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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 87 99
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,170 743 855
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.45% 2.87% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 3.19% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 437 563
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £460 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 10 34
10th Percentile £17.69 £16.06 £13.42
25th Percentile £21.75 £21.44 £37.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% -25.96% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £59.50 £68.88 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £53.01 £60.75 £61.79
% change year-on-year -12.74% -1.68% +12.35%

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 29,666 23,261 33,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.57% 89.75% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,990 14,365 22,049
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £411 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £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 1,857 734 1,965
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.05 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -2.99% +2.48%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +25 519 £575 +5.02% 176
North of England -1 159 £550 +15.79% 122
South East +2 147 £550 +5.26% 159
Midlands -25 125 £525 -2.33% 97
South West +7 113 £519 +4.80% 43
North West +27 100 £500 +2.25% 81
West Midlands -31 82 £550 +4.76% 62
East of England +8 77 £525 -2.33% 49
Yorkshire -36 54 £595 +48.75% 32
East Midlands -16 42 £525 -12.21% 35
North East -20 5 £500 +5.26% 10
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 (1.79%) Confluence
2 19 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.54%) Oracle Workflow
4 17 (1.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.34%) CMS
6 4 (0.34%) Documentum
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.26%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.085%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.085%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.085%) Camunda
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.085%) SAS
Applications
1 54 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.43%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.34%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) InVision
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
9 2 (0.17%) Windchill
10 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.085%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 151 (12.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 73 (6.24%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 43 (3.68%) SAP ERP
5 42 (3.59%) Oracle EBS
6 40 (3.42%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (2.82%) Oracle Receivables
8 27 (2.31%) NetSuite
9 24 (2.05%) Oracle General Ledger
10 23 (1.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 19 (1.62%) Oracle Assets
12 17 (1.45%) Oracle Cash Management
12 17 (1.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 17 (1.45%) Shopify
13 16 (1.37%) SAP EWM
14 14 (1.20%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (1.20%) Workday HCM
15 13 (1.11%) SAP WM
16 11 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
17 8 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 172 (14.70%) Azure
2 135 (11.54%) OCI
3 123 (10.51%) Dynamics 365
4 86 (7.35%) Power Platform
5 83 (7.09%) SaaS
6 38 (3.25%) PaaS
7 35 (2.99%) AWS
8 29 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.97%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 22 (1.88%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.45%) Lucidchart
14 16 (1.37%) Boomi
14 16 (1.37%) GCP
15 15 (1.28%) IaaS
15 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
16 13 (1.11%) Tricentis Tosca
17 12 (1.03%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.085%) LAN
1 1 (0.085%) Network Security
1 1 (0.085%) RFID
1 1 (0.085%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.04%) Power BI
2 45 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.71%) Oracle Database
6 16 (1.37%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 11 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.68%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.60%) GIS
11 7 (0.60%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.60%) Tableau
12 6 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
12 6 (0.51%) Power Query
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle BI EE
14 4 (0.34%) Metadata
14 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
15 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 60 (5.13%) JIRA
2 30 (2.56%) Postman
3 9 (0.77%) Git
3 9 (0.77%) GitLab
4 6 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.51%) SoapUI
5 5 (0.43%) Selenium
5 5 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.34%) Hudson
7 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.17%) Gradle
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.17%) TestRail
8 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.085%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.085%) JMeter
9 1 (0.085%) QADirector
General
1 574 (49.06%) Finance
2 423 (36.15%) Social Skills
3 155 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (10.60%) Public Sector
5 94 (8.03%) Manufacturing
6 54 (4.62%) Local Government
7 40 (3.42%) Retail
8 38 (3.25%) Banking
8 38 (3.25%) General Ledger
9 37 (3.16%) Legal
10 32 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
