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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 100 101
Rank change year-on-year +37 +1 +14
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,534 644 804
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.64% 2.66% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 2.92% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 400 507
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £538 £540
% change year-on-year - -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 23 33
10th Percentile £17.69 £17.01 £13.29
25th Percentile £28.50 £56.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +97.96% -44.39%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £67.18 £81.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £37.68
% change year-on-year -22.03% +95.73% -39.71%

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 35,884 22,080 31,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 91.32% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,739 14,300 20,579
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,242 984 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.80 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.52% -23.93% +1.99%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.45 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £74.63 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.76 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.36% -23.95% +1.39%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +37 655 £560 - 347
South East +8 230 £550 +2.33% 165
North of England +40 216 £500 +5.26% 152
Midlands +28 186 £525 +5.00% 156
South West +36 125 £525 +10.53% 70
West Midlands +4 115 £540 +8.00% 94
North West +32 112 £500 +2.25% 86
East of England +18 95 £575 -2.13% 42
Yorkshire 0 89 £550 +37.50% 51
East Midlands +18 67 £525 +7.69% 62
North East -18 15 £500 -9.09% 18
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 23 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.04%) Confluence
4 11 (0.72%) 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 (0.20%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) SAP EP
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 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.065%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 64 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 209 (13.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 123 (8.02%) Oracle ERP
3 50 (3.26%) SAP ERP
4 47 (3.06%) NetSuite
5 44 (2.87%) Oracle Payables
6 37 (2.41%) Oracle EBS
6 37 (2.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 33 (2.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 25 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
9 18 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
10 16 (1.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 15 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
12 14 (0.91%) Unit4 Business World
13 11 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
13 11 (0.72%) Teamcenter
14 10 (0.65%) Oracle 11i
15 8 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
15 8 (0.52%) SAP Business One
15 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 196 (12.78%) Azure
2 157 (10.23%) Dynamics 365
3 148 (9.65%) Power Platform
4 115 (7.50%) OCI
5 92 (6.00%) SaaS
6 53 (3.46%) AWS
7 42 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (2.67%) PaaS
9 28 (1.83%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.24%) Boomi
13 18 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
14 17 (1.11%) IaaS
14 17 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (0.98%) GCP
17 14 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
17 14 (0.91%) GitHub
18 13 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.26%) FTP
2 3 (0.20%) Firewall
2 3 (0.20%) LAN
2 3 (0.20%) Network Security
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
4 1 (0.065%) DHCP
4 1 (0.065%) DMZ
4 1 (0.065%) DNS
4 1 (0.065%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.065%) Modbus
4 1 (0.065%) MQTT
4 1 (0.065%) RFID
4 1 (0.065%) SMS
4 1 (0.065%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.065%) VoIP
4 1 (0.065%) VPN
4 1 (0.065%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (7.11%) Power BI
2 52 (3.39%) Oracle Reports
3 47 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.69%) Oracle ODI
5 20 (1.30%) Data Lake
5 20 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 12 (0.78%) Metadata
9 11 (0.72%) Tableau
10 9 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.46%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.33%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.26%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
15 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 66 (4.30%) JIRA
2 22 (1.43%) Git
3 21 (1.37%) Postman
4 16 (1.04%) Hudson
5 10 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.59%) SoapUI
7 5 (0.33%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.33%) Selenium
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.20%) 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 (0.065%) ERwin
10 1 (0.065%) JMeter
10 1 (0.065%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.065%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 791 (51.56%) Finance
2 389 (25.36%) Social Skills
3 214 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (9.13%) Manufacturing
5 114 (7.43%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.54%) Retail
7 54 (3.52%) Local Government
8 46 (3.00%) Law
9 43 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 43 (2.80%) General Ledger
9 43 (2.80%) Legal
10 39 (2.54%) Banking
