ERP Contract Job Trends

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 88 89
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,152 916 1,190
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.25% 2.54% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 2.94% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 480 737
10th Percentile £350 £363 £385
25th Percentile £463 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.19%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £751 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 28 33
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.09 £50.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £57.00
Median hourly rate £21.65 £35.18 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -58.61% +148.45%
75th Percentile £32.75 £71.88 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £64.31
% change year-on-year -39.20% -45.02% +221.56%

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,777 31,113 41,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.78% 86.30% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,898 18,698 27,863
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,100 1,096 1,595
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%
75th Percentile £44.77 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.93 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.30% -23.75% +53.45%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ERP job vacancy trend in the UK

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the UK over the 6 months to 18 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +9 1,003 £550 +2.80% 1,170
UK excluding London 0 576 £525 +5.00% 779
London +31 447 £575 +4.55% 423
Work from Home +19 374 £538 -2.27% 544
South East +37 168 £515 +3.00% 243
Midlands -31 109 £550 +4.76% 164
North of England -28 101 £525 +5.00% 184
South West +4 86 £600 +20.00% 74
North West +6 78 £513 +2.50% 107
East of England +16 66 £550 +15.79% 62
West Midlands -44 65 £575 +9.52% 110
East Midlands -7 44 £525 -12.50% 53
Scotland +20 41 £500 +8.11% 40
Yorkshire -60 20 £538 +26.47% 62
Northern Ireland -3 10 £350 - 14
Wales +5 4 £325 -50.00% 11
North East -9 3 £500 -12.66% 15
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 24 (2.08%) Confluence
2 18 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
2 18 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.35%) CMS
6 3 (0.26%) Alfresco
6 3 (0.26%) Documentum
6 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.087%) Apache
8 1 (0.087%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.087%) Camunda
8 1 (0.087%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.087%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.087%) SAS
Applications
1 69 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (2.43%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.35%) Trello
8 2 (0.17%) InVision
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.17%) Sketch
8 2 (0.17%) Windchill
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.087%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.087%) Notion
Business Applications
1 153 (13.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 86 (7.47%) Oracle ERP
3 64 (5.56%) SAP ERP
4 39 (3.39%) Oracle EBS
5 38 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 37 (3.21%) NetSuite
7 36 (3.13%) Oracle Payables
8 27 (2.34%) Oracle General Ledger
9 24 (2.08%) Oracle Assets
10 23 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
11 19 (1.65%) Oracle EBS R12
12 18 (1.56%) SAP EWM
13 16 (1.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (1.22%) Oracle Cash Management
14 14 (1.22%) Oracle SCM
14 14 (1.22%) Unit4 Business World
15 13 (1.13%) SAP WM
16 10 (0.87%) Primavera
16 10 (0.87%) SAP PP
17 8 (0.69%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 143 (12.41%) Azure
2 117 (10.16%) OCI
3 103 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (8.68%) SaaS
5 96 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 31 (2.69%) AWS
7 29 (2.52%) PaaS
8 22 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (1.74%) Lucidchart
10 19 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 17 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.22%) Boomi
13 14 (1.22%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
14 11 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (0.87%) Tricentis Tosca
16 9 (0.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.087%) DKIM
2 1 (0.087%) DMARC
2 1 (0.087%) Internet
2 1 (0.087%) LAN
2 1 (0.087%) Network Security
2 1 (0.087%) SAN
2 1 (0.087%) VPN
2 1 (0.087%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.51%) Power BI
2 54 (4.69%) Oracle Reports
3 35 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 27 (2.34%) Oracle Database
5 23 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.65%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.48%) SAP HANA
8 16 (1.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 9 (0.78%) Power Query
9 9 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.78%) Tableau
10 8 (0.69%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.69%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.52%) GIS
11 6 (0.52%) Metadata
12 5 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
12 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 49 (4.25%) JIRA
2 12 (1.04%) Postman
3 10 (0.87%) GitLab
4 9 (0.78%) Git
5 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.17%) Hudson
7 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.17%) LSMW
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.17%) Selenium
7 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.087%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.087%) MLflow
8 1 (0.087%) QADirector
8 1 (0.087%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.087%) TestRail
8 1 (0.087%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 566 (49.13%) Finance
