Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ERP over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 97 185
Rank change year-on-year -17 +88 -50
Permanent jobs citing ERP 1,677 1,906 2,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.22% 3.21% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 3.40% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 791 1,491 1,880
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,410 56,130 135,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.81% 94.41% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 31,055 40,211 76,155
10th Percentile £33,875 £32,500 £33,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £52,700 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.47% +0.38% +5.00%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Salary trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 2024. 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
England -28 1,464 £52,500 -12.50% 541
UK excluding London -10 1,291 £50,000 -13.04% 406
Work from Home +7 560 £54,000 -13.60% 639
South East -16 376 £47,500 -13.64% 104
London -65 312 £65,000 -7.14% 146
North of England -29 288 £51,750 -13.75% 96
Midlands -35 244 £50,000 -16.67% 94
North West -16 174 £50,818 -15.30% 45
East Midlands -8 123 £50,000 -11.11% 43
South West +6 121 £40,000 -33.33% 38
West Midlands -54 121 £57,500 -4.17% 47
Scotland +20 114 £47,000 -10.48% 14
East of England -18 109 £62,500 +4.17% 60
Yorkshire -40 80 £55,000 -4.35% 35
North East -20 34 £45,625 -23.96% 17
Wales +39 26 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Northern Ireland +41 17 £53,750 +2.38% 6

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 121 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 84 (5.01%) Oracle Application Server
3 32 (1.91%) SAS
4 25 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (1.13%) OpenEdge
6 16 (0.95%) CMS
7 14 (0.83%) Confluence
8 11 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.060%) Apache
11 1 (0.060%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.060%) IIS
11 1 (0.060%) Kentico
11 1 (0.060%) Moodle
11 1 (0.060%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.060%) ThingWorx
11 1 (0.060%) WordPress
Applications
1 119 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
2 112 (6.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.72%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.12%) SPSS
10 1 (0.060%) CATIA
10 1 (0.060%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.060%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 143 (8.53%) Oracle EBS
2 95 (5.66%) Oracle ERP
3 77 (4.59%) NetSuite
4 76 (4.53%) SAP ERP
5 61 (3.64%) Unit4 Business World
6 60 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 60 (3.58%) SAP S/4HANA
7 42 (2.50%) Oracle Receivables
8 35 (2.09%) Dynamics NAV
9 28 (1.67%) Oracle General Ledger
9 28 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
10 26 (1.55%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 25 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
12 24 (1.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
13 23 (1.37%) Shopify
14 22 (1.31%) SAP Business One
15 20 (1.19%) Oracle Assets
16 19 (1.13%) PeopleSoft HCM
17 18 (1.07%) Oracle Cash Management
18 17 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 179 (10.67%) Azure
2 159 (9.48%) Power Platform
3 155 (9.24%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (5.96%) AWS
5 91 (5.43%) OCI
6 81 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
7 59 (3.52%) SaaS
8 24 (1.43%) PowerApps
9 23 (1.37%) GCP
10 22 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.25%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.01%) PaaS
13 14 (0.83%) Entra ID
13 14 (0.83%) WhatsApp
14 11 (0.66%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 10 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (0.60%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.40%) Broadband
2 21 (1.25%) Firewall
2 21 (1.25%) Internet
3 16 (0.95%) LAN
4 14 (0.83%) VPN
5 13 (0.78%) Network Security
5 13 (0.78%) Wireless
6 11 (0.66%) WAN
7 8 (0.48%) HTTPS
7 8 (0.48%) SAN
8 5 (0.30%) DHCP
8 5 (0.30%) DNS
8 5 (0.30%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) RS-232
9 4 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.18%) NAS
10 3 (0.18%) SMS
11 2 (0.12%) FTP
11 2 (0.12%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (8.53%) Power BI
2 128 (7.63%) Relational Database
3 111 (6.62%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (5.13%) RDBMS
5 84 (5.01%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 79 (4.71%) SQL Server
7 41 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
8 37 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 21 (1.25%) Crystal Reports
10 19 (1.13%) DB2
11 18 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (0.95%) Tableau
13 15 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
14 14 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 14 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
15 13 (0.78%) SAP HANA
16 10 (0.60%) Big Data
17 9 (0.54%) Oracle Database
17 9 (0.54%) SAP BW
18 8 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 35 (2.09%) JIRA
2 16 (0.95%) PowerBuilder
3 15 (0.89%) Selenium
4 13 (0.78%) Git
5 10 (0.60%) SpecFlow
6 9 (0.54%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.36%) JMeter
9 5 (0.30%) GitLab
9 5 (0.30%) JUnit
9 5 (0.30%) TestNG
10 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.24%) Toad
11 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.12%) Hudson
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.12%) Postman
12 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 662 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 656 (39.12%) Finance
3 410 (24.45%) Analytical Skills
4 374 (22.30%) Manufacturing
5 161 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 133 (7.93%) Organisational Skills
7 120 (7.16%) Law
8 118 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
9 90 (5.37%) Military
10 77 (4.59%) Retail
11 55 (3.28%) Marketing
12 46 (2.74%) Legal
