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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 89 100
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,268 700 848
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.45% 2.83% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 3.12% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 421 562
10th Percentile £360 £358 £350
25th Percentile £463 £430 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £540 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 16 39
10th Percentile £18.27 £17.14 £14.03
25th Percentile £25.38 £61.25 £27.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £68.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +19.57% -9.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.92 - £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -9.57%

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 31,799 22,421 32,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.62% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,337 14,594 21,795
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £639 £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 1,979 812 2,149
10th Percentile £15.30 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.15 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% +4.62% -12.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +23 561 £575 +4.55% 167
North of England +23 177 £550 +15.79% 130
South East -3 168 £550 - 195
Midlands -14 135 £533 +6.50% 116
South West +13 114 £525 +13.39% 52
North West +31 113 £500 +2.25% 71
West Midlands -18 94 £565 +13.00% 67
East of England +3 79 £541 -5.87% 47
Yorkshire -18 57 £595 +37.97% 45
East Midlands -18 40 £500 +2.56% 47
North East -17 7 £500 - 18
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 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.34%) Confluence
3 13 (1.03%) Oracle Workflow
4 12 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.55%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
7 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.24%) Documentum
7 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.079%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.079%) CMS
9 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.079%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 48 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.58%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.39%) PTC Creo
6 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.32%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Windchill
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.079%) InVision
9 1 (0.079%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 155 (12.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 85 (6.70%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (4.02%) Oracle EBS
4 43 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 40 (3.15%) SAP ERP
6 36 (2.84%) Oracle Payables
7 27 (2.13%) NetSuite
7 27 (2.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 21 (1.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 17 (1.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 17 (1.34%) Shopify
10 16 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
11 15 (1.18%) Workday HCM
12 14 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
13 10 (0.79%) Oracle Cash Management
13 10 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
13 10 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
14 9 (0.71%) Teamcenter
14 9 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
15 7 (0.55%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 187 (14.75%) Azure
2 145 (11.44%) Dynamics 365
3 135 (10.65%) OCI
4 98 (7.73%) Power Platform
5 85 (6.70%) SaaS
6 43 (3.39%) AWS
7 40 (3.15%) PaaS
8 32 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.89%) Boomi
9 24 (1.89%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (1.58%) GCP
13 19 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.26%) IaaS
15 15 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 13 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
18 12 (0.95%) Copilot Studio
19 11 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.16%) Firewall
1 2 (0.16%) LAN
2 1 (0.079%) DHCP
2 1 (0.079%) DNS
2 1 (0.079%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.079%) HTTP
2 1 (0.079%) Intranet
2 1 (0.079%) Modbus
2 1 (0.079%) Network Security
2 1 (0.079%) RFID
2 1 (0.079%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.079%) VoIP
2 1 (0.079%) VPN
2 1 (0.079%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.68%) Power BI
2 55 (4.34%) Oracle Reports
3 43 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (1.58%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.34%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 13 (1.03%) Oracle ODI
8 12 (0.95%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.55%) GIS
10 7 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.47%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.47%) Tableau
12 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 63 (4.97%) JIRA
2 26 (2.05%) Postman
3 16 (1.26%) Git
4 9 (0.71%) Hudson
5 8 (0.63%) GitLab
5 8 (0.63%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.55%) Selenium
7 6 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.32%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.16%) Gradle
11 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.16%) TestRail
12 1 (0.079%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.079%) MLflow
12 1 (0.079%) QADirector
12 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 637 (50.24%) Finance
2 414 (32.65%) Social Skills
3 178 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 96 (7.57%) Manufacturing
6 60 (4.73%) Local Government
7 59 (4.65%) Retail
8 43 (3.39%) Legal
9 40 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (3.00%) Banking
