0.91%) Concur
13 15 (0.91%) JD Edwards
14 13 (0.79%) Google
14 13 (0.79%) SYSPRO
15 12 (0.73%) Epicor
16 9 (0.55%) Informatica
17 8 (0.49%) Baan