ERP Contracts in the South West

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 61 99 91
Rank change year-on-year +38 -8 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 50 58 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.98% 1.81% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 2.18% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 38 66
10th Percentile £380 £107 £325
25th Percentile £409 £318 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -2.26%
75th Percentile £658 £584 £588
90th Percentile £738 £650 £671
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 £37.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.75 £55.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +39.06% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.25 -
90th Percentile - £62.00 -
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
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for ERP in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for ERP in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Gloucestershire +29 20 £482 -14.35% 53
Wiltshire +38 11 £638 +49.56% 28
Bristol +1 11 £475 +26.67% 45
Somerset 0 2 £463 -7.50% 42
Devon +12 1 - - 45
Cornwall - 1 £350 -
ERP
England

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (12.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.00%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (4.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (4.00%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.00%) NetSuite
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) iPaaS
3 1 (2.00%) OCI
3 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Power BI
1 5 (10.00%) SAP HANA
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) GCC
General
1 18 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.00%) Local Government
3 14 (28.00%) Finance
4 9 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Aerospace
7 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Automotive
8 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Electronics
8 1 (2.00%) General Ledger
8 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (22.00%) Analyst
2 8 (16.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) SAP Data Analyst
4 4 (8.00%) Architect
4 4 (8.00%) Lead
4 4 (8.00%) SAP Manager
4 4 (8.00%) SAP Project Manager
5 3 (6.00%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) Developer
5 3 (6.00%) ERP Architect
5 3 (6.00%) ERP Manager
5 3 (6.00%) ERP Project Manager
5 3 (6.00%) Oracle Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Release Manager
5 3 (6.00%) SAP Trainer
5 3 (6.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (26.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.00%) FMCG
1 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 8 (16.00%) Change Management
3 8 (16.00%) Data Migration
3 8 (16.00%) Migration
4 7 (14.00%) Agile
5 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (12.00%) Programme Delivery
5 6 (12.00%) Project Management
6 5 (10.00%) Business Case
6 5 (10.00%) Business Process Modelling
6 5 (10.00%) Data Integration
6 5 (10.00%) Data Management
6 5 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (10.00%) Visualisation
7 4 (8.00%) Logistics
7 4 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (8.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (6.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) IIBA
3 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) ACCA
4 1 (2.00%) CIMA
4 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) PMO
1 2 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.00%) GAAP
2 1 (2.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 23 (46.00%) SAP
2 19 (38.00%) Oracle
3 13 (26.00%) Ariba
4 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.00%) IFS
5 2 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.00%) Infor