11 32 (2.52%) General Ledger
12 29 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (1.66%) Law
14 21 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.50%) Billing
15 19 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 19 (1.50%) Marketing
15 19 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (1.26%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 194 (15.30%) Consultant
2 173 (13.64%) Lead
3 155 (12.22%) Architect
4 138 (10.88%) Project Manager
5 124 (9.78%) Analyst
6 110 (8.68%) Senior
7 75 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
8 74 (5.84%) Business Analyst
9 64 (5.05%) Developer
10 49 (3.86%) ERP Manager
11 48 (3.79%) Implementation Consultant
12 43 (3.39%) SAP Consultant
13 41 (3.23%) SAP Manager
14 40 (3.15%) Accountant
15 33 (2.60%) Senior Manager
16 31 (2.44%) Systems Accountant
17 29 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
17 29 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
18 27 (2.13%) Test Manager
18 27 (2.13%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (14.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 79 (6.23%) REST
3 52 (4.10%) Middleware
4 51 (4.02%) SOAP
5 44 (3.47%) XML
6 43 (3.39%) JSON
7 40 (3.15%) Web Services
8 22 (1.74%) OAuth
9 19 (1.50%) XSLT
10 18 (1.42%) .NET
11 13 (1.03%) JWT
12 12 (0.95%) PySpark
13 9 (0.71%) EDI
14 8 (0.63%) HTML
14 8 (0.63%) Lightning Web Components
15 7 (0.55%) ADO
15 7 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
16 6 (0.47%) Node.js
17 5 (0.39%) GraphQL
18 4 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.84%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 41 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 24 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.50%) Public Cloud
7 16 (1.26%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.03%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.03%) FMCG
10 12 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.95%) IoT
10 12 (0.95%) Onboarding
11 11 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.71%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.55%) Life Science
13 7 (0.55%) LIMS
13 7 (0.55%) SCADA
13 7 (0.55%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.18%) Windows
2 6 (0.47%) Linux
3 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 2 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (25.47%) Migration
2 249 (19.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 224 (17.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 210 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (15.85%) Data Migration
6 189 (14.91%) Agile
7 165 (13.01%) User Acceptance Testing
8 153 (12.07%) Project Management
9 147 (11.59%) Change Management
10 134 (10.57%) Validation
11 123 (9.70%) CRM
12 121 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 108 (8.52%) Business Intelligence
14 96 (7.57%) Roadmaps
15 93 (7.33%) Project Delivery
16 90 (7.10%) DevOps
17 84 (6.62%) Data Modelling
18 81 (6.39%) Analytics
18 81 (6.39%) Workshop Facilitation
19 73 (5.76%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 115 (9.07%) SQL
2 34 (2.68%) Python
3 33 (2.60%) PL/SQL
4 26 (2.05%) C#
5 19 (1.50%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.34%) Java
7 8 (0.63%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.47%) ABAP
8 6 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.47%) X++
9 5 (0.39%) Korn
9 5 (0.39%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.32%) C++
10 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.32%) VBA
11 3 (0.24%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 161 (12.70%) Security Cleared
2 119 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 117 (9.23%) Degree
4 67 (5.28%) CIMA
5 54 (4.26%) ACCA
6 38 (3.00%) PMP
7 30 (2.37%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.66%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.95%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.87%) SAP Certification
13 10 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (0.71%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.63%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.55%) OCA
17 6 (0.47%) APMP
18 5 (0.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.28%) Data Quality
2 62 (4.89%) QA
3 50 (3.94%) GDPR
4 47 (3.71%) PMO
5 20 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.10%) SLA
7 13 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.87%) IFRS
9 10 (0.79%) ITGC
9 10 (0.79%) NIST
10 9 (0.71%) GAAP
11 7 (0.55%) COBIT
11 7 (0.55%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.47%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.47%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.39%) IFRS 9
14 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.32%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.079%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.55%) Terraform
2 5 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.24%) Control-M
3 3 (0.24%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.16%) MOM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.079%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.079%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.079%) Kibana
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.079%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 393 (30.99%) Oracle
2 349 (27.52%) SAP
3 204 (16.09%) Microsoft
4 79 (6.23%) Workday
5 52 (4.10%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.86%) Siemens
7 44 (3.47%) IFS
8 32 (2.52%) Databricks
9 28 (2.21%) Sage
10 27 (2.13%) ServiceNow
11 20 (1.58%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.26%) Ariba
13 15 (1.18%) Informatica
14 9 (0.71%) Foundry
15 8 (0.63%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.47%) Adobe
16 6 (0.47%) Epicor
16 6 (0.47%) Google
16 6 (0.47%) Talend
17 4 (0.32%) IBM