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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 105 113
Rank change year-on-year +28 +8 +26
Permanent jobs citing ERP 1,504 1,310 1,404
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.80% 2.74% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 3.01% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 878 653 1,106
10th Percentile £29,675 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £75,188
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,522 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 43,328 43,506 47,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.78% 91.02% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 26,008 21,252 36,787
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.75% -4.71%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -7.26%

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 19 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 19 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 +29 485 £60,000 +9.09% 234
London +52 327 £79,000 +30.78% 132
Midlands +26 289 £45,000 -18.18% 115
North of England -21 191 £50,500 -3.81% 131
West Midlands +27 153 £52,500 -8.70% 56
East Midlands +16 132 £39,375 -14.86% 57
East of England +39 119 £51,250 +2.50% 103
North West -12 109 £52,500 - 55
Yorkshire -13 78 £46,000 -8.00% 54
South West -32 61 £45,000 +12.50% 96
North East -14 4 £36,000 -0.69% 26
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 43 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.13%) Confluence
3 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.47%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.066%) Apache
7 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.066%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.066%) Mendix
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.066%) SAS
7 1 (0.066%) Site Server
Applications
1 181 (12.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.19%) Maya
4 18 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
9 3 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 2 (0.13%) Windchill
11 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.066%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 172 (11.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (4.79%) NetSuite
3 46 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (2.73%) Unit4 Business World
5 39 (2.59%) Oracle Payables
6 33 (2.19%) SAP ERP
7 30 (1.99%) Oracle ERP
8 29 (1.93%) Oracle Receivables
9 28 (1.86%) Sage X3
10 24 (1.60%) Dynamics NAV
11 22 (1.46%) Sage 200
11 22 (1.46%) SAP FI
12 21 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
13 20 (1.33%) Oracle Cash Management
13 20 (1.33%) SAP CO
13 20 (1.33%) SAP FI/CO
13 20 (1.33%) Shopify
14 19 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
14 19 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
15 17 (1.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 209 (13.90%) Azure
2 196 (13.03%) Power Platform
3 154 (10.24%) SaaS
4 143 (9.51%) Dynamics 365
5 76 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
6 71 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
7 67 (4.45%) AWS
8 38 (2.53%) OCI
9 26 (1.73%) Boomi
9 26 (1.73%) Intacct
10 25 (1.66%) Power Automate
11 22 (1.46%) GCP
12 19 (1.26%) Entra ID
13 18 (1.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 16 (1.06%) iPaaS
14 16 (1.06%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.00%) Collibra
15 15 (1.00%) PaaS
16 10 (0.66%) Smartsheet
17 9 (0.60%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.93%) VPN
3 12 (0.80%) WAN
4 9 (0.60%) DHCP
4 9 (0.60%) DNS
4 9 (0.60%) LAN
5 7 (0.47%) Firewall
5 7 (0.47%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.40%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.40%) VoIP
6 6 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.33%) Modbus
7 5 (0.33%) MQTT
7 5 (0.33%) RFID
8 4 (0.27%) Intranet
9 2 (0.13%) FTP
9 2 (0.13%) Internet
9 2 (0.13%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.13%) Wireless
10 1 (0.066%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (11.70%) Power BI
2 51 (3.39%) SAP BW
3 48 (3.19%) Data Lake
4 46 (3.06%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (1.86%) Oracle Reports
6 21 (1.40%) Tableau
7 18 (1.20%) Crystal Reports
8 17 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.00%) Power Query
10 12 (0.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 9 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.53%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.47%) Metadata
14 6 (0.40%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.33%) Metabase
16 4 (0.27%) Big Data
16 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 3 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
17 3 (0.20%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 101 (6.72%) JIRA
2 56 (3.72%) eCATT
3 28 (1.86%) NeoLoad
4 6 (0.40%) Git
4 6 (0.40%) Selenium
4 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.33%) JMeter
5 5 (0.33%) LoadRunner
5 5 (0.33%) Postman
6 4 (0.27%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.27%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.20%) GitLab
7 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.13%) TestDirector
8 2 (0.13%) TestRail
8 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 741 (49.27%) Social Skills
2 723 (48.07%) Finance
3 362 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (18.62%) Manufacturing
5 151 (10.04%) Retail
6 123 (8.18%) Marketing
7 121 (8.05%) Law
8 79 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
