ERP Job Trends in England

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring ERP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 104 108
Rank change year-on-year +28 +4 +30
Permanent jobs citing ERP 1,535 1,293 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.75% 2.75% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 3.00% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 903 653 1,347
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,425 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,522 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

ERP falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44,820 43,103 54,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.28% 91.63% 88.65%
Number of salaries quoted 27,124 20,967 43,233
10th Percentile £28,821 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,424 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ERP job vacancy trend in England

ERP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ERP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ERP

ERP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing ERP in England over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ERP in England

ERP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the England region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +33 480 £60,000 +9.09% 193
London +66 346 £75,500 +24.80% 170
Midlands +25 289 £44,000 -23.48% 99
North of England -19 196 £52,500 +0.80% 116
West Midlands +22 152 £50,000 -13.04% 60
East Midlands +18 133 £40,000 -17.95% 39
East of England +41 122 £52,500 +10.53% 64
North West -6 107 £52,500 - 59
Yorkshire -13 81 £47,500 -5.00% 43
South West -22 66 £45,000 +12.50% 61
North East -18 8 £60,000 +110.53% 17
ERP
UK

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 47 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.37%) Confluence
3 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.46%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.13%) CMS
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.065%) Apache
6 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.065%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.065%) Mendix
6 1 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.065%) SAS
6 1 (0.065%) Site Server
Applications
1 177 (11.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.15%) Maya
4 18 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 2 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.065%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.065%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 179 (11.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 69 (4.50%) NetSuite
3 48 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 40 (2.61%) SAP ERP
5 38 (2.48%) Oracle Payables
6 33 (2.15%) Unit4 Business World
7 30 (1.95%) Dynamics NAV
7 30 (1.95%) Oracle ERP
8 27 (1.76%) Oracle Receivables
8 27 (1.76%) Sage X3
9 24 (1.56%) Dynamics AX
10 22 (1.43%) Shopify
11 21 (1.37%) SAP FI
12 20 (1.30%) Oracle Assets
12 20 (1.30%) SAP CO
12 20 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
13 19 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
13 19 (1.24%) Sage 200
14 18 (1.17%) Oracle Cash Management
14 18 (1.17%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 209 (13.62%) Azure
2 198 (12.90%) Power Platform
3 154 (10.03%) SaaS
4 146 (9.51%) Dynamics 365
5 80 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
6 70 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
7 66 (4.30%) AWS
8 34 (2.21%) OCI
9 27 (1.76%) Boomi
10 26 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.63%) Intacct
12 23 (1.50%) GCP
13 20 (1.30%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.17%) PowerApps
14 18 (1.17%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 16 (1.04%) iPaaS
16 15 (0.98%) Collibra
17 12 (0.78%) PaaS
18 8 (0.52%) IaaS
18 8 (0.52%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.74%) Remote Desktop
2 16 (1.04%) VPN
3 13 (0.85%) WAN
4 11 (0.72%) DHCP
4 11 (0.72%) DNS
4 11 (0.72%) LAN
5 10 (0.65%) Firewall
6 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.33%) Modbus
7 5 (0.33%) MQTT
7 5 (0.33%) RFID
7 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.33%) VoIP
8 4 (0.26%) Intranet
8 4 (0.26%) Wireless
9 3 (0.20%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.20%) VLAN
10 2 (0.13%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (11.60%) Power BI
2 51 (3.32%) SAP BW
3 47 (3.06%) Data Lake
4 44 (2.87%) SQL Server
5 30 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
7 20 (1.30%) Tableau
8 17 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 15 (0.98%) Power Query
10 14 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 8 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.39%) Metabase
13 6 (0.39%) Metadata
13 6 (0.39%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.26%) Big Data
16 3 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
16 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 3 (0.20%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 107 (6.97%) JIRA
2 56 (3.65%) eCATT
3 28 (1.82%) NeoLoad
4 7 (0.46%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.39%) Git
5 6 (0.39%) Selenium
6 5 (0.33%) JMeter
6 5 (0.33%) LoadRunner
6 5 (0.33%) Postman
7 4 (0.26%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.26%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.20%) GitLab
8 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.13%) LSMW
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.13%) TestDirector
9 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 756 (49.25%) Social Skills
2 736 (47.95%) Finance
3 361 (23.52%) Analytical Skills
4 276 (17.98%) Manufacturing
