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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 98 99
Rank change year-on-year +38 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,528 626 805
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 2.63% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 2.88% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 401 517
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £463 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £645 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £541 £550
% change year-on-year -3.00% -1.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 19 29
10th Percentile £17.69 £21.79 £13.05
25th Percentile £25.54 £65.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -37.09%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £67.35 - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.03% +84.38% -36.00%

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 35,194 21,730 31,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.78% 91.29% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,373 14,199 20,591
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,179 923 2,284
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £15.99
Median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.11
90th Percentile £81.01 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.28 £27.45 £36.00
% change year-on-year +54.01% -23.75% -3.49%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +35 659 £550 -4.35% 281
South East +7 232 £560 +4.19% 143
North of England +38 208 £500 +5.26% 143
Midlands +21 178 £525 +5.00% 115
South West +29 124 £525 +5.00% 68
North West +35 110 £500 +2.25% 80
West Midlands +3 105 £525 +5.00% 57
East of England +13 98 £575 -4.17% 39
Yorkshire +4 84 £550 +37.50% 52
East Midlands +14 69 £525 +10.53% 57
North East -15 14 £500 -9.09% 13
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 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.05%) Confluence
4 14 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.39%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.20%) Apache
7 3 (0.20%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.20%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.065%) Documentum
9 1 (0.065%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.13%) Windchill
8 1 (0.065%) Trello
Business Applications
1 203 (13.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 115 (7.53%) Oracle ERP
3 49 (3.21%) SAP ERP
4 45 (2.95%) NetSuite
5 44 (2.88%) Oracle EBS
6 40 (2.62%) Oracle Payables
7 37 (2.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 29 (1.90%) Oracle Receivables
9 26 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
10 17 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
10 17 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (1.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 16 (1.05%) Shopify
12 15 (0.98%) Unit4 Business World
13 13 (0.85%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
14 12 (0.79%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.72%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.65%) Oracle 11i
17 8 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 191 (12.50%) Azure
2 167 (10.93%) Dynamics 365
3 138 (9.03%) Power Platform
4 117 (7.66%) OCI
5 81 (5.30%) SaaS
6 52 (3.40%) AWS
7 42 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (2.49%) PaaS
9 26 (1.70%) PowerApps
10 25 (1.64%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.24%) Boomi
12 19 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.05%) GCP
13 16 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (0.98%) IaaS
15 14 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.26%) FTP
2 3 (0.20%) Firewall
2 3 (0.20%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
4 1 (0.065%) DHCP
4 1 (0.065%) DMZ
4 1 (0.065%) DNS
4 1 (0.065%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.065%) Modbus
4 1 (0.065%) MQTT
4 1 (0.065%) RFID
4 1 (0.065%) SMS
4 1 (0.065%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.065%) VoIP
4 1 (0.065%) VPN
4 1 (0.065%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.54%) Power BI
2 52 (3.40%) Oracle Reports
3 41 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.64%) Oracle ODI
5 18 (1.18%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (1.05%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 12 (0.79%) Metadata
8 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.59%) Tableau
10 8 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.52%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (0.33%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.20%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 83 (5.43%) JIRA
2 24 (1.57%) Postman
3 20 (1.31%) Git
4 17 (1.11%) Hudson
5 10 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.59%) SoapUI
7 7 (0.46%) Selenium
8 4 (0.26%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.20%) GitLab
10 2 (0.13%) Gradle
11 1 (0.065%) ERwin
11 1 (0.065%) JMeter
11 1 (0.065%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.065%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.065%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 780 (51.05%) Finance
2 404 (26.44%) Social Skills
3 214 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (9.03%) Manufacturing
5 106 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 80 (5.24%) Retail
7 51 (3.34%) Local Government
8 46 (3.01%) Law
9 43 (2.81%) Legal
10 42 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (2.75%) General Ledger
