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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 91 140
Rank change year-on-year -7 +49 +62
Permanent jobs citing ERP 1,506 2,804 2,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.89% 2.85% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.10% 3.32% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 922 1,922 1,792
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,925 £88,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -1 1,406 £55,000 +0.92% 939
UK excluding London -1 1,124 £52,500 +5.00% 653
North of England -25 414 £54,793 +9.59% 174
Work from Home -43 379 £60,000 - 490
North West -6 360 £55,000 +10.00% 120
London -23 308 £65,199 -6.86% 305
South East -8 258 £60,000 +14.29% 141
Midlands -30 204 £52,500 +16.67% 160
West Midlands -25 143 £53,688 +7.38% 83
East of England +9 118 £40,000 -27.27% 56
South West +73 88 £52,500 -3.67% 81
East Midlands -19 61 £45,000 +20.00% 73
Yorkshire -55 41 £47,000 -6.00% 38
Scotland +43 30 £62,500 +31.58% 33
North East +11 12 £34,500 -13.75% 17
Wales +25 9 £35,750 -20.56% 12
Northern Ireland +30 7 £50,000 -16.67% 11

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
1 102 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 67 (4.45%) Confluence
3 20 (1.33%) OpenEdge
4 19 (1.26%) CMS
5 13 (0.86%) IBM Domino
6 8 (0.53%) Kinematics
7 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.20%) SugarCRM
10 2 (0.13%) Apache
10 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.066%) Moodle
11 1 (0.066%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 123 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 108 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.66%) Maya
5 17 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.73%) SOLIDWORKS
7 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 121 (8.03%) NetSuite
2 109 (7.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 66 (4.38%) Dynamics AX
4 55 (3.65%) Oracle ERP
5 54 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
6 41 (2.72%) Dynamics NAV
7 39 (2.59%) Oracle EBS
8 37 (2.46%) SAP ERP
9 34 (2.26%) Shopify
10 21 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
10 21 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
11 20 (1.33%) SAP FI
12 17 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
13 16 (1.06%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 11 (0.73%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
14 11 (0.73%) Infor M3
14 11 (0.73%) JDE OneWorld
15 10 (0.66%) Magento
15 10 (0.66%) Oracle Applications
15 10 (0.66%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 158 (10.49%) Dynamics 365
2 151 (10.03%) Azure
3 147 (9.76%) Power Platform
4 69 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.52%) SaaS
6 51 (3.39%) AWS
7 46 (3.05%) OCI
8 31 (2.06%) Boomi
9 18 (1.20%) PaaS
10 17 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (1.13%) GCP
11 16 (1.06%) iPaaS
11 16 (1.06%) PowerApps
11 16 (1.06%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 15 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (0.80%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (0.66%) BigCommerce
14 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.59%) Firewall
2 19 (1.26%) Network Security
3 17 (1.13%) VPN
4 16 (1.06%) SAN
5 13 (0.86%) VLAN
6 12 (0.80%) LAN
6 12 (0.80%) WAN
7 11 (0.73%) VoIP
7 11 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.66%) MPLS
9 9 (0.60%) DHCP
10 6 (0.40%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.33%) DNS
12 3 (0.20%) IPv4
13 2 (0.13%) Internet
13 2 (0.13%) IPsec
13 2 (0.13%) NAS
14 1 (0.066%) HTTP
14 1 (0.066%) Skype
14 1 (0.066%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (8.43%) Power BI
2 58 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 44 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (2.59%) Data Lake
5 29 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
6 22 (1.46%) Tableau
7 16 (1.06%) Oracle ODI
8 13 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.80%) Crystal Reports
9 12 (0.80%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.66%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.40%) Big Data
11 6 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 5 (0.33%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.27%) DB2
13 4 (0.27%) MaxDB
13 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 78 (5.18%) JIRA
2 9 (0.60%) Git
2 9 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.40%) Selenium
4 5 (0.33%) Postman
5 4 (0.27%) JUnit
5 4 (0.27%) LSMW
6 3 (0.20%) GitLab
6 3 (0.20%) JMeter
7 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.13%) TestNG
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.066%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.066%) kappa
8 1 (0.066%) RStudio
8 1 (0.066%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.066%) Subversion
8 1 (0.066%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 658 (43.69%) Finance
2 542 (35.99%) Social Skills
3 421 (27.95%) Manufacturing
4 324 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
5 146 (9.69%) Law
6 119 (7.90%) Organisational Skills
6 119 (7.90%) Retail
7 84 (5.58%) Marketing
8 63 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
9 57 (3.78%) Legal
10 52 (3.45%) Games
11 38 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 36 (2.39%) Aerospace
12 36 (2.39%) Public Sector
13 35 (2.32%) Telecoms
