ERP Job Trends

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ERP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 96 117
Rank change year-on-year +22 +21 +8
Permanent jobs citing ERP 1,771 1,510 1,435
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.94% 2.82% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 3.11% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 747 1,117
10th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500

All Process & 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 48,808 48,616 49,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.95% 90.71% 89.93%
Number of salaries quoted 28,796 23,669 37,967
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ERP job vacancy trend in the UK

ERP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP

ERP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

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 15 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
England +27 1,513 £60,000 +9.09% 725
UK excluding London +17 1,316 £52,500 - 689
Work from Home +52 587 £57,500 +4.55% 403
South East +27 489 £60,000 +9.09% 228
London +56 324 £80,000 +32.43% 129
Midlands +29 294 £45,000 -21.74% 97
North of England -16 196 £52,250 -0.48% 122
West Midlands +24 153 £52,500 -8.70% 56
East Midlands +15 137 £40,000 -13.51% 41
East of England +41 121 £50,000 -9.09% 105
North West -2 113 £52,500 - 48
Scotland +9 108 £58,500 +11.69% 23
Yorkshire -8 78 £46,000 -8.00% 52
South West -43 59 £45,000 +12.50% 88
Northern Ireland +8 34 £60,000 +20.00% 13
Wales -13 15 £52,500 +10.53% 29
North East -9 5 £46,750 +28.97% 26

