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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 107 113
Rank change year-on-year +32 +6 +30
Permanent jobs citing ERP 1,531 1,318 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.91% 2.73% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 3.01% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 906 646 1,017
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,063 £40,000 £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 £72,425 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £94,264 £95,000
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 42,771 43,733 43,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.37% 90.61% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25,631 21,503 33,434
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 9 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 9 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 +31 487 £60,000 +9.09% 196
London +54 324 £80,000 +32.43% 152
Midlands +31 301 £46,250 -15.91% 90
North of England -9 209 £52,500 - 91
West Midlands +22 156 £53,750 -6.52% 61
East Midlands +17 141 £39,375 -14.86% 29
North West +1 125 £55,000 +4.76% 43
East of England +37 122 £50,000 -6.98% 70
Yorkshire -2 80 £52,000 +1.46% 35
South West -38 59 £47,500 +18.75% 58
North East -12 4 £57,500 +109.09% 14
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 42 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.98%) Confluence
3 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.46%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.065%) Apache
7 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.065%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.065%) Mendix
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.065%) SAS
7 1 (0.065%) Site Server
Applications
1 187 (12.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 101 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.16%) Maya
4 17 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.20%) Windchill
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.13%) PTC Creo
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 169 (11.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 74 (4.83%) NetSuite
3 50 (3.27%) Unit4 Business World
4 49 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 40 (2.61%) Oracle Payables
6 31 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
7 30 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
7 30 (1.96%) SAP ERP
8 27 (1.76%) Sage X3
9 24 (1.57%) Sage 200
9 24 (1.57%) SAP FI
10 22 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
10 22 (1.44%) Oracle Assets
10 22 (1.44%) Oracle Cash Management
11 20 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
11 20 (1.31%) SAP CO
11 20 (1.31%) SAP FI/CO
12 19 (1.24%) Shopify
13 17 (1.11%) Dynamics AX
13 17 (1.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 208 (13.59%) Azure
2 200 (13.06%) Power Platform
3 160 (10.45%) SaaS
4 155 (10.12%) Dynamics 365
5 74 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (4.18%) AWS
7 39 (2.55%) OCI
8 27 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 26 (1.70%) Boomi
9 26 (1.70%) Intacct
10 21 (1.37%) Entra ID
10 21 (1.37%) GCP
11 18 (1.18%) PowerApps
11 18 (1.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 15 (0.98%) Collibra
12 15 (0.98%) iPaaS
12 15 (0.98%) PaaS
13 10 (0.65%) Smartsheet
14 9 (0.59%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.91%) VPN
3 11 (0.72%) WAN
4 10 (0.65%) DHCP
4 10 (0.65%) DNS
5 9 (0.59%) LAN
6 8 (0.52%) VoIP
7 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.46%) Unified Communications
7 7 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.39%) Firewall
9 5 (0.33%) RFID
10 4 (0.26%) Modbus
10 4 (0.26%) MQTT
11 3 (0.20%) FTP
11 3 (0.20%) Intranet
11 3 (0.20%) NAS
11 3 (0.20%) SAN
12 2 (0.13%) Internet
12 2 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (11.56%) Power BI
2 54 (3.53%) SQL Server
3 51 (3.33%) SAP BW
4 48 (3.14%) Data Lake
5 30 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
6 26 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
8 21 (1.37%) Tableau
9 18 (1.18%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.98%) Power Query
11 12 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.52%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.46%) Metadata
15 6 (0.39%) SAP HANA
16 4 (0.26%) Big Data
16 4 (0.26%) Metabase
16 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 3 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
17 3 (0.20%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 98 (6.40%) JIRA
2 56 (3.66%) eCATT
3 28 (1.83%) NeoLoad
4 8 (0.52%) Git
5 6 (0.39%) Selenium
6 5 (0.33%) JMeter
6 5 (0.33%) LoadRunner
6 5 (0.33%) Postman
6 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
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%) TestDirector
9 2 (0.13%) TestRail
9 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 742 (48.47%) Social Skills
2 727 (47.49%) Finance
3 368 (24.04%) Analytical Skills
4 288 (18.81%) Manufacturing
5 161 (10.52%) Retail
6 126 (8.23%) Marketing
7 119 (7.77%) Law
8 80 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
9 79 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (2.48%) Aerospace
10 38 (2.48%) Public Sector
11 36 (2.35%) Games
