ERP Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 24 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -12
Contract jobs citing ERP 10 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 4.65% 1.37% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 1.68% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £454
25th Percentile £425 £463 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £488 -
90th Percentile £615 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 180 119 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 83.72% 81.51% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 56 117
10th Percentile £165 £267 £390
25th Percentile £363 £408 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £508 £623
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -18.47% +19.14%
75th Percentile £567 £553 £717
90th Percentile £673 £612 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 20 52
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.65 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £29.36 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £64.83 £52.23 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.93 £61.37
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year -0.03% -9.83% +37.54%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ERP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

ERP job vacancy trend in Lancashire

ERP
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in Lancashire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in Lancashire

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ERP

ERP
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Preston - 9 £450 - 6
Blackpool - 1 £600 -
ERP
North West

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (10.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (10.00%) Primavera
2 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Payroll Manager
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Manager
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) ERP Architect
4 1 (10.00%) ERP Manager
4 1 (10.00%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Procurement Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Cutover Planning
3 3 (30.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (30.00%) Data Extraction
3 3 (30.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) Project Governance
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Governance
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Source to Pay
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Map
5 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) P3O
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) SAP
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Axway
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (10.00%) Ariba
5 1 (10.00%) webMethods