13 43 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
14 42 (2.50%) Public Sector
15 32 (1.91%) Banking
16 29 (1.73%) Electronics
17 28 (1.67%) Aerospace
18 23 (1.37%) Automotive
19 22 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
20 18 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 319 (19.02%) Analyst
2 223 (13.30%) Senior
3 203 (12.10%) Consultant
4 140 (8.35%) Developer
5 122 (7.27%) Architect
6 100 (5.96%) IT Manager
7 96 (5.72%) Lead
8 89 (5.31%) Systems Analyst
9 88 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
10 84 (5.01%) Applications Support
11 81 (4.83%) Project Manager
12 75 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
13 57 (3.40%) Senior DevOps
13 57 (3.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 53 (3.16%) Support Analyst
15 51 (3.04%) Business Analyst
16 49 (2.92%) ERP Manager
17 47 (2.80%) Administrator
18 45 (2.68%) ERP Analyst
19 44 (2.62%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (5.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 80 (4.77%) .NET
3 41 (2.44%) XML
4 36 (2.15%) Web Services
5 33 (1.97%) EDI
6 32 (1.91%) HTML
7 23 (1.37%) REST
8 21 (1.25%) Middleware
8 21 (1.25%) SOAP
9 19 (1.13%) CSS
10 18 (1.07%) React
11 14 (0.83%) JSON
12 13 (0.78%) .NET Framework
13 9 (0.54%) .NET Core
13 9 (0.54%) MHP
14 8 (0.48%) MACH
14 8 (0.48%) Node.js
14 8 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
15 7 (0.42%) RESTful
16 5 (0.30%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 137 (8.17%) Self-Motivation
2 123 (7.33%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (2.62%) Product Ownership
5 42 (2.50%) Mobile App
6 40 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (2.33%) IoT
8 38 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 31 (1.85%) FMCG
10 27 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 26 (1.55%) Social Media
12 23 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.01%) iSeries
15 15 (0.89%) Virtual Team
16 14 (0.83%) Cloud Native
16 14 (0.83%) Operational Technology
17 12 (0.72%) AS400
17 12 (0.72%) Blockchain
17 12 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.20%) Windows
2 75 (4.47%) Linux
3 47 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.01%) Unix
5 10 (0.60%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.30%) SUSE
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.12%) Android
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.060%) VMS
11 1 (0.060%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
2 338 (20.16%) Agile
3 304 (18.13%) Project Management
4 252 (15.03%) CRM
5 219 (13.06%) Analytics
6 214 (12.76%) Migration
7 198 (11.81%) ITIL
8 195 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 185 (11.03%) Roadmaps
10 182 (10.85%) Mentoring
11 171 (10.20%) Customer Service
12 165 (9.84%) DevOps
13 164 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
14 154 (9.18%) Data Migration
15 153 (9.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 130 (7.75%) Computer Science
17 124 (7.39%) Service Management
18 120 (7.16%) Change Management
18 120 (7.16%) Data Integration
18 120 (7.16%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 303 (18.07%) SQL
2 63 (3.76%) C#
3 50 (2.98%) Python
4 48 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 33 (1.97%) PowerShell
6 32 (1.91%) PL/SQL
7 29 (1.73%) VB.NET
8 27 (1.61%) VBA
9 24 (1.43%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.19%) Progress 4GL
11 18 (1.07%) Java
11 18 (1.07%) PHP
12 12 (0.72%) RPG
13 9 (0.54%) ABAP
13 9 (0.54%) RPG IV
14 6 (0.36%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.30%) Perl
15 5 (0.30%) VB
16 4 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 284 (16.94%) Degree
2 122 (7.27%) DBS Check
3 69 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 51 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (2.86%) SC Cleared
6 29 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 25 (1.49%) ACCA
8 22 (1.31%) PMP
9 21 (1.25%) PMI Certification
10 16 (0.95%) CISA
11 14 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.78%) CIMA
13 10 (0.60%) CIPFA
13 10 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
13 10 (0.60%) QiCA
14 9 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (0.36%) CIPD
16 6 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.16%) SLA
2 42 (2.50%) QA
3 37 (2.21%) GDPR
4 33 (1.97%) Data Quality
5 26 (1.55%) PMO
5 26 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (0.95%) ITGC
8 10 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.54%) NIST
10 7 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.30%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.24%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.24%) GAAP
12 4 (0.24%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.24%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS
14 2 (0.12%) WCAG
15 1 (0.060%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 22 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.78%) Docker
3 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.24%) vSphere
6 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.060%) Firmware
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.060%) NFS
7 1 (0.060%) Samba
7 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.48%) Terraform
4 7 (0.42%) Wonderware InTouch
5 6 (0.36%) Ansible
6 3 (0.18%) WSUS
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.12%) SCCM
8 1 (0.060%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.060%) MOM
8 1 (0.060%) Plesk
8 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.060%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 425 (25.34%) Oracle
2 419 (24.99%) Microsoft
3 365 (21.77%) SAP
4 98 (5.84%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.82%) Sage
6 59 (3.52%) Epicor
7 50 (2.98%) Hyperion
8 46 (2.74%) IFS
9 42 (2.50%) Infor
10 34 (2.03%) Anaplan
11 27 (1.61%) Ariba
12 26 (1.55%) JD Edwards
12 26 (1.55%) OpenText
12 26 (1.55%) SYSPRO
13 21 (1.25%) PeopleSoft
14 20 (1.19%) Cognos
14 20 (1.19%) Progress
14 20 (1.19%) Siemens
15 11 (0.66%) IBM
16 8 (0.48%) Red Hat