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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 95 99
Rank change year-on-year +33 +4 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,562 662 818
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.66% 2.69% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.30% 2.95% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 414 515
10th Percentile £350 £363 £368
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £546 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +1.16% -1.82%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £720 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 25 35
10th Percentile £17.70 £16.67 £13.54
25th Percentile £28.20 £22.90 £23.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +97.96% -43.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £60.75 £79.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £35.36
% change year-on-year -17.86% +97.96% -43.42%

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 36,362 22,469 32,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.16% 91.35% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,009 14,533 20,781
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £415 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,276 1,038 2,365
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.13 £16.02
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.85 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.76% -25.73% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.66 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +33 668 £560 -0.88% 211
South East +3 240 £550 +2.33% 157
North of England +46 222 £500 +5.26% 112
Midlands +22 185 £525 +5.00% 135
South West +41 125 £525 +13.51% 61
North West +37 116 £500 +2.25% 61
West Midlands +10 115 £540 +8.00% 76
East of England +19 93 £575 - 39
Yorkshire +9 89 £550 +37.50% 43
East Midlands +20 66 £525 +7.69% 59
North East -23 17 £500 -8.05% 11
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 25 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
3 15 (0.96%) Confluence
4 10 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.26%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (0.26%) SAS
5 4 (0.26%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.19%) Apache
6 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.19%) 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%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.064%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 61 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.32%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 201 (12.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 128 (8.19%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (3.27%) NetSuite
4 50 (3.20%) SAP ERP
5 44 (2.82%) Oracle Payables
6 37 (2.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 35 (2.24%) Oracle EBS
8 32 (2.05%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
10 18 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
11 17 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (1.02%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 15 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
13 15 (0.96%) Unit4 Business World
14 12 (0.77%) Oracle EBS R12
15 11 (0.70%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.64%) Oracle 11i
17 8 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
17 8 (0.51%) SAP Business One
17 8 (0.51%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 201 (12.87%) Azure
2 155 (9.92%) Dynamics 365
3 152 (9.73%) Power Platform
4 110 (7.04%) OCI
5 94 (6.02%) SaaS
6 54 (3.46%) AWS
7 43 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (2.37%) PaaS
9 27 (1.73%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.66%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.28%) Boomi
12 19 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
13 18 (1.15%) GCP
13 18 (1.15%) GitHub
14 17 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.96%) IaaS
16 14 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
17 13 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.26%) FTP
1 4 (0.26%) Network Security
2 3 (0.19%) Firewall
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) RFID
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
4 1 (0.064%) DHCP
4 1 (0.064%) DMZ
4 1 (0.064%) DNS
4 1 (0.064%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.064%) Modbus
4 1 (0.064%) MQTT
4 1 (0.064%) SMS
4 1 (0.064%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.064%) VoIP
4 1 (0.064%) VPN
4 1 (0.064%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (7.30%) Power BI
2 51 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (3.20%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.66%) Oracle ODI
5 21 (1.34%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.22%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 18 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.77%) Metadata
8 12 (0.77%) Tableau
9 8 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
9 8 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.38%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.26%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 64 (4.10%) JIRA
2 22 (1.41%) Git
3 16 (1.02%) Hudson
4 14 (0.90%) Postman
5 10 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.38%) SoapUI
7 5 (0.32%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.32%) Selenium
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.19%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.13%) GitLab
9 2 (0.13%) Gradle
9 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.13%) LSMW
10 1 (0.064%) ERwin
10 1 (0.064%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.064%) JMeter
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.064%) PowerDesigner
General
1 805 (51.54%) Finance
