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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 81 103
Rank change year-on-year +12 +22 +17
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,195 735 850
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.46% 2.85% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 3.17% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 694 431 560
10th Percentile £350 £358 £374
25th Percentile £463 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +2.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 10 35
10th Percentile £17.81 £16.85 £13.54
25th Percentile £22.85 £35.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% -1.68% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £67.81 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.89 £70.00 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 30,243 23,214 32,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.45% 89.92% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,352 14,394 21,863
10th Percentile £311 £308 £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 1,888 728 2,002
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.32
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £65.00 £61.04
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.33 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +15 523 £575 +4.55% 178
North of England +5 164 £550 +15.79% 127
South East +5 146 £550 +5.26% 183
Midlands -24 130 £550 +2.33% 101
South West +11 121 £525 +11.88% 46
North West +28 103 £500 +2.25% 84
West Midlands -31 86 £559 +3.95% 63
East of England +8 82 £550 +1.15% 52
Yorkshire -27 56 £595 +48.75% 36
East Midlands -12 43 £525 -7.89% 38
North East -19 5 £500 +5.26% 10
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 (1.76%) Confluence
2 19 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 18 (1.51%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.42%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.33%) Documentum
5 4 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) CMS
7 2 (0.17%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.17%) SAP EP
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
8 1 (0.084%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 52 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (1.92%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.42%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.33%) Trello
8 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) InVision
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
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
Business Applications
1 159 (13.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 75 (6.28%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (3.68%) SAP ERP
4 42 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 41 (3.43%) Oracle EBS
6 40 (3.35%) Oracle Payables
7 31 (2.59%) Oracle Receivables
8 27 (2.26%) NetSuite
9 21 (1.76%) Oracle General Ledger
9 21 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (1.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 17 (1.42%) SAP EWM
10 17 (1.42%) Shopify
11 16 (1.34%) Oracle Assets
12 14 (1.17%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (1.17%) Workday HCM
13 13 (1.09%) SAP WM
14 11 (0.92%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
16 8 (0.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 187 (15.65%) Azure
2 140 (11.72%) OCI
3 126 (10.54%) Dynamics 365
4 86 (7.20%) SaaS
5 85 (7.11%) Power Platform
6 41 (3.43%) PaaS
7 34 (2.85%) AWS
8 29 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (2.01%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
10 23 (1.92%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (1.59%) Boomi
13 18 (1.51%) SuccessFactors
14 17 (1.42%) GCP
15 16 (1.34%) IaaS
15 16 (1.34%) Lucidchart
15 16 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (1.00%) Copilot Studio
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 58 (4.85%) Power BI
2 45 (3.77%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.26%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.34%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 11 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.67%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.59%) GIS
9 7 (0.59%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.59%) Tableau
10 5 (0.42%) Power Query
11 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.33%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database 11g
12 3 (0.25%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (4.94%) JIRA
2 31 (2.59%) Postman
3 9 (0.75%) Git
4 8 (0.67%) GitLab
5 7 (0.59%) SoapUI
6 6 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.42%) Hudson
7 5 (0.42%) Selenium
7 5 (0.42%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.17%) Gradle
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.17%) TestRail
10 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.084%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.084%) JMeter
11 1 (0.084%) QADirector
General
1 592 (49.54%) Finance
2 425 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 156 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (9.87%) Public Sector
5 95 (7.95%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.94%) Local Government
7 40 (3.35%) Legal
