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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 86 94
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,022 824 929
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.33% 2.66% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 3.04% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 454 597
10th Percentile £350 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £560
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -5.80% +3.70%
75th Percentile £650 £646 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 29 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.13 £53.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% -58.40% +251.89%
75th Percentile £30.00 £71.25 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK median hourly rate £21.65 £35.36 £85.00
% change year-on-year -38.77% -58.40% +148.45%

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 27,575 27,131 34,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.77% 87.57% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,561 16,585 23,601
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,784 990 1,459
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.27 £19.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.02 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.17% -21.31% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.04 £43.84
% change year-on-year -23.87% -24.65% +25.26%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +25 449 £575 +4.55% 220
South East +41 169 £515 +3.00% 275
North of England -36 113 £550 +12.82% 110
Midlands -25 110 £575 +8.24% 105
South West +4 86 £575 +15.00% 48
North West +12 85 £506 +1.25% 63
East of England +19 69 £541 +12.18% 45
West Midlands -33 69 £588 +11.90% 73
East Midlands -10 41 £525 -12.50% 32
Yorkshire -46 25 £570 +34.12% 39
North East -13 3 £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 24 (2.35%) Confluence
2 18 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.39%) CMS
5 4 (0.39%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.29%) Documentum
6 3 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.098%) Apache
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.098%) Camunda
8 1 (0.098%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.098%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.35%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.49%) Trello
6 2 (0.20%) InVision
6 2 (0.20%) Sketch
6 2 (0.20%) Windchill
7 1 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.098%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.098%) Notion
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 128 (12.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 77 (7.53%) Oracle ERP
3 51 (4.99%) SAP ERP
4 38 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 36 (3.52%) Oracle EBS
6 30 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
7 29 (2.84%) NetSuite
8 20 (1.96%) Oracle General Ledger
8 20 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (1.66%) SAP EWM
10 16 (1.57%) Oracle Assets
11 14 (1.37%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (1.37%) Oracle SCM
11 14 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
12 13 (1.27%) SAP WM
13 11 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 10 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
15 9 (0.88%) Primavera
16 7 (0.68%) SAP IBP
17 6 (0.59%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 136 (13.31%) Azure
2 111 (10.86%) OCI
3 95 (9.30%) Dynamics 365
4 92 (9.00%) SaaS
5 85 (8.32%) Power Platform
6 30 (2.94%) AWS
7 27 (2.64%) PaaS
8 20 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.76%) Lucidchart
10 16 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
11 15 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.47%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.37%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.27%) Boomi
13 13 (1.27%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.17%) GCP
14 12 (1.17%) Tricentis Tosca
15 10 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.098%) Internet
1 1 (0.098%) LAN
1 1 (0.098%) Network Security
1 1 (0.098%) SAN
1 1 (0.098%) VPN
1 1 (0.098%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.65%) Power BI
2 51 (4.99%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 23 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (2.25%) Oracle Database
5 17 (1.66%) Data Lake
5 17 (1.66%) SAP HANA
6 14 (1.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 10 (0.98%) Power Query
8 7 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.68%) SAP BW
8 7 (0.68%) Tableau
9 6 (0.59%) GIS
9 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.29%) Metadata
11 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 45 (4.40%) JIRA
2 11 (1.08%) Postman
3 10 (0.98%) GitLab
4 8 (0.78%) Git
5 6 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.20%) Hudson
7 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.20%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.098%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.098%) MLflow
8 1 (0.098%) QADirector
8 1 (0.098%) Selenium
8 1 (0.098%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.098%) TestRail
General
1 500 (48.92%) Finance
2 348 (34.05%) Social Skills
3 134 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (11.15%) Manufacturing
5 113 (11.06%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.31%) Retail
7 40 (3.91%) Local Government
8 38 (3.72%) Legal
