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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 80 96
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 +2
Contract jobs citing ERP 57 65 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.99% 2.29% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 2.74% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 39 47
10th Percentile £400 £135 £374
25th Percentile £456 £378 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.38% +4.00% -14.16%
75th Percentile £660 £581 £638
90th Percentile £725 £638 £643
England median daily rate £538 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +1.42% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £6.00 £28.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -78.57% -29.20% -28.09%
75th Percentile £69.38 £55.00 -
90th Percentile £79.00 £61.25 -
England median hourly rate £19.40 £47.50 £65.13
% change year-on-year -59.16% -27.06% +272.14%

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 1,710 2,369 2,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.72% 83.59% 87.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 1,514 2,076
10th Percentile £220 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +3.37%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 298 249
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.58 £19.20
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £47.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.75 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

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 2 August 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP in the South West over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 August 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
Bristol +20 37 £500 +69.20% 30
Gloucestershire +11 14 £640 +16.36% 22
Somerset - 2 £541 - 16
Wiltshire +17 1 - - 8
Dorset 0 1 £725 - 13
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 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (12.28%) Oracle SCM
3 2 (3.51%) Primavera
4 1 (1.75%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.28%) OCI
2 3 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.75%) iPaaS
3 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
General
1 21 (36.84%) Finance
2 12 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Public Sector
4 8 (14.04%) Aerospace
5 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Local Government
7 1 (1.75%) Automotive
7 1 (1.75%) Billing
7 1 (1.75%) Electronics
7 1 (1.75%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) Analyst
2 9 (15.79%) Pricing Analyst
3 8 (14.04%) Senior
4 7 (12.28%) Lead
5 6 (10.53%) Commercial Officer
5 6 (10.53%) Developer
5 6 (10.53%) IFS Developer
5 6 (10.53%) Product Owner
6 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.02%) Senior Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Technical Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Applications Support
8 2 (3.51%) ERP Manager
8 2 (3.51%) ERP Support
8 2 (3.51%) Programme Director
8 2 (3.51%) Programme Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Project Leader
8 2 (3.51%) Support Officer
9 1 (1.75%) Change Manager
9 1 (1.75%) Senior Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) AS400
2 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.53%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.26%) FMCG
5 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
4 7 (12.28%) Business Case
4 7 (12.28%) Change Management
5 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.77%) Financial Modelling
7 4 (7.02%) Coaching
7 4 (7.02%) Data Analysis
7 4 (7.02%) Logistics
7 4 (7.02%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (7.02%) Programme Delivery
7 4 (7.02%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (7.02%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (5.26%) Data Migration
8 3 (5.26%) Mentoring
8 3 (5.26%) Migration
8 3 (5.26%) Project Delivery
8 3 (5.26%) Project Management
8 3 (5.26%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.02%) SQL
2 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) SC Cleared
1 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.75%) ACCA
2 1 (1.75%) CIMA
2 1 (1.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) GAAP
2 1 (1.75%) IFRS
2 1 (1.75%) PMO
Vendors
1 21 (36.84%) Oracle
2 10 (17.54%) IFS
2 10 (17.54%) SAP
3 9 (15.79%) Salesforce
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.75%) Ariba
5 1 (1.75%) Infor
5 1 (1.75%) Workday