ERP Contracts in the North West

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ERP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 91 107
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +17
Contract jobs citing ERP 31 46 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.58% 1.67% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.94% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 27
10th Percentile £406 £405 £294
25th Percentile £413 £475 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £643 £594 £544
90th Percentile £694 £640 £644
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £40.85 -
25th Percentile - £44.53 £23.97
Median hourly rate £70.00 £53.58 £25.81
Median % change year-on-year +30.66% +107.57% +142.12%
75th Percentile - £62.68 £27.66
90th Percentile - £66.40 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +75.00% -36.00% +296.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP in the North West.

Daily rate trend for ERP in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire +11 17 £582 +16.40% 64
Manchester +6 7 £500 -0.50% 140
Merseyside 0 6 £425 -15.00% 26
ERP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) FactoryTalk
Business Applications
1 10 (32.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.45%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.23%) NetSuite
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (3.23%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP PP
3 1 (3.23%) SAP QM
3 1 (3.23%) Shopify
3 1 (3.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) Google Analytics
1 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.23%) Metadata
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
1 1 (3.23%) SAP HANA
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Manufacturing
3 6 (19.35%) Automotive
4 4 (12.90%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (12.90%) Retail
5 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Finance
6 2 (6.45%) Billing
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Business Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Associate Director
3 3 (9.68%) ERP Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Lead
3 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Change Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Developer
4 2 (6.45%) ERP Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Integration Manager
5 1 (3.23%) IT Support Specialist
5 1 (3.23%) SAP Architect
5 1 (3.23%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.23%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.23%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 6 (19.35%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.45%) FMCG
3 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.45%) SCADA
4 1 (3.23%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Agile
1 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (29.03%) Workshop Facilitation
2 8 (25.81%) Analytics
2 8 (25.81%) Data Modelling
3 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
3 7 (22.58%) Migration
3 7 (22.58%) Project Management
3 7 (22.58%) Quality Management
4 6 (19.35%) Agile Project Management
4 6 (19.35%) API Integration
4 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
4 6 (19.35%) Lean Manufacturing
4 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
4 6 (19.35%) Operations Management
4 6 (19.35%) PLM
4 6 (19.35%) Presales
4 6 (19.35%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (19.35%) Supply Chain Management
4 6 (19.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
2 6 (19.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (19.35%) Master's Degree
3 5 (16.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) MOM
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) SAP
2 8 (25.81%) Rockwell
2 8 (25.81%) Siemens
3 2 (6.45%) AVEVA
3 2 (6.45%) Ceridian
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle
4 1 (3.23%) Ariba
4 1 (3.23%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft