ERP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ERP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 44 95
Rank change year-on-year -18 +51 -11
Permanent jobs citing ERP 130 151 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.52% 5.45% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 5.83% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 88 70 124
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £90,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,775 2,590 5,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 73.26% 93.43% 84.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 1,201 4,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,670 £50,001
Median % change year-on-year -8.96% +15.34% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

ERP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ERP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ERP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ERP

ERP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing ERP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for ERP in the Thames Valley

ERP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Buckinghamshire -19 58 £55,000 -8.33% 22
Berkshire -20 40 £62,500 +4.17% 31
Oxfordshire -3 32 £68,750 +5.77% 9
ERP
South East

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.54%) Gentran
3 1 (0.77%) Anypoint
Applications
1 25 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (15.38%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.31%) Sage X3
3 2 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.54%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.77%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.77%) Shopify
4 1 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.69%) SaaS
2 21 (16.15%) Dynamics 365
3 20 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 17 (13.08%) Azure
5 7 (5.38%) iPaaS
6 5 (3.85%) OCI
7 3 (2.31%) GCP
7 3 (2.31%) IaaS
7 3 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.31%) PaaS
7 3 (2.31%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.54%) AWS
8 2 (1.54%) Intacct
8 2 (1.54%) Zapier
9 1 (0.77%) Boomi
9 1 (0.77%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.77%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) Modbus
1 5 (3.85%) MQTT
2 1 (0.77%) RS-232
2 1 (0.77%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) JIRA
2 2 (1.54%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
General
1 64 (49.23%) Finance
2 49 (37.69%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (35.38%) Social Skills
4 17 (13.08%) Manufacturing
5 14 (10.77%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (8.46%) Marketing
7 9 (6.92%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.62%) Advertising
9 5 (3.85%) Law
9 5 (3.85%) Retail
10 4 (3.08%) Legal
10 4 (3.08%) Police
10 4 (3.08%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.31%) Aviation
11 3 (2.31%) German Language
11 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.54%) Back Office
13 1 (0.77%) Electronics
13 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (29.23%) Analyst
2 30 (23.08%) Financial Analyst
3 14 (10.77%) Data Analyst
4 12 (9.23%) Supply Chain Analyst
5 11 (8.46%) Applications Support
5 11 (8.46%) Report Manager
6 9 (6.92%) Architect
7 6 (4.62%) Applications Architect
7 6 (4.62%) Consultant
7 6 (4.62%) Implementation Engineer
7 6 (4.62%) Integration Architect
7 6 (4.62%) Marketing Analyst
8 5 (3.85%) Change Manager
8 5 (3.85%) Functional Consultant
8 5 (3.85%) Head of Development
9 4 (3.08%) Accountant
9 4 (3.08%) Head of Support
9 4 (3.08%) Lead
9 4 (3.08%) NetSuite Consultant
9 4 (3.08%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.92%) REST
2 7 (5.38%) JSON
2 7 (5.38%) SOAP
2 7 (5.38%) XML
3 6 (4.62%) Middleware
4 5 (3.85%) .NET
4 5 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.54%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (1.54%) EDI
5 2 (1.54%) OpenAPI
5 2 (1.54%) RESTful
5 2 (1.54%) Swagger
6 1 (0.77%) JWT
6 1 (0.77%) Kafka
6 1 (0.77%) OAuth
6 1 (0.77%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.77%) Web Services
6 1 (0.77%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.92%) IoT
2 8 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 6 (4.62%) SCADA
5 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.08%) FMCG
7 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.54%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.77%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.77%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.77%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.77%) Linux
1 1 (0.77%) Unix
1 1 (0.77%) Windows
1 1 (0.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.23%) Decision-Making
2 36 (27.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (23.08%) Financial Analysis
4 24 (18.46%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (17.69%) Agile
6 18 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (12.31%) CRM
7 16 (12.31%) Logistics
8 15 (11.54%) Cost Optimisation
9 13 (10.00%) ETL
10 12 (9.23%) Budgeting
10 12 (9.23%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 12 (9.23%) Computer Science
10 12 (9.23%) Inventory Management
10 12 (9.23%) Performance Analysis
11 11 (8.46%) Commercial Awareness
11 11 (8.46%) Due Diligence
11 11 (8.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (7.69%) Service Management
13 9 (6.92%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.54%) SQL
2 13 (10.00%) Python
3 12 (9.23%) VBA
4 7 (5.38%) Java
5 3 (2.31%) C#
5 3 (2.31%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.77%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.77%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (34.62%) ACCA
2 34 (26.15%) CIMA
3 16 (12.31%) Degree
4 9 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.08%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.08%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.31%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.54%) PhD
8 2 (1.54%) PMP
9 1 (0.77%) CFA
9 1 (0.77%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.77%) IFRS
2 6 (4.62%) QA
3 4 (3.08%) GDPR
4 3 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.31%) GAAP
4 3 (2.31%) PMO
5 2 (1.54%) SLA
6 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (27.69%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.85%) SAP
3 12 (9.23%) Oracle
4 6 (4.62%) Infor
5 3 (2.31%) Epicor
5 3 (2.31%) Google
5 3 (2.31%) IBM
5 3 (2.31%) IFS
5 3 (2.31%) Sage
5 3 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.31%) Workday
6 2 (1.54%) Informatica
7 1 (0.77%) Callidus
7 1 (0.77%) Dell
7 1 (0.77%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.77%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.77%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.77%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.77%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.77%) Talend