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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 96 90
Rank change year-on-year +39 -6 +28
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,786 761 1,004
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.75% 2.62% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 2.88% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,009 469 632
10th Percentile £356 £362 £363
25th Percentile £456 £438 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £545
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% -1.38% +0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £658 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 23 28
10th Percentile £17.69 £52.75 £13.05
25th Percentile £31.25 £65.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -38.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £87.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -38.15%

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40,228 26,443 36,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.98% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,265 17,000 23,677
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,380 1,081 2,436
10th Percentile £14.89 £14.42 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -21.23% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.31 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £26.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +69.81% -30.26% +8.57%

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 15 May 2026.

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 15 May 2026.

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 15 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +33 1,504 £548 +1.86% 673
UK excluding London +40 908 £525 +3.96% 501
London +39 645 £550 - 207
Work from Home +51 558 £540 -1.82% 318
South East +8 234 £550 - 131
North of England +35 206 £525 +18.31% 136
Midlands +7 165 £525 +5.00% 107
South West +29 123 £525 +5.00% 48
North West +37 111 £500 +2.25% 66
East of England +10 99 £575 -2.13% 54
West Midlands -11 97 £540 +8.00% 58
Yorkshire +3 83 £590 +47.50% 53
East Midlands +12 64 £525 +10.53% 47
Scotland +17 44 £525 +3.65% 20
Wales +17 26 £475 - 4
Northern Ireland +12 15 £475 +18.75% 11
North East -19 12 £500 +7.82% 18
Channel Islands - 2 - -

