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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 96 101
Rank change year-on-year +32 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,633 729 834
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.64% 2.67% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 2.94% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 456 510
10th Percentile £360 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.42% -3.64%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £627
90th Percentile £738 £725 £742
UK median daily rate £548 £538 £539
% change year-on-year +1.86% -0.23% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 39 41
10th Percentile £17.75 £6.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £27.00 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -31.25% -38.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £74.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -27.78% -30.42%

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 38,320 24,760 31,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.73% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,128 15,919 20,389
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,284 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.08 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -5.96%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.81 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £72.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +21 680 £575 +4.55% 242
South East +2 255 £525 -2.33% 142
North of England +47 237 £500 +9.59% 147
Midlands +44 202 £525 - 142
North West +35 139 £525 +10.53% 84
South West +21 126 £538 +10.26% 53
West Midlands +17 125 £540 +2.86% 78
East of England +25 102 £575 - 54
Yorkshire +5 79 £500 +24.22% 49
East Midlands +26 71 £515 -1.90% 64
North East -20 19 £500 -6.98% 15
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 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.04%) Confluence
3 14 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.31%) SAS
5 4 (0.24%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.18%) Apache
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.18%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.12%) CMS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.061%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 65 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.31%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.12%) Windchill
8 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 223 (13.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 140 (8.57%) Oracle ERP
3 54 (3.31%) SAP ERP
4 53 (3.25%) NetSuite
5 45 (2.76%) Oracle Payables
6 37 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
7 35 (2.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 32 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 25 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (1.16%) Oracle General Ledger
12 14 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
13 13 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.73%) SAP MDG
15 11 (0.67%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.61%) Oracle 11i
16 10 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
16 10 (0.61%) Workday HCM
17 9 (0.55%) Sage X3
18 8 (0.49%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 210 (12.86%) Azure
2 171 (10.47%) Power Platform
3 146 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
4 104 (6.37%) OCI
5 103 (6.31%) SaaS
6 58 (3.55%) AWS
7 45 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.20%) PaaS
9 25 (1.53%) Power Automate
9 25 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.41%) GCP
11 22 (1.35%) GitHub
11 22 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
12 21 (1.29%) Boomi
13 19 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
16 13 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.43%) Network Security
2 4 (0.24%) FTP
3 3 (0.18%) Firewall
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) HTTP
4 2 (0.12%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) LAN
4 2 (0.12%) RFID
4 2 (0.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.061%) DHCP
5 1 (0.061%) DMZ
5 1 (0.061%) DNS
5 1 (0.061%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.061%) Modbus
5 1 (0.061%) SMS
5 1 (0.061%) SSL
5 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.061%) VoIP
5 1 (0.061%) VPN
5 1 (0.061%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (8.08%) Power BI
2 56 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.59%) Oracle ODI
5 25 (1.53%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 18 (1.10%) Tableau
9 17 (1.04%) Metadata
10 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (0.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.43%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.37%) GIS
14 6 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
15 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 64 (3.92%) JIRA
2 24 (1.47%) Git
3 16 (0.98%) Hudson
4 13 (0.80%) Postman
5 8 (0.49%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.31%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.31%) Selenium
6 5 (0.31%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) LSMW
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.18%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.061%) ERwin
9 1 (0.061%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.061%) JMeter
9 1 (0.061%) PowerDesigner
General
1 839 (51.38%) Finance
2 396 (24.25%) Social Skills
3 222 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (10.10%) Manufacturing
5 136 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 95 (5.82%) Retail
7 57 (3.49%) Local Government