10 32 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
13 23 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.71%) Billing
14 20 (1.71%) Marketing
15 15 (1.28%) Military
16 13 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 187 (15.98%) Consultant
2 144 (12.31%) Lead
3 122 (10.43%) Architect
3 122 (10.43%) Project Manager
4 118 (10.09%) Analyst
5 89 (7.61%) Senior
6 69 (5.90%) Business Analyst
7 60 (5.13%) Developer
8 57 (4.87%) Solutions Architect
9 50 (4.27%) SAP Consultant
10 45 (3.85%) ERP Manager
11 43 (3.68%) SAP Manager
12 34 (2.91%) Accountant
13 32 (2.74%) Functional Consultant
14 31 (2.65%) Implementation Consultant
15 28 (2.39%) Oracle Consultant
15 28 (2.39%) Oracle Specialist
15 28 (2.39%) Senior Manager
16 25 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
16 25 (2.14%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (15.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 80 (6.84%) REST
3 56 (4.79%) SOAP
4 48 (4.10%) JSON
4 48 (4.10%) XML
5 45 (3.85%) Middleware
6 43 (3.68%) Web Services
7 23 (1.97%) OAuth
8 22 (1.88%) XSLT
9 16 (1.37%) .NET
10 12 (1.03%) EDI
10 12 (1.03%) JWT
11 9 (0.77%) ADO
11 9 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
12 7 (0.60%) HTML
13 6 (0.51%) Node.js
14 5 (0.43%) RESTful
15 4 (0.34%) BAPI
15 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.34%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
2 37 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 36 (3.08%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.05%) Product Ownership
6 23 (1.97%) Public Cloud
7 15 (1.28%) FMCG
8 13 (1.11%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.03%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (0.94%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.85%) Life Science
11 10 (0.85%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.77%) IoT
12 9 (0.77%) Synthetic Data
13 8 (0.68%) SCADA
14 7 (0.60%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.20%) Windows
2 6 (0.51%) Linux
3 3 (0.26%) Unix
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.085%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (23.25%) Migration
2 218 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 213 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (17.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 195 (16.67%) Agile
6 164 (14.02%) Data Migration
7 136 (11.62%) Project Management
8 134 (11.45%) Change Management
9 133 (11.37%) User Acceptance Testing
10 131 (11.20%) CRM
11 105 (8.97%) Validation
12 101 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 98 (8.38%) Roadmaps
14 91 (7.78%) Project Delivery
15 87 (7.44%) Business Intelligence
16 83 (7.09%) Workshop Facilitation
17 78 (6.67%) DevOps
18 67 (5.73%) Analytics
19 58 (4.96%) Decision-Making
20 56 (4.79%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 123 (10.51%) SQL
2 37 (3.16%) PL/SQL
3 28 (2.39%) C#
4 27 (2.31%) Python
5 21 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.62%) Java
7 7 (0.60%) Groovy
7 7 (0.60%) VBA
8 6 (0.51%) X++
9 5 (0.43%) ABAP
10 4 (0.34%) Korn
10 4 (0.34%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.34%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.26%) C++
11 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.26%) Perl
11 3 (0.26%) R
12 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 156 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 136 (11.62%) Degree
3 123 (10.51%) SC Cleared
4 58 (4.96%) CIMA
5 48 (4.10%) ACCA
6 37 (3.16%) PMP
7 31 (2.65%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.14%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.71%) SAP Certification
11 12 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (0.94%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.77%) OCA
14 7 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 6 (0.51%) APMP
16 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 4 (0.34%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.21%) Data Quality
2 59 (5.04%) QA
3 47 (4.02%) PMO
4 41 (3.50%) GDPR
5 27 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.94%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.85%) ITGC
8 10 (0.85%) SLA
9 9 (0.77%) IFRS
9 9 (0.77%) NIST
10 7 (0.60%) COBIT
10 7 (0.60%) GAAP
10 7 (0.60%) GxP
10 7 (0.60%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.51%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.51%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.51%) NCSC
12 5 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.43%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.085%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.43%) Terraform
2 4 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.26%) Control-M
4 2 (0.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.085%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.085%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.085%) Kibana
5 1 (0.085%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.085%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 381 (32.56%) Oracle
2 341 (29.15%) SAP
3 181 (15.47%) Microsoft
4 72 (6.15%) Workday
5 60 (5.13%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.82%) Siemens
7 26 (2.22%) IFS
8 24 (2.05%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.88%) Sage
10 18 (1.54%) Databricks
11 11 (0.94%) Ariba
12 9 (0.77%) Informatica
12 9 (0.77%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.68%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.60%) Adobe
14 7 (0.60%) Foundry
15 6 (0.51%) Google
16 4 (0.34%) CODA
16 4 (0.34%) ESRI
16 4 (0.34%) OpenText