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 19 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.90%) Confluence
2 16 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
3 14 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.34%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.28%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.28%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.17%) CMS
7 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.056%) Documentum
9 1 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.056%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 87 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.056%) Trello
Business Applications
1 287 (16.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 123 (6.89%) Oracle ERP
3 62 (3.47%) SAP ERP
4 60 (3.36%) Oracle EBS
5 44 (2.46%) Oracle Payables
6 42 (2.35%) NetSuite
7 39 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
8 33 (1.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 31 (1.74%) Oracle Receivables
10 17 (0.95%) Shopify
11 16 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
11 16 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 16 (0.90%) Unit4 Business World
12 15 (0.84%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
13 14 (0.78%) Workday HCM
14 12 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
14 12 (0.67%) SAP FI
14 12 (0.67%) SAP MDG
14 12 (0.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 219 (12.26%) Azure
2 193 (10.81%) Dynamics 365
3 156 (8.73%) OCI
4 146 (8.17%) Power Platform
5 95 (5.32%) SaaS
6 66 (3.70%) AWS
7 52 (2.91%) PaaS
8 51 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (1.85%) Boomi
10 28 (1.57%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.51%) PowerApps
11 27 (1.51%) SuccessFactors
12 23 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (1.06%) GCP
13 19 (1.06%) IaaS
14 17 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (0.84%) GitHub
15 15 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.22%) FTP
1 4 (0.22%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) 5G
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.056%) DHCP
4 1 (0.056%) DMZ
4 1 (0.056%) DNS
4 1 (0.056%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.056%) HTTP
4 1 (0.056%) Modbus
4 1 (0.056%) MQTT
4 1 (0.056%) RFID
4 1 (0.056%) SMS
4 1 (0.056%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.056%) VoIP
4 1 (0.056%) VPN
4 1 (0.056%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.056%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (5.99%) Power BI
2 61 (3.42%) Oracle Reports
3 53 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.57%) Data Lake
5 23 (1.29%) Oracle ODI
6 21 (1.18%) SQL Server
6 21 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 12 (0.67%) Metadata
9 11 (0.62%) Tableau
10 10 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.50%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.39%) SAP HANA
14 6 (0.34%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.34%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.22%) GIS
15 4 (0.22%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 101 (5.66%) JIRA
2 30 (1.68%) Git
2 30 (1.68%) Postman
3 21 (1.18%) Hudson
4 10 (0.56%) SoapUI
5 9 (0.50%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.39%) Selenium
7 5 (0.28%) GitLab
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.22%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.22%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Gradle
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
11 1 (0.056%) ERwin
11 1 (0.056%) JMeter
11 1 (0.056%) PowerDesigner
General
1 909 (50.90%) Finance
2 494 (27.66%) Social Skills
3 239 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (9.29%) Manufacturing
5 124 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 85 (4.76%) Retail
7 67 (3.75%) Legal
8 59 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 49 (2.74%) Local Government
10 49 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
11 47 (2.63%) General Ledger
12 46 (2.58%) Law
13 36 (2.02%) Banking
14 32 (1.79%) Billing
15 30 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.18%) Military
16 21 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (0.90%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 294 (16.46%) Lead
2 261 (14.61%) Architect
3 235 (13.16%) Consultant
4 213 (11.93%) Analyst
5 179 (10.02%) Project Manager
6 158 (8.85%) Senior
7 124 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
8 107 (5.99%) Business Analyst
9 92 (5.15%) Developer
10 84 (4.70%) ERP Manager
11 60 (3.36%) Accountant
12 54 (3.02%) SAP Consultant
13 51 (2.86%) Implementation Consultant
13 51 (2.86%) Senior Manager
14 50 (2.80%) Oracle Consultant
15 49 (2.74%) Financial Analyst
16 47 (2.63%) SAP Manager
17 44 (2.46%) Programme Manager
17 44 (2.46%) Systems Accountant
18 40 (2.24%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (11.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 101 (5.66%) REST
3 84 (4.70%) Middleware
4 61 (3.42%) SOAP
5 50 (2.80%) JSON
6 46 (2.58%) XML
7 35 (1.96%) Web Services
8 24 (1.34%) OAuth
9 21 (1.18%) XSLT
10 19 (1.06%) .NET
11 18 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
12 15 (0.84%) JWT
12 15 (0.84%) Node.js
13 14 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
14 13 (0.73%) EDI
15 10 (0.56%) PySpark
16 9 (0.50%) HTML
16 9 (0.50%) RESTful
17 8 (0.45%) Kafka
17 8 (0.45%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 98 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
2 61 (3.42%) Data Structures
3 43 (2.41%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.35%) Public Cloud
5 40 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.68%) Onboarding
7 29 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 24 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (1.29%) FMCG
10 17 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (0.95%) IoT
11 14 (0.78%) AI Agents
11 14 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.73%) Life Science
13 12 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (0.67%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.56%) SCADA
15 9 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.18%) Windows
2 6 (0.34%) Linux
3 3 (0.17%) Unix
3 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.056%) Android
4 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.056%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (26.20%) Migration
2 389 (21.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 300 (16.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 298 (16.69%) Data Migration
5 266 (14.89%) Agile
6 264 (14.78%) User Acceptance Testing
7 243 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (11.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 196 (10.97%) Change Management
10 191 (10.69%) Project Management
11 190 (10.64%) Validation
12 162 (9.07%) Business Intelligence
13 156 (8.73%) CRM
14 142 (7.95%) Data Modelling
15 136 (7.61%) Procure-to-Pay
16 129 (7.22%) Roadmaps
17 116 (6.49%) Analytics
18 113 (6.33%) DevOps
18 113 (6.33%) Project Delivery
19 112 (6.27%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 145 (8.12%) SQL
2 48 (2.69%) Python
3 37 (2.07%) PL/SQL
4 32 (1.79%) Java
5 29 (1.62%) C#
6 26 (1.46%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.90%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.78%) Ruby
9 12 (0.67%) ABAP
9 12 (0.67%) X++
10 8 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.28%) SOQL
12 5 (0.28%) SOSL
12 5 (0.28%) VBA
13 4 (0.22%) Perl
14 3 (0.17%) C++
14 3 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 203 (11.37%) Security Cleared
2 153 (8.57%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.56%) Degree
4 100 (5.60%) CIMA
5 91 (5.10%) ACCA
6 50 (2.80%) PMP
7 43 (2.41%) PMI Certification
8 17 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 15 (0.84%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
12 12 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.62%) SAP Certification
14 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.45%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.39%) APMP
17 6 (0.34%) Azure Certification
18 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
19 4 (0.22%) APMG
19 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 78 (4.37%) QA
3 71 (3.98%) GDPR
4 51 (2.86%) PMO
5 28 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (1.06%) IFRS
7 17 (0.95%) GAAP
7 17 (0.95%) SLA
8 12 (0.67%) GxP
9 9 (0.50%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.39%) GMP
11 6 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.34%) NIST
11 6 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.28%) NCSC
13 4 (0.22%) GRC
14 3 (0.17%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (0.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.28%) Docker
3 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (0.50%) HP ALM
1 9 (0.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.28%) Terraform
3 3 (0.17%) Control-M
3 3 (0.17%) Kibana
3 3 (0.17%) MOM
3 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.11%) Grafana
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.056%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.056%) SCCM
Vendors
1 561 (31.41%) SAP
2 499 (27.94%) Oracle
3 290 (16.24%) Microsoft
4 93 (5.21%) Workday
5 73 (4.09%) Salesforce
6 71 (3.98%) IFS
7 56 (3.14%) Siemens
8 50 (2.80%) ServiceNow
9 38 (2.13%) Databricks
10 37 (2.07%) Ariba
11 36 (2.02%) MuleSoft
12 32 (1.79%) Sage
13 30 (1.68%) Infor
14 16 (0.90%) Informatica
15 9 (0.50%) Google
15 9 (0.50%) HP
15 9 (0.50%) JD Edwards
16 8 (0.45%) Foundry
17 7 (0.39%) Epicor
17 7 (0.39%) Talend