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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 86 100
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 +25
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,264 705 858
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.46% 2.86% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 3.15% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 726 423 568
10th Percentile £360 £358 £363
25th Percentile £461 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 15 39
10th Percentile £18.27 £17.09 £14.03
25th Percentile £25.38 £57.50 £27.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.92 - £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -8.00%

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 31,603 22,356 32,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.62% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,213 14,443 21,819
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £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 1,966 795 2,153
10th Percentile £15.28 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -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 13 March 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 March 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 March 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 +20 557 £575 +4.55% 210
North of England +24 177 £550 +15.79% 140
South East -5 163 £550 - 191
Midlands -23 134 £540 +8.00% 133
South West +19 115 £525 +13.26% 48
North West +33 113 £500 +2.25% 75
West Midlands -22 94 £565 +13.00% 80
East of England +5 84 £550 -4.35% 58
Yorkshire -16 57 £595 +37.97% 49
East Midlands -22 39 £500 +2.56% 52
North East -19 7 £500 - 20
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 19 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.42%) Confluence
3 14 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.55%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
7 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.24%) Documentum
7 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.079%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.079%) CMS
9 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.079%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 49 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.40%) PTC Creo
6 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.32%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Windchill
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.079%) InVision
9 1 (0.079%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 153 (12.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 85 (6.72%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (4.03%) Oracle EBS
4 43 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 41 (3.24%) SAP ERP
6 36 (2.85%) Oracle Payables
7 27 (2.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 26 (2.06%) NetSuite
9 21 (1.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (1.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 17 (1.34%) Shopify
11 16 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
12 15 (1.19%) Workday HCM
13 14 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
14 10 (0.79%) Oracle Cash Management
14 10 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
14 10 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
15 9 (0.71%) Teamcenter
15 9 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
16 7 (0.55%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 189 (14.95%) Azure
2 140 (11.08%) Dynamics 365
3 137 (10.84%) OCI
4 93 (7.36%) Power Platform
5 85 (6.72%) SaaS
6 43 (3.40%) AWS
7 40 (3.16%) PaaS
8 32 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.90%) Boomi
9 24 (1.90%) PowerApps
10 23 (1.82%) Power Automate
11 22 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (1.58%) GCP
13 18 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.27%) IaaS
14 16 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
17 11 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.16%) Firewall
1 2 (0.16%) LAN
2 1 (0.079%) DHCP
2 1 (0.079%) DNS
2 1 (0.079%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.079%) HTTP
2 1 (0.079%) Intranet
2 1 (0.079%) Modbus
2 1 (0.079%) Network Security
2 1 (0.079%) RFID
2 1 (0.079%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.079%) VoIP
2 1 (0.079%) VPN
2 1 (0.079%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (5.22%) Power BI
2 55 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
3 43 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (1.58%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.42%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 12 (0.95%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.95%) Oracle ODI
8 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.55%) GIS
10 7 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.47%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.47%) Tableau
12 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 63 (4.98%) JIRA
2 26 (2.06%) Postman
3 15 (1.19%) Git
4 9 (0.71%) Hudson
5 8 (0.63%) GitLab
5 8 (0.63%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.55%) Selenium
7 6 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.32%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.16%) Gradle
11 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.16%) TestRail
12 1 (0.079%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.079%) MLflow
12 1 (0.079%) QADirector
12 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 628 (49.68%) Finance
2 419 (33.15%) Social Skills
3 177 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (9.10%) Public Sector
5 97 (7.67%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.67%) Local Government
7 57 (4.51%) Retail
8 45 (3.56%) Legal
9 38 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
10 37 (2.93%) Banking
11 32 (2.53%) General Ledger
12 29 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.50%) Billing
16 19 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.50%) Marketing
17 16 (1.27%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 193 (15.27%) Consultant
2 167 (13.21%) Lead
3 153 (12.10%) Architect
4 138 (10.92%) Project Manager
5 124 (9.81%) Analyst
6 106 (8.39%) Senior
7 76 (6.01%) Solutions Architect
8 74 (5.85%) Business Analyst
9 63 (4.98%) Developer
10 49 (3.88%) ERP Manager
11 48 (3.80%) Implementation Consultant
12 42 (3.32%) SAP Consultant
13 41 (3.24%) SAP Manager
14 39 (3.09%) Accountant
15 33 (2.61%) Senior Manager
16 30 (2.37%) Systems Accountant
17 29 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
18 28 (2.22%) Financial Analyst
19 27 (2.14%) Test Manager
19 27 (2.14%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (14.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 80 (6.33%) REST
3 53 (4.19%) Middleware
4 51 (4.03%) SOAP
5 44 (3.48%) JSON
5 44 (3.48%) XML
6 40 (3.16%) Web Services
7 23 (1.82%) OAuth
8 19 (1.50%) XSLT
9 18 (1.42%) .NET
10 13 (1.03%) JWT
11 12 (0.95%) PySpark
12 9 (0.71%) EDI
13 8 (0.63%) HTML
13 8 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
14 7 (0.55%) ADO
14 7 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
15 6 (0.47%) Node.js
16 5 (0.40%) GraphQL
17 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.78%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (3.32%) Management Information System
3 40 (3.16%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 24 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.50%) Public Cloud
7 16 (1.27%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.03%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.03%) FMCG
9 13 (1.03%) Onboarding
10 12 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.95%) IoT
11 11 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.71%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.55%) Life Science
13 7 (0.55%) LIMS
13 7 (0.55%) SCADA
13 7 (0.55%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.19%) Windows
2 6 (0.47%) Linux
3 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 2 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (25.08%) Migration
2 249 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 220 (17.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 210 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
5 196 (15.51%) Data Migration
6 187 (14.79%) Agile
7 155 (12.26%) User Acceptance Testing
8 154 (12.18%) Project Management
9 147 (11.63%) Change Management
10 133 (10.52%) Validation
11 125 (9.89%) CRM
12 115 (9.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 103 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
14 97 (7.67%) Roadmaps
15 92 (7.28%) Project Delivery
16 89 (7.04%) DevOps
17 83 (6.57%) Data Modelling
18 81 (6.41%) Analytics
19 80 (6.33%) Workshop Facilitation
20 73 (5.78%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 117 (9.26%) SQL
2 35 (2.77%) Python
3 34 (2.69%) PL/SQL
4 26 (2.06%) C#
5 19 (1.50%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.34%) Java
7 7 (0.55%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.47%) ABAP
8 6 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.47%) X++
9 5 (0.40%) Korn
9 5 (0.40%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.32%) C++
10 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.32%) VBA
11 3 (0.24%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) Ruby
12 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 161 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 118 (9.34%) SC Cleared
3 117 (9.26%) Degree
4 66 (5.22%) CIMA
5 53 (4.19%) ACCA
6 38 (3.01%) PMP
7 30 (2.37%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.66%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.95%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.87%) SAP Certification
13 10 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (0.71%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.63%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.55%) OCA
17 6 (0.47%) APMP
18 5 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 5 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.22%) Data Quality
2 62 (4.91%) QA
3 50 (3.96%) PMO
4 49 (3.88%) GDPR
5 21 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.11%) SLA
7 13 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.87%) IFRS
9 10 (0.79%) ITGC
9 10 (0.79%) NIST
10 9 (0.71%) GAAP
11 7 (0.55%) COBIT
11 7 (0.55%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.47%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.47%) NCSC
13 5 (0.40%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.40%) IFRS 9
14 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.32%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.079%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.55%) Terraform
2 5 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.24%) Control-M
3 3 (0.24%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.16%) MOM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.079%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.079%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.079%) Kibana
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.079%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 394 (31.17%) Oracle
2 347 (27.45%) SAP
3 200 (15.82%) Microsoft
4 79 (6.25%) Workday
5 52 (4.11%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.88%) Siemens
7 46 (3.64%) IFS
8 32 (2.53%) Databricks
9 28 (2.22%) Sage
10 27 (2.14%) ServiceNow
11 20 (1.58%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.19%) Informatica
13 14 (1.11%) Ariba
14 9 (0.71%) Foundry
14 9 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.47%) Adobe
15 6 (0.47%) Epicor
15 6 (0.47%) Google
15 6 (0.47%) Talend
16 4 (0.32%) IBM