14 28 (1.86%) Aviation
14 28 (1.86%) General Ledger
15 23 (1.53%) Banking
16 15 (1.00%) Back Office
17 12 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 260 (17.26%) Analyst
2 196 (13.01%) Architect
3 171 (11.35%) Consultant
4 146 (9.69%) Lead
5 140 (9.30%) Senior
5 140 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
6 111 (7.37%) Developer
7 77 (5.11%) Support Analyst
8 76 (5.05%) Applications Support
9 75 (4.98%) Functional Consultant
10 74 (4.91%) Project Manager
11 62 (4.12%) ERP Manager
11 62 (4.12%) Lead Architect
12 59 (3.92%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 59 (3.92%) NetSuite Consultant
13 51 (3.39%) Administrator
14 50 (3.32%) Financial Analyst
15 45 (2.99%) IT Manager
16 41 (2.72%) Data Analyst
16 41 (2.72%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 38 (2.52%) .NET
3 25 (1.66%) SOAP
4 24 (1.59%) Web Services
4 24 (1.59%) XML
5 23 (1.53%) EDI
5 23 (1.53%) REST
6 22 (1.46%) HTML
7 20 (1.33%) JSON
8 19 (1.26%) CSS
9 16 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
10 14 (0.93%) jQuery
11 13 (0.86%) Middleware
12 11 (0.73%) CSS3
12 11 (0.73%) Hibernate
13 9 (0.60%) RESTful
14 8 (0.53%) .NET Framework
15 5 (0.33%) AngularJS
15 5 (0.33%) OAuth
16 4 (0.27%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 114 (7.57%) Management Information System
2 52 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 42 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
4 41 (2.72%) Product Ownership
5 34 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (1.79%) Blockchain
7 25 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 25 (1.66%) Data Structures
8 22 (1.46%) Robotics
9 20 (1.33%) FMCG
10 19 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.20%) IoT
12 17 (1.13%) EPoS
13 15 (1.00%) Virtual Team
14 14 (0.93%) Cloud Native
14 14 (0.93%) Driving Licence
14 14 (0.93%) PMI
15 13 (0.86%) CCTV
15 13 (0.86%) Onboarding
16 12 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 98 (6.51%) Windows
2 47 (3.12%) Linux
3 35 (2.32%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.26%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.40%) Unix
7 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.27%) AIX
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.20%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
2 318 (21.12%) Project Management
3 273 (18.13%) CRM
4 241 (16.00%) Agile
5 232 (15.41%) Migration
6 220 (14.61%) Analytics
7 190 (12.62%) Business Intelligence
8 175 (11.62%) Data Migration
9 170 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 167 (11.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 155 (10.29%) Roadmaps
12 147 (9.76%) Process Improvement
13 131 (8.70%) Decision-Making
14 130 (8.63%) Business Strategy
15 127 (8.43%) CAD
16 125 (8.30%) Collaborative Working
17 121 (8.03%) Data Management
17 121 (8.03%) PLM
17 121 (8.03%) Requirements Gathering
18 108 (7.17%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 229 (15.21%) SQL
2 39 (2.59%) C#
3 36 (2.39%) JavaScript
4 32 (2.12%) PL/SQL
4 32 (2.12%) Python
5 25 (1.66%) Progress 4GL
6 24 (1.59%) Java
7 22 (1.46%) T-SQL
8 21 (1.39%) ABAP
9 13 (0.86%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.86%) VB
10 11 (0.73%) VB.NET
11 9 (0.60%) VBA
12 6 (0.40%) Delphi
12 6 (0.40%) PHP
13 3 (0.20%) OpenEdge ABL
14 2 (0.13%) Groovy
14 2 (0.13%) R
15 1 (0.066%) SAPscript
15 1 (0.066%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 288 (19.12%) Degree
2 215 (14.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 64 (4.25%) ACCA
4 57 (3.78%) CIMA
5 56 (3.72%) Security Cleared
6 36 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.66%) SC Cleared
9 23 (1.53%) CISA
9 23 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.53%) PMP
10 22 (1.46%) ISACA
10 22 (1.46%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.06%) CCAB
12 11 (0.73%) AAT
13 9 (0.60%) HNC
13 9 (0.60%) MBA
14 7 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.46%) MCP
15 6 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (5.58%) Data Quality
2 33 (2.19%) SLA
3 31 (2.06%) QA
4 24 (1.59%) ITGC
5 22 (1.46%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.13%) GDPR
7 12 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.66%) PMO
9 6 (0.40%) GxP
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.27%) COBIT
11 4 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.13%) GAAP
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS
13 2 (0.13%) NIST
13 2 (0.13%) SOC 1
14 1 (0.066%) Solvency II
System Software
1 43 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (0.46%) Docker
5 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (0.33%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.13%) Ansible
2 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.13%) Terraform
3 1 (0.066%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.066%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 469 (31.14%) SAP
2 418 (27.76%) Microsoft
3 229 (15.21%) Oracle
4 88 (5.84%) Salesforce
5 58 (3.85%) Siemens
6 32 (2.12%) Infor
7 31 (2.06%) Epicor
8 29 (1.93%) Workday
9 28 (1.86%) Dell
9 28 (1.86%) VMware
10 27 (1.79%) Sage
11 25 (1.66%) Progress
12 19 (1.26%) Veeam
13 16 (1.06%) IFS
14 11 (0.73%) Adobe
14 11 (0.73%) Informatica
14 11 (0.73%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.73%) PeopleSoft
15 10 (0.66%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.60%) Ariba