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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 92 100
Rank change year-on-year +27 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,644 759 803
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.65% 2.77% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 3.05% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 465 484
10th Percentile £374 £325 £363
25th Percentile £468 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.42% -3.64%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £533
% change year-on-year +2.86% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 45 38
10th Percentile £17.74 £6.00 £24.20
25th Percentile £25.42 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £39.28 £21.30 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +84.40% -53.95% -28.49%
75th Percentile £58.75 £71.25 £67.91
90th Percentile £60.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.21 £50.00
% change year-on-year +52.61% -47.58% -22.69%

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 38,425 24,898 29,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 90.75% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,067 15,953 19,300
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £424 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,400 1,362 1,833
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.21 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.46 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 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 28 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 28 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 +19 690 £600 +9.09% 240
South East +2 262 £525 +1.94% 149
North of England +54 248 £500 +5.26% 148
Midlands +41 202 £525 - 165
North West +37 145 £525 +7.53% 72
West Midlands +16 119 £544 +3.57% 99
South West +13 117 £538 -13.31% 48
East of England +12 94 £575 - 46
Yorkshire +19 83 £454 +12.04% 60
East Midlands +25 75 £525 -12.50% 66
North East -26 20 £500 -6.98% 17
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 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.91%) Confluence
2 15 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (0.30%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.18%) Apache
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.18%) SAP EP
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.061%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.061%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.061%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 75 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Windchill
9 1 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.061%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 219 (13.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 139 (8.45%) Oracle ERP
3 58 (3.53%) NetSuite
4 51 (3.10%) SAP ERP
5 50 (3.04%) Oracle Payables
6 39 (2.37%) Oracle Receivables
7 38 (2.31%) Oracle EBS
8 30 (1.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 23 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
10 22 (1.34%) Oracle Financials
11 21 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
12 14 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
12 14 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
13 13 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
14 11 (0.67%) SAP MDG
15 10 (0.61%) Oracle 11i
15 10 (0.61%) Workday HCM
16 8 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
16 8 (0.49%) iTrent
16 8 (0.49%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 192 (11.68%) Azure
2 177 (10.77%) Power Platform
3 158 (9.61%) Dynamics 365
4 110 (6.69%) OCI
5 107 (6.51%) SaaS
6 58 (3.53%) AWS
7 47 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.01%) PaaS
9 27 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 27 (1.64%) PowerApps
9 27 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
10 23 (1.40%) Boomi
10 23 (1.40%) GCP
10 23 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (1.34%) GitHub
12 18 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (0.85%) iPaaS
13 14 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (0.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.43%) Network Security
2 4 (0.24%) Firewall
2 4 (0.24%) FTP
2 4 (0.24%) SSL
3 2 (0.12%) 5G
3 2 (0.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.12%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) LAN
3 2 (0.12%) RFID
3 2 (0.12%) WAN
4 1 (0.061%) DHCP
4 1 (0.061%) DMZ
4 1 (0.061%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.061%) Modbus
4 1 (0.061%) MQTT
4 1 (0.061%) SMS
4 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.061%) VoIP
4 1 (0.061%) VPN
4 1 (0.061%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (8.09%) Power BI
2 67 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (2.74%) Oracle Reports
4 27 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 26 (1.58%) Oracle ODI
6 25 (1.52%) Data Lake
7 23 (1.40%) Tableau
8 22 (1.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 17 (1.03%) Metadata
10 15 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 12 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.43%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.36%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.36%) Power Query
14 6 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
14 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 63 (3.83%) JIRA
2 25 (1.52%) Git
3 16 (0.97%) Hudson
4 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.36%) Postman
5 6 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.18%) LSMW
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.18%) Selenium
7 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.061%) ERwin
