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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 87 101
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,257 742 860
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.45% 2.89% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.19% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 440 571
10th Percentile £354 £357 £363
25th Percentile £463 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 17 37
10th Percentile £18.10 £17.18 £13.78
25th Percentile £25.29 £35.00 £29.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.80 - £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £59.65
% change year-on-year -14.81% +13.17% -4.57%

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 31,633 23,246 33,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.88% 90.44% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,235 14,775 22,032
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 1,951 810 2,137
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.49 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% +6.06% -6.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.34 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.81 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.66% +0.95% -7.14%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 +15 549 £575 +4.55% 203
North of England +13 174 £550 +15.79% 128
South East +2 157 £550 +2.33% 207
Midlands -25 139 £540 +2.86% 124
South West +15 125 £525 +13.26% 53
North West +35 112 £500 +2.41% 73
West Midlands -22 94 £565 +8.65% 77
East of England +6 80 £550 - 69
Yorkshire -26 56 £595 +37.97% 46
East Midlands -18 44 £525 - 45
North East -19 6 £500 -3.61% 13
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 19 (1.51%) Confluence
1 19 (1.51%) Oracle Workflow
2 18 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 18 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.48%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.24%) Documentum
5 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.080%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.080%) CMS
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.080%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 49 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.40%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.32%) Trello
8 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) InVision
9 2 (0.16%) Sketch
9 2 (0.16%) Windchill
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 160 (12.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 88 (7.00%) Oracle ERP
3 48 (3.82%) Oracle EBS
4 46 (3.66%) SAP ERP
5 44 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
6 37 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 26 (2.07%) NetSuite
9 23 (1.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
11 17 (1.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 17 (1.35%) Shopify
12 16 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
13 15 (1.19%) Workday HCM
14 13 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
15 11 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
16 10 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
16 10 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
17 9 (0.72%) SAP EWM
17 9 (0.72%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 191 (15.19%) Azure
2 148 (11.77%) OCI
3 133 (10.58%) Dynamics 365
4 88 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 86 (6.84%) SaaS
6 40 (3.18%) AWS
7 37 (2.94%) PaaS
8 31 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.91%) Power Automate
9 24 (1.91%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.83%) Boomi
11 22 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
13 19 (1.51%) GCP
14 17 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (1.19%) IaaS
15 15 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
17 12 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.080%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.080%) Firewall
1 1 (0.080%) LAN
1 1 (0.080%) Modbus
1 1 (0.080%) Network Security
1 1 (0.080%) RFID
1 1 (0.080%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.93%) Power BI
2 56 (4.46%) Oracle Reports
3 42 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.67%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 18 (1.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 15 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (1.11%) Oracle Database
9 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.72%) Oracle ODI
11 7 (0.56%) GIS
11 7 (0.56%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.56%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.48%) Tableau
13 4 (0.32%) Power Query
13 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
14 3 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 61 (4.85%) JIRA
2 26 (2.07%) Postman
3 12 (0.95%) Git
4 7 (0.56%) GitLab
4 7 (0.56%) Hudson
4 7 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (0.56%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.48%) Selenium
6 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.24%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.16%) Gradle
9 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.16%) TestRail
10 1 (0.080%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.080%) JMeter
10 1 (0.080%) QADirector
10 1 (0.080%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 629 (50.04%) Finance
2 424 (33.73%) Social Skills
3 172 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 96 (7.64%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.69%) Local Government
7 53 (4.22%) Retail
8 45 (3.58%) Legal
9 37 (2.94%) Banking
10 36 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (2.63%) General Ledger
