ERP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 78 92
Rank change year-on-year -18 +14 +21
Contract jobs citing ERP 333 502 619
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.59% 2.48% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.93% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 316 437
10th Percentile £359 £314 £328
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £589 £618
90th Percentile £688 £723 £688
UK median daily rate £538 £540 £540
% change year-on-year -0.46% - +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 12
10th Percentile £58.25 £13.05 £39.55
25th Percentile £66.25 £15.88 £49.26
Median hourly rate £72.50 £35.75 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +102.80% -44.72% +350.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £54.06 £73.13
90th Percentile - £61.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £40.00 £64.68
% change year-on-year +81.25% -38.15% +274.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,649 17,108 20,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.43% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,262 10,200 14,248
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,053 1,261
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.31 £10.75
25th Percentile £17.26 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.66 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the UK excluding London

ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ERP in the UK excluding London

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the UK excluding London

ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in the UK excluding London

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK excluding London

ERP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +35 104 £544 +3.57% 290
North of England -16 62 £444 -11.25% 225
Midlands -18 61 £500 - 161
South West +26 43 £500 -2.44% 77
West Midlands -20 41 £500 +11.11% 67
East of England +19 38 £588 +11.90% 109
North West -7 30 £489 -2.20% 152
Scotland -35 29 £507 -3.52% 42
Yorkshire -15 20 £400 -20.00% 59
East Midlands +7 18 £475 -14.41% 86
North East +8 12 £464 -15.68% 17
Northern Ireland -12 2 £400 -38.46% 12
Wales 0 1 - - 17
ERP
UK

