ERP Contracts in England

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ERP over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 100 113
Rank change year-on-year -3 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing ERP 663 828 1,091
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.59% 2.23% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.61% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 516 709
10th Percentile £328 £363 £400
25th Percentile £445 £459 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 36 15
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.88 £39.55
25th Percentile £16.71 £27.63 £51.88
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.36 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +90.89% -45.33% +314.85%
75th Percentile £75.00 £61.25 £73.75
90th Percentile - £66.94 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £37.68 £63.59
% change year-on-year +55.92% -40.74% +55.09%

All Process and 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 23,377 31,762 42,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 85.55% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,054 20,587 29,761
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.57% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,168 2,328 1,554
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.00 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in England

ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP in England.

Daily rate trend for ERP in England

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in England

ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP in England.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in England

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

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 1 July 2025. 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 +29 339 £550 - 1,712
South East +30 114 £538 +4.88% 741
North of England -25 53 £450 -10.00% 682
Midlands -31 48 £525 +5.00% 518
South West +8 45 £463 -11.48% 340
East of England +18 30 £550 +10.00% 341
North West -3 27 £450 -10.00% 448
West Midlands -43 27 £525 +5.00% 300
Yorkshire -25 21 £400 -20.04% 167
East Midlands +4 19 £525 -5.41% 213
North East +3 5 £538 -2.27% 69
ERP
UK

