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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 85 103
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 +5
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,032 814 897
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.34% 2.67% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% 3.04% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 453 568
10th Percentile £350 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £558
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -4.93% +3.24%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £742
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 27 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.04 £53.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% -58.40% +251.89%
75th Percentile £30.00 £72.50 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.65 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -38.77% -58.40% +148.45%

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 27,644 26,739 33,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.47% 87.82% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,602 16,417 23,106
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,428
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +23 455 £575 +4.55% 204
South East +42 169 £515 +3.00% 256
North of England -32 116 £550 +12.82% 128
Midlands -24 112 £563 +7.14% 106
North West +9 88 £513 +2.50% 74
South West -4 84 £575 +11.45% 49
West Midlands -32 71 £575 +9.52% 76
East of England +18 70 £529 +9.59% 48
East Midlands -12 41 £525 -12.50% 29
Yorkshire -48 25 £570 +34.12% 48
North East -13 3 £500 +5.26% 7
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 24 (2.33%) Confluence
2 18 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.36%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.48%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.39%) CMS
6 4 (0.39%) Documentum
6 4 (0.39%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.19%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.19%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.097%) Apache
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.097%) Camunda
9 1 (0.097%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.097%) SAS
Applications
1 53 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.48%) Trello
6 2 (0.19%) InVision
6 2 (0.19%) Sketch
6 2 (0.19%) Windchill
7 1 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.097%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.097%) Notion
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 133 (12.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 76 (7.36%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (4.94%) SAP ERP
4 39 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 39 (3.78%) Oracle EBS
5 30 (2.91%) NetSuite
5 30 (2.91%) Oracle Payables
6 20 (1.94%) Oracle General Ledger
6 20 (1.94%) Oracle Receivables
7 17 (1.65%) SAP EWM
8 15 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
8 15 (1.45%) Unit4 Business World
9 14 (1.36%) Oracle Cash Management
9 14 (1.36%) Oracle SCM
10 13 (1.26%) SAP WM
11 11 (1.07%) Oracle EBS R12
11 11 (1.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 9 (0.87%) Primavera
13 8 (0.78%) Workday HCM
14 7 (0.68%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 134 (12.98%) Azure
2 110 (10.66%) OCI
3 96 (9.30%) Dynamics 365
4 91 (8.82%) SaaS
5 86 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 29 (2.81%) AWS
7 27 (2.62%) PaaS
8 20 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.74%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
11 15 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.26%) Boomi
12 13 (1.26%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.26%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.16%) GCP
13 12 (1.16%) Tricentis Tosca
14 10 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.097%) Internet
1 1 (0.097%) LAN
1 1 (0.097%) Network Security
1 1 (0.097%) SAN
1 1 (0.097%) VPN
1 1 (0.097%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.69%) Power BI
2 50 (4.84%) Oracle Reports
3 31 (3.00%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.33%) Oracle Database
5 23 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.65%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.65%) SAP HANA
7 14 (1.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.97%) Power Query
9 9 (0.87%) Tableau
10 7 (0.68%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.58%) GIS
11 6 (0.58%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
13 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
14 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 46 (4.46%) JIRA
2 11 (1.07%) Postman
3 10 (0.97%) GitLab
4 8 (0.78%) Git
5 6 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.29%) Hudson
6 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.19%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.097%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.097%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.097%) MLflow
8 1 (0.097%) QADirector
8 1 (0.097%) Selenium
8 1 (0.097%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.097%) TestRail
General
1 505 (48.93%) Finance
2 352 (34.11%) Social Skills
3 133 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (11.34%) Manufacturing
5 114 (11.05%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.26%) Retail
7 41 (3.97%) Local Government
7 41 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 38 (3.68%) Legal
9 32 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
10 31 (3.00%) General Ledger
11 30 (2.91%) Banking
