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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 91 98
Rank change year-on-year +24 +7 +12
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,652 756 795
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.64% 2.75% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 3.03% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 464 476
10th Percentile £370 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £528
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.90% -4.09%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £530 £533
% change year-on-year +1.89% -0.47% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 45 37
10th Percentile £16.51 £6.00 £23.60
25th Percentile £23.94 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £21.30 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.35% -55.16% -27.06%
75th Percentile £58.75 £71.25 £68.88
90th Percentile £60.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £26.21 £52.50
% change year-on-year +40.06% -50.08% -19.11%

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 38,641 24,977 29,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.76% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,154 16,016 19,101
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,462 1,371 1,780
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.92 £17.98 £17.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +23 693 £600 +9.09% 281
South East +1 263 £525 +1.94% 161
North of England +58 250 £500 +3.90% 158
Midlands +37 207 £525 - 173
North West +33 145 £525 +7.36% 77
West Midlands +13 122 £540 +2.86% 106
South West +6 114 £550 -11.72% 53
East of England +12 92 £575 - 54
Yorkshire +12 85 £466 +15.12% 62
East Midlands +27 77 £525 -12.50% 67
North East -28 20 £500 -6.98% 20
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 29 (1.76%) 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%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.18%) Apache
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.18%) SAP EP
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
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%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 77 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Windchill
9 1 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.061%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 219 (13.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 140 (8.47%) Oracle ERP
3 59 (3.57%) NetSuite
4 52 (3.15%) SAP ERP
5 49 (2.97%) Oracle Payables
6 38 (2.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 37 (2.24%) Oracle EBS
8 29 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 23 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
9 23 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
10 21 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
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
15 10 (0.61%) Oracle 11i
16 9 (0.54%) Workday HCM
17 8 (0.48%) iTrent
17 8 (0.48%) Sage X3
17 8 (0.48%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 185 (11.20%) Azure
2 174 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 157 (9.50%) Dynamics 365
4 111 (6.72%) OCI
5 106 (6.42%) SaaS
6 57 (3.45%) AWS
7 45 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.00%) PaaS
9 28 (1.69%) Power Automate
10 27 (1.63%) PowerApps
10 27 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
11 23 (1.39%) GCP
11 23 (1.39%) GitHub
11 23 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (1.33%) Boomi
13 14 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (0.85%) iPaaS
13 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
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
1 134 (8.11%) Power BI
2 65 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
4 27 (1.63%) SQL Server
5 26 (1.57%) Oracle ODI
6 25 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 25 (1.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 23 (1.39%) Tableau
8 17 (1.03%) Metadata
9 15 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.42%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.36%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.36%) Power Query
13 6 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
13 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 64 (3.87%) JIRA
2 23 (1.39%) Git
3 17 (1.03%) Hudson
4 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.36%) Postman
5 6 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.18%) LSMW
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.18%) Selenium
7 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.061%) ERwin
9 1 (0.061%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.061%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 860 (52.06%) Finance
2 402 (24.33%) Social Skills
3 220 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (10.17%) Manufacturing
5 146 (8.84%) Public Sector
6 103 (6.23%) Retail
7 57 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 53 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
9 51 (3.09%) General Ledger
10 49 (2.97%) Local Government
11 45 (2.72%) Law
