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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 89 98
Rank change year-on-year +15 +9 +7
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,023 826 926
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.33% 2.65% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.03% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 454 594
10th Percentile £350 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.83% +3.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £532 £550
% change year-on-year +3.48% -3.36% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 29 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.13 £53.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% -58.40% +251.89%
75th Percentile £30.00 £71.25 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.65 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -38.77% -58.40% +148.45%

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 27,627 27,254 34,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.85% 87.54% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,569 16,646 23,463
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,791 1,000 1,454
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.29 £19.15
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.24% +25.37%

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 28 November 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 28 November 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 28 November 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 +18 449 £575 +4.55% 236
South East +44 170 £515 +3.00% 288
Midlands -26 111 £575 +9.52% 114
North of England -34 111 £538 +10.26% 121
South West -1 86 £575 +15.00% 52
North West +16 84 £506 +1.25% 68
East of England +16 69 £541 +12.18% 48
West Midlands -41 69 £588 +11.90% 80
East Midlands -6 42 £525 -12.50% 34
Yorkshire -59 24 £550 +29.41% 45
North East -13 3 £500 +5.26% 9
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 (2.35%) Confluence
2 17 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.39%) CMS
5 4 (0.39%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.39%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.29%) Documentum
6 3 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.098%) Apache
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.098%) Camunda
8 1 (0.098%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.098%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.35%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.39%) Trello
8 2 (0.20%) InVision
8 2 (0.20%) Sketch
8 2 (0.20%) Windchill
9 1 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.098%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.098%) Notion
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 129 (12.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 78 (7.62%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (4.99%) SAP ERP
4 38 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 35 (3.42%) Oracle EBS
6 30 (2.93%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.74%) NetSuite
8 20 (1.96%) Oracle General Ledger
8 20 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (1.66%) SAP EWM
10 16 (1.56%) Oracle Assets
11 14 (1.37%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (1.37%) Oracle SCM
11 14 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
12 13 (1.27%) SAP WM
13 11 (1.08%) Oracle EBS R12
13 11 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 9 (0.88%) Primavera
15 7 (0.68%) SAP IBP
16 6 (0.59%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 138 (13.49%) Azure
2 113 (11.05%) OCI
3 94 (9.19%) Dynamics 365
4 92 (8.99%) SaaS
5 86 (8.41%) Power Platform
6 30 (2.93%) AWS
7 27 (2.64%) PaaS
8 20 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.76%) Lucidchart
10 16 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
11 15 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.47%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.37%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.27%) Boomi
13 13 (1.27%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.17%) Tricentis Tosca
15 11 (1.08%) GCP
16 9 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (0.88%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.098%) Internet
1 1 (0.098%) LAN
1 1 (0.098%) Network Security
1 1 (0.098%) SAN
1 1 (0.098%) VPN
1 1 (0.098%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.74%) Power BI
2 52 (5.08%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.35%) Oracle Database
5 22 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.66%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.66%) SAP HANA
7 14 (1.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.98%) Power Query
9 8 (0.78%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.68%) SAP BW
10 7 (0.68%) Tableau
11 6 (0.59%) GIS
11 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 46 (4.50%) JIRA
2 11 (1.08%) Postman
3 10 (0.98%) GitLab
4 8 (0.78%) Git
5 6 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.20%) Hudson
7 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.20%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.098%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.098%) MLflow
8 1 (0.098%) QADirector
8 1 (0.098%) Selenium
8 1 (0.098%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.098%) TestRail
General
1 499 (48.78%) Finance
2 346 (33.82%) Social Skills
3 134 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (11.24%) Manufacturing
5 113 (11.05%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.20%) Retail
