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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 85 102
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 +12
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,098 805 838
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.46% 2.80% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 3.16% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 463 531
10th Percentile £360 £359 £375
25th Percentile £461 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £538 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +0.47% -2.73% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 19 31
10th Percentile £6.00 £15.50 £38.39
25th Percentile £14.75 £16.59 £59.02
Median hourly rate £21.65 £56.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.68% -33.53% +229.33%
75th Percentile £44.94 £74.38 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.82 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £22.25 £56.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -60.62% -33.53% +172.87%

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 28,083 25,497 32,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.56% 88.71% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,857 15,730 22,001
10th Percentile £300 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,811 841 1,406
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +22.56%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.45 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

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 25 December 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 25 December 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 25 December 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 +27 484 £575 +4.55% 259
South East +24 167 £515 +3.00% 348
North of England -24 135 £525 +5.00% 285
Midlands -30 118 £525 -1.18% 228
South West +6 94 £538 +7.50% 133
North West +9 92 £506 +0.75% 136
West Midlands -33 75 £575 +9.52% 130
East of England +7 74 £541 +8.25% 172
East Midlands -14 43 £525 -12.50% 83
Yorkshire -40 40 £590 +38.82% 128
North East -17 3 £500 - 24
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 26 (2.37%) Confluence
2 20 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.46%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.36%) CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Documentum
6 4 (0.36%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.18%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.18%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.091%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.091%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.091%) Camunda
9 1 (0.091%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.091%) SAS
Applications
1 65 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.46%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) InVision
7 2 (0.18%) Sketch
7 2 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.091%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.091%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.091%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.091%) Notion
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 141 (12.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 88 (8.01%) Oracle ERP
3 52 (4.74%) SAP ERP
4 43 (3.92%) Oracle EBS
5 41 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
6 32 (2.91%) NetSuite
7 31 (2.82%) Oracle Payables
8 25 (2.28%) Oracle Receivables
9 22 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
10 17 (1.55%) SAP EWM
11 16 (1.46%) Oracle Cash Management
12 15 (1.37%) Oracle Assets
12 15 (1.37%) Shopify
13 14 (1.28%) Oracle SCM
13 14 (1.28%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (1.18%) SAP WM
15 12 (1.09%) Workday HCM
16 10 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
17 9 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
17 9 (0.82%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 134 (12.20%) Azure
2 132 (12.02%) OCI
3 111 (10.11%) Dynamics 365
4 92 (8.38%) Power Platform
5 78 (7.10%) SaaS
6 34 (3.10%) PaaS
7 30 (2.73%) AWS
8 23 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
11 17 (1.55%) Lucidchart
11 17 (1.55%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.28%) Boomi
14 13 (1.18%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.18%) GCP
14 13 (1.18%) Tricentis Tosca
15 10 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.091%) Internet
1 1 (0.091%) LAN
1 1 (0.091%) Network Security
1 1 (0.091%) SAN
1 1 (0.091%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.47%) Power BI
2 51 (4.64%) Oracle Reports
3 30 (2.73%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.37%) Oracle Database
5 25 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.46%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 14 (1.28%) SAP HANA
8 10 (0.91%) Power Query
9 9 (0.82%) Tableau
10 8 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.64%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.64%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.55%) Oracle ODI
13 5 (0.46%) Oracle BI EE
13 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.36%) GIS
15 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 11g
15 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 61 (5.56%) JIRA
2 22 (2.00%) Postman
3 11 (1.00%) GitLab
4 8 (0.73%) Git
4 8 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.36%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.27%) Hudson
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.27%) Selenium
6 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.27%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.18%) TestRail
8 1 (0.091%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.091%) Gradle
8 1 (0.091%) MLflow
8 1 (0.091%) QADirector
General
1 524 (47.72%) Finance
2 394 (35.88%) Social Skills