2 415 (36.02%) Social Skills
3 156 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (10.94%) Manufacturing
5 121 (10.50%) Public Sector
6 43 (3.73%) Retail
7 42 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 42 (3.65%) Local Government
7 42 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
8 38 (3.30%) Legal
9 37 (3.21%) General Ledger
10 35 (3.04%) Banking
11 33 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (2.26%) Billing
15 24 (2.08%) Marketing
16 20 (1.74%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.56%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 169 (14.67%) Consultant
2 157 (13.63%) Analyst
3 130 (11.28%) Lead
4 112 (9.72%) Architect
5 111 (9.64%) Project Manager
6 74 (6.42%) Senior
7 72 (6.25%) Business Analyst
8 63 (5.47%) Developer
9 49 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
10 43 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
11 38 (3.30%) ERP Manager
12 37 (3.21%) Oracle Consultant
12 37 (3.21%) SAP Manager
13 33 (2.86%) Functional Consultant
14 29 (2.52%) ERP Analyst
15 26 (2.26%) Administrator
16 25 (2.17%) ERP Project Manager
16 25 (2.17%) ERP Support
17 24 (2.08%) Accountant
17 24 (2.08%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (12.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (4.69%) REST
3 37 (3.21%) SOAP
4 32 (2.78%) Web Services
5 29 (2.52%) Middleware
6 27 (2.34%) XML
7 24 (2.08%) JSON
8 20 (1.74%) .NET
9 14 (1.22%) EDI
10 13 (1.13%) OAuth
11 11 (0.95%) XSLT
12 9 (0.78%) HTML
13 7 (0.61%) CSS
14 6 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
15 4 (0.35%) .NET Framework
15 4 (0.35%) ADO
15 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.35%) Node.js
15 4 (0.35%) SAP Basis
16 3 (0.26%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 62 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
2 45 (3.91%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.34%) Data Structures
6 16 (1.39%) Life Science
6 16 (1.39%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.30%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.13%) FMCG
8 13 (1.13%) Public Cloud
9 12 (1.04%) AS400
9 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.69%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.69%) IoT
13 7 (0.61%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (0.61%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.69%) Windows
2 4 (0.35%) Unix
3 2 (0.17%) Android
3 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.17%) Linux
4 1 (0.087%) AIX
4 1 (0.087%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (23.00%) Migration
2 221 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (17.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 195 (16.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 192 (16.67%) Agile
6 183 (15.89%) Data Migration
7 135 (11.72%) CRM
8 125 (10.85%) Change Management
9 116 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
10 115 (9.98%) Project Management
11 113 (9.81%) Project Delivery
12 111 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
13 110 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
14 88 (7.64%) Roadmaps
15 87 (7.55%) Validation
16 75 (6.51%) Workshop Facilitation
17 69 (5.99%) DevOps
18 66 (5.73%) Analytics
18 66 (5.73%) Logistics
19 62 (5.38%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (13.37%) SQL
2 35 (3.04%) PL/SQL
3 21 (1.82%) C#
3 21 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.48%) Python
5 16 (1.39%) Java
6 8 (0.69%) Groovy
6 8 (0.69%) VBA
7 6 (0.52%) ABAP
7 6 (0.52%) X++
8 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.35%) PHP
10 3 (0.26%) R
10 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.17%) Korn
11 2 (0.17%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.17%) XPath
12 1 (0.087%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.087%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 132 (11.46%) Degree
2 128 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 105 (9.11%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.13%) PMP
5 35 (3.04%) CIMA
5 35 (3.04%) PMI Certification
6 33 (2.86%) ACCA
7 24 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.82%) SAP Certification
9 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
13 7 (0.61%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.61%) OCA
14 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.12%) QA
2 45 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 40 (3.47%) GDPR
3 40 (3.47%) PMO
4 34 (2.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (0.95%) SLA
6 10 (0.87%) GxP
6 10 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.87%) NIST
7 8 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.69%) IFRS
7 8 (0.69%) ITGC
8 7 (0.61%) APQC
9 6 (0.52%) COBIT
9 6 (0.52%) SOX 404
10 5 (0.43%) GAAP
11 4 (0.35%) GMP
11 4 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.26%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.087%) Firmware
3 1 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.087%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.61%) Terraform
2 6 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.17%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.087%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.087%) Control-M
5 1 (0.087%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.087%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 412 (35.76%) Oracle
2 347 (30.12%) SAP
3 175 (15.19%) Microsoft
4 71 (6.16%) Salesforce
5 66 (5.73%) Workday
6 38 (3.30%) IFS
7 18 (1.56%) Ariba
8 17 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.22%) Sage
10 12 (1.04%) Databricks
10 12 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
12 7 (0.61%) Hyperion
12 7 (0.61%) OpenText
13 6 (0.52%) Adobe
14 5 (0.43%) Anaplan
15 4 (0.35%) Axway
15 4 (0.35%) IBM
15 4 (0.35%) JD Edwards
15 4 (0.35%) Murex