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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 84 97
Rank change year-on-year +18 +13 +30
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,225 752 844
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.47% 2.94% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 3.26% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 441 564
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £463 £426 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £643
90th Percentile £738 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 13 35
10th Percentile £17.81 £20.54 £13.54
25th Percentile £23.93 £35.00 £33.38
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £68.75 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.89 £70.00 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £59.65
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.98% -4.57%

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 30,789 23,051 32,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.31% 90.11% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,727 14,450 21,724
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 1,908 755 2,031
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +2.19% -2.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £72.15 £75.40 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £25.94 £33.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year -21.39% -0.20% -5.53%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +8 535 £575 +4.55% 164
North of England +8 168 £550 +15.79% 116
South East -3 147 £550 +4.76% 174
Midlands -21 136 £550 +4.76% 94
South West +16 126 £525 +13.26% 39
North West +25 108 £513 +4.97% 72
West Midlands -27 91 £559 +6.43% 55
East of England +11 82 £550 +2.33% 49
Yorkshire -32 55 £595 +48.75% 38
East Midlands -18 44 £525 -1.87% 38
North East -22 5 £500 +5.26% 9
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 (1.71%) Confluence
2 19 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 18 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.41%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.33%) Documentum
5 4 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.082%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.082%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.082%) SAS
8 1 (0.082%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 52 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.96%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.41%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.33%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) InVision
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.16%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Windchill
9 1 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.082%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.082%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 161 (13.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 78 (6.37%) Oracle ERP
3 45 (3.67%) SAP ERP
4 44 (3.59%) Oracle EBS
5 42 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
6 39 (3.18%) Oracle Payables
7 30 (2.45%) Oracle Receivables
8 27 (2.20%) NetSuite
9 21 (1.71%) Oracle General Ledger
9 21 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (1.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 17 (1.39%) Shopify
11 16 (1.31%) Oracle Assets
12 15 (1.22%) Workday HCM
13 14 (1.14%) Oracle Cash Management
14 12 (0.98%) SAP EWM
15 11 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
15 11 (0.90%) Unit4 Business World
16 9 (0.73%) Teamcenter
17 8 (0.65%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 197 (16.08%) Azure
2 147 (12.00%) OCI
3 129 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
4 88 (7.18%) Power Platform
4 88 (7.18%) SaaS
5 41 (3.35%) PaaS
6 36 (2.94%) AWS
7 30 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (2.04%) PowerApps
9 24 (1.96%) Power Automate
10 23 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 23 (1.88%) Boomi
11 21 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.47%) GCP
12 18 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
14 16 (1.31%) IaaS
14 16 (1.31%) Lucidchart
15 14 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.06%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.082%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.082%) Firewall
1 1 (0.082%) LAN
1 1 (0.082%) Modbus
1 1 (0.082%) Network Security
1 1 (0.082%) RFID
1 1 (0.082%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (4.90%) Power BI
2 49 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
3 37 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.55%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.31%) Oracle Database
7 13 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.65%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.65%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.57%) GIS
11 7 (0.57%) Tableau
12 5 (0.41%) Power Query
13 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.33%) Oracle ODI
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
14 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (4.82%) JIRA
2 31 (2.53%) Postman
3 9 (0.73%) Git
4 7 (0.57%) GitLab
4 7 (0.57%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.49%) Hudson
5 6 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.41%) Selenium
6 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.16%) Gradle
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.16%) TestRail
9 2 (0.16%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.082%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.082%) MLflow
10 1 (0.082%) QADirector
10 1 (0.082%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 608 (49.63%) Finance
2 426 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 161 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (9.47%) Public Sector
