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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 98 99
Rank change year-on-year +37 +1 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,494 653 822
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 2.69% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 2.94% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 420 534
10th Percentile £358 £358 £366
25th Percentile £463 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £645 £651 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -2.33% -1.38% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 20 28
10th Percentile £17.69 £47.29 £13.05
25th Percentile £29.33 £65.00 £16.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -38.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.50
90th Percentile £67.53 - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -38.15%

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 34,368 22,176 31,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,897 14,509 20,833
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -2.69% -1.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 935 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.45 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.48% -21.23% +0.29%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +40 643 £550 - 190
South East +14 235 £550 - 136
North of England +31 203 £525 +16.67% 129
Midlands +7 160 £525 +5.00% 110
South West +20 122 £525 +5.00% 45
North West +34 111 £500 +2.25% 63
East of England +14 98 £575 -2.13% 50
West Midlands -14 97 £533 +6.50% 56
Yorkshire +4 80 £593 +48.13% 51
East Midlands +5 60 £515 +8.42% 52
North East -19 12 £500 +11.11% 16
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 18 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.00%) Confluence
2 15 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.40%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.27%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (0.27%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.20%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.067%) Documentum
8 1 (0.067%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 65 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.07%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 204 (13.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 112 (7.50%) Oracle ERP
3 47 (3.15%) Oracle EBS
3 47 (3.15%) SAP ERP
4 39 (2.61%) NetSuite
5 37 (2.48%) Oracle Payables
6 32 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
7 31 (2.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 27 (1.81%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (1.07%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 16 (1.07%) Shopify
10 14 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
10 14 (0.94%) Workday HCM
11 13 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
11 13 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
11 13 (0.87%) Unit4 Business World
12 12 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
13 11 (0.74%) Teamcenter
14 10 (0.67%) Oracle 11i
15 8 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 184 (12.32%) Azure
2 168 (11.24%) Dynamics 365
3 136 (9.10%) Power Platform
4 118 (7.90%) OCI
5 88 (5.89%) SaaS
6 54 (3.61%) AWS
7 43 (2.88%) PaaS
8 39 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 22 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
11 20 (1.34%) Boomi
12 19 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (1.20%) GCP
14 17 (1.14%) IaaS
15 16 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 12 (0.80%) GitHub
17 12 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.27%) FTP
2 3 (0.20%) Firewall
2 3 (0.20%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
4 1 (0.067%) 5G
4 1 (0.067%) DHCP
4 1 (0.067%) DMZ
4 1 (0.067%) DNS
4 1 (0.067%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.067%) HTTP
4 1 (0.067%) Modbus
4 1 (0.067%) MQTT
4 1 (0.067%) RFID
4 1 (0.067%) SMS
4 1 (0.067%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.067%) VoIP
4 1 (0.067%) VPN
4 1 (0.067%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (6.83%) Power BI
2 54 (3.61%) Oracle Reports
3 44 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.54%) Oracle ODI
5 20 (1.34%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (1.14%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.07%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 13 (0.87%) Metadata
10 9 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.60%) Tableau
11 8 (0.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.54%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.40%) Star Schema
13 5 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.27%) GIS
14 4 (0.27%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.27%) Power Query
14 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 82 (5.49%) JIRA
2 25 (1.67%) Postman
3 22 (1.47%) Git
4 16 (1.07%) Hudson
5 8 (0.54%) SoapUI
5 8 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.47%) Selenium
7 6 (0.40%) GitLab
8 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.13%) Gradle
12 1 (0.067%) ERwin
12 1 (0.067%) JMeter
12 1 (0.067%) PowerDesigner
12 1 (0.067%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.067%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 764 (51.14%) Finance
