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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 94 103
Rank change year-on-year +31 +9 +22
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,427 663 809
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.60% 2.70% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 2.97% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 806 416 532
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £648 £664 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £535 £534 £550
% change year-on-year +0.23% -2.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 19 29
10th Percentile £17.69 £44.58 £13.05
25th Percentile £25.38 £65.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +69.78% -34.03%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £60.75 - £86.50
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £71.25 £43.12
% change year-on-year -19.30% +65.26% -31.02%

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 33,784 22,346 32,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.23% 91.09% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,591 14,669 21,080
10th Percentile £315 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.89% -0.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,113 899 2,221
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.82 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.89
Median hourly rate £42.00 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.74% -9.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.10 £72.45
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.00% -14.29% -6.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +34 629 £550 - 215
South East +15 218 £525 -4.55% 161
North of England +35 199 £525 +20.00% 166
Midlands -11 142 £540 +8.00% 150
South West +15 121 £525 +10.53% 67
North West +37 118 £500 +2.41% 86
West Midlands -18 94 £565 +13.00% 78
East of England +4 87 £575 -4.17% 55
Yorkshire -8 69 £595 +48.75% 68
East Midlands -12 47 £500 +5.26% 71
North East -18 12 £500 +11.11% 14
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 15 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 14 (0.98%) Confluence
2 14 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.42%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.28%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (0.28%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.21%) Apache
6 3 (0.21%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) Documentum
6 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.14%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.070%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 58 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.35%) PTC Creo
8 3 (0.21%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 181 (12.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 105 (7.36%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (3.71%) Oracle EBS
4 48 (3.36%) SAP ERP
5 39 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
6 36 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
7 35 (2.45%) NetSuite
8 28 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 25 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (1.19%) Shopify
11 16 (1.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 13 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
12 13 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
13 12 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
13 12 (0.84%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
14 11 (0.77%) Teamcenter
15 10 (0.70%) Oracle 11i
16 8 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 184 (12.89%) Azure
2 163 (11.42%) Dynamics 365
3 132 (9.25%) Power Platform
4 122 (8.55%) OCI
5 81 (5.68%) SaaS
6 50 (3.50%) AWS
7 41 (2.87%) PaaS
8 33 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
10 22 (1.54%) PowerApps
11 21 (1.47%) Boomi
11 21 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
12 19 (1.33%) GCP
13 17 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.19%) IaaS
14 16 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (0.77%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.21%) FTP
2 2 (0.14%) Firewall
2 2 (0.14%) Intranet
2 2 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.070%) 5G
3 1 (0.070%) DHCP
3 1 (0.070%) DNS
3 1 (0.070%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.070%) HTTP
3 1 (0.070%) Modbus
3 1 (0.070%) MQTT
3 1 (0.070%) RFID
3 1 (0.070%) SMS
3 1 (0.070%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.070%) VoIP
3 1 (0.070%) VPN
3 1 (0.070%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (7.22%) Power BI
2 59 (4.13%) Oracle Reports
3 45 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.61%) Oracle ODI
5 21 (1.47%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.26%) Data Lake
6 18 (1.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (0.77%) Metadata
8 10 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.49%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.49%) Tableau
11 6 (0.42%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (0.28%) GIS
13 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.28%) Power Query
13 4 (0.28%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 75 (5.26%) JIRA
2 24 (1.68%) Postman
3 18 (1.26%) Git
4 15 (1.05%) Hudson
5 8 (0.56%) GitLab
5 8 (0.56%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.49%) Selenium
7 5 (0.35%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.35%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.14%) Gradle
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.070%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.070%) JMeter
10 1 (0.070%) LSMW
10 1 (0.070%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 746 (52.28%) Finance