12 30 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.67%) Billing
15 21 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.51%) Marketing
17 18 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 15 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 198 (15.75%) Consultant
2 159 (12.65%) Lead
3 146 (11.61%) Architect
4 136 (10.82%) Project Manager
5 125 (9.94%) Analyst
6 102 (8.11%) Senior
7 75 (5.97%) Business Analyst
7 75 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
8 62 (4.93%) Developer
9 50 (3.98%) ERP Manager
10 48 (3.82%) Implementation Consultant
11 46 (3.66%) SAP Consultant
11 46 (3.66%) SAP Manager
12 37 (2.94%) Accountant
13 31 (2.47%) Senior Manager
14 28 (2.23%) Delivery Manager
14 28 (2.23%) Systems Accountant
15 27 (2.15%) Financial Analyst
15 27 (2.15%) Oracle Consultant
15 27 (2.15%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (15.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 79 (6.28%) REST
3 54 (4.30%) Middleware
4 53 (4.22%) SOAP
5 43 (3.42%) JSON
5 43 (3.42%) XML
6 40 (3.18%) Web Services
7 21 (1.67%) OAuth
8 18 (1.43%) .NET
8 18 (1.43%) XSLT
9 12 (0.95%) JWT
10 9 (0.72%) EDI
10 9 (0.72%) PySpark
11 8 (0.64%) HTML
11 8 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
12 7 (0.56%) ADO
13 6 (0.48%) Node.js
14 5 (0.40%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
14 5 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.89%) Legacy Systems
2 39 (3.10%) Management Information System
3 37 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.07%) Product Ownership
5 24 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (1.91%) Public Cloud
6 16 (1.27%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.11%) FMCG
8 14 (1.11%) Onboarding
9 12 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.95%) IoT
10 10 (0.80%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (0.72%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.64%) Life Science
13 7 (0.56%) LIMS
13 7 (0.56%) SCADA
13 7 (0.56%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.19%) Windows
2 6 (0.48%) Linux
3 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 1 (0.080%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (24.66%) Migration
2 243 (19.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 219 (17.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 212 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
5 187 (14.88%) Data Migration
6 185 (14.72%) Agile
7 150 (11.93%) Project Management
8 147 (11.69%) User Acceptance Testing
9 142 (11.30%) Change Management
10 122 (9.71%) CRM
10 122 (9.71%) Validation
11 111 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 103 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
13 97 (7.72%) Roadmaps
14 92 (7.32%) Project Delivery
15 85 (6.76%) DevOps
16 83 (6.60%) Workshop Facilitation
17 80 (6.36%) Analytics
18 76 (6.05%) Data Modelling
19 72 (5.73%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 122 (9.71%) SQL
2 38 (3.02%) PL/SQL
3 31 (2.47%) Python
4 26 (2.07%) C#
5 18 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.19%) Java
7 7 (0.56%) Groovy
8 6 (0.48%) ABAP
8 6 (0.48%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.48%) X++
9 5 (0.40%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.40%) VBA
10 4 (0.32%) C++
10 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.32%) Korn
10 4 (0.32%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.24%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 159 (12.65%) Security Cleared
2 125 (9.94%) Degree
3 119 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 64 (5.09%) CIMA
5 51 (4.06%) ACCA
6 37 (2.94%) PMP
7 29 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.67%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.19%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (0.88%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.80%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
14 8 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.56%) OCA
16 6 (0.48%) APMP
17 5 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 5 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.33%) Data Quality
2 60 (4.77%) QA
3 48 (3.82%) PMO
4 46 (3.66%) GDPR
5 25 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.11%) SLA
7 13 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.88%) IFRS
9 10 (0.80%) ITGC
9 10 (0.80%) NIST
10 9 (0.72%) GAAP
11 7 (0.56%) COBIT
11 7 (0.56%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.48%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.48%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.48%) NCSC
13 5 (0.40%) GxP
13 5 (0.40%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.32%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.080%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.40%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.40%) Terraform
2 3 (0.24%) Control-M
3 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.16%) MOM
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.080%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.080%) Kibana
4 1 (0.080%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (0.080%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 403 (32.06%) Oracle
2 356 (28.32%) SAP
3 195 (15.51%) Microsoft
4 81 (6.44%) Workday
5 51 (4.06%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.90%) Siemens
7 40 (3.18%) IFS
8 30 (2.39%) Databricks
9 28 (2.23%) Sage
9 28 (2.23%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.43%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.11%) Ariba
11 14 (1.11%) Informatica
12 9 (0.72%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.64%) Foundry
14 7 (0.56%) Adobe
15 6 (0.48%) Epicor
15 6 (0.48%) Google
16 5 (0.40%) Talend
17 4 (0.32%) IBM