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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 98 102
Rank change year-on-year +32 +4 +27
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,372 659 815
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.54% 2.70% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 2.98% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 401 532
10th Percentile £363 £355 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £731 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -2.33% -1.38% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 17 33
10th Percentile £18.27 £39.16 £13.29
25th Percentile £25.38 £65.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +27.27% -12.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.00 - £86.50
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +31.82% -12.00%

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 33,286 22,141 32,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.92% 90.87% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,341 14,591 21,484
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 2,040 863 2,161
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.45 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.10 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £31.52 £33.00
% change year-on-year +13.29% -4.48% -11.53%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +30 616 £550 - 210
South East +5 193 £550 - 200
North of England +27 190 £550 +25.71% 135
Midlands -18 138 £540 +8.00% 113
South West +24 119 £525 +10.53% 64
North West +34 114 £500 +2.41% 65
West Midlands -14 91 £565 +13.00% 79
East of England +1 85 £550 -6.38% 69
Yorkshire -12 65 £595 +48.75% 59
East Midlands -13 46 £500 +5.26% 34
North East -13 11 £500 +11.11% 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 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.02%) Confluence
2 14 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 9 (0.66%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.29%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.073%) CMS
8 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.073%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 55 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.36%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.29%) Trello
9 3 (0.22%) Windchill
10 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.073%) InVision
10 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 168 (12.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 102 (7.43%) Oracle ERP
3 55 (4.01%) Oracle EBS
4 48 (3.50%) SAP ERP
5 45 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 37 (2.70%) Oracle Payables
7 28 (2.04%) NetSuite
8 27 (1.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 26 (1.90%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (1.24%) Shopify
11 16 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (1.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 14 (1.02%) Oracle Assets
13 13 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
14 12 (0.87%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
15 11 (0.80%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.73%) Oracle 11i
17 9 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 184 (13.41%) Azure
2 167 (12.17%) Dynamics 365
3 128 (9.33%) OCI
4 122 (8.89%) Power Platform
5 78 (5.69%) SaaS
6 51 (3.72%) AWS
7 41 (2.99%) PaaS
8 35 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.68%) Power Automate
10 22 (1.60%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
11 21 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (1.53%) GCP
12 20 (1.46%) Boomi
13 16 (1.17%) IaaS
14 14 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.15%) Firewall
1 2 (0.15%) FTP
1 2 (0.15%) LAN
2 1 (0.073%) 5G
2 1 (0.073%) DHCP
2 1 (0.073%) DNS
2 1 (0.073%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.073%) HTTP
2 1 (0.073%) Intranet
2 1 (0.073%) Modbus
2 1 (0.073%) RFID
2 1 (0.073%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.073%) VoIP
2 1 (0.073%) VPN
2 1 (0.073%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (7.14%) Power BI
2 60 (4.37%) Oracle Reports
3 45 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.75%) Oracle ODI
5 18 (1.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 18 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.24%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (0.73%) Oracle Database
7 10 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.58%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.58%) Metadata
9 7 (0.51%) GIS
10 6 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.44%) Tableau
11 5 (0.36%) Power Query
11 5 (0.36%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.36%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 69 (5.03%) JIRA
2 26 (1.90%) Postman
3 18 (1.31%) Git
4 15 (1.09%) Hudson
5 8 (0.58%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.51%) GitLab
6 7 (0.51%) Selenium
7 5 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.36%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.073%) JMeter
10 1 (0.073%) LSMW
10 1 (0.073%) QADirector
General
1 716 (52.19%) Finance
2 417 (30.39%) Social Skills
3 199 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (8.60%) Public Sector
5 106 (7.73%) Manufacturing
6 69 (5.03%) Retail