5 158 (10.29%) Retail
6 125 (8.14%) Marketing
7 110 (7.17%) Law
8 81 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
9 73 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.35%) Games
10 36 (2.35%) Legal
10 36 (2.35%) Public Sector
11 35 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.21%) General Ledger
13 33 (2.15%) Aerospace
14 28 (1.82%) Advertising
14 28 (1.82%) Banking
15 26 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 22 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 283 (18.44%) Analyst
2 249 (16.22%) Lead
3 171 (11.14%) Senior
4 147 (9.58%) Consultant
5 132 (8.60%) Architect
6 94 (6.12%) Support Analyst
7 74 (4.82%) Financial Analyst
8 59 (3.84%) ERP Support
9 58 (3.78%) IT Support
10 53 (3.45%) Applications Support
11 52 (3.39%) Developer
12 49 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
13 47 (3.06%) Finance Manager
14 46 (3.00%) ERP Analyst
14 46 (3.00%) Project Manager
15 45 (2.93%) Systems Analyst
16 42 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
17 41 (2.67%) Senior Manager
18 39 (2.54%) ERP Manager
19 38 (2.48%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.93%) Middleware
2 44 (2.87%) REST
3 32 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
4 28 (1.82%) SOAP
5 17 (1.11%) XML
6 16 (1.04%) JSON
7 14 (0.91%) EDI
8 12 (0.78%) .NET
9 9 (0.59%) Web Services
10 7 (0.46%) RESTful
10 7 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (0.39%) Kafka
12 5 (0.33%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.33%) SAP Basis
13 4 (0.26%) HTML
13 4 (0.26%) OAuth
13 4 (0.26%) React
14 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET Web API
14 3 (0.20%) GraphQL
14 3 (0.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.93%) Management Information System
2 87 (5.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 78 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 68 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
5 44 (2.87%) FMCG
6 34 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 26 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 26 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.63%) Driving Licence
9 24 (1.56%) IoT
10 21 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.24%) Product Ownership
12 14 (0.91%) Low-Code
13 13 (0.85%) PMI
14 12 (0.78%) Virtual Team
15 11 (0.72%) Manufacturing Execution System
16 10 (0.65%) NHS
17 9 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.39%) Windows
2 16 (1.04%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.98%) Linux
4 12 (0.78%) Unix
5 10 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.13%) Android
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.065%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (28.34%) Problem-Solving
2 329 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 243 (15.83%) Business Intelligence
4 231 (15.05%) CRM
5 214 (13.94%) Project Management
6 211 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 200 (13.03%) Decision-Making
8 193 (12.57%) Roadmaps
9 191 (12.44%) Analytics
10 180 (11.73%) Agile
11 158 (10.29%) Business Strategy
12 136 (8.86%) Change Management
12 136 (8.86%) Logistics
13 133 (8.66%) Process Improvement
14 122 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 116 (7.56%) Customer Service
16 113 (7.36%) Migration
17 111 (7.23%) Mentoring
18 110 (7.17%) Data Modelling
19 106 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 256 (16.68%) SQL
2 53 (3.45%) C#
3 41 (2.67%) Python
4 17 (1.11%) T-SQL
5 16 (1.04%) PowerShell
6 14 (0.91%) Java
6 14 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.85%) PL/SQL
8 12 (0.78%) VBA
9 9 (0.59%) ABAP
10 8 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.46%) VBScript
12 5 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.26%) X++
14 3 (0.20%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.13%) Delphi
15 2 (0.13%) R
16 1 (0.065%) PHP
Qualifications
1 345 (22.48%) Degree
2 91 (5.93%) ACCA
3 86 (5.60%) CIMA
4 79 (5.15%) Master's Degree
5 53 (3.45%) MBA
6 33 (2.15%) PMI Certification
7 31 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 29 (1.89%) Security Cleared
9 22 (1.43%) PMP
10 19 (1.24%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.04%) SC Cleared
13 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (0.72%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.72%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.52%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (6.78%) QA
2 88 (5.73%) Data Quality
3 42 (2.74%) GDPR
3 42 (2.74%) PMO
4 29 (1.89%) SLA
5 25 (1.63%) IFRS
6 17 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.78%) GAAP
8 12 (0.78%) NIST
9 7 (0.46%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.39%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.13%) GMP
13 2 (0.13%) ITGC
13 2 (0.13%) NCSC
13 2 (0.13%) SOC 1
System Software
1 41 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.39%) Docker
4 1 (0.065%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (3.65%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.39%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.39%) Terraform
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.13%) Control-M
4 2 (0.13%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.13%) Nagios
5 1 (0.065%) MOM
Vendors
1 463 (30.16%) SAP
2 347 (22.61%) Microsoft
3 175 (11.40%) Oracle
4 65 (4.23%) Sage
4 65 (4.23%) Salesforce
5 57 (3.71%) HP
5 57 (3.71%) Workday
6 39 (2.54%) Epicor
7 32 (2.08%) Infor
8 30 (1.95%) MuleSoft
9 28 (1.82%) IFS
10 24 (1.56%) Dell
11 23 (1.50%) Adobe
11 23 (1.50%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.11%) VMware
13 16 (1.04%) IBM
14 15 (0.98%) Informatica
15 14 (0.91%) Siemens
16 13 (0.85%) Ariba
16 13 (0.85%) Veeam