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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 89 98
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 0
Contract jobs citing ERP 954 822 987
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.38% 2.57% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 2.97% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 458 627
10th Percentile £350 £363 £388
25th Percentile £458 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £644 £636 £650
90th Percentile £725 £739 £738
UK median daily rate £538 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +0.47% -2.73% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 35 25
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.24 £41.50
25th Percentile £7.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £16.29 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.93% -58.40% +339.50%
75th Percentile £25.69 £65.00 £90.25
90th Percentile £74.63 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £17.17 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -51.44% -58.40% +216.87%

All Process and 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 25,685 27,640 36,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.97% 86.49% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,284 16,837 25,172
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,621 1,092 1,481
10th Percentile £14.63 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +33.65%
75th Percentile £45.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.44 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.31% -10.11% +36.92%

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 17 October 2025.

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 17 October 2025.

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 17 October 2025. 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 +34 430 £575 +4.55% 365
South East +35 163 £515 +14.44% 331
Midlands -32 96 £550 +4.76% 167
South West +15 85 £600 +14.83% 49
North of England -46 84 £513 +2.50% 176
East of England +27 67 £533 +6.50% 53
North West -7 62 £513 +2.50% 103
West Midlands -45 56 £550 +6.80% 107
East Midlands +1 40 £525 -12.50% 59
Yorkshire -58 18 £525 +5.00% 60
North East -7 4 £538 -8.32% 16
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 24 (2.52%) Confluence
2 17 (1.78%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.73%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.42%) CMS
7 3 (0.31%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.21%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.21%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.10%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.10%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.10%) Camunda
9 1 (0.10%) Documentum
9 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle UPK
9 1 (0.10%) SAP EP
Applications
1 50 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 25 (2.62%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.42%) Trello
6 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.10%) InVision
7 1 (0.10%) Notion
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.10%) Sketch
7 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 123 (12.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 88 (9.22%) Oracle ERP
3 39 (4.09%) SAP ERP
4 27 (2.83%) NetSuite
4 27 (2.83%) Oracle Payables
5 26 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 26 (2.73%) Oracle EBS
6 23 (2.41%) Oracle Assets
7 21 (2.20%) Oracle EBS R12
7 21 (2.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 21 (2.20%) Oracle Receivables
8 17 (1.78%) SAP EWM
9 15 (1.57%) Unit4 Business World
10 14 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 14 (1.47%) Oracle SCM
11 13 (1.36%) SAP WM
12 12 (1.26%) Oracle Cash Management
12 12 (1.26%) Primavera
13 8 (0.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 8 (0.84%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 111 (11.64%) OCI
2 110 (11.53%) Azure
3 86 (9.01%) Dynamics 365
4 82 (8.60%) SaaS
5 72 (7.55%) Power Platform
6 28 (2.94%) PaaS
7 22 (2.31%) AWS
8 19 (1.99%) Lucidchart
9 18 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.36%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.15%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
13 10 (1.05%) Smartsheet
14 9 (0.94%) Boomi
14 9 (0.94%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
16 5 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.10%) Internet
1 1 (0.10%) Intranet
1 1 (0.10%) LAN
1 1 (0.10%) Network Security
1 1 (0.10%) SAN
1 1 (0.10%) VPN
1 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.29%) Power BI
2 46 (4.82%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 31 (3.25%) Oracle Database
5 17 (1.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 16 (1.68%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.68%) SAP HANA
7 15 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.94%) Power Query
8 9 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.73%) SAP BW
9 7 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.63%) Oracle BI EE
10 6 (0.63%) Tableau
11 5 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
11 5 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.42%) GIS
12 4 (0.42%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 42 (4.40%) JIRA
2 9 (0.94%) Postman
3 6 (0.63%) Git
4 5 (0.52%) GitLab
4 5 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.21%) Hudson
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.10%) LSMW
8 1 (0.10%) MLflow
8 1 (0.10%) Selenium
8 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.10%) Zephyr
General
1 464 (48.64%) Finance
2 315 (33.02%) Social Skills