9 76 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.46%) Legal
11 36 (2.39%) Games
11 36 (2.39%) Public Sector
12 34 (2.26%) Aerospace
13 33 (2.19%) General Ledger
13 33 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.60%) Advertising
16 23 (1.53%) Banking
17 22 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 275 (18.28%) Analyst
2 247 (16.42%) Lead
3 173 (11.50%) Senior
4 148 (9.84%) Consultant
5 130 (8.64%) Architect
6 90 (5.98%) Support Analyst
7 73 (4.85%) Financial Analyst
8 66 (4.39%) ERP Support
9 50 (3.32%) Applications Support
10 49 (3.26%) Developer
11 48 (3.19%) ERP Analyst
12 47 (3.13%) IT Support
13 46 (3.06%) Finance Manager
13 46 (3.06%) Project Manager
13 46 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
14 45 (2.99%) Senior Manager
15 42 (2.79%) Systems Analyst
16 41 (2.73%) 2nd Line Support
16 41 (2.73%) ERP Manager
17 40 (2.66%) ERP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.86%) REST
2 41 (2.73%) Middleware
3 36 (2.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 26 (1.73%) SOAP
5 16 (1.06%) XML
6 15 (1.00%) EDI
6 15 (1.00%) JSON
7 12 (0.80%) .NET
8 9 (0.60%) Web Services
9 7 (0.47%) RESTful
10 6 (0.40%) Kafka
11 5 (0.33%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.33%) React
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Basis
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.27%) HTML
12 4 (0.27%) OAuth
13 3 (0.20%) ASP.NET Web API
13 3 (0.20%) Node.js
13 3 (0.20%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 88 (5.85%) Management Information System
2 84 (5.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 77 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 63 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (2.79%) FMCG
6 34 (2.26%) Data Centre
7 27 (1.80%) Cloud Native
7 27 (1.80%) Driving Licence
7 27 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (1.46%) IoT
9 21 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 20 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (0.93%) Product Ownership
12 12 (0.80%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.73%) PMI
14 10 (0.66%) Life Science
14 10 (0.66%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 10 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.60%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.60%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.99%) Windows
2 15 (1.00%) Linux
3 12 (0.80%) Unix
4 10 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.066%) SUSE
9 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (29.26%) Problem-Solving
2 322 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 242 (16.09%) Business Intelligence
4 221 (14.69%) Project Management
5 220 (14.63%) CRM
6 213 (14.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 204 (13.56%) Decision-Making
8 188 (12.50%) Analytics
8 188 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 174 (11.57%) Agile
10 151 (10.04%) Business Strategy
11 141 (9.38%) Change Management
12 134 (8.91%) Logistics
12 134 (8.91%) Process Improvement
13 126 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 111 (7.38%) Customer Service
14 111 (7.38%) Mentoring
15 108 (7.18%) Data Modelling
15 108 (7.18%) Project Delivery
16 107 (7.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 263 (17.49%) SQL
2 55 (3.66%) C#
3 38 (2.53%) Python
4 15 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.00%) T-SQL
5 13 (0.86%) Java
5 13 (0.86%) PowerShell
6 12 (0.80%) PL/SQL
6 12 (0.80%) VBA
7 8 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (0.47%) VBScript
9 6 (0.40%) ABAP
10 5 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.20%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
11 3 (0.20%) Delphi
11 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.20%) X++
12 2 (0.13%) R
13 1 (0.066%) Korn
Qualifications
1 339 (22.54%) Degree
2 91 (6.05%) ACCA
3 86 (5.72%) CIMA
4 81 (5.39%) Master's Degree
5 53 (3.52%) MBA
6 32 (2.13%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.93%) Security Cleared
8 27 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.53%) PMP
10 20 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (1.00%) SC Cleared
14 13 (0.86%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.73%) DBS Check
17 10 (0.66%) MCP
18 7 (0.47%) CISM
18 7 (0.47%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.05%) QA
2 84 (5.59%) Data Quality
3 43 (2.86%) PMO
4 40 (2.66%) GDPR
5 27 (1.80%) SLA
6 24 (1.60%) IFRS
7 17 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.80%) GAAP
9 12 (0.80%) NIST
10 8 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.53%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.13%) GMP
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.13%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.33%) Docker
4 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.066%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (3.72%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.40%) Terraform
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.13%) Control-M
4 2 (0.13%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.066%) MOM
5 1 (0.066%) Nagios
Vendors
1 452 (30.05%) SAP
2 342 (22.74%) Microsoft
3 180 (11.97%) Oracle
4 69 (4.59%) Sage
5 62 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.72%) HP
6 56 (3.72%) Workday
7 38 (2.53%) Epicor
8 31 (2.06%) Infor
9 28 (1.86%) MuleSoft
10 27 (1.80%) IFS
11 24 (1.60%) Dell
12 23 (1.53%) Adobe
13 20 (1.33%) ServiceNow
14 18 (1.20%) VMware
15 16 (1.06%) IBM
16 14 (0.93%) Informatica
16 14 (0.93%) Siemens
16 14 (0.93%) Veeam
17 12 (0.80%) Ariba