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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 103 101
Rank change year-on-year +40 -2 +11
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,581 658 817
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.64% 2.62% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 2.87% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 413 510
10th Percentile £350 £341 £363
25th Percentile £463 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £647 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £721 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £538 £540
% change year-on-year - -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 29 36
10th Percentile £17.72 £14.40 £14.89
25th Percentile £27.23 £16.92 £26.38
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +90.89% -45.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £56.56
90th Percentile £60.75 £76.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £35.36
% change year-on-year -14.81% +90.89% -44.39%

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 37,051 22,942 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.33% 91.40% 85.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,408 14,828 20,735
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £416 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.78% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,328 1,099 2,362
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.76
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.48
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +26 667 £575 +4.55% 139
South East +4 250 £525 -2.33% 139
North of England +44 219 £500 +11.11% 110
Midlands +34 197 £525 - 113
North West +39 124 £500 +11.11% 64
South West +23 124 £525 +13.51% 64
West Midlands +20 123 £540 +5.37% 70
East of England +22 96 £575 +4.55% 41
Yorkshire 0 77 £550 +37.50% 37
East Midlands +23 70 £525 - 43
North East -22 18 £500 -6.98% 12
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 27 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.01%) Confluence
4 6 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.32%) SAS
6 4 (0.25%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) Apache
7 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.063%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 63 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.32%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 209 (13.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 133 (8.41%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (3.35%) SAP ERP
4 52 (3.29%) NetSuite
5 46 (2.91%) Oracle Payables
6 38 (2.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 33 (2.09%) Oracle EBS
8 32 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
10 18 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
10 18 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 15 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
13 14 (0.89%) Unit4 Business World
14 12 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
15 11 (0.70%) SAP MDG
15 11 (0.70%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.63%) Oracle 11i
17 8 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
17 8 (0.51%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 209 (13.22%) Azure
2 162 (10.25%) Power Platform
3 147 (9.30%) Dynamics 365
4 105 (6.64%) OCI
5 101 (6.39%) SaaS
6 56 (3.54%) AWS
7 45 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (2.40%) PaaS
9 26 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 26 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.33%) GCP
11 20 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.27%) Boomi
11 20 (1.27%) GitHub
12 19 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.01%) IaaS
14 15 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.89%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.38%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
3 3 (0.19%) Firewall
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) HTTP
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) LAN
4 2 (0.13%) RFID
4 2 (0.13%) WAN
5 1 (0.063%) DHCP
5 1 (0.063%) DMZ
5 1 (0.063%) DNS
5 1 (0.063%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.063%) Modbus
5 1 (0.063%) MQTT
5 1 (0.063%) SMS
5 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.063%) VoIP
5 1 (0.063%) VPN
5 1 (0.063%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (8.03%) Power BI
2 53 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (3.10%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.64%) Oracle ODI
5 22 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 20 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 18 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (0.95%) Tableau
9 14 (0.89%) Metadata
10 10 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.38%) Star Schema
13 5 (0.32%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
13 5 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 67 (4.24%) JIRA
2 23 (1.45%) Git
3 16 (1.01%) Hudson
4 13 (0.82%) Postman
5 9 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.32%) Selenium
6 5 (0.32%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) LSMW
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.19%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.13%) GitLab
8 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.063%) ERwin
9 1 (0.063%) Gradle
9 1 (0.063%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.063%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 817 (51.68%) Finance
2 384 (24.29%) Social Skills