3 125 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (10.80%) Manufacturing
5 99 (10.38%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.30%) Pharmaceutical
7 37 (3.88%) Legal
8 36 (3.77%) Retail
9 32 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.94%) Banking
11 27 (2.83%) General Ledger
11 27 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
13 24 (2.52%) Billing
14 21 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (2.20%) Local Government
14 21 (2.20%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (1.57%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 134 (14.05%) Consultant
2 131 (13.73%) Analyst
3 107 (11.22%) Lead
4 97 (10.17%) Project Manager
5 80 (8.39%) Architect
6 60 (6.29%) Business Analyst
6 60 (6.29%) Senior
7 53 (5.56%) Developer
8 36 (3.77%) ERP Manager
9 35 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
10 32 (3.35%) Oracle Consultant
11 30 (3.14%) Functional Consultant
12 28 (2.94%) SAP Manager
13 27 (2.83%) ERP Analyst
14 26 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
15 25 (2.62%) Programme Manager
16 22 (2.31%) ERP Project Manager
17 21 (2.20%) ERP Support
18 20 (2.10%) Financial Analyst
19 19 (1.99%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (13.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 37 (3.88%) REST
3 25 (2.62%) Middleware
4 24 (2.52%) SOAP
4 24 (2.52%) Web Services
5 18 (1.89%) JSON
6 17 (1.78%) XML
7 13 (1.36%) .NET
8 11 (1.15%) HTML
9 9 (0.94%) CSS
10 8 (0.84%) OAuth
10 8 (0.84%) XSLT
11 7 (0.73%) EDI
12 6 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
13 5 (0.52%) ADO
14 4 (0.42%) .NET Framework
14 4 (0.42%) SAP Basis
15 3 (0.31%) IDoc
15 3 (0.31%) Node.js
15 3 (0.31%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 47 (4.93%) Management Information System
2 45 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (2.52%) Product Ownership
4 21 (2.20%) Data Structures
4 21 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (1.78%) Life Science
6 14 (1.47%) FMCG
6 14 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.47%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.26%) AS400
8 11 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (0.94%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (0.63%) SCADA
13 5 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.84%) Unix
2 6 (0.63%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Linux
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.10%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (20.75%) Migration
2 170 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (16.98%) Agile
4 158 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 150 (15.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 140 (14.68%) Data Migration
7 110 (11.53%) Change Management
8 103 (10.80%) CRM
9 99 (10.38%) Project Management
10 96 (10.06%) Business Intelligence
11 95 (9.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 89 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 86 (9.01%) Project Delivery
14 72 (7.55%) Roadmaps
15 65 (6.81%) Validation
15 65 (6.81%) Workshop Facilitation
16 57 (5.97%) Analytics
17 53 (5.56%) Data Management
18 51 (5.35%) DevOps
18 51 (5.35%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 145 (15.20%) SQL
2 36 (3.77%) PL/SQL
3 15 (1.57%) JavaScript
3 15 (1.57%) Python
4 12 (1.26%) C#
5 10 (1.05%) Java
6 8 (0.84%) VBA
7 7 (0.73%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.63%) Groovy
9 5 (0.52%) ABAP
9 5 (0.52%) X++
10 4 (0.42%) Perl
10 4 (0.42%) PHP
11 3 (0.31%) R
11 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.10%) C++
13 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 112 (11.74%) Security Cleared
2 99 (10.38%) Degree
3 95 (9.96%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.14%) PMP
5 29 (3.04%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.10%) ACCA
6 20 (2.10%) CIMA
7 17 (1.78%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.68%) SAP Certification
9 11 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 9 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.52%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.42%) APMG
15 3 (0.31%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
15 3 (0.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.19%) Data Quality
2 36 (3.77%) QA
3 33 (3.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 30 (3.14%) PMO
5 20 (2.10%) GDPR
6 15 (1.57%) SLA
7 10 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.84%) GxP
8 8 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.73%) APQC
9 7 (0.73%) NIST
10 6 (0.63%) IFRS
11 5 (0.52%) COBIT
11 5 (0.52%) ITGC
11 5 (0.52%) SOX 404
12 4 (0.42%) GAAP
12 4 (0.42%) GMP
12 4 (0.42%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.21%) GRC
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 6 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.52%) Docker
3 4 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.10%) Samba
Systems Management
1 5 (0.52%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.52%) Terraform
2 4 (0.42%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 4 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.21%) Control-M
4 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 360 (37.74%) Oracle
2 277 (29.04%) SAP
3 131 (13.73%) Microsoft
4 53 (5.56%) Workday
5 52 (5.45%) Salesforce
6 41 (4.30%) IFS
7 13 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.94%) Databricks
9 8 (0.84%) Ariba
10 7 (0.73%) Hyperion
10 7 (0.73%) Sage
11 6 (0.63%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.52%) Adobe
12 5 (0.52%) Anaplan
12 5 (0.52%) PeopleSoft
13 4 (0.42%) Axway
13 4 (0.42%) Informatica
13 4 (0.42%) Murex
13 4 (0.42%) Rockwell
14 3 (0.31%) Infor