3 133 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (11.75%) Public Sector
5 108 (9.84%) Manufacturing
6 48 (4.37%) Retail
7 43 (3.92%) Local Government
8 38 (3.46%) Legal
9 37 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
10 35 (3.19%) General Ledger
11 33 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.64%) Banking
14 28 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (2.28%) Billing
16 24 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
17 20 (1.82%) Marketing
18 16 (1.46%) Aerospace
19 14 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 13 (1.18%) Law
Job Titles
1 137 (12.48%) Consultant
2 130 (11.84%) Lead
3 126 (11.48%) Analyst
4 114 (10.38%) Architect
5 110 (10.02%) Project Manager
6 73 (6.65%) Senior
7 60 (5.46%) Business Analyst
8 55 (5.01%) Developer
9 51 (4.64%) Solutions Architect
10 41 (3.73%) SAP Manager
11 40 (3.64%) ERP Manager
12 37 (3.37%) SAP Consultant
13 31 (2.82%) Oracle Consultant
14 29 (2.64%) Functional Consultant
15 26 (2.37%) Programme Manager
16 24 (2.19%) ERP Support
17 23 (2.09%) ERP Analyst
17 23 (2.09%) ERP Project Manager
18 22 (2.00%) Oracle Specialist
18 22 (2.00%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (15.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 64 (5.83%) REST
3 44 (4.01%) SOAP
4 37 (3.37%) JSON
5 36 (3.28%) Web Services
5 36 (3.28%) XML
6 35 (3.19%) Middleware
7 20 (1.82%) OAuth
7 20 (1.82%) XSLT
8 15 (1.37%) .NET
9 11 (1.00%) EDI
10 10 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (0.82%) JWT
12 7 (0.64%) HTML
13 6 (0.55%) ADO
14 4 (0.36%) BAPI
14 4 (0.36%) CSS
14 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.36%) SAP Basis
15 3 (0.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.10%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (3.46%) Management Information System
3 32 (2.91%) Data Structures
4 30 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 20 (1.82%) Public Cloud
6 18 (1.64%) Life Science
7 15 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.91%) AS400
12 9 (0.82%) Synthetic Data
12 9 (0.82%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.73%) FMCG
13 8 (0.73%) IoT
13 8 (0.73%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.64%) SCADA
15 6 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.46%) Unix
1 5 (0.46%) Windows
2 3 (0.27%) Linux
3 2 (0.18%) Android
3 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.091%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (19.76%) Migration
2 202 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (18.31%) Agile
4 192 (17.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 181 (16.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 136 (12.39%) Data Migration
7 124 (11.29%) CRM
8 114 (10.38%) Change Management
9 109 (9.93%) User Acceptance Testing
10 106 (9.65%) Project Management
11 101 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 95 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
12 95 (8.65%) Roadmaps
13 88 (8.01%) Project Delivery
14 79 (7.19%) Validation
15 75 (6.83%) DevOps
16 69 (6.28%) Workshop Facilitation
17 63 (5.74%) Analytics
18 59 (5.37%) Logistics
19 58 (5.28%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (13.02%) SQL
2 38 (3.46%) PL/SQL
3 21 (1.91%) Python
4 20 (1.82%) C#
5 17 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.46%) Java
7 10 (0.91%) VBA
8 7 (0.64%) ABAP
9 6 (0.55%) Groovy
9 6 (0.55%) X++
10 5 (0.46%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.27%) PHP
12 3 (0.27%) R
12 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.27%) XPath
13 2 (0.18%) C++
13 2 (0.18%) Korn
13 2 (0.18%) Perl
13 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (14.48%) Security Cleared
2 135 (12.30%) Degree
3 125 (11.38%) SC Cleared
4 29 (2.64%) CIMA
4 29 (2.64%) PMP
5 28 (2.55%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.46%) ACCA
7 21 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.73%) SAP Certification
10 14 (1.28%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.91%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.82%) OCA
15 8 (0.73%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.55%) APMP
17 5 (0.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 4 (0.36%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.37%) QA
2 45 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 39 (3.55%) PMO
4 35 (3.19%) GDPR
5 28 (2.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 12 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.00%) GxP
8 10 (0.91%) ITGC
8 10 (0.91%) NIST
9 8 (0.73%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.73%) IFRS
10 7 (0.64%) COBIT
10 7 (0.64%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.55%) SLA
12 5 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
13 4 (0.36%) APQC
13 4 (0.36%) GAAP
13 4 (0.36%) GMP
13 4 (0.36%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.36%) Docker
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.091%) Firmware
4 1 (0.091%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.64%) Terraform
2 4 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.18%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.091%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.091%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.091%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.091%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 407 (37.07%) Oracle
2 322 (29.33%) SAP
3 155 (14.12%) Microsoft
4 61 (5.56%) Workday
5 58 (5.28%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.73%) IFS
7 20 (1.82%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.37%) Databricks
9 11 (1.00%) Ariba
9 11 (1.00%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.82%) Sage
11 7 (0.64%) Adobe
11 7 (0.64%) Hyperion
12 5 (0.46%) Anaplan
13 4 (0.36%) Concur
13 4 (0.36%) Epicor
13 4 (0.36%) Google
13 4 (0.36%) Informatica
13 4 (0.36%) Murex
13 4 (0.36%) PeopleSoft