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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 85 99
Rank change year-on-year +15 +14 +18
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,185 745 854
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.47% 2.86% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.18% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 687 440 564
10th Percentile £350 £358 £366
25th Percentile £463 £426 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% +2.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 11 34
10th Percentile £17.69 £16.23 £13.42
25th Percentile £22.30 £25.96 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £56.50 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -8.56% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £66.88 £86.50
90th Percentile £59.25 £70.00 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -13.46% +5.20% +12.35%

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 29,880 23,401 33,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.55% 89.79% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,087 14,489 22,006
10th Percentile £309 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,872 735 1,965
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.62 £13.35
25th Percentile £18.03 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.53
% change year-on-year -22.62% -3.06% +3.15%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +28 522 £575 +4.55% 165
North of England 0 163 £550 +15.79% 126
South East -1 146 £550 +5.26% 180
Midlands -27 126 £525 -2.33% 104
South West +8 116 £525 +8.25% 48
North West +25 104 £500 +2.25% 80
West Midlands -29 83 £568 +5.58% 65
East of England +11 82 £533 -0.93% 57
Yorkshire -41 54 £595 +48.75% 37
East Midlands -21 42 £525 -12.21% 39
North East -20 5 £500 +5.26% 11
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 21 (1.77%) Confluence
2 19 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 18 (1.52%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.42%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.34%) CMS
5 4 (0.34%) Documentum
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.25%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.25%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.084%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.084%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.084%) Camunda
8 1 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.084%) SAS
Applications
1 53 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.03%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.42%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.34%) Trello
8 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) InVision
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
9 2 (0.17%) Windchill
10 1 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.084%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.084%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.084%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 154 (13.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 73 (6.16%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 44 (3.71%) SAP ERP
4 40 (3.38%) Oracle EBS
5 39 (3.29%) Oracle Payables
6 30 (2.53%) Oracle Receivables
7 27 (2.28%) NetSuite
8 21 (1.77%) Oracle General Ledger
8 21 (1.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 17 (1.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 17 (1.43%) Shopify
10 16 (1.35%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (1.35%) SAP EWM
11 14 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
11 14 (1.18%) Workday HCM
12 13 (1.10%) SAP WM
13 10 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
14 9 (0.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 179 (15.11%) Azure
2 137 (11.56%) OCI
3 125 (10.55%) Dynamics 365
4 87 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 84 (7.09%) SaaS
6 40 (3.38%) PaaS
7 36 (3.04%) AWS
8 29 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
9 23 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.43%) Boomi
13 17 (1.43%) GCP
13 17 (1.43%) Lucidchart
14 15 (1.27%) IaaS
14 15 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (1.10%) Tricentis Tosca
16 12 (1.01%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.084%) LAN
1 1 (0.084%) Network Security
1 1 (0.084%) RFID
1 1 (0.084%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (5.06%) Power BI
2 42 (3.54%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.28%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.43%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.35%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 11 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.68%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.59%) GIS
10 7 (0.59%) SAP HANA
10 7 (0.59%) Tableau
11 6 (0.51%) Power Query
12 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.34%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 60 (5.06%) JIRA
2 30 (2.53%) Postman
3 9 (0.76%) Git
3 9 (0.76%) GitLab
4 6 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.51%) SoapUI
5 5 (0.42%) Selenium
5 5 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.34%) Hudson
7 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.17%) Gradle
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.17%) TestRail
8 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.084%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.084%) JMeter
9 1 (0.084%) QADirector
General
1 587 (49.54%) Finance
2 424 (35.78%) Social Skills
3 156 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (10.04%) Public Sector
5 95 (8.02%) Manufacturing
6 54 (4.56%) Local Government
