ERP Contracts in England

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ERP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 102 123
Rank change year-on-year +3 +21 +6
Contract jobs citing ERP 655 810 1,087
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.69% 2.18% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.52% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 527 720
10th Percentile £357 £370 £363
25th Percentile £429 £447 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £671 £638 £650
90th Percentile £740 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 15
10th Percentile £44.58 £13.05 £39.55
25th Percentile £65.00 £16.63 £54.38
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -36.00% +296.83%
75th Percentile £75.00 £58.06 £70.63
90th Percentile - £69.22 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £71.25 £40.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +78.13% -36.00% +262.32%

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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in England

ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP in England.

Daily rate trend for ERP in England

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in England

ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP in England.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in England

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 -2 313 £550 -3.30% 384
South East +37 101 £550 +4.76% 211
Midlands -5 68 £500 +2.56% 179
North of England -17 61 £438 -12.50% 191
South West +38 50 £500 -4.76% 92
West Midlands -13 45 £500 +12.68% 90
East of England +27 38 £600 +14.29% 83
North West +2 31 £488 -2.35% 132
East Midlands +10 21 £475 -13.64% 79
Yorkshire -24 19 £400 -20.00% 41
North East +7 11 £450 - 19
ERP
UK

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (1.07%) NetWeaver
3 7 (1.07%) SAP EP
4 5 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.61%) CMS
5 4 (0.61%) Confluence
6 3 (0.46%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.15%) Drupal
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.92%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.46%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 81 (12.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (7.18%) Oracle ERP
3 40 (6.11%) SAP ERP
4 23 (3.51%) Oracle EBS
5 15 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (1.98%) NetSuite
6 13 (1.98%) Unit4 Business World
7 12 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (1.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 9 (1.37%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (1.07%) Infor LN
10 7 (1.07%) SAP CRM
11 6 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
11 6 (0.92%) SAP CO
11 6 (0.92%) SAP GRC
11 6 (0.92%) SAP GTS
12 5 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
12 5 (0.76%) SAP EWM
12 5 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 5 (0.76%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 77 (11.76%) Azure
2 62 (9.47%) OCI
3 54 (8.24%) Power Platform
4 48 (7.33%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (4.12%) SaaS
6 22 (3.36%) SuccessFactors
7 19 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (2.44%) PowerApps
9 15 (2.29%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.14%) AWS
10 14 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.22%) GCP
13 7 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.92%) Asana
15 5 (0.76%) Boomi
16 4 (0.61%) Entra ID
16 4 (0.61%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.46%) RFID
2 2 (0.31%) Intranet
3 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) Skype
3 1 (0.15%) SSL
3 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.41%) Power BI
2 33 (5.04%) Oracle Reports
3 23 (3.51%) Data Lake
4 13 (1.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 13 (1.98%) SAP HANA
5 9 (1.37%) Oracle Database
5 9 (1.37%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.76%) SAP BW
9 4 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.46%) Metadata
10 3 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.46%) Tableau
11 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.31%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.31%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (4.27%) JIRA
2 4 (0.61%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.61%) NeoLoad
2 4 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (0.61%) Postman
3 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.31%) JMeter
4 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.15%) ERwin
4 1 (0.15%) GCC
4 1 (0.15%) Hudson
4 1 (0.15%) LSMW
4 1 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.15%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
4 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 263 (40.15%) Finance
2 239 (36.49%) Social Skills
3 102 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (11.30%) Manufacturing
5 47 (7.18%) Retail
6 42 (6.41%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.97%) Legal
7 26 (3.97%) Local Government
8 24 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