11 36 (2.35%) Legal
12 34 (2.22%) General Ledger
13 32 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (1.70%) Advertising
16 23 (1.50%) Banking
17 21 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 276 (18.03%) Analyst
2 245 (16.00%) Lead
3 178 (11.63%) Senior
4 155 (10.12%) Consultant
5 126 (8.23%) Architect
6 93 (6.07%) Support Analyst
7 77 (5.03%) Financial Analyst
8 70 (4.57%) ERP Support
9 52 (3.40%) Applications Support
10 50 (3.27%) Developer
11 48 (3.14%) ERP Analyst
11 48 (3.14%) Senior Manager
12 47 (3.07%) Project Manager
13 45 (2.94%) Finance Manager
14 44 (2.87%) 2nd Line Support
14 44 (2.87%) ERP Manager
14 44 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
14 44 (2.87%) Systems Analyst
15 43 (2.81%) IT Support
16 39 (2.55%) ERP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.87%) REST
2 40 (2.61%) Middleware
3 38 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
4 26 (1.70%) SOAP
5 17 (1.11%) EDI
6 15 (0.98%) .NET
6 15 (0.98%) XML
7 14 (0.91%) JSON
8 9 (0.59%) Web Services
9 8 (0.52%) RESTful
10 6 (0.39%) .NET Framework
10 6 (0.39%) Kafka
10 6 (0.39%) React
11 5 (0.33%) HTML
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Basis
12 4 (0.26%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (0.26%) OAuth
13 3 (0.20%) Node.js
13 3 (0.20%) OAuth2
13 3 (0.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 84 (5.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 81 (5.29%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (2.74%) FMCG
6 36 (2.35%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 28 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.76%) Cloud Native
10 21 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 20 (1.31%) IoT
11 20 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (0.91%) Product Ownership
13 12 (0.78%) NHS
14 11 (0.72%) PMI
15 10 (0.65%) Life Science
15 10 (0.65%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
16 9 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.74%) Windows
2 16 (1.05%) Linux
3 12 (0.78%) Unix
4 9 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.52%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.065%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.065%) SUSE
10 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (29.46%) Problem-Solving
2 330 (21.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 241 (15.74%) Business Intelligence
4 235 (15.35%) Project Management
5 224 (14.63%) CRM
6 216 (14.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 212 (13.85%) Decision-Making
8 188 (12.28%) Analytics
9 183 (11.95%) Roadmaps
10 176 (11.50%) Agile
11 149 (9.73%) Business Strategy
12 145 (9.47%) Change Management
13 142 (9.27%) Logistics
14 139 (9.08%) Process Improvement
15 133 (8.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 118 (7.71%) Project Delivery
17 116 (7.58%) Mentoring
18 112 (7.32%) Customer Service
19 111 (7.25%) Migration
20 108 (7.05%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 276 (18.03%) SQL
2 64 (4.18%) C#
3 37 (2.42%) Python
4 19 (1.24%) JavaScript
5 15 (0.98%) T-SQL
6 13 (0.85%) PowerShell
6 13 (0.85%) VBA
7 12 (0.78%) Java
7 12 (0.78%) PL/SQL
8 8 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.46%) VBScript
10 5 (0.33%) ABAP
10 5 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 3 (0.20%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) R
13 2 (0.13%) X++
14 1 (0.065%) Korn
Qualifications
1 346 (22.60%) Degree
2 99 (6.47%) ACCA
3 94 (6.14%) CIMA
4 82 (5.36%) Master's Degree
5 53 (3.46%) MBA
6 36 (2.35%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.89%) Security Cleared
8 27 (1.76%) PMP
9 26 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.31%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 17 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (0.91%) Azure Certification
13 14 (0.91%) SC Cleared
14 13 (0.85%) DBS Check
15 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.52%) MCP
17 7 (0.46%) CCNP
17 7 (0.46%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.25%) QA
2 85 (5.55%) Data Quality
3 43 (2.81%) PMO
4 40 (2.61%) GDPR
5 28 (1.83%) SLA
6 24 (1.57%) IFRS
7 17 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.78%) GAAP
9 12 (0.78%) NIST
10 9 (0.59%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.13%) GMP
13 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.13%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.13%) NCSC
13 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 40 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.33%) Docker
4 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.20%) vSphere
5 1 (0.065%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.065%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (3.66%) 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%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.065%) MOM
Vendors
1 449 (29.33%) SAP
2 363 (23.71%) Microsoft
3 187 (12.21%) Oracle
4 71 (4.64%) Sage
5 61 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.66%) HP
7 55 (3.59%) Workday
8 37 (2.42%) Epicor
9 32 (2.09%) Infor
10 28 (1.83%) MuleSoft
11 26 (1.70%) IFS
12 24 (1.57%) Dell
13 23 (1.50%) Adobe
14 20 (1.31%) VMware
15 19 (1.24%) ServiceNow
16 16 (1.05%) IBM
17 15 (0.98%) Veeam
18 14 (0.91%) Informatica
19 13 (0.85%) Siemens
20 12 (0.78%) Ariba