8 49 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
9 48 (2.94%) General Ledger
10 47 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
11 46 (2.82%) Law
12 43 (2.63%) Billing
13 41 (2.51%) Legal
14 36 (2.20%) Banking
15 30 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 25 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
18 23 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.92%) Marketing
19 15 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 298 (18.25%) Lead
2 262 (16.04%) Architect
3 203 (12.43%) Analyst
4 196 (12.00%) Consultant
5 147 (9.00%) Project Manager
6 144 (8.82%) Senior
7 127 (7.78%) Solutions Architect
8 92 (5.63%) Business Analyst
9 81 (4.96%) Developer
10 70 (4.29%) ERP Manager
11 56 (3.43%) Accountant
12 51 (3.12%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (2.82%) Senior Manager
14 44 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
15 41 (2.51%) Finance Manager
15 41 (2.51%) Lead Architect
15 41 (2.51%) Systems Accountant
16 39 (2.39%) ERP Project Manager
16 39 (2.39%) SAP Manager
17 38 (2.33%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (10.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 84 (5.14%) REST
3 76 (4.65%) Middleware
4 45 (2.76%) SOAP
5 37 (2.27%) JSON
6 28 (1.71%) XML
7 27 (1.65%) Web Services
8 23 (1.41%) .NET
9 15 (0.92%) OAuth
10 14 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
10 14 (0.86%) Node.js
11 13 (0.80%) EDI
11 13 (0.80%) HTML
12 11 (0.67%) CSS
12 11 (0.67%) XSLT
13 10 (0.61%) JWT
13 10 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.55%) Ajax
14 9 (0.55%) PySpark
15 7 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
2 59 (3.61%) Data Structures
3 46 (2.82%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 34 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.02%) Public Cloud
7 31 (1.90%) FMCG
8 23 (1.41%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
10 16 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.80%) IoT
13 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (0.73%) Virtual Team
14 11 (0.67%) Operational Technology
14 11 (0.67%) Taxonomies
15 10 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.16%) Windows
2 4 (0.24%) Linux
3 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.12%) Unix
5 1 (0.061%) AIX
5 1 (0.061%) Android
5 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.061%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.061%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (27.68%) Migration
2 385 (23.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 311 (19.04%) Data Migration
4 284 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 240 (14.70%) User Acceptance Testing
6 214 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
7 213 (13.04%) Agile
7 213 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 188 (11.51%) Change Management
9 185 (11.33%) Validation
10 177 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
11 157 (9.61%) Project Management
12 151 (9.25%) Data Modelling
13 149 (9.12%) CRM
14 140 (8.57%) Analytics
15 135 (8.27%) Roadmaps
16 116 (7.10%) Project Delivery
17 113 (6.92%) Procure-to-Pay
18 105 (6.43%) Process Improvement
19 103 (6.31%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.19%) SQL
2 60 (3.67%) Python
3 32 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 28 (1.71%) Java
4 28 (1.71%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.41%) C#
6 15 (0.92%) Apex Code
6 15 (0.92%) Ruby
7 14 (0.86%) X++
8 12 (0.73%) ABAP
9 11 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (0.67%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.43%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.31%) VBA
12 4 (0.24%) Groovy
12 4 (0.24%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.18%) C++
13 3 (0.18%) Korn
13 3 (0.18%) SOQL
13 3 (0.18%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 176 (10.78%) Security Cleared
2 124 (7.59%) SC Cleared
3 93 (5.70%) Degree
4 71 (4.35%) CIMA
5 68 (4.16%) ACCA
6 37 (2.27%) PMP
7 33 (2.02%) DV Cleared
8 29 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 14 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.43%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.31%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.24%) CISM
15 4 (0.24%) CISSP
15 4 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.18%) CCA
16 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 73 (4.47%) GDPR
3 48 (2.94%) QA
4 45 (2.76%) PMO
5 23 (1.41%) IFRS
6 18 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (0.98%) GAAP
8 15 (0.92%) SLA
9 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.55%) NCSC
11 7 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.43%) GMP
12 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.31%) GRC
14 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.43%) Docker
2 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (0.80%) Terraform
2 9 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.37%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.31%) Grafana
4 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.31%) Kibana
5 3 (0.18%) MOM
5 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.061%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.061%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 494 (30.25%) SAP
2 450 (27.56%) Oracle
3 277 (16.96%) Microsoft
4 73 (4.47%) Workday
5 69 (4.23%) IFS
6 68 (4.16%) Salesforce
7 54 (3.31%) Siemens
8 50 (3.06%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.20%) Databricks
10 35 (2.14%) Sage
11 27 (1.65%) MuleSoft
12 25 (1.53%) Ariba
13 15 (0.92%) Infor
14 14 (0.86%) Concur
14 14 (0.86%) JD Edwards
15 13 (0.80%) Google
16 12 (0.73%) Epicor
17 10 (0.61%) Informatica
18 8 (0.49%) Foundry
18 8 (0.49%) UiPath