5 95 (7.76%) Manufacturing
6 57 (4.65%) Local Government
7 46 (3.76%) Retail
8 43 (3.51%) Legal
9 37 (3.02%) General Ledger
10 36 (2.94%) Banking
11 33 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.63%) Billing
17 18 (1.47%) Marketing
18 15 (1.22%) Military
19 13 (1.06%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 196 (16.00%) Consultant
2 147 (12.00%) Lead
3 140 (11.43%) Architect
4 131 (10.69%) Project Manager
5 121 (9.88%) Analyst
6 101 (8.24%) Senior
7 73 (5.96%) Business Analyst
8 69 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (4.90%) Developer
10 47 (3.84%) Implementation Consultant
10 47 (3.84%) SAP Consultant
10 47 (3.84%) SAP Manager
11 44 (3.59%) ERP Manager
12 36 (2.94%) Accountant
13 31 (2.53%) Senior Manager
14 29 (2.37%) Functional Consultant
14 29 (2.37%) Oracle Specialist
15 28 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
16 27 (2.20%) Systems Accountant
17 26 (2.12%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (15.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 82 (6.69%) REST
3 56 (4.57%) SOAP
4 50 (4.08%) Middleware
5 49 (4.00%) XML
6 48 (3.92%) JSON
7 44 (3.59%) Web Services
8 24 (1.96%) OAuth
9 22 (1.80%) XSLT
10 17 (1.39%) .NET
11 13 (1.06%) JWT
12 11 (0.90%) EDI
13 8 (0.65%) ADO
13 8 (0.65%) HTML
13 8 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
14 6 (0.49%) Node.js
15 5 (0.41%) GraphQL
15 5 (0.41%) PySpark
15 5 (0.41%) RESTful
16 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 71 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (3.10%) Management Information System
3 35 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (2.04%) Product Ownership
5 23 (1.88%) Public Cloud
6 16 (1.31%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.22%) FMCG
8 14 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 12 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (0.90%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.90%) IoT
10 11 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.82%) Life Science
12 8 (0.65%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.65%) SCADA
13 7 (0.57%) LIMS
13 7 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.14%) Windows
2 6 (0.49%) Linux
3 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 1 (0.082%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (23.84%) Migration
2 236 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 216 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 190 (15.51%) Agile
6 173 (14.12%) Data Migration
7 144 (11.76%) Project Management
8 141 (11.51%) Change Management
9 132 (10.78%) User Acceptance Testing
10 128 (10.45%) CRM
11 112 (9.14%) Validation
12 111 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 102 (8.33%) Roadmaps
14 94 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
15 91 (7.43%) Project Delivery
16 89 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
17 83 (6.78%) DevOps
18 77 (6.29%) Analytics
19 68 (5.55%) Data Modelling
20 63 (5.14%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 123 (10.04%) SQL
2 35 (2.86%) PL/SQL
3 31 (2.53%) Python
4 28 (2.29%) C#
5 20 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.31%) Java
7 7 (0.57%) Groovy
8 6 (0.49%) ABAP
8 6 (0.49%) X++
9 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.41%) VBA
10 4 (0.33%) C++
10 4 (0.33%) Korn
10 4 (0.33%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.33%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.24%) Perl
11 3 (0.24%) R
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 157 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 133 (10.86%) Degree
3 120 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 62 (5.06%) CIMA
5 50 (4.08%) ACCA
6 38 (3.10%) PMP
7 31 (2.53%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.04%) Master's Degree
9 23 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.31%) SAP Certification
11 13 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (0.98%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.90%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
15 7 (0.57%) OCA
15 7 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.49%) APMP
16 6 (0.49%) DV Cleared
17 5 (0.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.47%) Data Quality
2 57 (4.65%) QA
3 44 (3.59%) PMO
4 42 (3.43%) GDPR
5 29 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.06%) SLA
7 10 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.82%) IFRS
7 10 (0.82%) ITGC
8 9 (0.73%) NIST
9 8 (0.65%) GAAP
10 7 (0.57%) COBIT
10 7 (0.57%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.49%) GMP
11 6 (0.49%) GxP
11 6 (0.49%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.49%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.49%) NCSC
12 5 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 7 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.082%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.41%) Terraform
2 4 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.24%) Control-M
4 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.082%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.082%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.082%) Kibana
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.082%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 397 (32.41%) Oracle
2 354 (28.90%) SAP
3 189 (15.43%) Microsoft
4 77 (6.29%) Workday
5 56 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 48 (3.92%) Siemens
7 35 (2.86%) IFS
8 27 (2.20%) Sage
9 26 (2.12%) ServiceNow
10 25 (2.04%) Databricks
11 15 (1.22%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.14%) Ariba
12 14 (1.14%) Informatica
13 9 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.65%) Foundry
15 7 (0.57%) Adobe
16 6 (0.49%) Google
17 5 (0.41%) Epicor
17 5 (0.41%) Talend
18 4 (0.33%) CODA