2 378 (24.20%) Social Skills
3 215 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (9.22%) Manufacturing
5 118 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.70%) Retail
7 52 (3.33%) Local Government
8 45 (2.88%) Law
9 44 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 44 (2.82%) General Ledger
10 42 (2.69%) Legal
11 39 (2.50%) Banking
11 39 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.18%) Billing
13 29 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 23 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.02%) Military
17 14 (0.90%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 276 (17.67%) Lead
2 242 (15.49%) Architect
3 195 (12.48%) Consultant
4 179 (11.46%) Analyst
5 156 (9.99%) Project Manager
6 133 (8.51%) Senior
7 121 (7.75%) Solutions Architect
8 81 (5.19%) Business Analyst
9 77 (4.93%) Developer
10 75 (4.80%) ERP Manager
11 58 (3.71%) Accountant
12 51 (3.27%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (2.94%) Senior Manager
14 45 (2.88%) Finance Manager
15 42 (2.69%) Systems Accountant
16 40 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
16 40 (2.56%) Lead Architect
17 37 (2.37%) Transformation Manager
18 36 (2.30%) Data Analyst
18 36 (2.30%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (11.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 89 (5.70%) REST
3 73 (4.67%) Middleware
4 49 (3.14%) SOAP
5 41 (2.62%) JSON
6 38 (2.43%) XML
7 25 (1.60%) Web Services
8 21 (1.34%) .NET
9 17 (1.09%) OAuth
10 16 (1.02%) XSLT
11 14 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (0.83%) HTML
13 12 (0.77%) Node.js
14 11 (0.70%) CSS
14 11 (0.70%) JWT
15 10 (0.64%) EDI
15 10 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
16 9 (0.58%) Ajax
16 9 (0.58%) PySpark
16 9 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
2 50 (3.20%) Data Structures
3 43 (2.75%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 34 (2.18%) Public Cloud
6 28 (1.79%) FMCG
6 28 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.41%) Cloud Native
8 19 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 16 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (0.77%) IoT
13 11 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.64%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.45%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.22%) Windows
2 6 (0.38%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.064%) AIX
5 1 (0.064%) Android
5 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.064%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.064%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (27.85%) Migration
2 344 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 291 (18.63%) Data Migration
4 266 (17.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 222 (14.21%) User Acceptance Testing
6 214 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
7 208 (13.32%) Agile
8 188 (12.04%) Change Management
9 187 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 179 (11.46%) Validation
11 167 (10.69%) Project Management
12 156 (9.99%) Business Intelligence
13 144 (9.22%) Data Modelling
14 127 (8.13%) CRM
15 124 (7.94%) Roadmaps
16 115 (7.36%) Analytics
17 114 (7.30%) Procure-to-Pay
18 109 (6.98%) Project Delivery
19 96 (6.15%) Integration Patterns
20 95 (6.08%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 135 (8.64%) SQL
2 50 (3.20%) Python
3 31 (1.98%) JavaScript
4 29 (1.86%) PL/SQL
5 27 (1.73%) Java
6 25 (1.60%) C#
7 15 (0.96%) Apex Code
7 15 (0.96%) X++
8 13 (0.83%) Ruby
9 10 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.58%) ABAP
10 9 (0.58%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.26%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.26%) VBA
13 3 (0.19%) C++
13 3 (0.19%) Groovy
13 3 (0.19%) Korn
13 3 (0.19%) SOQL
13 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 176 (11.27%) Security Cleared
2 128 (8.19%) SC Cleared
3 97 (6.21%) Degree
4 85 (5.44%) CIMA
5 79 (5.06%) ACCA
6 40 (2.56%) PMP
7 32 (2.05%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.60%) DV Cleared
9 13 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.45%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.38%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.32%) CFA
15 4 (0.26%) APMG
15 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.19%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (7.17%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.10%) GDPR
3 49 (3.14%) QA
4 42 (2.69%) PMO
5 21 (1.34%) IFRS
6 19 (1.22%) SLA
7 16 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 15 (0.96%) GAAP
9 11 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.58%) NCSC
11 5 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.26%) GRC
13 3 (0.19%) GMP
13 3 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (0.45%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.45%) Docker
2 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.70%) Terraform
2 9 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.32%) Kibana
3 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.26%) Grafana
4 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.19%) Control-M
5 3 (0.19%) MOM
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.064%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.064%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.064%) SCCM
Vendors
1 455 (29.13%) SAP
2 444 (28.43%) Oracle
3 257 (16.45%) Microsoft
4 75 (4.80%) Workday
5 70 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 69 (4.42%) IFS
7 54 (3.46%) Siemens
8 51 (3.27%) ServiceNow
9 37 (2.37%) Sage
10 36 (2.30%) Databricks
11 25 (1.60%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.34%) Ariba
13 13 (0.83%) Informatica
14 12 (0.77%) Epicor
14 12 (0.77%) Infor
15 11 (0.70%) Google
16 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
17 8 (0.51%) Concur
17 8 (0.51%) Foundry
18 7 (0.45%) SYSPRO