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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 77 92
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,612 870 802
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.48% 3.13% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 3.44% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 528 452
10th Percentile £375 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £456 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £647 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £530
% change year-on-year +2.33% +1.42% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 39 33
10th Percentile £14.06 £6.00 £18.30
25th Percentile £17.12 £9.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £16.92 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +44.80% -52.15% -44.31%
75th Percentile £39.41 £63.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £76.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.72 £17.60 £47.50
% change year-on-year +40.49% -62.96% -24.60%

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 39,332 25,280 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.86% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,139 16,057 17,805
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,708 1,495 1,348
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.36 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.88 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +1 654 £590 +7.27% 642
North of England +58 273 £525 +5.00% 235
South East -2 261 £525 +1.94% 290
Midlands +24 219 £525 -4.55% 225
North West +36 152 £525 +5.00% 114
West Midlands +14 122 £525 - 126
Yorkshire +33 100 £500 +10.50% 84
East Midlands +21 88 £525 -12.50% 99
South West -32 84 £525 -12.50% 87
East of England -3 83 £509 -9.91% 129
North East -27 21 £500 +11.11% 43
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 34 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
3 15 (0.93%) Confluence
4 6 (0.37%) CMS
4 6 (0.37%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.31%) SAS
6 4 (0.25%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.062%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.062%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.062%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.062%) Mendix
Applications
1 96 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.31%) Windchill
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.062%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 212 (13.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 138 (8.56%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (3.78%) NetSuite
3 61 (3.78%) Oracle Payables
4 53 (3.29%) SAP ERP
5 45 (2.79%) Oracle Receivables
6 32 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
7 29 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 27 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 27 (1.67%) Oracle General Ledger
9 20 (1.24%) Oracle Financials
10 15 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
10 15 (0.93%) Unit4 Business World
11 14 (0.87%) SAP MDG
12 13 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
12 13 (0.81%) Workday HCM
13 12 (0.74%) SAP MM
14 10 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
14 10 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
15 8 (0.50%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 175 (10.86%) Power Platform
2 155 (9.62%) Azure
3 151 (9.37%) Dynamics 365
4 110 (6.82%) SaaS
5 95 (5.89%) OCI
6 65 (4.03%) AWS
7 50 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (1.99%) GCP
9 31 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
12 26 (1.61%) PaaS
13 25 (1.55%) PowerApps
14 20 (1.24%) GitHub
14 20 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.05%) Boomi
16 14 (0.87%) Entra ID
17 13 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 13 (0.81%) Serverless
17 13 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.43%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
2 4 (0.25%) SSL
3 2 (0.12%) 5G
3 2 (0.12%) DMZ
3 2 (0.12%) Firewall
3 2 (0.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.12%) SMS
4 1 (0.062%) Intranet
4 1 (0.062%) LAN
4 1 (0.062%) MQTT
4 1 (0.062%) RFID
4 1 (0.062%) SMTP
4 1 (0.062%) WAN
4 1 (0.062%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (8.19%) Power BI
2 54 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
4 24 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 22 (1.36%) Tableau
6 21 (1.30%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.18%) Oracle ODI
8 18 (1.12%) Metadata
9 13 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
10 10 (0.62%) Power Query
11 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.43%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
12 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.31%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 77 (4.78%) JIRA
2 20 (1.24%) Git
3 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.68%) Hudson
5 7 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.25%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.19%) LSMW
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.12%) Flyway
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) Selenium
9 2 (0.12%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.062%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.062%) ERwin
10 1 (0.062%) GitLab
10 1 (0.062%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.062%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.062%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.062%) SoapUI
General
1 833 (51.67%) Finance
2 444 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 221 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (11.10%) Manufacturing