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (3.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.10%) NetWeaver
3 7 (2.10%) SAP EP
4 4 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.90%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.60%) Confluence
6 2 (0.60%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.50%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (13.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (11.11%) Oracle ERP
3 25 (7.51%) SAP ERP
4 19 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
5 14 (4.20%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (3.00%) Oracle EBS R12
7 8 (2.40%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (2.10%) SAP CRM
9 6 (1.80%) NetSuite
9 6 (1.80%) Oracle Assets
9 6 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (1.80%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 5 (1.50%) Oracle Cash Management
10 5 (1.50%) SAP GRC
10 5 (1.50%) SAP GTS
11 4 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
11 4 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
11 4 (1.20%) SAP CO
11 4 (1.20%) SAP ECC
11 4 (1.20%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 52 (15.62%) OCI
2 38 (11.41%) Azure
3 25 (7.51%) Power Platform
4 21 (6.31%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (3.90%) SaaS
6 12 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.00%) SuccessFactors
8 8 (2.40%) AWS
9 7 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.80%) Oracle CX
10 6 (1.80%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.50%) GCP
11 5 (1.50%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.20%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.60%) GitHub
14 2 (0.60%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) RFID
2 1 (0.30%) Firewall
2 1 (0.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.61%) Oracle Reports
2 20 (6.01%) Power BI
3 16 (4.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 11 (3.30%) Data Lake
5 10 (3.00%) SAP HANA
6 9 (2.70%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.80%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.20%) Tableau
9 3 (0.90%) Metadata
9 3 (0.90%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (0.90%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.60%) GIS
10 2 (0.60%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 14 (4.20%) JIRA
2 4 (1.20%) LoadRunner
2 4 (1.20%) NeoLoad
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.90%) Postman
4 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.60%) JMeter
5 1 (0.30%) GCC
5 1 (0.30%) Hudson
5 1 (0.30%) TestRail
General
1 133 (39.94%) Finance
2 131 (39.34%) Social Skills
3 46 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.51%) Manufacturing
5 17 (5.11%) Pharmaceutical
6 16 (4.80%) Local Government
6 16 (4.80%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.20%) Retail
8 12 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.10%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.80%) Law
12 5 (1.50%) Automotive
12 5 (1.50%) Billing
12 5 (1.50%) Legal
13 4 (1.20%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.90%) Banking
14 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.90%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 49 (14.71%) Analyst
2 40 (12.01%) Lead
3 35 (10.51%) Project Manager
4 34 (10.21%) Consultant
5 27 (8.11%) Developer
6 24 (7.21%) Business Analyst
7 22 (6.61%) Architect
8 20 (6.01%) ERP Manager
9 13 (3.90%) Programme Manager
9 13 (3.90%) SAP Manager
9 13 (3.90%) Senior
10 11 (3.30%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.30%) Finance Manager
11 10 (3.00%) Implementation Manager
11 10 (3.00%) IT Manager
11 10 (3.00%) Oracle Consultant
11 10 (3.00%) SAP Architect
11 10 (3.00%) Test Leader
12 9 (2.70%) ERP Implementation Manager
12 9 (2.70%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (14.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (3.90%) SAP Fiori
3 12 (3.60%) Middleware
4 9 (2.70%) Web Services
5 8 (2.40%) SAP PI
5 8 (2.40%) SAPUI5
5 8 (2.40%) XML
6 6 (1.80%) REST
6 6 (1.80%) RESTful
6 6 (1.80%) SOAP
7 5 (1.50%) PySpark
8 3 (0.90%) .NET
8 3 (0.90%) WebCenter
9 2 (0.60%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.60%) BAPI
9 2 (0.60%) CSS
9 2 (0.60%) HTML
9 2 (0.60%) Node.js
9 2 (0.60%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.60%) SAP Smart Forms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (3.60%) Life Science
2 12 (3.60%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.70%) FMCG
3 9 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.50%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.20%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.60%) SCADA
9 1 (0.30%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.30%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.30%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.30%) PMI
9 1 (0.30%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (20.42%) Migration
2 63 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (16.22%) Agile
5 44 (13.21%) Data Migration
6 43 (12.91%) Project Management
7 42 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (9.91%) Analytics
9 32 (9.61%) Change Management
10 30 (9.01%) CRM
11 28 (8.41%) Data Analysis
12 27 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (6.91%) Data Modelling
14 19 (5.71%) Data Management
14 19 (5.71%) Waterfall
14 19 (5.71%) Workshop Facilitation
15 18 (5.41%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (5.41%) PRINCE2
15 18 (5.41%) Process Improvement
16 17 (5.11%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.12%) SQL
2 25 (7.51%) PL/SQL
3 15 (4.50%) ABAP
4 13 (3.90%) Java
5 5 (1.50%) ProC
5 5 (1.50%) Python
6 4 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.90%) Perl
7 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.60%) C#
8 2 (0.60%) COBOL
8 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.30%) VBA
9 1 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (9.01%) Degree
2 28 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.20%) PMP
5 7 (2.10%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.20%) ACCA
8 4 (1.20%) CIMA
8 4 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.60%) CIPFA
10 2 (0.60%) CISSP
10 2 (0.60%) IIBA
10 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.30%) APMP
11 1 (0.30%) CBAP
11 1 (0.30%) CRISC
11 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.00%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.40%) PMO
2 8 (2.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (2.10%) GDPR
3 7 (2.10%) GRC
3 7 (2.10%) QA
4 5 (1.50%) SLA
5 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.60%) GxP
5 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) ITGC
5 2 (0.60%) PMBOK
6 1 (0.30%) COBIT
6 1 (0.30%) COSO
6 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.30%) GAAP
6 1 (0.30%) IFRS
System Software
1 3 (0.90%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 3 (0.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 3 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 106 (31.83%) SAP
2 100 (30.03%) Oracle
3 52 (15.62%) Microsoft
4 21 (6.31%) Ariba
5 15 (4.50%) IFS
6 7 (2.10%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.80%) Workday
8 4 (1.20%) Infor
9 3 (0.90%) Adobe
9 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.60%) Anaplan
10 2 (0.60%) AVEVA
10 2 (0.60%) Ceridian
10 2 (0.60%) Civica
10 2 (0.60%) Concur
10 2 (0.60%) Informatica
10 2 (0.60%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (0.60%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.60%) Sage
10 2 (0.60%) Siemens