3 223 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (9.61%) Manufacturing
5 121 (7.65%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.63%) Retail
7 53 (3.35%) Local Government
8 49 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
9 48 (3.04%) General Ledger
10 45 (2.85%) Law
11 43 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.66%) Legal
13 39 (2.47%) Banking
14 37 (2.34%) Billing
15 29 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.95%) Military
19 14 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 285 (18.03%) Lead
2 243 (15.37%) Architect
3 197 (12.46%) Consultant
4 183 (11.57%) Analyst
5 155 (9.80%) Project Manager
6 137 (8.67%) Senior
7 118 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
8 79 (5.00%) Business Analyst
9 78 (4.93%) Developer
10 73 (4.62%) ERP Manager
11 60 (3.80%) Accountant
12 51 (3.23%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (2.91%) Finance Manager
14 45 (2.85%) Senior Manager
15 42 (2.66%) Systems Accountant
16 40 (2.53%) Lead Architect
17 38 (2.40%) Data Analyst
17 38 (2.40%) ERP Project Manager
17 38 (2.40%) Transformation Manager
18 37 (2.34%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (11.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 84 (5.31%) REST
3 73 (4.62%) Middleware
4 45 (2.85%) SOAP
5 37 (2.34%) JSON
6 34 (2.15%) XML
7 25 (1.58%) Web Services
8 23 (1.45%) .NET
9 14 (0.89%) EDI
9 14 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
10 13 (0.82%) HTML
10 13 (0.82%) Node.js
10 13 (0.82%) OAuth
11 11 (0.70%) CSS
11 11 (0.70%) XSLT
12 10 (0.63%) JWT
12 10 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.57%) Ajax
13 9 (0.57%) PySpark
14 8 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
2 53 (3.35%) Data Structures
3 46 (2.91%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.47%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.09%) Public Cloud
6 32 (2.02%) FMCG
7 28 (1.77%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.01%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.82%) IoT
13 12 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.51%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.51%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.20%) Windows
2 6 (0.38%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.063%) AIX
5 1 (0.063%) Android
5 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.063%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.063%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (28.46%) Migration
2 360 (22.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 308 (19.48%) Data Migration
4 269 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 227 (14.36%) User Acceptance Testing
6 219 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
7 208 (13.16%) Agile
8 202 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (11.64%) Validation
10 182 (11.51%) Change Management
11 169 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
11 169 (10.69%) Project Management
12 144 (9.11%) Data Modelling
13 134 (8.48%) CRM
14 128 (8.10%) Analytics
15 125 (7.91%) Roadmaps
16 116 (7.34%) Procure-to-Pay
17 111 (7.02%) Project Delivery
18 102 (6.45%) Translating Business Requirements
19 99 (6.26%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 145 (9.17%) SQL
2 58 (3.67%) Python
3 31 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 29 (1.83%) PL/SQL
5 28 (1.77%) Java
6 24 (1.52%) C#
7 15 (0.95%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.89%) Ruby
8 14 (0.89%) X++
9 11 (0.70%) ABAP
10 10 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.63%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.32%) VBA
13 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.19%) C++
14 3 (0.19%) Groovy
14 3 (0.19%) Korn
14 3 (0.19%) SOQL
14 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 168 (10.63%) Security Cleared
2 123 (7.78%) SC Cleared
3 92 (5.82%) Degree
4 84 (5.31%) CIMA
5 78 (4.93%) ACCA
6 39 (2.47%) PMP
7 31 (1.96%) PMI Certification
8 28 (1.77%) DV Cleared
9 14 (0.89%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.44%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.38%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.19%) CCAB
16 3 (0.19%) CFA
16 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.72%) Data Quality
2 70 (4.43%) GDPR
3 44 (2.78%) QA
4 43 (2.72%) PMO
5 23 (1.45%) IFRS
6 19 (1.20%) SLA
7 17 (1.08%) GAAP
7 17 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.57%) NCSC
10 8 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.32%) GMP
11 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.25%) GRC
13 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.13%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.063%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (0.76%) Terraform
2 9 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.32%) Grafana
4 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.32%) Kibana
5 3 (0.19%) Control-M
5 3 (0.19%) MOM
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.063%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.063%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.063%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 471 (29.79%) SAP
2 442 (27.96%) Oracle
3 265 (16.76%) Microsoft
4 77 (4.87%) Workday
5 70 (4.43%) Salesforce
6 68 (4.30%) IFS
7 54 (3.42%) Siemens
8 50 (3.16%) ServiceNow
9 37 (2.34%) Sage
10 36 (2.28%) Databricks
11 25 (1.58%) MuleSoft
12 20 (1.27%) Ariba
13 14 (0.89%) Infor
14 13 (0.82%) Google
14 13 (0.82%) Informatica
14 13 (0.82%) JD Edwards
15 12 (0.76%) Epicor
16 11 (0.70%) Concur
17 8 (0.51%) Foundry
18 7 (0.44%) Talend