9 21 (3.21%) Marketing
10 16 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.98%) Billing
11 13 (1.98%) Law
12 12 (1.83%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.68%) Automotive
13 11 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.22%) Back Office
14 8 (1.22%) German Language
14 8 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 93 (14.20%) Consultant
2 91 (13.89%) Analyst
3 88 (13.44%) Lead
4 69 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 68 (10.38%) Architect
6 53 (8.09%) Business Analyst
7 42 (6.41%) ERP Manager
8 39 (5.95%) Developer
9 36 (5.50%) Senior
10 32 (4.89%) Oracle Consultant
11 27 (4.12%) SAP Manager
11 27 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (3.66%) ERP Consultant
13 22 (3.36%) Functional Consultant
14 17 (2.60%) Programme Manager
14 17 (2.60%) SAP Architect
15 16 (2.44%) ERP Project Manager
15 16 (2.44%) Financial Analyst
16 15 (2.29%) SAP Consultant
16 15 (2.29%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (12.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (2.60%) Middleware
3 16 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
4 14 (2.14%) REST
4 14 (2.14%) Web Services
5 13 (1.98%) SOAP
6 12 (1.83%) PySpark
7 11 (1.68%) .NET
8 10 (1.53%) SAP PI
9 8 (1.22%) SAPUI5
10 7 (1.07%) RESTful
10 7 (1.07%) XML
11 6 (0.92%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.61%) BAPI
12 4 (0.61%) Kafka
13 3 (0.46%) .NET Framework
13 3 (0.46%) EDI
14 2 (0.31%) CSS
14 2 (0.31%) HTML
14 2 (0.31%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.34%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (1.98%) Life Science
6 11 (1.68%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.68%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 10 (1.53%) FMCG
7 10 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.22%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.92%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.76%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.46%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.46%) SCADA
12 2 (0.31%) IoT
12 2 (0.31%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.31%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) Unix
2 1 (0.15%) VMS
2 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (23.05%) Migration
2 133 (20.31%) Agile
3 119 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (18.17%) Project Management
4 114 (17.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 93 (14.20%) Data Migration
6 82 (12.52%) Change Management
7 68 (10.38%) CRM
8 65 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 62 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
10 57 (8.70%) Analytics
11 52 (7.94%) Data Management
12 46 (7.02%) Data Modelling
13 45 (6.87%) Validation
14 43 (6.56%) User Acceptance Testing
15 41 (6.26%) Decision-Making
16 39 (5.95%) Project Delivery
17 38 (5.80%) Process Improvement
18 37 (5.65%) Risk Management
19 35 (5.34%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 79 (12.06%) SQL
2 26 (3.97%) PL/SQL
3 16 (2.44%) ABAP
4 10 (1.53%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.37%) Java
5 9 (1.37%) Python
6 7 (1.07%) C#
7 4 (0.61%) VBA
8 3 (0.46%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.31%) COBOL
9 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.31%) X++
10 1 (0.15%) C
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) RPG
Qualifications
1 75 (11.45%) Degree
2 54 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 39 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.66%) PMP
5 20 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.44%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.22%) ACCA
9 8 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.92%) CIMA
12 5 (0.76%) CISSP
13 4 (0.61%) CBAP
13 4 (0.61%) CISA
13 4 (0.61%) CISM
14 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.46%) CIPFA
14 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.31%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.21%) PMO
2 21 (3.21%) QA
3 19 (2.90%) GDPR
4 17 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.22%) GRC
7 4 (0.61%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.31%) GxP
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS
9 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.31%) ITGC
9 2 (0.31%) NIST
9 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.31%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (0.92%) MOM
2 3 (0.46%) Data Guard
2 3 (0.46%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.31%) Nagios
3 2 (0.31%) SCCM
4 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 215 (32.82%) SAP
2 192 (29.31%) Oracle
3 116 (17.71%) Microsoft
4 37 (5.65%) Salesforce
5 32 (4.89%) Ariba
6 30 (4.58%) Workday
7 22 (3.36%) IFS
8 10 (1.53%) Siemens
9 9 (1.37%) Rockwell
10 8 (1.22%) Adobe
10 8 (1.22%) Infor
11 7 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.92%) Informatica
13 5 (0.76%) Concur
13 5 (0.76%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.61%) IBM
14 4 (0.61%) ReadSoft
15 3 (0.46%) Atlassian
15 3 (0.46%) Dell
15 3 (0.46%) Kofax