11 37 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
12 30 (1.96%) Billing
12 30 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.17%) Military
16 15 (0.98%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 268 (17.47%) Lead
2 236 (15.38%) Architect
3 195 (12.71%) Consultant
4 179 (11.67%) Analyst
5 152 (9.91%) Project Manager
6 129 (8.41%) Senior
7 115 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
8 85 (5.54%) Business Analyst
9 75 (4.89%) Developer
10 71 (4.63%) ERP Manager
11 59 (3.85%) Accountant
12 51 (3.32%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (3.00%) Senior Manager
14 42 (2.74%) Systems Accountant
15 40 (2.61%) Financial Analyst
15 40 (2.61%) Lead Architect
16 39 (2.54%) Finance Manager
17 37 (2.41%) SAP Manager
17 37 (2.41%) Transformation Manager
18 36 (2.35%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (12.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 88 (5.74%) REST
3 73 (4.76%) Middleware
4 50 (3.26%) SOAP
5 41 (2.67%) JSON
6 39 (2.54%) XML
7 27 (1.76%) Web Services
8 20 (1.30%) .NET
8 20 (1.30%) OAuth
9 18 (1.17%) XSLT
10 14 (0.91%) JWT
10 14 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
11 12 (0.78%) Node.js
12 11 (0.72%) EDI
12 11 (0.72%) HTML
12 11 (0.72%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.59%) CSS
13 9 (0.59%) PySpark
13 9 (0.59%) RESTful
14 8 (0.52%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 86 (5.61%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (3.19%) Data Structures
3 40 (2.61%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.54%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.48%) Public Cloud
6 28 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 27 (1.76%) FMCG
8 22 (1.43%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 14 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.78%) IoT
15 10 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.52%) Operational Technology
17 7 (0.46%) Life Science
17 7 (0.46%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.24%) Windows
2 5 (0.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.065%) AIX
5 1 (0.065%) Android
5 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.065%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (27.71%) Migration
2 330 (21.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 278 (18.12%) Data Migration
4 261 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 221 (14.41%) User Acceptance Testing
6 210 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
7 207 (13.49%) Agile
8 186 (12.13%) Change Management
9 182 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 175 (11.41%) Validation
11 167 (10.89%) Project Management
12 152 (9.91%) Business Intelligence
13 137 (8.93%) Data Modelling
14 124 (8.08%) Roadmaps
15 121 (7.89%) CRM
16 119 (7.76%) Procure-to-Pay
17 110 (7.17%) Analytics
18 107 (6.98%) Project Delivery
19 95 (6.19%) Integration Patterns
20 92 (6.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 136 (8.87%) SQL
2 46 (3.00%) Python
3 31 (2.02%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 27 (1.76%) C#
5 27 (1.76%) Java
6 15 (0.98%) Apex Code
6 15 (0.98%) X++
7 13 (0.85%) Ruby
8 9 (0.59%) ABAP
8 9 (0.59%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (0.52%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.26%) VBA
12 3 (0.20%) Groovy
12 3 (0.20%) Korn
12 3 (0.20%) SOQL
12 3 (0.20%) SOSL
13 2 (0.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 171 (11.15%) Security Cleared
2 126 (8.21%) SC Cleared
3 101 (6.58%) Degree
4 86 (5.61%) CIMA
5 78 (5.08%) ACCA
6 42 (2.74%) PMP
7 31 (2.02%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 13 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.46%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.39%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.39%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
16 4 (0.26%) APMG
16 4 (0.26%) CFA
16 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
17 3 (0.20%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (7.04%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.17%) GDPR
3 50 (3.26%) QA
4 41 (2.67%) PMO
5 19 (1.24%) IFRS
5 19 (1.24%) SLA
6 16 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (0.85%) GAAP
8 10 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.59%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.52%) NCSC
11 5 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.20%) GMP
13 3 (0.20%) GRC
13 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.13%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (0.46%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (0.59%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.46%) Terraform
3 5 (0.33%) Kibana
3 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.26%) Grafana
4 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.20%) Control-M
5 3 (0.20%) MOM
5 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.065%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.065%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.065%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.065%) SCCM
Vendors
1 457 (29.79%) SAP
2 439 (28.62%) Oracle
3 248 (16.17%) Microsoft
4 75 (4.89%) Workday
5 65 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 64 (4.17%) IFS
7 55 (3.59%) Siemens
8 48 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 37 (2.41%) Databricks
10 29 (1.89%) Sage
11 25 (1.63%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.37%) Ariba
13 13 (0.85%) Informatica
14 12 (0.78%) Epicor
15 11 (0.72%) Infor
16 9 (0.59%) Google
16 9 (0.59%) JD Edwards
17 8 (0.52%) Foundry
18 7 (0.46%) SYSPRO
18 7 (0.46%) Talend