2 404 (27.04%) Social Skills
3 213 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (8.90%) Manufacturing
5 110 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 77 (5.15%) Retail
7 50 (3.35%) Local Government
8 46 (3.08%) Law
8 46 (3.08%) Legal
9 41 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
10 40 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (2.61%) General Ledger
12 34 (2.28%) Banking
13 28 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
15 25 (1.67%) Billing
16 21 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.34%) Military
18 18 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (1.07%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 248 (16.60%) Lead
2 217 (14.52%) Architect
3 188 (12.58%) Consultant
4 177 (11.85%) Analyst
5 157 (10.51%) Project Manager
6 139 (9.30%) Senior
7 101 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
8 86 (5.76%) Business Analyst
9 76 (5.09%) Developer
10 66 (4.42%) ERP Manager
11 55 (3.68%) Accountant
12 50 (3.35%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (3.08%) Senior Manager
14 42 (2.81%) Financial Analyst
15 41 (2.74%) SAP Manager
16 39 (2.61%) SAP Consultant
16 39 (2.61%) Systems Accountant
17 36 (2.41%) Transformation Manager
18 35 (2.34%) Data Analyst
18 35 (2.34%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (12.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (5.82%) REST
3 64 (4.28%) Middleware
4 51 (3.41%) SOAP
5 42 (2.81%) JSON
6 39 (2.61%) XML
7 30 (2.01%) Web Services
8 19 (1.27%) OAuth
9 18 (1.20%) XSLT
10 14 (0.94%) .NET
11 13 (0.87%) JWT
12 12 (0.80%) EDI
12 12 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (0.80%) Node.js
13 11 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.67%) PySpark
15 9 (0.60%) HTML
16 8 (0.54%) RESTful
17 7 (0.47%) Kafka
18 6 (0.40%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 54 (3.61%) Data Structures
3 41 (2.74%) Management Information System
4 36 (2.41%) Public Cloud
5 35 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 24 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.47%) FMCG
8 21 (1.41%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.87%) AI Agents
12 13 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.67%) IoT
15 9 (0.60%) SCADA
15 9 (0.60%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.14%) Windows
2 5 (0.33%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
3 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (27.31%) Migration
2 313 (20.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 258 (17.27%) Data Migration
4 253 (16.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 217 (14.52%) Agile
5 217 (14.52%) User Acceptance Testing
6 209 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
7 178 (11.91%) Project Management
8 177 (11.85%) Change Management
9 168 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 164 (10.98%) Validation
11 143 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
12 126 (8.43%) CRM
13 125 (8.37%) Data Modelling
14 113 (7.56%) Procure-to-Pay
15 109 (7.30%) Roadmaps
16 104 (6.96%) Project Delivery
17 100 (6.69%) Analytics
18 95 (6.36%) DevOps
19 90 (6.02%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 126 (8.43%) SQL
2 41 (2.74%) Python
3 34 (2.28%) PL/SQL
4 27 (1.81%) C#
4 27 (1.81%) Java
5 21 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 13 (0.87%) Apex Code
7 11 (0.74%) X++
8 10 (0.67%) Ruby
9 9 (0.60%) ABAP
9 9 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.33%) VBA
13 3 (0.20%) C++
13 3 (0.20%) Korn
13 3 (0.20%) Perl
13 3 (0.20%) SOQL
13 3 (0.20%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 173 (11.58%) Security Cleared
2 129 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 106 (7.10%) Degree
4 79 (5.29%) CIMA
5 70 (4.69%) ACCA
6 44 (2.95%) PMP
7 33 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.87%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (0.54%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.47%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.40%) APMP
14 5 (0.33%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.27%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.49%) Data Quality
2 66 (4.42%) GDPR
3 54 (3.61%) QA
4 47 (3.15%) PMO
5 15 (1.00%) SLA
6 14 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.80%) IFRS
8 10 (0.67%) GAAP
9 8 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.33%) NCSC
11 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.20%) GMP
12 3 (0.20%) GxP
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (0.33%) Docker
2 4 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.40%) Terraform
3 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
4 3 (0.20%) Kibana
4 3 (0.20%) MOM
4 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) Grafana
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 448 (29.99%) SAP
2 423 (28.31%) Oracle
3 241 (16.13%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.49%) Workday
5 63 (4.22%) IFS
6 60 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 54 (3.61%) Siemens
8 38 (2.54%) ServiceNow
9 35 (2.34%) Databricks
10 28 (1.87%) Sage
11 25 (1.67%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.54%) Ariba
13 14 (0.94%) Informatica
14 12 (0.80%) Infor
15 9 (0.60%) Google
16 8 (0.54%) Foundry
17 7 (0.47%) JD Edwards
17 7 (0.47%) Talend
18 6 (0.40%) Epicor
18 6 (0.40%) IBM