7 40 (3.35%) Retail
8 38 (3.18%) Banking
8 38 (3.18%) General Ledger
9 32 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 31 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 23 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.67%) Billing
14 18 (1.51%) Marketing
15 15 (1.26%) Military
16 13 (1.09%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 187 (15.65%) Consultant
2 145 (12.13%) Lead
3 134 (11.21%) Architect
4 126 (10.54%) Project Manager
5 119 (9.96%) Analyst
6 98 (8.20%) Senior
7 69 (5.77%) Business Analyst
8 64 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (5.02%) Developer
10 51 (4.27%) SAP Consultant
11 47 (3.93%) SAP Manager
12 43 (3.60%) ERP Manager
13 38 (3.18%) Implementation Consultant
14 35 (2.93%) Accountant
15 30 (2.51%) Senior Manager
16 29 (2.43%) Functional Consultant
16 29 (2.43%) Oracle Specialist
17 26 (2.18%) Delivery Manager
17 26 (2.18%) Systems Accountant
18 25 (2.09%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (15.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 84 (7.03%) REST
3 57 (4.77%) SOAP
4 50 (4.18%) XML
5 49 (4.10%) JSON
5 49 (4.10%) Middleware
6 44 (3.68%) Web Services
7 24 (2.01%) OAuth
8 23 (1.92%) XSLT
9 18 (1.51%) .NET
10 13 (1.09%) JWT
11 12 (1.00%) EDI
12 8 (0.67%) ADO
12 8 (0.67%) HTML
12 8 (0.67%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.50%) Node.js
14 5 (0.42%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.42%) RESTful
15 4 (0.33%) PySpark
15 4 (0.33%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.69%) Legacy Systems
2 37 (3.10%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.76%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.26%) Product Ownership
5 26 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.01%) Public Cloud
7 15 (1.26%) FMCG
8 14 (1.17%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.92%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.84%) IoT
12 10 (0.84%) Life Science
13 9 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.67%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.67%) SCADA
14 8 (0.67%) Synthetic Data
15 7 (0.59%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.17%) Windows
2 6 (0.50%) Linux
3 3 (0.25%) Unix
4 1 (0.084%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (23.26%) Migration
2 228 (19.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 216 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (17.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 192 (16.07%) Agile
6 166 (13.89%) Data Migration
7 138 (11.55%) Change Management
8 137 (11.46%) Project Management
9 132 (11.05%) User Acceptance Testing
10 130 (10.88%) CRM
11 109 (9.12%) Validation
12 105 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 100 (8.37%) Roadmaps
14 89 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
14 89 (7.45%) Project Delivery
15 83 (6.95%) Workshop Facilitation
16 82 (6.86%) DevOps
17 71 (5.94%) Analytics
18 63 (5.27%) Integration Patterns
19 62 (5.19%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 120 (10.04%) SQL
2 33 (2.76%) PL/SQL
3 30 (2.51%) Python
4 29 (2.43%) C#
5 21 (1.76%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.59%) Java
7 7 (0.59%) Groovy
8 6 (0.50%) VBA
8 6 (0.50%) X++
9 5 (0.42%) ABAP
9 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.33%) C++
10 4 (0.33%) Korn
10 4 (0.33%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.33%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.25%) Perl
11 3 (0.25%) R
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 2 (0.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 155 (12.97%) Security Cleared
2 139 (11.63%) Degree
3 121 (10.13%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.02%) CIMA
5 49 (4.10%) ACCA
6 39 (3.26%) PMP
7 32 (2.68%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.09%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.67%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.00%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.92%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
14 8 (0.67%) OCA
15 7 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.50%) APMP
17 5 (0.42%) DV Cleared
17 5 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.61%) Data Quality
2 56 (4.69%) QA
3 44 (3.68%) PMO
4 42 (3.51%) GDPR
5 29 (2.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.92%) SLA
8 10 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.84%) IFRS
8 10 (0.84%) ITGC
9 9 (0.75%) NIST
10 8 (0.67%) GAAP
11 7 (0.59%) COBIT
11 7 (0.59%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.50%) GxP
12 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.50%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.50%) NCSC
13 5 (0.42%) GMP
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 (0.33%) 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
1 387 (32.38%) Oracle
2 354 (29.62%) SAP
3 184 (15.40%) Microsoft
4 77 (6.44%) Workday
5 57 (4.77%) Salesforce
6 39 (3.26%) Siemens
7 30 (2.51%) IFS
8 26 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 25 (2.09%) Sage
10 22 (1.84%) Databricks
11 13 (1.09%) Ariba
12 11 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 10 (0.84%) Informatica
14 9 (0.75%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.59%) Adobe
15 7 (0.59%) Foundry
16 6 (0.50%) Google
17 5 (0.42%) Epicor
18 4 (0.33%) CODA
18 4 (0.33%) IBM