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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 97 99
Rank change year-on-year +31 +2 +20
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,344 650 839
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.51% 2.68% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 2.95% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 757 396 544
10th Percentile £363 £357 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -2.68% -
75th Percentile £650 £671 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 15 37
10th Percentile £18.15 £56.00 £13.78
25th Percentile £25.38 £65.63 £26.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +22.81% -8.80%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 - £86.90
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £75.00 £57.25
% change year-on-year -23.33% +31.00% -8.40%

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 32,913 22,023 32,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.03% 90.83% 86.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,101 14,513 21,559
10th Percentile £313 £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 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,010 854 2,155
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.00 £15.92
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.88 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +34 599 £550 - 210
South East 0 190 £550 - 200
North of England +27 187 £550 +22.22% 135
Midlands -15 135 £540 +8.00% 113
South West +25 119 £525 +10.53% 64
North West +42 113 £500 +2.41% 65
West Midlands -22 90 £565 +13.00% 79
East of England +6 84 £550 -4.35% 69
Yorkshire -11 64 £595 +53.55% 59
East Midlands -13 44 £500 +5.26% 34
North East -16 10 £500 - 15
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 (1.12%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.04%) Confluence
2 14 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (0.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 8 (0.60%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.30%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (0.30%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.22%) Apache
6 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.22%) Documentum
6 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.15%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.15%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.074%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.074%) CMS
8 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 54 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.37%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.30%) Trello
9 3 (0.22%) Windchill
10 1 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.074%) InVision
10 1 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 166 (12.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 95 (7.07%) Oracle ERP
3 55 (4.09%) Oracle EBS
4 48 (3.57%) SAP ERP
5 41 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
6 36 (2.68%) Oracle Payables
7 29 (2.16%) NetSuite
8 26 (1.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 26 (1.93%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (1.26%) Shopify
10 16 (1.19%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (1.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 14 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.97%) Oracle EBS R12
12 13 (0.97%) Workday HCM
13 11 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
13 11 (0.82%) Teamcenter
13 11 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
14 10 (0.74%) Oracle 11i
15 9 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 180 (13.39%) Azure
2 162 (12.05%) Dynamics 365
3 125 (9.30%) OCI
4 119 (8.85%) Power Platform
5 78 (5.80%) SaaS
6 51 (3.79%) AWS
7 39 (2.90%) PaaS
8 34 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.71%) Power Automate
10 22 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
11 21 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (1.56%) GCP
12 20 (1.49%) Boomi
13 16 (1.19%) IaaS
14 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (0.82%) Copilot Studio
17 11 (0.82%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.15%) Firewall
1 2 (0.15%) LAN
2 1 (0.074%) 5G
2 1 (0.074%) DHCP
2 1 (0.074%) DNS
2 1 (0.074%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.074%) HTTP
2 1 (0.074%) Intranet
2 1 (0.074%) Modbus
2 1 (0.074%) RFID
2 1 (0.074%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.074%) VoIP
2 1 (0.074%) VPN
2 1 (0.074%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (7.07%) Power BI
2 60 (4.46%) Oracle Reports
3 44 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.56%) Oracle ODI
5 18 (1.34%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 16 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (1.04%) Data Lake
8 10 (0.74%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.52%) GIS
10 7 (0.52%) Metadata
11 6 (0.45%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.45%) Tableau
12 5 (0.37%) Power Query
12 5 (0.37%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.30%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 69 (5.13%) JIRA
2 26 (1.93%) Postman
3 18 (1.34%) Git
4 15 (1.12%) Hudson
5 8 (0.60%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.52%) GitLab
6 7 (0.52%) Selenium
7 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.37%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.15%) Gradle
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.15%) TestRail
10 1 (0.074%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.074%) JMeter
10 1 (0.074%) QADirector
10 1 (0.074%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 699 (52.01%) Finance