7 40 (3.91%) Local Government
8 38 (3.71%) Legal
9 37 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
10 31 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 31 (3.03%) General Ledger
10 31 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.93%) Banking
12 28 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (2.35%) Billing
13 24 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (2.15%) Marketing
15 16 (1.56%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.56%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 138 (13.49%) Consultant
2 128 (12.51%) Analyst
3 120 (11.73%) Lead
4 107 (10.46%) Project Manager
5 98 (9.58%) Architect
6 69 (6.74%) Senior
7 57 (5.57%) Business Analyst
8 55 (5.38%) Developer
9 39 (3.81%) SAP Manager
9 39 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (3.71%) ERP Manager
10 38 (3.71%) SAP Consultant
11 30 (2.93%) Functional Consultant
12 29 (2.83%) Oracle Consultant
13 25 (2.44%) ERP Support
13 25 (2.44%) Programme Manager
14 24 (2.35%) ERP Analyst
14 24 (2.35%) ERP Project Manager
15 22 (2.15%) Applications Support
16 20 (1.96%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (13.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 46 (4.50%) REST
3 30 (2.93%) SOAP
3 30 (2.93%) Web Services
4 29 (2.83%) Middleware
5 24 (2.35%) JSON
6 23 (2.25%) XML
7 18 (1.76%) .NET
8 12 (1.17%) OAuth
9 11 (1.08%) XSLT
10 9 (0.88%) EDI
10 9 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
11 8 (0.78%) HTML
12 6 (0.59%) CSS
13 5 (0.49%) ADO
14 4 (0.39%) BAPI
14 4 (0.39%) IDoc
14 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.39%) SAP Basis
15 3 (0.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.74%) Data Structures
3 28 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (2.54%) Product Ownership
5 17 (1.66%) Life Science
6 14 (1.37%) Public Cloud
7 13 (1.27%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.17%) AS400
8 12 (1.17%) FMCG
8 12 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 10 (0.98%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
12 7 (0.68%) e-Learning
12 7 (0.68%) IoT
12 7 (0.68%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.39%) Unix
1 4 (0.39%) Windows
2 2 (0.20%) Android
2 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.098%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (21.21%) Migration
2 194 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
3 185 (18.08%) Agile
4 182 (17.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 171 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 150 (14.66%) Data Migration
7 129 (12.61%) CRM
8 119 (11.63%) Change Management
9 107 (10.46%) User Acceptance Testing
10 103 (10.07%) Project Management
11 102 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (9.58%) Business Intelligence
13 90 (8.80%) Project Delivery
14 84 (8.21%) Roadmaps
15 76 (7.43%) Validation
16 66 (6.45%) DevOps
17 64 (6.26%) Workshop Facilitation
18 59 (5.77%) Data Management
19 56 (5.47%) Analytics
19 56 (5.47%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 143 (13.98%) SQL
2 34 (3.32%) PL/SQL
3 19 (1.86%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.66%) C#
4 17 (1.66%) Python
5 13 (1.27%) Java
6 9 (0.88%) VBA
7 7 (0.68%) ABAP
8 6 (0.59%) Groovy
8 6 (0.59%) X++
9 5 (0.49%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.29%) PHP
11 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.20%) Korn
12 2 (0.20%) R
12 2 (0.20%) XPath
13 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.098%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 123 (12.02%) Security Cleared
2 109 (10.65%) Degree
3 102 (9.97%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.13%) PMP
5 31 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.83%) CIMA
7 27 (2.64%) ACCA
8 19 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.76%) SAP Certification
10 12 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.17%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (0.98%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.88%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.78%) OCA
15 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 3 (0.29%) APMG
16 3 (0.29%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.38%) QA
2 39 (3.81%) Data Quality
2 39 (3.81%) PMO
3 30 (2.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 29 (2.83%) GDPR
5 11 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.08%) NIST
6 9 (0.88%) GxP
6 9 (0.88%) ITGC
7 8 (0.78%) IFRS
8 7 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.68%) APQC
8 7 (0.68%) COBIT
8 7 (0.68%) SLA
8 7 (0.68%) SOX 404
9 4 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.39%) GMP
9 4 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.29%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.098%) Firmware
3 1 (0.098%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.098%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.68%) Terraform
2 5 (0.49%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.098%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.098%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.098%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 369 (36.07%) Oracle
2 305 (29.81%) SAP
3 143 (13.98%) Microsoft
4 61 (5.96%) Salesforce
4 61 (5.96%) Workday
5 35 (3.42%) IFS
6 16 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.27%) Databricks
8 11 (1.08%) Ariba
8 11 (1.08%) Sage
9 10 (0.98%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.68%) Hyperion
11 6 (0.59%) Adobe
12 5 (0.49%) Anaplan
12 5 (0.49%) PeopleSoft
13 4 (0.39%) Axway
13 4 (0.39%) Concur
13 4 (0.39%) Google
13 4 (0.39%) Murex
13 4 (0.39%) OpenAI