11 36 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (2.29%) Banking
13 31 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (1.90%) Billing
15 27 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 20 (1.31%) Military
16 20 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.05%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 251 (16.43%) Lead
2 228 (14.92%) Architect
3 192 (12.57%) Consultant
4 182 (11.91%) Analyst
5 161 (10.54%) Project Manager
6 133 (8.70%) Senior
7 113 (7.40%) Solutions Architect
8 88 (5.76%) Business Analyst
9 77 (5.04%) Developer
10 70 (4.58%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.73%) Accountant
12 50 (3.27%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (3.01%) Senior Manager
14 43 (2.81%) Financial Analyst
15 42 (2.75%) Systems Accountant
16 38 (2.49%) Data Analyst
17 37 (2.42%) SAP Manager
18 36 (2.36%) SAP Consultant
18 36 (2.36%) Transformation Manager
19 35 (2.29%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (12.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 88 (5.76%) REST
3 70 (4.58%) Middleware
4 51 (3.34%) SOAP
5 42 (2.75%) JSON
6 40 (2.62%) XML
7 30 (1.96%) Web Services
8 19 (1.24%) .NET
8 19 (1.24%) OAuth
9 18 (1.18%) XSLT
10 14 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
11 13 (0.85%) EDI
11 13 (0.85%) JWT
12 12 (0.79%) Node.js
13 11 (0.72%) HTML
14 9 (0.59%) PySpark
14 9 (0.59%) RESTful
14 9 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
15 8 (0.52%) CSS
16 7 (0.46%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 86 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
2 52 (3.40%) Data Structures
3 38 (2.49%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.42%) Product Ownership
5 36 (2.36%) Public Cloud
6 25 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.51%) FMCG
8 21 (1.37%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.05%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.59%) IoT
17 8 (0.52%) Operational Technology
17 8 (0.52%) SCADA
18 7 (0.46%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.24%) Windows
2 4 (0.26%) Linux
2 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.065%) Android
4 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.065%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (27.49%) Migration
2 321 (21.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 270 (17.67%) Data Migration
4 258 (16.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 222 (14.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 216 (14.14%) Agile
7 212 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
8 177 (11.58%) Change Management
9 175 (11.45%) Validation
10 174 (11.39%) Project Management
11 172 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 140 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
13 128 (8.38%) Data Modelling
14 121 (7.92%) CRM
15 118 (7.72%) Procure-to-Pay
16 113 (7.40%) Roadmaps
17 103 (6.74%) Project Delivery
18 102 (6.68%) Analytics
19 94 (6.15%) Decision-Making
20 93 (6.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 128 (8.38%) SQL
2 43 (2.81%) Python
3 33 (2.16%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.83%) C#
5 27 (1.77%) Java
6 26 (1.70%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.98%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.92%) X++
9 11 (0.72%) Ruby
10 8 (0.52%) ABAP
10 8 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.46%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.26%) VBA
14 3 (0.20%) C++
14 3 (0.20%) Korn
14 3 (0.20%) Perl
14 3 (0.20%) SOQL
14 3 (0.20%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 170 (11.13%) Security Cleared
2 127 (8.31%) SC Cleared
3 112 (7.33%) Degree
4 81 (5.30%) CIMA
5 73 (4.78%) ACCA
6 42 (2.75%) PMP
7 32 (2.09%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.46%) Oracle Certification
13 7 (0.46%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.39%) APMP
14 6 (0.39%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.39%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.26%) APMG
16 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 62 (4.06%) GDPR
3 51 (3.34%) QA
4 43 (2.81%) PMO
5 18 (1.18%) IFRS
5 18 (1.18%) SLA
6 16 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.79%) GAAP
8 8 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.33%) NCSC
9 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.20%) GMP
11 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.13%) GxP
12 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (0.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.39%) Docker
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (0.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.33%) Terraform
3 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
3 4 (0.26%) Kibana
3 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
4 3 (0.20%) Grafana
4 3 (0.20%) MOM
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.065%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.065%) SCCM
Vendors
1 452 (29.58%) SAP
2 438 (28.66%) Oracle
3 250 (16.36%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.37%) Workday
5 67 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 65 (4.25%) IFS
7 55 (3.60%) Siemens
8 43 (2.81%) ServiceNow
9 35 (2.29%) Databricks
10 28 (1.83%) Sage
11 26 (1.70%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.37%) Ariba
13 15 (0.98%) Informatica
14 12 (0.79%) Epicor
14 12 (0.79%) Infor
15 8 (0.52%) Foundry
15 8 (0.52%) Google
16 7 (0.46%) JD Edwards
16 7 (0.46%) Talend
17 6 (0.39%) SYSPRO