ERP Contract Job Trends in Preston

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing ERP 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 9.68% - 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% - 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.25%
75th Percentile £513 - £438
90th Percentile £580 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% -6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 81 32 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 87.10% 88.89% 98.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 10 22
10th Percentile £250 £200 £328
25th Percentile £405 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £576 £543 £498
90th Percentile £680 £570 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £478 £493 £623
% change year-on-year -3.14% -20.80% +17.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 39
10th Percentile £27.73 £24.32 £20.52
25th Percentile - £25.03 £20.97
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +33.06% -31.75% +15.39%
75th Percentile £46.71 £52.25 £50.88
90th Percentile £72.41 £67.77 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £44.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year +1.95% -3.44% +15.45%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

ERP job vacancy trend in Preston

ERP
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in Preston over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in Preston

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ERP

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (22.22%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (11.11%) Primavera
2 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) SAP Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Payroll Manager
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Manager
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Procurement Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
3 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Source to Pay
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) P3O
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) SAP
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Axway
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) Ariba
5 1 (11.11%) webMethods