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 10 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.36%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (1.06%) NetWeaver
3 7 (1.06%) SAP EP
4 4 (0.60%) Confluence
4 4 (0.60%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle UPK
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.90%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.30%) Trello
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 66 (9.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 56 (8.45%) Oracle ERP
3 25 (3.77%) Oracle EBS
3 25 (3.77%) SAP ERP
4 20 (3.02%) Oracle Payables
5 19 (2.87%) NetSuite
5 19 (2.87%) Oracle EBS R12
6 17 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
7 14 (2.11%) Oracle Assets
7 14 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 14 (2.11%) Unit4 Business World
8 9 (1.36%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (1.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 8 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
10 7 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (1.06%) SAP CRM
11 6 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
11 6 (0.90%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.75%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.75%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 64 (9.65%) Dynamics 365
2 61 (9.20%) Azure
3 60 (9.05%) OCI
4 54 (8.14%) SaaS
5 42 (6.33%) Power Platform
6 21 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
7 14 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.51%) PaaS
9 9 (1.36%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.21%) AWS
11 7 (1.06%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.90%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 4 (0.60%) Smartsheet
14 3 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.45%) Boomi
15 2 (0.30%) iPaaS
15 2 (0.30%) Lucidchart
15 2 (0.30%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.45%) RFID
2 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.15%) Intranet
2 1 (0.15%) LAN
2 1 (0.15%) Network Security
2 1 (0.15%) SSL
2 1 (0.15%) WAN
2 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.73%) Power BI
2 34 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
3 18 (2.71%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.11%) SAP HANA
5 10 (1.51%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 7 (1.06%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.60%) GIS
9 4 (0.60%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.60%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.45%) Tableau
11 2 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.30%) Essbase
11 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (4.22%) JIRA
2 4 (0.60%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.60%) NeoLoad
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.30%) JMeter
4 2 (0.30%) LSMW
5 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) Hudson
5 1 (0.15%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 314 (47.36%) Finance
2 226 (34.09%) Social Skills
3 98 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (11.31%) Manufacturing
5 34 (5.13%) Retail
6 33 (4.98%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.37%) Legal
8 23 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 20 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.87%) Local Government
10 19 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.41%) Marketing
12 14 (2.11%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.11%) Billing
13 13 (1.96%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.51%) Banking
15 10 (1.51%) Law
16 9 (1.36%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 111 (16.74%) Analyst
2 87 (13.12%) Lead
3 84 (12.67%) Consultant
4 76 (11.46%) Project Manager
5 63 (9.50%) Business Analyst
6 51 (7.69%) Architect
7 48 (7.24%) Senior
8 41 (6.18%) ERP Manager
9 34 (5.13%) Developer
10 27 (4.07%) SAP Manager
11 25 (3.77%) Oracle Consultant
12 22 (3.32%) Financial Analyst
13 19 (2.87%) ERP Project Manager
13 19 (2.87%) Programme Manager
14 18 (2.71%) ERP Consultant
15 17 (2.56%) ERP Analyst
15 17 (2.56%) SAP Architect
16 16 (2.41%) Finance Manager
16 16 (2.41%) Functional Consultant
16 16 (2.41%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (9.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (2.26%) Web Services
3 14 (2.11%) Middleware
4 13 (1.96%) SAP Fiori
5 11 (1.66%) .NET
6 10 (1.51%) SAP PI
7 9 (1.36%) REST
8 8 (1.21%) SAPUI5
8 8 (1.21%) SOAP
9 6 (0.90%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.90%) CSS
9 6 (0.90%) HTML
9 6 (0.90%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.60%) XML
11 3 (0.45%) EDI
11 3 (0.45%) OAuth
11 3 (0.45%) RESTful
12 2 (0.30%) ADO
12 2 (0.30%) BAPI
12 2 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.03%) Management Information System
2 30 (4.52%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (2.41%) Life Science
4 15 (2.26%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.11%) FMCG
5 14 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.51%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.90%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.75%) e-Learning
11 5 (0.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 4 (0.60%) SCADA
12 4 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (0.45%) AS400
14 2 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.75%) Unix
2 3 (0.45%) Windows
3 2 (0.30%) Linux
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (22.78%) Migration
2 126 (19.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 121 (18.25%) Agile
4 109 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
5 102 (15.38%) Change Management
6 101 (15.23%) Data Migration
7 99 (14.93%) Project Management
8 82 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 73 (11.01%) CRM
10 66 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
11 63 (9.50%) User Acceptance Testing
12 57 (8.60%) Project Delivery
13 52 (7.84%) Validation
14 42 (6.33%) Risk Management
15 41 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (6.03%) PRINCE2
17 39 (5.88%) Analytics
17 39 (5.88%) Data Management
18 38 (5.73%) Collaborative Working
18 38 (5.73%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 87 (13.12%) SQL
2 26 (3.92%) PL/SQL
3 10 (1.51%) ABAP
3 10 (1.51%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.36%) Python
5 8 (1.21%) C#
5 8 (1.21%) Java
6 5 (0.75%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.60%) Perl
7 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.60%) X++
8 3 (0.45%) R
8 3 (0.45%) VBA
9 2 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 66 (9.95%) Degree
2 58 (8.75%) Security Cleared
3 50 (7.54%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.37%) PMP
5 18 (2.71%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.36%) ACCA
6 9 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.06%) CIMA
9 5 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.75%) CBAP
10 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.45%) CISSP
12 2 (0.30%) APMG
12 2 (0.30%) CISM
12 2 (0.30%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.62%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.17%) PMO
3 20 (3.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 19 (2.87%) GDPR
5 18 (2.71%) QA
6 15 (2.26%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.81%) SLA
8 5 (0.75%) GRC
9 4 (0.60%) APQC
9 4 (0.60%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.60%) IFRS
9 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.45%) GAAP
11 2 (0.30%) GxP
11 2 (0.30%) ITGC
11 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.30%) PMBOK
12 1 (0.15%) Basel III
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) Docker
4 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 4 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 4 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (0.45%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.30%) Control-M
3 2 (0.30%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.30%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 204 (30.77%) SAP
2 197 (29.71%) Oracle
3 112 (16.89%) Microsoft
4 42 (6.33%) Workday
5 37 (5.58%) Salesforce
6 32 (4.83%) IFS
7 24 (3.62%) Ariba
8 6 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.75%) Concur
9 5 (0.75%) Informatica
10 4 (0.60%) Adobe
10 4 (0.60%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.60%) ReadSoft
10 4 (0.60%) Sage
10 4 (0.60%) Siemens
11 3 (0.45%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.45%) AVEVA
11 3 (0.45%) Dell
11 3 (0.45%) Kofax
11 3 (0.45%) Rockwell