2 410 (30.51%) Social Skills
3 195 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (8.71%) Public Sector
5 106 (7.89%) Manufacturing
6 68 (5.06%) Retail
7 59 (4.39%) Local Government
8 43 (3.20%) Law
9 42 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 40 (2.98%) Legal
11 38 (2.83%) Banking
12 31 (2.31%) General Ledger
12 31 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 24 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.41%) Billing
17 19 (1.41%) Marketing
18 17 (1.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 219 (16.29%) Lead
2 197 (14.66%) Consultant
3 192 (14.29%) Architect
4 144 (10.71%) Analyst
5 136 (10.12%) Project Manager
6 115 (8.56%) Senior
7 89 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
8 76 (5.65%) Business Analyst
9 65 (4.84%) Developer
10 55 (4.09%) ERP Manager
11 49 (3.65%) Implementation Consultant
12 44 (3.27%) Accountant
13 43 (3.20%) SAP Manager
14 40 (2.98%) SAP Consultant
15 36 (2.68%) Financial Analyst
16 35 (2.60%) Lead Architect
17 34 (2.53%) Senior Manager
18 32 (2.38%) Systems Accountant
19 31 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
19 31 (2.31%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (12.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 77 (5.73%) REST
3 59 (4.39%) Middleware
4 52 (3.87%) SOAP
5 45 (3.35%) XML
6 42 (3.13%) JSON
7 35 (2.60%) Web Services
8 22 (1.64%) OAuth
9 19 (1.41%) XSLT
10 17 (1.26%) .NET
11 14 (1.04%) JWT
12 11 (0.82%) PySpark
13 10 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.67%) EDI
15 7 (0.52%) ADO
15 7 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
16 6 (0.45%) Kafka
16 6 (0.45%) Node.js
16 6 (0.45%) SAPUI5
17 5 (0.37%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (3.65%) Data Structures
3 41 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.23%) Product Ownership
5 24 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 23 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.19%) Cloud Native
7 16 (1.19%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.04%) FMCG
9 13 (0.97%) AI Agents
9 13 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.74%) IoT
12 9 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.52%) LIMS
13 7 (0.52%) SCADA
13 7 (0.52%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.97%) Windows
2 5 (0.37%) Linux
3 3 (0.22%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (27.60%) Migration
2 263 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 248 (18.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 241 (17.93%) Data Migration
5 212 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
6 194 (14.43%) User Acceptance Testing
7 185 (13.76%) Agile
8 161 (11.98%) Project Management
9 158 (11.76%) Change Management
10 150 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 146 (10.86%) Validation
12 133 (9.90%) Business Intelligence
13 124 (9.23%) CRM
14 101 (7.51%) Data Modelling
15 100 (7.44%) Project Delivery
16 97 (7.22%) Procure-to-Pay
16 97 (7.22%) Roadmaps
17 93 (6.92%) DevOps
18 83 (6.18%) Analytics
19 81 (6.03%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 120 (8.93%) SQL
2 39 (2.90%) Python
3 38 (2.83%) PL/SQL
4 26 (1.93%) C#
5 25 (1.86%) Java
6 15 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.60%) ABAP
7 8 (0.60%) Apex Code
7 8 (0.60%) Ruby
8 7 (0.52%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.45%) VBA
10 5 (0.37%) Korn
10 5 (0.37%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.30%) X++
12 3 (0.22%) C++
12 3 (0.22%) Perl
13 2 (0.15%) R
13 2 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 164 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 120 (8.93%) SC Cleared
3 106 (7.89%) Degree
4 70 (5.21%) CIMA
5 58 (4.32%) ACCA
6 40 (2.98%) PMP
7 30 (2.23%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.74%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
12 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.60%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.60%) SAP Certification
14 7 (0.52%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.45%) APMP
15 6 (0.45%) OCA
16 5 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 4 (0.30%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 62 (4.61%) QA
3 52 (3.87%) GDPR
4 50 (3.72%) PMO
5 16 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.04%) SLA
7 12 (0.89%) IFRS
8 10 (0.74%) ITGC
8 10 (0.74%) NIST
9 9 (0.67%) GAAP
10 7 (0.52%) COBIT
10 7 (0.52%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.45%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.45%) NCSC
12 5 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.37%) IFRS 9
12 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.074%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.37%) Terraform
2 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
2 4 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.22%) Control-M
4 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.15%) MOM
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.074%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.074%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.074%) Kibana
5 1 (0.074%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 397 (29.54%) Oracle
2 379 (28.20%) SAP
3 223 (16.59%) Microsoft
4 76 (5.65%) Workday
5 54 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.79%) Siemens
7 49 (3.65%) IFS
8 32 (2.38%) Databricks
9 28 (2.08%) Sage
9 28 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 23 (1.71%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.56%) Ariba
12 15 (1.12%) Informatica
13 9 (0.67%) Foundry
14 7 (0.52%) Google
14 7 (0.52%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.52%) Talend
15 6 (0.45%) Adobe
15 6 (0.45%) IBM
16 5 (0.37%) Epicor