11 30 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.42%) Billing
14 24 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (2.13%) Marketing
16 16 (1.55%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.45%) Telecoms
18 13 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 136 (13.18%) Consultant
2 130 (12.60%) Analyst
3 121 (11.72%) Lead
4 111 (10.76%) Project Manager
5 102 (9.88%) Architect
6 67 (6.49%) Senior
7 57 (5.52%) Business Analyst
8 51 (4.94%) Developer
9 41 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (3.88%) SAP Manager
11 39 (3.78%) ERP Manager
12 38 (3.68%) SAP Consultant
13 31 (3.00%) Functional Consultant
14 28 (2.71%) Oracle Consultant
15 25 (2.42%) ERP Project Manager
15 25 (2.42%) Programme Manager
16 24 (2.33%) ERP Support
17 23 (2.23%) ERP Analyst
18 21 (2.03%) Administrator
18 21 (2.03%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (13.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 48 (4.65%) REST
3 31 (3.00%) SOAP
4 30 (2.91%) Web Services
5 29 (2.81%) Middleware
6 24 (2.33%) JSON
7 23 (2.23%) XML
8 16 (1.55%) .NET
9 11 (1.07%) OAuth
9 11 (1.07%) XSLT
10 9 (0.87%) EDI
10 9 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (0.58%) HTML
12 5 (0.48%) ADO
13 4 (0.39%) CSS
13 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.39%) SAP Basis
14 3 (0.29%) IDoc
14 3 (0.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
14 3 (0.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.94%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.81%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (2.62%) Product Ownership
5 18 (1.74%) Life Science
6 14 (1.36%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.36%) Public Cloud
7 13 (1.26%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.16%) AS400
9 10 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (0.97%) FMCG
10 9 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.78%) e-Learning
11 8 (0.78%) Mobile App
11 8 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
12 7 (0.68%) IoT
12 7 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.48%) Unix
2 4 (0.39%) Windows
3 2 (0.19%) Android
3 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.19%) Linux
4 1 (0.097%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (21.12%) Migration
2 190 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
3 187 (18.12%) Agile
3 187 (18.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 171 (16.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 149 (14.44%) Data Migration
6 128 (12.40%) CRM
7 116 (11.24%) Change Management
8 109 (10.56%) User Acceptance Testing
9 106 (10.27%) Project Management
10 102 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 98 (9.50%) Business Intelligence
12 93 (9.01%) Project Delivery
13 84 (8.14%) Roadmaps
14 72 (6.98%) Validation
15 66 (6.40%) DevOps
16 65 (6.30%) Workshop Facilitation
17 59 (5.72%) Analytics
17 59 (5.72%) Data Management
18 56 (5.43%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 140 (13.57%) SQL
2 34 (3.29%) PL/SQL
3 19 (1.84%) Python
4 17 (1.65%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.45%) C#
6 13 (1.26%) Java
7 10 (0.97%) VBA
8 7 (0.68%) ABAP
9 6 (0.58%) Groovy
9 6 (0.58%) X++
10 5 (0.48%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.29%) PHP
12 3 (0.29%) R
12 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.19%) Korn
13 2 (0.19%) Perl
13 2 (0.19%) XPath
14 1 (0.097%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 124 (12.02%) Security Cleared
2 110 (10.66%) Degree
3 102 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.00%) PMP
5 30 (2.91%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.81%) CIMA
7 27 (2.62%) ACCA
8 19 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.84%) SAP Certification
9 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.16%) Oracle Certification
10 11 (1.07%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 10 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.87%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.87%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.78%) OCA
14 5 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 3 (0.29%) APMG
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.14%) QA
2 40 (3.88%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.68%) PMO
4 29 (2.81%) GDPR
4 29 (2.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (0.97%) GxP
5 10 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.97%) NIST
6 9 (0.87%) ITGC
7 8 (0.78%) IFRS
8 7 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.68%) APQC
8 7 (0.68%) COBIT
8 7 (0.68%) SOX 404
9 6 (0.58%) SLA
10 5 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.39%) GMP
11 4 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.29%) GAAP
System Software
1 8 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.39%) Docker
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.097%) Firmware
4 1 (0.097%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.68%) Terraform
2 4 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.097%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.097%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 365 (35.37%) Oracle
2 311 (30.14%) SAP
3 144 (13.95%) Microsoft
4 63 (6.10%) Salesforce
4 63 (6.10%) Workday
5 33 (3.20%) IFS
6 16 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.26%) Databricks
8 11 (1.07%) Ariba
8 11 (1.07%) Sage
9 10 (0.97%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.68%) Hyperion
11 6 (0.58%) Adobe
12 4 (0.39%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.39%) Axway
12 4 (0.39%) Concur
12 4 (0.39%) Google
12 4 (0.39%) Informatica
12 4 (0.39%) Murex
12 4 (0.39%) PeopleSoft