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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 97 102
Rank change year-on-year +36 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,584 661 818
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.66% 2.65% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 2.90% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 415 506
10th Percentile £350 £360 £363
25th Percentile £463 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £708 £750
UK median daily rate £534 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -0.65% -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 28 37
10th Percentile £17.72 £14.23 £13.78
25th Percentile £27.23 £17.24 £26.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £68.75 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +94.43% -45.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £77.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £35.36
% change year-on-year -14.81% +90.89% -44.39%

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 36,902 22,811 32,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 91.37% 85.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,326 14,743 20,763
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,306 1,092 2,399
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.12 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.06 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +75.52% -29.01% +8.82%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.25 £61.47
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.88 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 22 June 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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +26 668 £560 +1.82% 171
South East +6 250 £525 -2.33% 140
North of England +43 220 £500 +11.11% 104
Midlands +31 196 £525 - 111
South West +29 126 £525 +13.51% 65
North West +38 123 £500 +6.67% 66
West Midlands +14 121 £535 +4.39% 66
East of England +26 96 £575 - 41
Yorkshire +3 80 £550 +37.50% 34
East Midlands +23 71 £525 - 44
North East -26 17 £500 -6.98% 7
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 26 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.26%) Oracle Workflow
3 15 (0.95%) Confluence
4 6 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.32%) SAS
6 4 (0.25%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) Apache
7 3 (0.19%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.19%) 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%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.063%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 63 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.32%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 207 (13.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 131 (8.27%) Oracle ERP
3 53 (3.35%) SAP ERP
4 51 (3.22%) NetSuite
5 46 (2.90%) Oracle Payables
6 38 (2.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 33 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
8 32 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
10 18 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
11 16 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 15 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
13 14 (0.88%) Unit4 Business World
14 12 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
15 11 (0.69%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.63%) Oracle 11i
17 9 (0.57%) SAP MDG
18 8 (0.51%) iTrent
18 8 (0.51%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 210 (13.26%) Azure
2 158 (9.97%) Power Platform
3 153 (9.66%) Dynamics 365
4 104 (6.57%) OCI
5 100 (6.31%) SaaS
6 57 (3.60%) AWS
7 46 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.27%) PaaS
9 26 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 26 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.33%) GCP
11 20 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.26%) Boomi
12 19 (1.20%) GitHub
12 19 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (0.95%) IaaS
15 14 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.32%) Network Security
2 4 (0.25%) FTP
3 3 (0.19%) Firewall
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) HTTP
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) LAN
4 2 (0.13%) RFID
4 2 (0.13%) WAN
5 1 (0.063%) DHCP
5 1 (0.063%) DMZ
5 1 (0.063%) DNS
5 1 (0.063%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.063%) Modbus
5 1 (0.063%) MQTT
5 1 (0.063%) SMS
5 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.063%) VoIP
5 1 (0.063%) VPN
5 1 (0.063%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.77%) Power BI
2 52 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (3.09%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (1.64%) Oracle ODI
5 21 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 18 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (0.88%) Metadata
8 14 (0.88%) Tableau
9 10 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.38%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.32%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
12 5 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 67 (4.23%) JIRA
2 22 (1.39%) Git
3 16 (1.01%) Hudson
4 13 (0.82%) Postman
5 9 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.32%) Selenium
6 5 (0.32%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.19%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.13%) GitLab
8 2 (0.13%) Gradle
8 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.13%) LSMW
9 1 (0.063%) ERwin
9 1 (0.063%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.063%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 818 (51.64%) Finance
2 386 (24.37%) Social Skills
3 221 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (9.47%) Manufacturing
5 121 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 88 (5.56%) Retail