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 48 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 16 (0.90%) Confluence
4 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.40%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.11%) CMS
6 2 (0.11%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.056%) Apache
7 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.056%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.056%) Mendix
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.056%) SAS
7 1 (0.056%) Site Server
Applications
1 219 (12.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (1.86%) Maya
4 21 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.02%) Oracle Smart View
6 13 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.23%) Autodesk Inventor
8 4 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
9 3 (0.17%) Trello
9 3 (0.17%) Windchill
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.056%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 180 (10.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 90 (5.08%) Oracle ERP
3 77 (4.35%) NetSuite
4 73 (4.12%) Oracle Payables
5 70 (3.95%) Oracle Receivables
6 62 (3.50%) Unit4 Business World
7 54 (3.05%) Oracle Assets
8 48 (2.71%) Oracle General Ledger
9 47 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
10 39 (2.20%) Oracle Financials
11 38 (2.15%) SAP ERP
12 37 (2.09%) Sage X3
13 31 (1.75%) Sage 200
14 30 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
15 27 (1.52%) SAP FI
16 24 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
16 24 (1.36%) SAP CO
16 24 (1.36%) SAP FI/CO
17 22 (1.24%) Oracle Cash Management
18 20 (1.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 253 (14.29%) Azure
2 238 (13.44%) Power Platform
3 168 (9.49%) SaaS
4 156 (8.81%) Dynamics 365
5 108 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
6 89 (5.03%) AWS
7 86 (4.86%) OCI
8 78 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (2.26%) Entra ID
9 40 (2.26%) GitHub
10 29 (1.64%) Intacct
11 28 (1.58%) PowerApps
12 27 (1.52%) Boomi
13 26 (1.47%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.19%) GCP
15 18 (1.02%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 17 (0.96%) GitHub Copilot
16 17 (0.96%) iPaaS
17 16 (0.90%) PaaS
18 15 (0.85%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.48%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.73%) VPN
3 11 (0.62%) Firewall
4 10 (0.56%) WAN
5 9 (0.51%) DHCP
5 9 (0.51%) DNS
6 8 (0.45%) LAN
7 7 (0.40%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.40%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.34%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.34%) VoIP
8 6 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.28%) Modbus
9 5 (0.28%) MQTT
9 5 (0.28%) RFID
10 4 (0.23%) Broadband
10 4 (0.23%) Intranet
10 4 (0.23%) MPLS
10 4 (0.23%) PSTN
11 3 (0.17%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (12.20%) Power BI
2 51 (2.88%) SAP BW
2 51 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.71%) Data Lake
4 39 (2.20%) Tableau
5 30 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
7 28 (1.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 21 (1.19%) Crystal Reports
9 20 (1.13%) Relational Database
10 17 (0.96%) Power Query
11 14 (0.79%) Essbase
12 11 (0.62%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.40%) Metadata
14 7 (0.40%) SAP HANA
15 6 (0.34%) Big Data
16 4 (0.23%) Metabase
16 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 3 (0.17%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 118 (6.66%) JIRA
2 66 (3.73%) Oracle Forms
3 56 (3.16%) eCATT
4 40 (2.26%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.58%) NeoLoad
6 25 (1.41%) Git
7 7 (0.40%) PowerBuilder
8 6 (0.34%) Selenium
9 5 (0.28%) JMeter
9 5 (0.28%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.28%) Postman
9 5 (0.28%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.23%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.17%) GitLab
11 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.11%) LSMW
12 2 (0.11%) TestRail
12 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 874 (49.35%) Finance
2 826 (46.64%) Social Skills
3 418 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
4 311 (17.56%) Manufacturing
5 169 (9.54%) Retail
6 130 (7.34%) Marketing
7 127 (7.17%) Law
8 82 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
9 78 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
10 47 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 43 (2.43%) Legal
12 39 (2.20%) Public Sector
13 37 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 36 (2.03%) Aerospace
14 36 (2.03%) Games
14 36 (2.03%) General Ledger
15 28 (1.58%) Advertising
16 24 (1.36%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.30%) Banking
17 23 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 337 (19.03%) Analyst
2 265 (14.96%) Lead
3 232 (13.10%) Senior
4 188 (10.62%) Consultant
5 134 (7.57%) Architect
6 111 (6.27%) Support Analyst
7 75 (4.23%) Financial Analyst
8 73 (4.12%) Applications Support
9 72 (4.07%) ERP Support
10 63 (3.56%) ERP Analyst
11 61 (3.44%) Developer
12 60 (3.39%) ERP Consultant
13 58 (3.27%) Project Manager
14 53 (2.99%) Finance Manager
14 53 (2.99%) Systems Analyst
15 49 (2.77%) Senior Manager
16 47 (2.65%) ERP Manager
16 47 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
17 46 (2.60%) Applications Engineer
18 43 (2.43%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.65%) RESTful
1 47 (2.65%) SOAP
2 44 (2.48%) REST
2 44 (2.48%) XML
3 43 (2.43%) Oracle Fusion
4 41 (2.32%) Middleware
5 35 (1.98%) JSON
6 25 (1.41%) EDI
7 24 (1.36%) .NET
8 21 (1.19%) OAuth
9 20 (1.13%) OAuth2
10 19 (1.07%) SAML
11 16 (0.90%) Web Services
12 6 (0.34%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.34%) Kafka
12 6 (0.34%) React
12 6 (0.34%) SAP Basis
13 5 (0.28%) HTML
13 5 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
14 4 (0.23%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.87%) Enterprise Software
2 97 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 86 (4.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 86 (4.86%) Onboarding
4 66 (3.73%) Cloud Native
5 43 (2.43%) FMCG
6 35 (1.98%) Driving Licence
7 34 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 34 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 22 (1.24%) IoT
11 14 (0.79%) Product Ownership
12 13 (0.73%) Low-Code
13 12 (0.68%) Life Science
14 11 (0.62%) NHS
14 11 (0.62%) PMI
15 10 (0.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
16 9 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (0.51%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.48%) Windows
2 16 (0.90%) Linux
3 12 (0.68%) Unix
4 9 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.056%) SUSE
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
2 357 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 312 (17.62%) Business Intelligence
4 249 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 244 (13.78%) Project Management
6 236 (13.33%) CRM
7 232 (13.10%) Analytics
8 227 (12.82%) Agile
9 225 (12.70%) Roadmaps
10 222 (12.54%) Decision-Making
11 183 (10.33%) Business Strategy
12 167 (9.43%) Migration
12 167 (9.43%) Process Improvement
13 157 (8.87%) Logistics
14 149 (8.41%) Change Management
15 148 (8.36%) Mentoring
16 137 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 136 (7.68%) Customer Service
18 122 (6.89%) Project Delivery
19 120 (6.78%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 360 (20.33%) SQL
2 75 (4.23%) Python
3 73 (4.12%) PL/SQL
4 69 (3.90%) C#
5 52 (2.94%) Java
6 42 (2.37%) Shell Script
7 21 (1.19%) VBA
8 18 (1.02%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.85%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.79%) Groovy
10 14 (0.79%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.56%) VB.NET
12 9 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.40%) VBScript
14 6 (0.34%) ABAP
15 4 (0.23%) Delphi
16 3 (0.17%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.17%) ActionScript 2.0
16 3 (0.17%) X++
17 2 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 382 (21.57%) Degree
2 107 (6.04%) ACCA
3 101 (5.70%) CIMA
4 81 (4.57%) Master's Degree
5 53 (2.99%) MBA
6 37 (2.09%) PMI Certification
7 36 (2.03%) Security Cleared
8 30 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (1.58%) PMP
10 20 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.02%) HNC
11 18 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (0.85%) SC Cleared
14 14 (0.79%) DBS Check
14 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.73%) Azure Certification
15 13 (0.73%) HND
16 8 (0.45%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (6.10%) QA
2 88 (4.97%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.60%) PMO
4 44 (2.48%) GDPR
5 33 (1.86%) SLA
6 27 (1.52%) IFRS
7 18 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.73%) GAAP
10 11 (0.62%) NIST
11 10 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.51%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.17%) GMP
16 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
16 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 2 (0.11%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.11%) NCSC
16 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.34%) Docker
4 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.056%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (3.16%) HP ALM
2 43 (2.43%) Terraform
3 39 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.34%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.11%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.056%) MOM
8 1 (0.056%) Nagios
Vendors
1 485 (27.39%) SAP
2 416 (23.49%) Microsoft
3 291 (16.43%) Oracle
4 91 (5.14%) Sage
5 64 (3.61%) Salesforce
6 59 (3.33%) Workday
7 56 (3.16%) HP
8 43 (2.43%) Epicor
9 40 (2.26%) Infor
10 33 (1.86%) Adobe
10 33 (1.86%) IFS
11 29 (1.64%) MuleSoft
12 24 (1.36%) Dell
13 23 (1.30%) VMware
14 21 (1.19%) Okta
15 20 (1.13%) ServiceNow
16 19 (1.07%) Cisco
17 16 (0.90%) IBM
18 14 (0.79%) Hyperion
18 14 (0.79%) Informatica