9 1 (0.061%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.061%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 854 (51.95%) Finance
2 396 (24.09%) Social Skills
3 219 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (10.04%) Manufacturing
5 146 (8.88%) Public Sector
6 101 (6.14%) Retail
7 56 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
8 54 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (3.16%) General Ledger
10 51 (3.10%) Local Government
11 46 (2.80%) Law
12 42 (2.55%) Billing
13 38 (2.31%) Legal
14 35 (2.13%) Banking
14 35 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 33 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.09%) Marketing
19 17 (1.03%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 316 (19.22%) Lead
2 268 (16.30%) Architect
3 208 (12.65%) Analyst
4 183 (11.13%) Consultant
5 142 (8.64%) Senior
6 135 (8.21%) Project Manager
7 134 (8.15%) Solutions Architect
8 95 (5.78%) Developer
9 89 (5.41%) Business Analyst
10 65 (3.95%) ERP Manager
11 52 (3.16%) Accountant
12 46 (2.80%) Financial Analyst
13 41 (2.49%) Lead Architect
13 41 (2.49%) Senior Manager
14 39 (2.37%) Data Analyst
14 39 (2.37%) Oracle Consultant
15 38 (2.31%) ERP Project Manager
15 38 (2.31%) Finance Manager
16 37 (2.25%) SAP Manager
16 37 (2.25%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (10.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 88 (5.35%) REST
3 78 (4.74%) Middleware
4 46 (2.80%) SOAP
5 35 (2.13%) JSON
6 27 (1.64%) XML
7 25 (1.52%) Web Services
8 21 (1.28%) .NET
9 16 (0.97%) OAuth
10 15 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (0.85%) EDI
12 13 (0.79%) Node.js
13 12 (0.73%) HTML
14 11 (0.67%) CSS
14 11 (0.67%) XSLT
15 10 (0.61%) OAuth2
15 10 (0.61%) RESTful
15 10 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
16 9 (0.55%) Ajax
16 9 (0.55%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
2 69 (4.20%) Data Structures
3 50 (3.04%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 31 (1.89%) Public Cloud
7 30 (1.82%) FMCG
8 25 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 24 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.73%) AI Agents
13 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.73%) IoT
14 11 (0.67%) Life Science
14 11 (0.67%) Operational Technology
14 11 (0.67%) Taxonomies
14 11 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.16%) Windows
2 5 (0.30%) Linux
3 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.12%) Android
4 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.061%) AIX
5 1 (0.061%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.061%) Unix
5 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (28.10%) Migration
2 409 (24.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 332 (20.19%) Data Migration
4 283 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 247 (15.02%) User Acceptance Testing
6 219 (13.32%) Agile
7 215 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 209 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
9 188 (11.44%) Change Management
10 184 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
11 181 (11.01%) Validation
12 156 (9.49%) Analytics
13 155 (9.43%) Data Modelling
14 146 (8.88%) CRM
15 145 (8.82%) Project Management
16 142 (8.64%) Roadmaps
17 125 (7.60%) Process Improvement
18 120 (7.30%) Project Delivery
19 116 (7.06%) Translating Business Requirements
20 110 (6.69%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 156 (9.49%) SQL
2 59 (3.59%) Python
3 31 (1.89%) JavaScript
3 31 (1.89%) PL/SQL
4 25 (1.52%) Java
5 23 (1.40%) C#
6 18 (1.09%) X++
7 16 (0.97%) Apex Code
8 15 (0.91%) Ruby
9 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.73%) ABAP
11 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.43%) Groovy
12 7 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.30%) VBA
14 4 (0.24%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.18%) Korn
15 3 (0.18%) SOQL
15 3 (0.18%) SOSL
16 2 (0.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (11.44%) Security Cleared
2 131 (7.97%) SC Cleared
3 98 (5.96%) Degree
4 65 (3.95%) ACCA
4 65 (3.95%) CIMA
5 47 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 36 (2.19%) PMP
7 30 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
12 7 (0.43%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.30%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.24%) APMG
14 4 (0.24%) CISM
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.39%) Data Quality
2 71 (4.32%) GDPR
3 52 (3.16%) PMO
4 44 (2.68%) QA
5 26 (1.58%) IFRS
6 21 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.09%) GAAP
8 13 (0.79%) SLA
9 11 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.49%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.49%) GRC
10 8 (0.49%) NCSC
11 7 (0.43%) GMP
12 6 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.24%) P3O
14 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.061%) Firmware
3 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (0.85%) Terraform
2 10 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.30%) Grafana
4 5 (0.30%) Kibana
4 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.18%) MOM
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) SCCM
8 1 (0.061%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.061%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 485 (29.50%) SAP
2 462 (28.10%) Oracle
3 287 (17.46%) Microsoft
4 72 (4.38%) Workday
5 69 (4.20%) Salesforce
6 68 (4.14%) IFS
7 54 (3.28%) ServiceNow
8 39 (2.37%) Siemens
9 36 (2.19%) Databricks
9 36 (2.19%) Sage
10 28 (1.70%) MuleSoft
11 25 (1.52%) Ariba
12 16 (0.97%) Infor
13 15 (0.91%) Concur
14 14 (0.85%) JD Edwards
15 13 (0.79%) Google
16 12 (0.73%) Epicor
17 11 (0.67%) SYSPRO
18 10 (0.61%) Informatica
19 8 (0.49%) Baan