7 41 (3.46%) Retail
8 39 (3.29%) Banking
9 38 (3.21%) General Ledger
9 38 (3.21%) Legal
10 33 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.69%) Billing
15 20 (1.69%) Marketing
16 15 (1.27%) Military
17 13 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (1.01%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 186 (15.70%) Consultant
2 144 (12.15%) Lead
3 131 (11.05%) Architect
4 125 (10.55%) Project Manager
5 119 (10.04%) Analyst
6 92 (7.76%) Senior
7 70 (5.91%) Business Analyst
8 61 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (4.98%) Developer
10 51 (4.30%) SAP Consultant
11 45 (3.80%) ERP Manager
12 43 (3.63%) SAP Manager
13 34 (2.87%) Accountant
14 33 (2.78%) Implementation Consultant
15 29 (2.45%) Functional Consultant
15 29 (2.45%) Senior Manager
16 28 (2.36%) Oracle Specialist
17 25 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
17 25 (2.11%) Programme Manager
17 25 (2.11%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (15.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 82 (6.92%) REST
3 56 (4.73%) SOAP
4 49 (4.14%) XML
5 48 (4.05%) JSON
5 48 (4.05%) Middleware
6 43 (3.63%) Web Services
7 23 (1.94%) OAuth
8 22 (1.86%) XSLT
9 17 (1.43%) .NET
10 12 (1.01%) EDI
10 12 (1.01%) JWT
11 10 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (0.76%) ADO
13 8 (0.68%) HTML
14 6 (0.51%) Node.js
15 5 (0.42%) RESTful
15 5 (0.42%) SAPUI5
16 4 (0.34%) GraphQL
16 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 65 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (3.21%) Management Information System
3 34 (2.87%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.11%) Product Ownership
6 23 (1.94%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.18%) FMCG
8 13 (1.10%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.01%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (0.84%) IoT
10 10 (0.84%) Life Science
10 10 (0.84%) Mobile App
11 9 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (0.76%) Synthetic Data
12 8 (0.68%) SCADA
13 7 (0.59%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.18%) Windows
2 6 (0.51%) Linux
3 3 (0.25%) Unix
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.084%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (23.46%) Migration
2 222 (18.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 216 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
4 206 (17.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 197 (16.62%) Agile
6 168 (14.18%) Data Migration
7 138 (11.65%) Project Management
8 136 (11.48%) Change Management
9 135 (11.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 134 (11.31%) CRM
11 109 (9.20%) Validation
12 100 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 99 (8.35%) Roadmaps
14 90 (7.59%) Project Delivery
15 88 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
16 85 (7.17%) Workshop Facilitation
17 80 (6.75%) DevOps
18 69 (5.82%) Analytics
19 59 (4.98%) Data Governance
19 59 (4.98%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 121 (10.21%) SQL
2 34 (2.87%) PL/SQL
3 29 (2.45%) C#
4 28 (2.36%) Python
5 21 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.69%) Java
7 7 (0.59%) Groovy
7 7 (0.59%) VBA
8 6 (0.51%) ABAP
8 6 (0.51%) X++
9 4 (0.34%) C++
9 4 (0.34%) Korn
9 4 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.34%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.25%) Perl
10 3 (0.25%) R
11 2 (0.17%) PHP
11 2 (0.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 154 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 139 (11.73%) Degree
3 121 (10.21%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.06%) CIMA
5 49 (4.14%) ACCA
6 38 (3.21%) PMP
7 32 (2.70%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (2.11%) Master's Degree
9 20 (1.69%) SAP Certification
10 12 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.01%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.76%) OCA
13 7 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 6 (0.51%) APMP
15 5 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 5 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.49%) Data Quality
2 59 (4.98%) QA
3 47 (3.97%) PMO
4 44 (3.71%) GDPR
5 28 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.93%) SLA
8 10 (0.84%) IFRS
8 10 (0.84%) ITGC
9 9 (0.76%) NIST
10 8 (0.68%) GAAP
11 7 (0.59%) COBIT
11 7 (0.59%) GxP
11 7 (0.59%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.51%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.51%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.51%) NCSC
13 5 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.42%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.25%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.084%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.42%) Terraform
2 4 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.25%) Control-M
4 2 (0.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.084%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.084%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.084%) Kibana
5 1 (0.084%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.084%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 377 (31.81%) Oracle
2 348 (29.37%) SAP
3 184 (15.53%) Microsoft
4 74 (6.24%) Workday
5 60 (5.06%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.95%) Siemens
7 29 (2.45%) IFS
8 25 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.94%) Sage
10 21 (1.77%) Databricks
11 12 (1.01%) Ariba
12 9 (0.76%) Informatica
12 9 (0.76%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.76%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.59%) Adobe
13 7 (0.59%) Foundry
14 6 (0.51%) Google
15 4 (0.34%) ESRI
15 4 (0.34%) IBM
15 4 (0.34%) OpenText