ERP Contract Job Trends in Reading

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 79 58
Rank change year-on-year +43 -21 +13
Contract jobs citing ERP 44 12 30
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 6.07% 1.16% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.71% 1.27% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 6 14
10th Percentile £480 £315 £371
25th Percentile £578 £361 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year +26.50% -6.28% -7.22%
75th Percentile £648 £603 £575
90th Percentile - £638 £736
Berkshire median daily rate £598 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +8.64% - +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - £61.04
Median hourly rate £15.50 - £62.65
75th Percentile £16.25 - £65.55
90th Percentile £20.85 - £66.08
Berkshire median hourly rate £15.50 - £66.44

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 656 945 951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.48% 91.04% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 536 621
10th Percentile £350 £325 £213
25th Percentile £431 £459 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £614 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 9 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £28.45 £41.24
25th Percentile £17.50 £42.50 £59.89
Median hourly rate £59.50 £61.76 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -2.42% -2.63%
75th Percentile £86.00 £69.69 £65.25
90th Percentile £97.50 £77.39 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +26.05%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

ERP job vacancy trend in Reading

ERP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in Reading over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in Reading

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing ERP

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (4.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (4.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (47.73%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (4.55%) Primavera
4 1 (2.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (2.27%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.27%) SaaS
2 6 (13.64%) OCI
3 5 (11.36%) Azure
3 5 (11.36%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) Power BI
2 3 (6.82%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Finance
3 6 (13.64%) Telecoms
4 5 (11.36%) French Language
5 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (45.45%) Lead
2 13 (29.55%) Service Transition Leader
3 6 (13.64%) Customer Service Advisor
3 6 (13.64%) Test Leader
4 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
4 5 (11.36%) UAT Lead
4 5 (11.36%) UAT Test Lead
5 4 (9.09%) ERP Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Oracle Project Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Programme Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Technical Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Cutover Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Oracle Programme Manager
7 2 (4.55%) DBA
7 2 (4.55%) ERP Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (4.55%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.27%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (38.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
3 13 (29.55%) ITIL
3 13 (29.55%) ITSM
3 13 (29.55%) Service Management
4 12 (27.27%) System Integration Testing
5 11 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 10 (22.73%) Migration
7 9 (20.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (15.91%) Agile
8 7 (15.91%) Cost Management
8 7 (15.91%) CRM
8 7 (15.91%) Project Delivery
8 7 (15.91%) Project Management
8 7 (15.91%) Waterfall
9 6 (13.64%) Customer Service
9 6 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 5 (11.36%) Cloud Operations
10 5 (11.36%) Project Governance
10 5 (11.36%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) Perl
1 2 (4.55%) PL/SQL
1 2 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
1 1 (2.27%) PMP
1 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.27%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 35 (79.55%) Oracle
2 8 (18.18%) Salesforce
2 8 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Progress