7 59 (4.30%) Local Government
8 43 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.13%) Law
9 42 (3.06%) Legal
10 39 (2.84%) Banking
11 31 (2.26%) General Ledger
11 31 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
13 23 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.38%) Billing
16 19 (1.38%) Marketing
17 17 (1.24%) Military
Job Titles
1 222 (16.18%) Lead
2 201 (14.65%) Consultant
3 197 (14.36%) Architect
4 148 (10.79%) Analyst
5 139 (10.13%) Project Manager
6 119 (8.67%) Senior
7 92 (6.71%) Solutions Architect
8 78 (5.69%) Business Analyst
9 66 (4.81%) Developer
10 56 (4.08%) ERP Manager
11 49 (3.57%) Implementation Consultant
12 45 (3.28%) Accountant
13 44 (3.21%) SAP Manager
14 40 (2.92%) SAP Consultant
15 37 (2.70%) Senior Manager
16 36 (2.62%) Financial Analyst
17 35 (2.55%) Lead Architect
18 32 (2.33%) Systems Accountant
19 31 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
19 31 (2.26%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (12.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 80 (5.83%) REST
3 59 (4.30%) Middleware
4 55 (4.01%) SOAP
5 45 (3.28%) XML
6 42 (3.06%) JSON
7 35 (2.55%) Web Services
8 22 (1.60%) OAuth
9 19 (1.38%) XSLT
10 17 (1.24%) .NET
11 14 (1.02%) JWT
12 11 (0.80%) PySpark
13 10 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.66%) EDI
15 7 (0.51%) ADO
15 7 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
16 6 (0.44%) Kafka
16 6 (0.44%) Node.js
16 6 (0.44%) SAPUI5
17 5 (0.36%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.83%) Legacy Systems
2 50 (3.64%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 24 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 16 (1.17%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.17%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.02%) FMCG
8 13 (0.95%) AI Agents
8 13 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (0.73%) IoT
11 9 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.51%) LIMS
12 7 (0.51%) SCADA
12 7 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.95%) Windows
2 5 (0.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.22%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (27.62%) Migration
2 269 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 254 (18.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 243 (17.71%) Data Migration
5 210 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 192 (13.99%) Agile
8 170 (12.39%) Change Management
9 163 (11.88%) Project Management
10 154 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 150 (10.93%) Validation
12 138 (10.06%) Business Intelligence
13 131 (9.55%) CRM
14 105 (7.65%) Data Modelling
15 101 (7.36%) Roadmaps
16 99 (7.22%) Project Delivery
17 98 (7.14%) DevOps
18 97 (7.07%) Procure-to-Pay
19 87 (6.34%) Analytics
20 85 (6.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.04%) SQL
2 39 (2.84%) Python
3 38 (2.77%) PL/SQL
4 26 (1.90%) C#
5 25 (1.82%) Java
6 15 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.58%) ABAP
7 8 (0.58%) Apex Code
7 8 (0.58%) Ruby
8 7 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.44%) VBA
10 5 (0.36%) Korn
10 5 (0.36%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.29%) X++
12 3 (0.22%) C++
12 3 (0.22%) Perl
13 2 (0.15%) R
13 2 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 164 (11.95%) Security Cleared
2 120 (8.75%) SC Cleared
3 108 (7.87%) Degree
4 73 (5.32%) CIMA
5 61 (4.45%) ACCA
6 41 (2.99%) PMP
7 31 (2.26%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.24%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (0.73%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.58%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.58%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.51%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.44%) APMP
16 6 (0.44%) OCA
17 5 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.98%) Data Quality
2 63 (4.59%) QA
3 54 (3.94%) GDPR
4 50 (3.64%) PMO
5 17 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.02%) SLA
7 12 (0.87%) IFRS
8 10 (0.73%) ITGC
8 10 (0.73%) NIST
9 9 (0.66%) GAAP
10 7 (0.51%) COBIT
10 7 (0.51%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.44%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.44%) NCSC
12 5 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.36%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 4 (0.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.073%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.36%) Terraform
2 4 (0.29%) HP ALM
2 4 (0.29%) 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
4 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.073%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.073%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.073%) Kibana
5 1 (0.073%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 407 (29.66%) Oracle
2 385 (28.06%) SAP
3 229 (16.69%) Microsoft
4 76 (5.54%) Workday
5 55 (4.01%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.72%) Siemens
7 49 (3.57%) IFS
8 33 (2.41%) Databricks
9 29 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 28 (2.04%) Sage
11 23 (1.68%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.53%) Ariba
13 15 (1.09%) Informatica
14 9 (0.66%) Foundry
15 7 (0.51%) Google
15 7 (0.51%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.51%) Talend
16 6 (0.44%) Adobe
16 6 (0.44%) IBM
17 5 (0.36%) Epicor