5 143 (8.87%) Public Sector
6 98 (6.08%) Retail
7 64 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (3.91%) General Ledger
9 51 (3.16%) Billing
9 51 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 45 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.73%) Banking
12 41 (2.54%) Law
13 34 (2.11%) Local Government
14 33 (2.05%) Legal
15 31 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (1.36%) Aerospace
18 21 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
19 20 (1.24%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 310 (19.23%) Lead
2 262 (16.25%) Architect
3 228 (14.14%) Analyst
4 160 (9.93%) Consultant
5 125 (7.75%) Senior
6 121 (7.51%) Solutions Architect
7 114 (7.07%) Project Manager
8 98 (6.08%) Business Analyst
9 83 (5.15%) Developer
10 56 (3.47%) Oracle Consultant
11 54 (3.35%) ERP Manager
12 46 (2.85%) Accountant
13 45 (2.79%) Data Analyst
14 44 (2.73%) Functional Consultant
15 43 (2.67%) Financial Analyst
16 41 (2.54%) Administrator
17 38 (2.36%) Lead Architect
18 36 (2.23%) Programme Manager
19 35 (2.17%) ERP Architect
19 35 (2.17%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (10.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (5.40%) REST
3 77 (4.78%) Middleware
4 52 (3.23%) SOAP
5 29 (1.80%) JSON
6 28 (1.74%) XML
7 23 (1.43%) .NET
8 22 (1.36%) Web Services
9 16 (0.99%) OAuth
10 15 (0.93%) EDI
11 14 (0.87%) OAuth2
11 14 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
12 13 (0.81%) Terraform
13 12 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (0.68%) CSS
14 11 (0.68%) HTML
15 10 (0.62%) RESTful
15 10 (0.62%) XSLT
16 9 (0.56%) Ajax
17 8 (0.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
2 59 (3.66%) Data Structures
3 55 (3.41%) Management Information System
4 47 (2.92%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.11%) FMCG
8 27 (1.67%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.55%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.18%) Life Science
11 18 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.93%) Operational Technology
15 14 (0.87%) Low-Code
16 12 (0.74%) CMDB
17 11 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
18 10 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
18 10 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.12%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.12%) Android
5 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.062%) AIX
6 1 (0.062%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.062%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (29.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 431 (26.74%) Migration
3 321 (19.91%) Data Migration
4 265 (16.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 247 (15.32%) User Acceptance Testing
6 235 (14.58%) Agile
7 232 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
8 231 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 178 (11.04%) Validation
10 173 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
11 169 (10.48%) Change Management
11 169 (10.48%) Process Improvement
12 165 (10.24%) CRM
13 158 (9.80%) Roadmaps
14 152 (9.43%) Analytics
15 144 (8.93%) Data Modelling
16 126 (7.82%) Translating Business Requirements
17 125 (7.75%) Project Delivery
18 116 (7.20%) Workshop Facilitation
19 115 (7.13%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 146 (9.06%) SQL
2 55 (3.41%) Python
3 30 (1.86%) JavaScript
4 27 (1.67%) Java
5 25 (1.55%) PL/SQL
6 22 (1.36%) C#
7 18 (1.12%) X++
8 15 (0.93%) ABAP
9 14 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (0.87%) Ruby
10 13 (0.81%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.56%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.43%) Groovy
12 7 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.25%) PHP
13 4 (0.25%) VBA
14 3 (0.19%) C++
14 3 (0.19%) Rust
14 3 (0.19%) SOQL
14 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 219 (13.59%) Security Cleared
2 161 (9.99%) SC Cleared
3 104 (6.45%) Degree
4 65 (4.03%) ACCA
5 59 (3.66%) CIMA
6 52 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.30%) PMP
8 34 (2.11%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.43%) CISM
14 7 (0.43%) CISSP
15 6 (0.37%) APMG
15 6 (0.37%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.37%) IIBA
16 5 (0.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 58 (3.60%) GDPR
3 49 (3.04%) PMO
4 44 (2.73%) QA
5 24 (1.49%) IFRS
6 18 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.05%) GRC
8 16 (0.99%) GAAP
9 8 (0.50%) NCSC
9 8 (0.50%) SLA
10 7 (0.43%) GMP
11 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.31%) P3O
11 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 3 (0.19%) NIST
13 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.43%) Docker
3 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.12%) IAG
5 1 (0.062%) Firmware
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (0.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.31%) Grafana
2 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
2 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
3 4 (0.25%) Kibana
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.12%) SCCM
6 1 (0.062%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.062%) MOM
Vendors
1 506 (31.39%) SAP
2 452 (28.04%) Oracle
3 304 (18.86%) Microsoft
4 77 (4.78%) Salesforce
5 67 (4.16%) ServiceNow
6 64 (3.97%) Workday
7 49 (3.04%) IFS
8 28 (1.74%) Sage
9 25 (1.55%) Ariba
10 21 (1.30%) Databricks
11 20 (1.24%) Google
11 20 (1.24%) JD Edwards
12 17 (1.05%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.05%) SYSPRO
13 15 (0.93%) Concur
13 15 (0.93%) Infor
14 13 (0.81%) Siemens
15 10 (0.62%) Adobe
15 10 (0.62%) Epicor
16 8 (0.50%) IBM