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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 85 106
Rank change year-on-year +19 +21 +8
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,158 752 835
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.50% 2.83% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 3.17% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 439 550
10th Percentile £350 £359 £375
25th Percentile £461 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £716 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 11 29
10th Percentile £17.33 £14.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £21.65 £15.99 £37.50
Median hourly rate £46.44 £30.59 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -51.83% +103.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £46.13 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £32.80 £74.00
% change year-on-year +27.63% -55.68% +137.56%

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 29,029 23,736 33,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.78% 89.47% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,558 14,524 22,275
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £643 £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 1,797 756 1,886
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +12.38%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +24 514 £575 +5.50% 159
North of England -4 157 £550 +15.79% 107
South East +15 156 £550 +5.01% 161
Midlands -23 124 £525 -2.33% 91
South West 0 101 £506 +1.25% 43
North West +19 99 £525 +5.00% 56
West Midlands -28 83 £568 +6.82% 56
East of England +15 79 £525 -2.33% 37
Yorkshire -28 53 £595 +48.75% 40
East Midlands -17 40 £515 -13.88% 35
North East -24 5 £500 - 14
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 22 (1.90%) Confluence
2 19 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 17 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.35%) CMS
5 4 (0.35%) Documentum
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.17%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.086%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.086%) Apache
8 1 (0.086%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.086%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.086%) Camunda
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.086%) SAS
Applications
1 55 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.35%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.35%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.17%) Windchill
8 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.086%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 147 (12.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 78 (6.74%) Oracle ERP
3 47 (4.06%) SAP ERP
4 45 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 40 (3.45%) Oracle EBS
6 39 (3.37%) Oracle Payables
7 32 (2.76%) Oracle Receivables
8 30 (2.59%) NetSuite
9 24 (2.07%) Oracle General Ledger
10 20 (1.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 19 (1.64%) Oracle Assets
12 17 (1.47%) Shopify
12 17 (1.47%) Unit4 Business World
13 16 (1.38%) Oracle Cash Management
13 16 (1.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 15 (1.30%) SAP EWM
15 14 (1.21%) Workday HCM
16 13 (1.12%) SAP WM
17 10 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
18 7 (0.60%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 161 (13.90%) Azure
2 144 (12.44%) OCI
3 120 (10.36%) Dynamics 365
4 85 (7.34%) SaaS
5 84 (7.25%) Power Platform
6 44 (3.80%) PaaS
7 33 (2.85%) AWS
8 28 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 21 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (1.81%) Power Automate
10 21 (1.81%) PowerApps
11 18 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
12 17 (1.47%) Lucidchart
13 15 (1.30%) Boomi
13 15 (1.30%) IaaS
14 14 (1.21%) GCP
14 14 (1.21%) Tricentis Tosca
15 13 (1.12%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.086%) LAN
1 1 (0.086%) Network Security
1 1 (0.086%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.75%) Power BI
2 44 (3.80%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.42%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.73%) Oracle Database
6 14 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.69%) Power Query
9 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.60%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
11 6 (0.52%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.52%) Tableau
12 5 (0.43%) GIS
12 5 (0.43%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 62 (5.35%) JIRA
2 29 (2.50%) Postman
3 10 (0.86%) GitLab
4 8 (0.69%) Git
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.52%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.43%) Selenium
6 5 (0.43%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.26%) Hudson
8 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.17%) Gradle
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.17%) TestRail
9 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.086%) JMeter
10 1 (0.086%) MLflow
10 1 (0.086%) QADirector
General
1 569 (49.14%) Finance
2 426 (36.79%) Social Skills
3 154 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (11.14%) Public Sector
5 91 (7.86%) Manufacturing
6 51 (4.40%) Local Government
7 42 (3.63%) General Ledger
8 38 (3.28%) Legal
8 38 (3.28%) Retail