8 38 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 31 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.03%) General Ledger
9 31 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.94%) Banking
11 29 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.45%) Billing
13 24 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (2.15%) Marketing
15 16 (1.57%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.57%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 136 (13.31%) Consultant
2 127 (12.43%) Analyst
3 122 (11.94%) Lead
4 108 (10.57%) Project Manager
5 98 (9.59%) Architect
6 70 (6.85%) Senior
7 57 (5.58%) Business Analyst
8 54 (5.28%) Developer
9 40 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
10 39 (3.82%) SAP Manager
11 38 (3.72%) ERP Manager
11 38 (3.72%) SAP Consultant
12 30 (2.94%) Functional Consultant
13 29 (2.84%) Oracle Consultant
14 25 (2.45%) ERP Support
14 25 (2.45%) Programme Manager
15 24 (2.35%) ERP Analyst
15 24 (2.35%) ERP Project Manager
16 22 (2.15%) Applications Support
17 21 (2.05%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (13.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 47 (4.60%) REST
3 30 (2.94%) SOAP
4 29 (2.84%) Middleware
4 29 (2.84%) Web Services
5 24 (2.35%) JSON
6 23 (2.25%) XML
7 17 (1.66%) .NET
8 12 (1.17%) OAuth
9 11 (1.08%) XSLT
10 9 (0.88%) EDI
10 9 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
11 7 (0.68%) HTML
12 5 (0.49%) ADO
12 5 (0.49%) CSS
13 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.39%) SAP Basis
14 3 (0.29%) IDoc
14 3 (0.29%) JWT
14 3 (0.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.74%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 17 (1.66%) Life Science
7 14 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.37%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.27%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.17%) AS400
10 11 (1.08%) FMCG
11 10 (0.98%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
14 7 (0.68%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.68%) IoT
14 7 (0.68%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.39%) Windows
2 3 (0.29%) Unix
3 2 (0.20%) Android
3 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.20%) Linux
4 1 (0.098%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (21.14%) Migration
2 193 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
3 185 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 182 (17.81%) Agile
5 171 (16.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 149 (14.58%) Data Migration
7 127 (12.43%) CRM
8 117 (11.45%) Change Management
9 108 (10.57%) User Acceptance Testing
10 104 (10.18%) Project Management
11 102 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
13 94 (9.20%) Project Delivery
14 85 (8.32%) Roadmaps
15 74 (7.24%) Validation
16 65 (6.36%) DevOps
17 64 (6.26%) Workshop Facilitation
18 59 (5.77%) Data Management
19 57 (5.58%) Analytics
20 56 (5.48%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 141 (13.80%) SQL
2 33 (3.23%) PL/SQL
3 18 (1.76%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.66%) Python
5 16 (1.57%) C#
6 13 (1.27%) Java
7 9 (0.88%) VBA
8 7 (0.68%) ABAP
9 6 (0.59%) Groovy
9 6 (0.59%) X++
10 5 (0.49%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.29%) PHP
12 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.20%) Korn
13 2 (0.20%) R
13 2 (0.20%) XPath
14 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.098%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 123 (12.04%) Security Cleared
2 110 (10.76%) Degree
3 102 (9.98%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.13%) PMP
5 31 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.84%) CIMA
7 27 (2.64%) ACCA
8 19 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.76%) SAP Certification
10 12 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.17%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 9 (0.88%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.88%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.78%) OCA
14 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 3 (0.29%) APMG
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.19%) QA
2 39 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.72%) PMO
4 30 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 29 (2.84%) GDPR
6 10 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.98%) NIST
7 9 (0.88%) GxP
7 9 (0.88%) ITGC
8 8 (0.78%) IFRS
9 7 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.68%) APQC
9 7 (0.68%) COBIT
9 7 (0.68%) SLA
9 7 (0.68%) SOX 404
10 5 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.39%) GMP
11 4 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.098%) Firmware
3 1 (0.098%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.68%) Terraform
2 4 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.098%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.098%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 367 (35.91%) Oracle
2 303 (29.65%) SAP
3 144 (14.09%) Microsoft
4 62 (6.07%) Salesforce
5 61 (5.97%) Workday
6 34 (3.33%) IFS
7 16 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.27%) Databricks
9 11 (1.08%) Ariba
9 11 (1.08%) Sage
10 10 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.68%) Hyperion
12 6 (0.59%) Adobe
13 5 (0.49%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.39%) Axway
14 4 (0.39%) Concur
14 4 (0.39%) Google
14 4 (0.39%) Murex
14 4 (0.39%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.39%) PeopleSoft