7 53 (3.35%) Local Government
8 49 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
9 47 (2.97%) General Ledger
10 45 (2.84%) Law
11 42 (2.65%) Legal
12 40 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 39 (2.46%) Banking
14 37 (2.34%) Billing
15 30 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.95%) Military
19 14 (0.88%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 287 (18.12%) Lead
2 244 (15.40%) Architect
3 199 (12.56%) Consultant
4 179 (11.30%) Analyst
5 155 (9.79%) Project Manager
6 134 (8.46%) Senior
7 120 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
8 78 (4.92%) Developer
9 76 (4.80%) ERP Manager
10 75 (4.73%) Business Analyst
11 60 (3.79%) Accountant
12 51 (3.22%) Implementation Consultant
13 46 (2.90%) Finance Manager
14 44 (2.78%) Senior Manager
15 42 (2.65%) Systems Accountant
16 40 (2.53%) Lead Architect
17 39 (2.46%) ERP Project Manager
18 38 (2.40%) Data Analyst
18 38 (2.40%) Transformation Manager
19 37 (2.34%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (11.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 85 (5.37%) REST
3 74 (4.67%) Middleware
4 45 (2.84%) SOAP
5 37 (2.34%) JSON
6 34 (2.15%) XML
7 25 (1.58%) Web Services
8 23 (1.45%) .NET
9 14 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
10 13 (0.82%) EDI
10 13 (0.82%) HTML
10 13 (0.82%) Node.js
10 13 (0.82%) OAuth
11 11 (0.69%) CSS
11 11 (0.69%) XSLT
12 10 (0.63%) JWT
12 10 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.57%) Ajax
13 9 (0.57%) PySpark
14 8 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.30%) Legacy Systems
2 52 (3.28%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.84%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.46%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.08%) Public Cloud
6 29 (1.83%) FMCG
7 28 (1.77%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.45%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.01%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.82%) IoT
14 11 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.63%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.51%) Low-Code
16 8 (0.51%) Mobile App
16 8 (0.51%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.20%) Windows
2 6 (0.38%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.063%) AIX
5 1 (0.063%) Android
5 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.063%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.063%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (28.03%) Migration
2 357 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 302 (19.07%) Data Migration
4 266 (16.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 226 (14.27%) User Acceptance Testing
6 219 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
7 207 (13.07%) Agile
8 197 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 185 (11.68%) Change Management
10 182 (11.49%) Validation
11 170 (10.73%) Project Management
12 165 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
13 145 (9.15%) Data Modelling
14 132 (8.33%) CRM
15 125 (7.89%) Analytics
15 125 (7.89%) Roadmaps
16 116 (7.32%) Procure-to-Pay
17 109 (6.88%) Project Delivery
18 101 (6.38%) Translating Business Requirements
19 97 (6.12%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 143 (9.03%) SQL
2 57 (3.60%) Python
3 31 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 29 (1.83%) PL/SQL
5 28 (1.77%) Java
6 24 (1.52%) C#
7 15 (0.95%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.88%) X++
9 13 (0.82%) Ruby
10 11 (0.69%) ABAP
11 10 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.63%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.32%) VBA
14 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.19%) C++
15 3 (0.19%) Groovy
15 3 (0.19%) Korn
15 3 (0.19%) SOQL
15 3 (0.19%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 170 (10.73%) Security Cleared
2 123 (7.77%) SC Cleared
3 94 (5.93%) Degree
4 84 (5.30%) CIMA
5 78 (4.92%) ACCA
6 39 (2.46%) PMP
7 31 (1.96%) PMI Certification
8 27 (1.70%) DV Cleared
9 14 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.44%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.44%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.32%) CFA
14 5 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.19%) APMG
15 3 (0.19%) CCAB
15 3 (0.19%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.64%) Data Quality
2 66 (4.17%) GDPR
3 46 (2.90%) QA
4 43 (2.71%) PMO
5 21 (1.33%) IFRS
6 19 (1.20%) SLA
7 17 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 15 (0.95%) GAAP
9 10 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.57%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.51%) NCSC
12 5 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.25%) GRC
14 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.19%) GMP
14 3 (0.19%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.13%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (0.76%) Terraform
2 9 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.32%) Grafana
4 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.32%) Kibana
5 3 (0.19%) Control-M
5 3 (0.19%) MOM
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.063%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.063%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.063%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 466 (29.42%) SAP
2 439 (27.71%) Oracle
3 262 (16.54%) Microsoft
4 77 (4.86%) Workday
5 71 (4.48%) IFS
5 71 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 54 (3.41%) Siemens
7 49 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 37 (2.34%) Databricks
8 37 (2.34%) Sage
9 25 (1.58%) MuleSoft
10 22 (1.39%) Ariba
11 14 (0.88%) Infor
12 13 (0.82%) Google
12 13 (0.82%) Informatica
12 13 (0.82%) JD Edwards
13 12 (0.76%) Epicor
14 11 (0.69%) Concur
15 8 (0.51%) Foundry
16 7 (0.44%) SYSPRO