12 41 (2.48%) Billing
13 39 (2.36%) Banking
14 37 (2.24%) Legal
15 35 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 35 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
17 24 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (1.15%) Marketing
19 17 (1.03%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 314 (19.01%) Lead
2 270 (16.34%) Architect
3 213 (12.89%) Analyst
4 186 (11.26%) Consultant
5 139 (8.41%) Senior
6 135 (8.17%) Project Manager
7 134 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
8 96 (5.81%) Developer
9 92 (5.57%) Business Analyst
10 63 (3.81%) ERP Manager
11 54 (3.27%) Accountant
12 46 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
13 45 (2.72%) Oracle Consultant
14 41 (2.48%) Lead Architect
15 40 (2.42%) Data Analyst
16 39 (2.36%) Senior Manager
17 38 (2.30%) ERP Project Manager
17 38 (2.30%) Finance Manager
17 38 (2.30%) Systems Accountant
18 36 (2.18%) ERP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (11.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 88 (5.33%) REST
3 77 (4.66%) Middleware
4 49 (2.97%) SOAP
5 31 (1.88%) JSON
6 27 (1.63%) XML
7 24 (1.45%) Web Services
8 22 (1.33%) .NET
9 15 (0.91%) OAuth
10 14 (0.85%) EDI
10 14 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
11 12 (0.73%) HTML
12 11 (0.67%) CSS
13 10 (0.61%) OAuth2
13 10 (0.61%) RESTful
13 10 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (0.61%) XSLT
14 9 (0.54%) Ajax
14 9 (0.54%) Node.js
14 9 (0.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
2 70 (4.24%) Data Structures
3 48 (2.91%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.30%) Onboarding
6 31 (1.88%) Public Cloud
7 30 (1.82%) FMCG
8 26 (1.57%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (0.79%) AI Agents
14 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.73%) IoT
14 12 (0.73%) Life Science
14 12 (0.73%) Operational Technology
15 11 (0.67%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.61%) Low-Code
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
1 463 (28.03%) Migration
2 416 (25.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 337 (20.40%) Data Migration
4 281 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 248 (15.01%) User Acceptance Testing
6 223 (13.50%) Agile
7 219 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
9 188 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
10 187 (11.32%) Change Management
11 178 (10.77%) Validation
12 163 (9.87%) Analytics
13 159 (9.62%) Data Modelling
14 146 (8.84%) CRM
14 146 (8.84%) Project Management
15 142 (8.60%) Roadmaps
16 132 (7.99%) Process Improvement
17 121 (7.32%) Project Delivery
18 118 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
19 107 (6.48%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 154 (9.32%) SQL
2 56 (3.39%) Python
3 32 (1.94%) PL/SQL
4 30 (1.82%) JavaScript
5 25 (1.51%) Java
6 19 (1.15%) C#
7 18 (1.09%) X++
8 15 (0.91%) Apex Code
8 15 (0.91%) Ruby
9 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (0.79%) ABAP
11 8 (0.48%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.36%) Groovy
14 5 (0.30%) VBA
15 4 (0.24%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.18%) C++
16 3 (0.18%) Rust
16 3 (0.18%) SOQL
16 3 (0.18%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 193 (11.68%) Security Cleared
2 135 (8.17%) SC Cleared
3 98 (5.93%) Degree
4 68 (4.12%) ACCA
4 68 (4.12%) CIMA
5 48 (2.91%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.12%) PMP
7 30 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.42%) SAP Certification
12 7 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.30%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.30%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.24%) APMG
14 4 (0.24%) CISSP
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (8.60%) Data Quality
2 69 (4.18%) GDPR
3 49 (2.97%) PMO
4 43 (2.60%) QA
5 26 (1.57%) IFRS
6 21 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.09%) GAAP
8 12 (0.73%) SLA
9 11 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.48%) GRC
10 8 (0.48%) NCSC
11 7 (0.42%) GMP
12 6 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.24%) P3O
14 3 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 9 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.48%) Docker
3 1 (0.061%) Firmware
3 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (0.85%) Terraform
2 10 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.30%) Grafana
4 5 (0.30%) Kibana
4 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.18%) MOM
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) SCCM
8 1 (0.061%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.061%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 486 (29.42%) SAP
2 467 (28.27%) Oracle
3 289 (17.49%) Microsoft
4 72 (4.36%) Workday
5 70 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 69 (4.18%) IFS
7 55 (3.33%) ServiceNow
8 37 (2.24%) Siemens
9 36 (2.18%) Databricks
9 36 (2.18%) Sage
10 29 (1.76%) MuleSoft
11 24 (1.45%) Ariba
12 16 (0.97%) Infor
13 15 (0.91%) Concur
14 14 (0.85%) JD Edwards
15 13 (0.79%) Google
16 12 (0.73%) Epicor
16 12 (0.73%) SYSPRO
17 10 (0.61%) Informatica
18 8 (0.48%) Baan