9 37 (3.20%) Banking
10 32 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 32 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 22 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.73%) Marketing
15 19 (1.64%) Billing
16 14 (1.21%) Military
17 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (1.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 178 (15.37%) Consultant
2 149 (12.87%) Lead
3 123 (10.62%) Project Manager
4 119 (10.28%) Analyst
5 116 (10.02%) Architect
6 85 (7.34%) Senior
7 66 (5.70%) Business Analyst
8 55 (4.75%) Developer
9 54 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
10 50 (4.32%) SAP Consultant
11 47 (4.06%) ERP Manager
12 41 (3.54%) SAP Manager
13 32 (2.76%) Functional Consultant
14 30 (2.59%) Accountant
14 30 (2.59%) Oracle Consultant
15 28 (2.42%) Oracle Specialist
16 27 (2.33%) ERP Analyst
17 26 (2.25%) Senior Manager
18 25 (2.16%) Delivery Manager
19 23 (1.99%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (16.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 80 (6.91%) REST
3 56 (4.84%) SOAP
4 49 (4.23%) JSON
4 49 (4.23%) XML
5 42 (3.63%) Middleware
6 40 (3.45%) Web Services
7 24 (2.07%) OAuth
8 23 (1.99%) XSLT
9 17 (1.47%) .NET
10 14 (1.21%) EDI
11 12 (1.04%) JWT
12 10 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.78%) ADO
14 7 (0.60%) HTML
15 6 (0.52%) Node.js
16 5 (0.43%) RESTful
17 4 (0.35%) BAPI
17 4 (0.35%) CSS
17 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
2 37 (3.20%) Management Information System
3 34 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 31 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 23 (1.99%) Public Cloud
7 15 (1.30%) FMCG
8 14 (1.21%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (0.95%) AI Agents
11 10 (0.86%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.86%) Life Science
12 9 (0.78%) IoT
12 9 (0.78%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
13 8 (0.69%) SCADA
13 8 (0.69%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.12%) Windows
2 5 (0.43%) Linux
3 3 (0.26%) Unix
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.086%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (22.45%) Migration
2 218 (18.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 214 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (17.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 199 (17.18%) Agile
6 159 (13.73%) Data Migration
7 134 (11.57%) CRM
8 133 (11.49%) User Acceptance Testing
9 127 (10.97%) Project Management
10 126 (10.88%) Change Management
11 102 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (8.55%) Validation
13 96 (8.29%) Roadmaps
14 90 (7.77%) Project Delivery
15 88 (7.60%) Workshop Facilitation
16 81 (6.99%) DevOps
17 78 (6.74%) Business Intelligence
18 63 (5.44%) Analytics
19 59 (5.09%) Data Governance
19 59 (5.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (10.97%) SQL
2 35 (3.02%) PL/SQL
3 29 (2.50%) C#
4 27 (2.33%) Python
5 21 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.64%) Java
7 9 (0.78%) VBA
8 7 (0.60%) ABAP
8 7 (0.60%) Groovy
9 6 (0.52%) X++
10 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.26%) C++
12 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.26%) Korn
12 3 (0.26%) R
12 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.17%) Perl
13 2 (0.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 164 (14.16%) Security Cleared
2 136 (11.74%) Degree
3 130 (11.23%) SC Cleared
4 52 (4.49%) CIMA
5 44 (3.80%) ACCA
6 37 (3.20%) PMP
7 32 (2.76%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.55%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.12%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (0.95%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.86%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.78%) OCA
15 8 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.52%) APMP
17 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 4 (0.35%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.44%) QA
2 56 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 43 (3.71%) PMO
4 41 (3.54%) GDPR
5 27 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.04%) SLA
8 10 (0.86%) ITGC
9 9 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.78%) IFRS
9 9 (0.78%) NIST
10 7 (0.60%) COBIT
10 7 (0.60%) GAAP
10 7 (0.60%) GxP
10 7 (0.60%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.52%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.52%) NCSC
12 5 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.43%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.086%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.43%) Terraform
2 3 (0.26%) Control-M
2 3 (0.26%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.086%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.086%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 401 (34.63%) Oracle
2 338 (29.19%) SAP
3 171 (14.77%) Microsoft
4 75 (6.48%) Workday
5 59 (5.09%) Salesforce
6 25 (2.16%) IFS
6 25 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.81%) Siemens
8 19 (1.64%) Sage
9 15 (1.30%) Databricks
10 10 (0.86%) Ariba
10 10 (0.86%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.78%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.60%) Adobe
12 7 (0.60%) Foundry
12 7 (0.60%) Informatica
13 5 (0.43%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.43%) Google
13 5 (0.43%) Hyperion
13 5 (0.43%) PeopleSoft