2 419 (29.36%) Social Skills
3 215 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (8.48%) Manufacturing
5 116 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 76 (5.33%) Retail
7 59 (4.13%) Local Government
8 46 (3.22%) Law
9 45 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
10 43 (3.01%) Legal
11 41 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (2.66%) Banking
12 38 (2.66%) General Ledger
13 26 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.47%) Billing
17 20 (1.40%) Military
18 17 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 245 (17.17%) Lead
2 203 (14.23%) Architect
3 187 (13.10%) Consultant
4 159 (11.14%) Analyst
5 141 (9.88%) Project Manager
6 130 (9.11%) Senior
7 99 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
8 82 (5.75%) Business Analyst
9 73 (5.12%) Developer
10 61 (4.27%) ERP Manager
11 53 (3.71%) Accountant
12 49 (3.43%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (3.22%) SAP Manager
14 45 (3.15%) Senior Manager
15 39 (2.73%) Financial Analyst
16 38 (2.66%) SAP Consultant
17 36 (2.52%) Transformation Manager
18 35 (2.45%) Lead Architect
18 35 (2.45%) Systems Accountant
19 31 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (12.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 79 (5.54%) REST
3 60 (4.20%) Middleware
4 50 (3.50%) SOAP
5 45 (3.15%) XML
6 42 (2.94%) JSON
7 34 (2.38%) Web Services
8 21 (1.47%) OAuth
9 19 (1.33%) XSLT
10 17 (1.19%) .NET
11 13 (0.91%) JWT
12 12 (0.84%) EDI
13 10 (0.70%) PySpark
13 10 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.63%) Node.js
15 8 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
16 6 (0.42%) ADO
16 6 (0.42%) Kafka
16 6 (0.42%) SAPUI5
17 5 (0.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.89%) Legacy Systems
2 52 (3.64%) Data Structures
3 47 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 29 (2.03%) Public Cloud
6 23 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (1.33%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.19%) FMCG
9 17 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (0.91%) AI Agents
10 13 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (0.84%) IoT
12 10 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (0.56%) SCADA
13 8 (0.56%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.49%) LIMS
14 7 (0.49%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.91%) Windows
2 5 (0.35%) Linux
3 3 (0.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (28.03%) Migration
2 300 (21.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 257 (18.01%) Data Migration
4 256 (17.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 218 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
6 206 (14.44%) User Acceptance Testing
7 199 (13.95%) Agile
8 183 (12.82%) Change Management
9 165 (11.56%) Project Management
10 162 (11.35%) Validation
11 159 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 146 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
13 125 (8.76%) CRM
14 119 (8.34%) Data Modelling
15 106 (7.43%) Procure-to-Pay
15 106 (7.43%) Roadmaps
16 101 (7.08%) Project Delivery
17 93 (6.52%) DevOps
18 91 (6.38%) Analytics
19 85 (5.96%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 125 (8.76%) SQL
2 39 (2.73%) Python
3 36 (2.52%) PL/SQL
4 27 (1.89%) C#
4 27 (1.89%) Java
5 16 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.63%) ABAP
6 9 (0.63%) Apex Code
6 9 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.56%) Ruby
8 7 (0.49%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.49%) X++
9 5 (0.35%) Korn
9 5 (0.35%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.35%) VBA
10 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.21%) C++
11 3 (0.21%) Perl
12 2 (0.14%) SOQL
12 2 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 169 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 124 (8.69%) SC Cleared
3 107 (7.50%) Degree
4 80 (5.61%) CIMA
5 69 (4.84%) ACCA
6 42 (2.94%) PMP
7 32 (2.24%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (0.70%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.70%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.56%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.49%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.42%) APMP
16 6 (0.42%) OCA
17 5 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 4 (0.28%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.17%) Data Quality
2 61 (4.27%) GDPR
2 61 (4.27%) QA
3 48 (3.36%) PMO
4 15 (1.05%) SLA
5 13 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 12 (0.84%) IFRS
7 9 (0.63%) GAAP
7 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.35%) IFRS 17
9 5 (0.35%) NCSC
9 5 (0.35%) NIST
9 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.28%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.21%) ITGC
System Software
1 5 (0.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.21%) Docker
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
1 4 (0.28%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.28%) Terraform
2 3 (0.21%) Control-M
2 3 (0.21%) MOM
3 2 (0.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.070%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.070%) Kibana
4 1 (0.070%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 420 (29.43%) SAP
2 417 (29.22%) Oracle
3 233 (16.33%) Microsoft
4 80 (5.61%) Workday
5 57 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.92%) IFS
7 52 (3.64%) Siemens
8 37 (2.59%) Databricks
9 35 (2.45%) ServiceNow
10 30 (2.10%) Sage
11 25 (1.75%) MuleSoft
12 24 (1.68%) Ariba
13 15 (1.05%) Informatica
14 10 (0.70%) Infor
15 9 (0.63%) Foundry
15 9 (0.63%) Google
16 7 (0.49%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.49%) Talend
17 6 (0.42%) Epicor
17 6 (0.42%) IBM